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I guess everyone new to the MAC world can post their questions regarding the unfamiliar territories of the Mac world here. It would be nice to have something like this as a sticky post as well.
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I was looking at some really nice deals yesterday on keyboards, and when I asked the salesperson if they're mac compatible because they have a USB receiver (like you suggested in the previous post), he said if the manufacturer (Logitech) doesn't have the mac drivers, then no. I went online and none of them, except maybe 1 or 2, had any mac drivers. So how do you say they're mac compatible if they don't have the right drivers?
Also a question on partitioning the HD: do I need to do it just like on PC? I won't be running/installing boot camp for now, but might do it later. Should I partition my HD anyways?
And I just realized something: for the past 5-6 years I've been spending time learning the ins and outs of windows, learning how to type in commands in cmd, controlling start-up applications, accessing registry files and playing around with them, etc. The macbook is going to make me really dumb in terms of computer literacy
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Well, the vast majority of mice and keyboards that are USB based all share a basic control structure/driver that will work on just about any modern OS; the only reason an OS specific driver should be required would be for some non-standard features like certain media keys/mouse side buttons (although the basic ones like play, skip, and stop usually work out of the box) or if the keyboard/mouse is just really non-standard. To this day, I have yet to find one that didn't work like it was supposed for basic functions, straight after walking out of the store with it (or opening the shipping box).
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For #1, I'm assuming you're running a MB, correct? I would guess that they're in the same general vicinity as the power button. Sorry I can't be more specific on this.
Not sure on #2 as I don't use MSN, but for the more advanced features like video and voice calls, your best bet is still Skype as there are unfortunately still not a whole lot of fully featured messengers out for OS X that can do video/voice as well. I would very much like to be wrong on this though.
On #3, it's much the same as on a PC, it just uses a different folder layout and the majority of the folders you might be used to seeing on Windows are hidden (system folder for example). This is done just to simplify things as the most commonly used folders are usually pretty prominently placed. To give a basic breakdown, the folder that has your name on it (or your account name) is the "Home folder" and is much the same as "My Documents" in XP or the user folder in Vista.
Applications are stored in one folder, however because of the way OS X represents them, they show up as just the applications themselves as opposed to a folder with a bunch of other files plus the actual app in it. If I remember right, you should be able to right-click an app and there should be an option to show the application's folder contents. Just a tidier way of showing your applications.
As for #4, it really doesn't matter as Apple's are no different from Windows based computers in this regard. This is very much a personal choice based on how you use your notebook; if it's more convenient for you to sleep it at night and then have it come back instantly the next day, then definitely sleep. If you want to save the *very* minimal power drain that sleep requires, or if you just feel better knowing it's off, then actual shutdown. Same pattern applies for "PC's".
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The speakers on the MacBook are at the two ends of the MacBook. Look at the back of your MacBook, and you'll see some verticle lines near the two ends of the back. Those are the speakers.
On the Mac, basically everything is in Macintosh HD. Files are in their respectful folders, such as Pictures, Videos, Music, and applications are in the Applications folder.
I let my MacBook sleep overnight. I shut down every 3 days or so. Its never displayed any problem (except that annoying Sleep blinking light annoys me when I'm trying to sleep)
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Thank goodness for a stray blanket or pillow!
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Yeah, I use two of my glasses cleaning cloths to cover the light at night
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And I also put pennies on the very end of the Magsafe cable because it has that green light as well.
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Wow, you gents are really sensitive to lights at night! Of course, my own laptop normally spends the night in a room where I'm not sleeping.
My son has an older PB which for at least two years, was almost never turned off (system upgrades were the exceptions that required rebooting); it was put to sleep at night and never had issues or caused problems.
PC to MAC switch: Q&A
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by sepandee, May 25, 2007.
