How to PREPARE YOUR RASPBERRY PI

Format the hard drive

Connect the hard drive for your Time Machine to your Mac. In Disk Utility, select it, click Erase, name it Time Machine, select OS X Extended (Journaled) and GUID. Click Erase. In Terminal, enter sudo chmod 777 /Volumes/Time\ Machine && ls -l /Volumes. In the results, check that the row “formatted volume” starts drwxrwxrwx.

Format the SD card

Download and open SD Formatter 4.0 from bit.ly/1T4Ufgs. Connect an 8GB or larger microSD card to your Mac (using an adapter), and select it in the app’s Select Card pop-up menu. Next, select Overwrite Format and enter “boot” (without quotes) in the Name field, then click Format. This prepares the card to hold your Pi’s OS.

Install NOOBS

Download the offline version of NOOBS in Zip format from bit.ly/

getnoobs. Unpack and copy the contents of the Zip to your microSD card. When you start up your Pi in a moment, you’ll need to follow on-screen instructions from NOOBS to put a working installation of Raspbian on the card.

Assemble the hardware

Eject the hard drive and SD card from your Mac and connect them to the Pi. Also connect a USB keyboard and mouse, an HDMI cable and a display, and connect the power supply. Using NOOBS to install Raspbian is simple, though a full guide is at bit.ly/runnoobs.

Connect the Pi to your network

When you reach Raspbian’s desktop, ensure that your Pi is connected to your network. Put the pointer over the icon of two networked computers at the right end of the Task Bar and a tooltip should appear with a line like “eth0: connected” followed by an IP address.

Connect to the internet

On top of Raspbian, you’ll need to download some additional software from the internet. Open the Epiphany web browser, which you’ll find at the left end of the Task Bar, and direct it to a website to ensure your Pi can reach the outside world. If it’s all working, head back to page 50.