I recently purchased a new Macbook, and I was wondering if any of you forum users have any tips, tricks, sites, or other helpful information for a new Mac OS X user?
(For the most part, you all seem to be PC guys, right?)
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I've been on a mac for about a year, so by no means a guru. But it does have a lot of built in features that make my life easier, and having linux available as well as the ability to run windowsXP/Vista in virtual boxes integrated with MacOS has been amazing. The sheer number of tools and options available is staggering.
So a few things to get used to:
Multitouch touch pad.. I miss my right click, so you can turn it on in the system preferences for the touchpad. Tap the pad with two fingers and you get a right click menu. Added bonus it annoys the **** out of regular Mac users.
Expose... the corners are nice, clear your desktop or show all your open windows with a swipe of your finger.. good stuff.
Command+space ... to open spotlight. Its what desktop search tried to copy.
If your familiar with linux then theres a lot you can already do through the terminal.
My biggest challenge has been getting used to the different keyboard shortcuts. Many are similar but use command instead of ctrl.
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New Macbook
(For the most part, you all seem to be PC guys, right?)