Using Internal Interfaces
There are numerous types of internal interfaces you will never deal with—unless you build your own Mac or do complex repairs. However, some of the internal interfaces are important to understand because you use them to expand your system.
AirPort
All modern Mac models provide an AirPort card slot in which you can install an AirPort card to add wireless networking capabilities to the machine.
→ To learn more about AirPort, see Chapter 11, “Using an AirPort Network to Connect to the Internet,” p. 265.
ATA
The AT Attachment (ATA) interface is a PC standard specification for hard disk drives and has been adopted on modern Macs. The ATA interface provides high-speed communication, and because it is a PC standard, ATA hard ...
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