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Apple Mac Pro (Early 2009) User Manual

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Chapter 2

Life with Your Mac Pro

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Optical drive

Your Mac Pro has a DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW SuperDrive, which can read CD-ROM,
photo CD, audio, and DVD discs. It can write music, documents, and other files to CD-R,
CD-RW, DVD±R, DVD±RW, and DVD±R Double Layer (DL) discs. To open the drive, press
the Media Eject (

C

) key on your Apple Keyboard. If your Mac Pro has a second optical

drive, press the Option and Media Eject (

C

) keys to open it.

®

Power button

Press this button to turn on your Mac Pro, put it to sleep, or wake it from sleep. To restart,
press and hold this button for 5 or 6 seconds until your Mac Pro turns off, and, then press
it again to turn it on.

H

Two FireWire 800 ports

Connect high-speed external devices, such as FireWire digital video (DV) cameras,
scanners, and external hard disk drives. You can connect and disconnect FireWire devices
without restarting. Each port supports data rates up to 800 Mbit/s.

d

Two USB 2.0 ports
Connect an iPod, iPhone, mouse, keyboard, printer, disk drive, digital camera, joystick,
external USB modem, and more. You can also connect USB 1.1 devices. Your display may
also have USB ports.

f

Headphone jack
Connect headphones, including Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic, through the
headphone minijack.

Status light
A white light indicates your Mac Pro is on; a pulsing light indicates it’s in sleep.