Welcome your new Mac user

Post by **saturn** » Fri May 06, 2005 10:40 am

Powerbook 12 inch just in with Tiger

http://www.quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4605

Post by **NCG_Mike** » Fri May 06, 2005 1:20 pm

Welcome. Those 12" PBs are nice pieces of kit.

Post by **Canis** » Fri May 06, 2005 4:25 pm

Congrats Saturn! I've been wanting a 12" PB for some time, but cant afford it right now. How do you like 10.4? I love the Dashboard feature. Konfabulator always felt bulky and not well implemented. Dashboard is perfect for the widget implementation.

Post by **Geebs** » Fri May 06, 2005 4:25 pm

WOOHOO! YOU GO, DUDE! YEAH!

The above is the traditional mac greeting for switchers, really. No, honestly

Post by **Canis** » Fri May 06, 2005 4:31 pm

Here are some mac info/guide websites that may be useful:
http://www.macosxhints.com

-- one of the best
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com
http://www.macupdate.com

Apple News sites:
apple.slashdot.org
http://www.maccentral.com
http://www.macnn.com

Post by **saturn** » Fri May 06, 2005 4:49 pm

Thx guys, i'm getting more and more used to the OS X interface. Found out some useful shortcuts and how the windows are minimized/maxed. Hell, that was getting used to. Normally clicking the most left menubutton would minimize the window in XP, but on a Mac it's closing the window, well not really (that needs some mental adjustment too).

I'm still exploring (finding, lol), but I do miss a page down key

I'll be lingering more in this little subset forum and you can except some real noobie questions from me

p.s. what's that weird button doing next to the right apple/command button? It's like a 90 degrees rotated K

Post by **saturn** » Fri May 06, 2005 4:51 pm

Oh yeah, Exposé is one of the most handiest things implemented in an interface ever.

Post by **Canis** » Fri May 06, 2005 5:11 pm

That key is the options key. The one next to that is the control key. Open the keyboard pallet (from the menu in the upper right) and press various combinations of the command/options/ctrl/shift keys. This will show alternative characters in the keyboard.

I have expose for the whole system and for applications all programmed into buttons on my mouse, so I can easily navigate without having to press F8/F9/F10, etc. to do the same thing.

Post by **saturn** » Fri May 06, 2005 5:30 pm

Do you know a key that does the same thing as Page Down?

Post by **Canis** » Fri May 06, 2005 5:55 pm

I think you have to press the function key (Fn) and then press the down or up arrows to pagedown/up. You might also try scrolling around on a page by using two fingers on the trackpad.

Post by **saturn** » Fri May 06, 2005 6:33 pm

hotdamn! I use the Pgdown button a lot when I'm opening a thread to check the latest replies. Now I don't feel handicapped anymore *KISSES*

Post by **Canis** » Fri May 06, 2005 6:55 pm

Does the scroll thing work? My friend's PB is an older version so it doesnt work on his. I'm curious how it behaves...

Post by **saturn** » Fri May 06, 2005 6:59 pm

the 2-finger trackpad scroll works, it's a bit sensitive. If you use 2 fingers and move to the left or right, you'll go back or forward in Firefox. Quite cool.

Post by **codey-** » Fri May 06, 2005 7:05 pm

Welcome Saturn

I got two quick tips for ya,

first that 'Help' in the menu bar is really a mini manual if invoked when in Finder (and most other Apple apps) - most of the stuff you've asked so far are covered there

Then just in case you missed it; despite Apple still shipping macs with a one-button mouse the system actually supports multi-button mouses and do it very well too - and in a consistent way. So any USB mouse you already got you can just hook up and get contextual menus on right-click and scroll wheel just as you are used to. And with the PB's track pad Ctrl-click does the same as right-click.

cheers

Post by **NCG_Mike** » Fri May 06, 2005 11:01 pm

The most useful website I know is, http://www.versiontracker.com

Post by **bag0shite** » Sun May 08, 2005 9:46 am

My tip would be that fast MacOS use revolves round the shortcut keys, once you get those nailed you'll have a very streamlined workflow :icon31:

Post by **saturn** » Sun May 08, 2005 8:54 pm

codey- wrote:Welcome Saturn

I got two quick tips for ya,

first that 'Help' in the menu bar is really a mini manual if invoked when in Finder (and most other Apple apps) - most of the stuff you've asked so far are covered there

Then just in case you missed it; despite Apple still shipping macs with a one-button mouse the system actually supports multi-button mouses and do it very well too - and in a consistent way. So any USB mouse you already got you can just hook up and get contextual menus on right-click and scroll wheel just as you are used to. And with the PB's track pad Ctrl-click does the same as right-click.

cheers

Thx, I found out about that Help in Finder quite quickly

I already purchased a Logitech wireless laptop mouse (V500), before i got the powerbook, so I'm not hampered by that one-button policy

bag0shite wrote:My tip would be that fast MacOS use revolves round the shortcut keys, once you get those nailed you'll have a very streamlined workflow :icon31:

I'm working on that

Anyone knows a shortcut to close all programs in one instance? Maybe I should get used to how OS X handles programs, but it's still a quirky from my Windows Indoctrination.

Post by **4g3nt_Smith** » Sun May 08, 2005 9:15 pm

The Apple key is also known as cmd. To close just the window that has focus, you press cmd+w, to close that program, press cmd+q. cmd+tab cycles through the open apps, and cmd+` cycles all open windows for the app you're currently using.

Post by **Canis** » Sun May 08, 2005 9:21 pm

One way to learn some shortcuts is to click a menu such as the file menu (in any program, but start with the finder to learn easy mac OS navigation) so it opens, then press the options and shift keys to see what alternative commands they give you.

Post by **saturn** » Sun May 08, 2005 9:30 pm

some good shit peeps, thx

Post by **bag0shite** » Mon May 09, 2005 12:43 pm

hmm, holding down 'alt' then click on an open window will shut ALL open windows.

I tend to apple-tab hitting apple-q as it goes through the open programs to shut things quickly since there's plenty of visual feedback as you apple-tab.