One Page Crash Course in Switching to the Mac

[Within] you’ll find the My First Mac guide on how to use your new Mac when all you know is Windows. Of course this topic can go deep and take months or even years of training, so we will stick to the top dozen or so issues that new Mac users run into that makes them want to throw their Mac through the window. Read the article on MyFirstMacCom

 

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2 Responses to “One Page Crash Course in Switching to the Mac”

  1. tomax7 Says:
    April 17, 2008 at 6:20 pm

    …my only problem with mac’s is resizing windows can only be done bottom right corner. Same with shared folders on the network, can’t rename them.

    Yes yes alias, but remember new user.

    Same with installation of programs. I was totally confused by seeing a ‘hard drive’ image on my desktop when installing or unzipping and then another icon that runs it.

    As well how many years did it take Apple to figure out what right clicking does…albeit I love the scroll wheel on the mighty mouse.

    One other thing that bugs me. When I close a program I want it closed, not shrunk to the taskbar. I guess apple+q works, but again this is from a newbie used to clicking on the X in the wrong spot ;-)

  2. vistasucks Says:
    April 17, 2008 at 6:50 pm

    The resizing windows thing annoyed me quite a bit at first. I’ve adapted though over time. Now I don’t miss it.
    Strangely… Apple’s Final Cut software DOES allow you to resize windows from any side.

    Re: Closing programs… It’s different.. but think of it this way. You can have your mail program running without having a window alway minimized and taking up extra dock space. Apple-Q has become my new Alt-F4

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