Getting On Line

Setting Up The Mac

Apple are selling lots more laptop computers than desk machines at present and, assuming you move around with your laptop and want to connect in different places, then the Location feature of macOS is a real boon. This can usually be set to Automatic and your Mac will sort out where it is. However, it's worth understanding how to set it manually.

• New Location
• Click on the apple logo at the top left of screen and choose System Preferences then Network.
• In the Location drop down list, choose Automatic (or edit locations if you want to set up a new one).
• In the left hand panel choose Wi-Fi (or Built-in Ethernet as appropriate).
• Click Advanced and then the TCP/IP tab and from the Configure IPv4 drop down list choose Using DHCP.
• Click OK then Apply

That should be all you need to do. You should now be able to surf the net or move on to setting up your email account (see the Mail pages).

The next step shows how to set up a Mac manually - i.e. not using DHCP. There are reasons for wanting to do this but they are unlikely to apply to you if you needed this tutorial! However, we include them for completeness.