Got a mac today.

[BenWall]

A mac book, and like it so far, but is there a way to make the seach bar appear with the press of a button?

and are there any vids online that show the basics, like spaces and stacks etc? This whole mac thing is very new and would like to learn how to use it.

Got the thumbs up so far though.

 

[Daz]

Apple-Spacebar for Spotlight

 

[BenWall]

ty daz

 

[Brown.]

Hey Hey Brother i got one today too .... supurb bit of kit ....

 

[Fagan]

Got my macbook last month.

I'm converted. Doubt I'll buy a PC again

 

[Brown.]

Yeah in the half day i have hd this i can see why they are iconic... just the speed of application is balistic.....as i said on the other thread 9 gig of photos insantly viewable..... i did a batch rotate of around 450 images, nion instantly....my old windows lappy took around 2mins to do 100

 

[BenWall]

Yer its nice to use etc. But as said just need to get use to the OS, I am pretty much an expert on XP and it feels s**t not knowing anything about this OS Sure I will be conveted as soon as I get to know my way around etc.

O yer, and is there a way to turn off all these animations? Rather not have the animated openings etc.

 

[sn00p]

You can turn/modify some in Apple Menu->Dock->Dock Preferences

 

[sneeks]

You'll get the hang of the new OS in no time. I'll not go back to a Windows machine again.

 

[sn00p]

Here's a cool one. Ctrl+Command+D over a word and it looks it up in the dictionary. Try it in any cocoa application.

 

[planetx]

wowsers what a cool shortcut........

I use pc in work, we just spent £2.5k per new machine....1 week old and the thing has crashed 8 times!!!!
I even write down every crash.
My imac has crashed twice in 11 months.........beat that Mr PC owner

 

[Daz]

If it's crashed 8 times in a week, then something is broke like driver incompatability, dodgy RAM, dodgy PSU etc.

Windows doesn't just crash, and when it does, it's always down to a dodgy driver or dodgy hardware.

 

[Sargara]

Gentlemen.... behold! (NSFW)

Need i say more on the subject of macs?

 

[planetx]

Gentlemen.... behold! (NSFW)

Need i say more on the subject of macs?

As they say in the press industry...."if its good, it is worth writing about"

 

[Brown.]

^^^lmao well good that

 

[BenWall]

Thanks for the replys peeps, but as above, anyone know how to turn this animation off? really annoying me. in windows its just performance and set to best performance mode.

 

[sn00p]

Thanks for the replys peeps, but as above, anyone know how to turn this animation off? really annoying me. in windows its just performance and set to best performance mode.

What animation?!!

 

[sn00p]

Are you on about the window opening and closing effect?

if so, start terminal, then type:

defaults write com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations -bool YES

Log out and back in again (or relaunch the finder process).

 

[sn00p]

and fwiw, it won't make any difference to performance as it's offloaded to the graphics card anyway.

 

[sn00p]

Cough...

...Did that do what you want?

 

[Brown.]

We Need a MAC Forum!!!!!

 

[Daz]

We Need a MAC Forum!!!!!

http://forums.macrumors.com

 

[BenWall]

Cough...

...Did that do what you want?

Lol...been at work doing silly hours.

Ill have a crack now...found this too http://bresink.com/osx/0TinkerTool/screenshots.html Looks like it should do the trick.

Is that command line reversible if I want it back?

 

[sn00p]

 defaults write com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations -bool NO

will revert it back to standard.

Yes, that tinker tool looks like it does the same, it's just a "gui" on the command (and more) that I posted before.

 

[Brown.]

We Need a MAC Forum!!!!!

http://forums.macrumors.com

lol




























Smart- arse

 

[Tom H]

My job is to support macs but i still use a pc mainly lol

I have a Powerbook G4 and a Brand New MacBook running OSX Server..

 

[Brown.]

Whats that about then ?? ^^

 

[Tom H]

No idea i always come home and just pick up the PC runnin XP rather than the macbook or powerbook...

For someone that works for a Apple Retailer.. and supports apple its wierd!!

I always think i should use mac more tbh...