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#1
February 4th, 2005, 02:54 AM
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| First Mac and Power Book shipped today! Any Tips? Hi all, As the title says ive finally made the jump to the Mac platform ( after many heated arguments on here as im sure one or two may remember  )My new Power Book 12" should be arriving soon and was just wondering if you guys could list any important tips to get me started? i.e. placing shortcuts in the dock (I cant quite remember was it applications folder?) etc etc. Thanks  |
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#3
February 4th, 2005, 04:00 AM
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| 1. Download the following very useful programs: WireTap (or WireTap Pro) Snapz Pro X iPodderX GIMP Skype 2. You can cycle your digital pictures as your desktop picture. 3. If you don't already own one, buy an iPod, iSight, RadioShark and digital video camera  Kap |
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#4
February 4th, 2005, 04:04 AM
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| Haha ok guys, thanks for the tips but im now broke following my purchase and and hence tips telling me to buy more stuff arent appreciated ;-) Config and usage tips are really what im after. Thanks |
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#5
February 4th, 2005, 04:54 AM
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| Tip Nr. 1: Keep programs running. I have 10 programs running right now. Tip Nr. 2: Let your PB sleep at night if you use it daily. It wakes up instantly from sleep and that is a lot faster than starting it up. Moreover, if you keep all your apps running, you're instantly in your working environment. Tip Nr. 3: Get a free maintenance utility, like "Mantain your Mac" to do the daily/weekly/monthly routines, empty cache, etc. Tip Nr. 4: Put Home, Applications and Desktop in your Dock for instant access, right click, no need to switch to the finder. Tip Nr. 5: Learn to use the Terminal. It can be very useful indeed.
__________________ This is not a signature (but I could be wrong). 15" MacBook Pro C2D@2.4 GHz | 2 GB RAM | Mac OS 10.5.4 | Website | LinkedIn | Publications GP/O d-(+)@ s: a->? C++(+++) U* P+ L+>++ !E---- W+++ N o? K? w--- O? M++ V? PS+++ PE-- Y+ PGP t 5? X- R !tv b++++ DI+(++)@ D+(++) G++(+++) e+++$>++++$$ h--->---- r+++ y++++@ |
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#6
February 4th, 2005, 05:46 AM
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| 1) turn on Exposés hot corners and get used to them. 2) keep Activity Monitor in your dock (you can find it in Applications/Utilities). It's good to see what eats the processor and what not. 3) My favorite shareware/freeware applications: iComic (to read daily comics), Playlist player (to play movies and such), Temperature Monitor (keeps your pbook temp in the menu) and USB monitor (gives nice looking feedback when you plug in USB stuff). 4) good sites: www.macupdate.com, www.versiontracker.com, www.macosxhints.com
__________________ I have a monkey, she's a doll. Powerbook 12' 1.33 ghz / 512 mb ram / OS X.3.8 Saltek USB-pad / t610 / iPod 15gb / Airport Express. Mac user since 1985. |
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#7
February 4th, 2005, 05:47 AM
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| oh, and activate the dock.
__________________ I have a monkey, she's a doll. Powerbook 12' 1.33 ghz / 512 mb ram / OS X.3.8 Saltek USB-pad / t610 / iPod 15gb / Airport Express. Mac user since 1985. |
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#8
February 4th, 2005, 05:53 AM
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| My tip is to just enjoy the experience. You'll know you've made the right choice after you open the box and take out that sexy, sleek powerbook. Just caress... um, wait a minute... Whatever. Just enjoy it. I am going to find a nice iPod to admire.
__________________ iMac G5 with iSight; 20"; 1.5GB RAM MacBook Pro 15" iPod Nano 1GB 3rd Generation 20gb iPod |
