[tickz]

After reading the mac vs pc thread i got me a mac to replace my desktop pc. (still run a laptop on xp).
Anyone know of a video tutorial on all the basics??
wheres the "right click"??,can I/should I put firefox on,instead of safari???
whats the must have programs ,things to do etc???
I just need a bit of a kick start!!
cheers people

[Richard]

Right click is CTRL+Click

Safari is fine and I use it 90% of the time. Some sites work better on FireFox though.

Must have programs...not really.

[tickz]

thanks people,really, the right click thing has now opened the whole machine up, I am starting to see why these things are so highly rated. I have just sync it to my old mobile and dragged all the contacts I thought I lost to my new phone,it just synced with no download this and that,no software disc needed.
the web browser thing is just a tabbed browsing thing,prob just go for firefox,gonna stick microsoft office on it and a printer for work.
any advise on speakers!! pimp my mac up?!

[Pure Evil]

yeah jbl creature speakers they are BADBOY

[Prescription Art]

Get a 3.5mm to phono cable & plug it into your stereo...

www.amazon.co.uk/Earphone-Quality-Contacts-Suitable-connecting/dp/B000MMTSJA/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1219273448&sr=8-9

[tickz]

Aug 21, 2008 0:16:24 GMT 1 michaelm said:

cop an airport express then plug that into your stereo. then you can stream music wirelessly through your stereo from your laptop

edit: you can also plug your printer into it and print wirelessly

SOLD! see if I can pick one up on sat,cheers. anyone got a good mac geek site??

[Deleted]

just browse around the main mac site its pretty good... im using a wireless logitech mouse for my mac so it has a right click button i prefer it to the mac mouse, goodluck

[csmart]

Play around with Expose and Spaces.

Spaces is for screen management (especially useful on a laptop). So you can isolate certain programs to not open windows over top other programs

Expose should be on by default. Next time you have lots of windows open try hitting F10, F11, or F12. You'll see what each does.

And try holding down the APPLE KEY (left of spacebar) and the TAB key. Then use the directional arrows to switch between open programs. Occasionally useful.

[csmart]

One more thing. A program called Image Capture is probably already installed. Occasionally you might not want your videos or photos to get imported to iPhoto. So Image Capture can send those photos to your Desktop or wherever instead. iPhoto has a tendency to keep photos (and their Originals) forever. There's even a Trash (folder) inside iPhoto. So even if you thought you'd deleted photos, they are still there. And if you ever modify a photo (like crop it), the Original gets saved too. This is good and bad, but your harddrive over the years can get full of photos you wanted gone and still linger.

[icky]

Sept 9, 2008 21:26:03 GMT 1 csmart said:

And try holding down the APPLE KEY (left of spacebar) and the TAB key. Then use the directional arrows to switch between open programs. Occasionally useful.

Or just keep hitting tab after holding down command.

Edit: command=apple key=pretzel