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I just purchased a Macbook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) last week and am hunting for a manual. It came with a little setup pamphlet and warnings brochure, both of which are available online as well. But is there a real user's manual--downloadable or hard copy--anywhere? DIsclosure: I love reading manuals!
Normally you can get the manual for your machine in  > About this mac > More info button > support menu > User manual.
Hi .dark,
Thanks for the response, but that link led to a spot I'd already tried before posting my question.
I'll have to wait to check captfred's suggestion until I get home, since that's where my new MBP is.
Please stand by, and I'll report back!
Well, it went as captfred suggested, right to the pictured link. However, there is no Apple user manual for the MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012)--only a couple of downloadable brochures. *** for me and the other buyers of this new, month-old model, I guess! 😟 My thanks to you both for reponding, anyway.
I couldn't find a manual for this model, which is annoying as I own one! But if there was one, it would be very similar to the Late 2011 MBP user manual.
I am also looking for the same, I was just about to say "hold on, surely it is the operating system manual we want", I did a quick search in support for the mountain lion manual only to find there is none! Seems weird to me! I never had a back lit keyboard and it took me over an hour just to work out what the f5 and f6 buttons do. (dim the keyboard). As for the search on the apple web site ... grrr... - I can never find what I am looking for!
Well, I finally ended up buying the Total Mountain Lion Superguide from MacWorld. It's only $5 and pretty superficial. A search through the App Store reveals that there are a couple of other, larger Mountain Lion guides that will provide more in-depth coverage. The Dummies series is always good, in my experience; Bob LeVitus is great, too. But I still would like a manual for my expensive new MacBook Pro 15 (mid-2012) included in the package, or at least a downloadable pdf or ebook.
I came across this link to the manual for the aforementioned Macbook Pro, but I was unable to download the file to my computer and to reformat the page layout (which is very strange, btw).
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/macbook_pro-15-inch_mid-2012-quick_start_gui de.pdf
I think I'll check out the Superguide. Thanks for reference!
That link is for the quick start guide, thats not a manual. There still doesn't seem to be any manual from Apple for this model, which is strange.
AFAIK, the 2012 models didn't come with a manual. You can download the late 2011 users manual which contains, basically, the same information as the 2012 (ports have changed - USB 3.0 instead of USB 2.0 but otherwise, it's prett much the same).
Clinton
Another difference between the mid-2012 and late 2011 models is the battery lights test button (?) on the left front side of the main unit, to the left of the battery strength lights. I think if you push the little flush button on the mid-2012 model, it tests the battery, but I'm not totally clear on what you're supposed to see or what it tells you.
Those guys are lazy. They even didn't work out a manual with simple modification.
iBook store.,
1.) Hello Mountain Lion tips, tricks & secrets, $1.99.
2.) OS X Mountain Lion for Dummies published July 24, 2012, $16.99.
3.) OS X Mountain Lion by Chris Kennedy, published June 18, 2012, $4.99
I would like a technician user guide rather than end users guide.
Well, thanks. However, these are OS X 10.8. manuals, not manuals for the MacBook Pro. Close, but not quite what's called for.
This worked for me perfectly. Thank you so much! Wow, they really hid it from me!!
Macbook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) Manual?
