windows to apple transition

footjam_heger · Post by **footjam_heger** » 21 Jun 2007 10:25

anybody?

PegLegHolly · Post by **PegLegHolly** » 21 Jun 2007 11:37

i have a powerbook g4
brian has a macbook pro
our school has g5 macs and imacs

macs are way better than pcs.

my dad has an hp computer... he doesnt even get on it and it gets like 15 viruses a month. macs never get viruses.

go to apple.com and watch the ads. theyre really cute!

Blue_turnip · Post by **Blue_turnip** » 27 Jun 2007 21:16

PegLegHolly wrote: macs are way better than pcs.

no.

PegLegHolly wrote: my dad has an hp computer... he doesnt even get on it and it gets like 15 viruses a month. macs never get viruses.

Computers won't just 'get' viruses. You have to do something to let them get it. I don't have any virus protection on my computer and Havn't had any on it ever, yet I don't have any viruses.

PegLegHolly wrote: go to apple.com and watch the ads. theyre really cute!

What can I say here? I guess microsoft is just noble in that they don't make ads that put down macs.

Oroza wrote: its not just that microsoft makes crappy software, its the fact that they give out licencing like its nothing, so you get tons of crap from EVERYWHERE.
Mac doesnt let crappy programers make mac software.

I don't see what licensing has to do with it. Anyone can make software for windows or a mac.

ville · Post by **ville** » 28 Jun 2007 06:26

Blue_turnip wrote: I don't have any virus protection on my computer and Havn't had any on it ever, yet I don't have any viruses.

How do you know?

Blue_turnip · Post by **Blue_turnip** » 29 Jun 2007 19:41

ville wrote:
Blue_turnip wrote: I don't have any virus protection on my computer and Havn't had any on it ever, yet I don't have any viruses.
How do you know?

Its kinda like the whole 'if a tree falls in the woods and noone is there to hear it, does it make a sound?'

Well if my PC keeps my stuff on it and runs fucking fast then it doesn't really matter if there is a virus on there, does it.

Thats aside from the fact that there is no virus on it.

Blue_turnip · Post by **Blue_turnip** » 03 Jul 2007 17:42

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DJJAZZYJEFF · Post by **DJJAZZYJEFF** » 03 Jul 2007 19:02

For me the transition to Mac was extremely straightforward. That may be because i read about Macs online for months before i actually bought my MacBook. There are a few things that I have noticed PC users get confused about:

.dmg files. All the applications you download will be in the .dmg format. This is a "disc image." When you open a .dmg it is "mounted." This means that it is being accessed by the operating system and that you can access the files inside of it. (Similarly, your harddisk is "mounted" everytime you start up your computer. PC users don't have this terminology.). Now, when you mount an application's .dmg file some people will just open the application from there. This is NOT what you want to do. If you do, everytime you eject the mounted .dmg your application will disappear. What you want to do is Drag the application icon to your Applications Folder. This is the equivilent of "installing" on a windows PC. Then you can delete the .dmg file.

Similarly, to "uninstall" an app, all you have to do is drag the application from the applications folder to the trash. There may still be some preference or support folders left, which you can search for and delete if you feel the need. That is completely optional though.

Look through the system preferences (which can be found by clicking the blue apple in the top lefthand corner of the menubar). This is where you will find everything you need to get your Mac running the way you want it to. This is the Mac equivelent of Control Panel on windows.

What else? hmm.
ctrl - q is the shortcut to quit an app (clicking the red x only closes the window. the app is still running).

ctrl - w closes the window. appl - comma brings up the application preferences. appl-space opens spotlight (the blue magnifying glass in the right of the menubar).

all the windows shortcuts like save, copy, paste that use ctrl instead use the appl key.

The appl key is actually called the "command" key.

You can turn on (in the trackpad preferences) two finger right clicking, where you hold two fingers on the trackpad and click and it brings up the rightclick menu.

shift - command - 3 is the shortcut for a screenshot.
shift - command - 4 is too, but gives you a crosshair to take a screencap of a selected area. press space to switch from the crosshair to a camera that takes a screencap of a window.

That's all i can think of for now. hope it helps!