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Subject: Just switched from a PC to a Macbook.

Hey flood, just bought a macbook pro replacing my old dell laptop. Are there any mac users who have switched from pc to mac and would like to give me a few tips which maybe you wish you had of known when you first switched?
Cheers.

  • 01.07.2013 10:42 PM PDT

Run.

  • 01.07.2013 10:43 PM PDT


Posted by: ABotelho
Run.

Seriously, people take this way too seriously here.

  • 01.07.2013 10:44 PM PDT

Good Man for switching!

Basically just memorize the keyboard and touch pad short cuts. They make things so much easier.

Also by an iPhone. My mind is blown everyday when I use both my MBP and iPhone together

  • 01.07.2013 10:45 PM PDT

oops.

  • 01.07.2013 10:45 PM PDT
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Funny enough. I switched to OS X 4 years ago and I switched back to Windows in 2012.

My tips? Well...can't think of any. I just do what I usually do with some amendments as it's a different OS.

  • 01.07.2013 10:45 PM PDT
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I have a Macbook Pro 13" what do you need to know, I can give you tips but it depands on what you mean; software wise or externally?

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  • 01.07.2013 10:46 PM PDT

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  • 01.07.2013 10:47 PM PDT
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blarg.

First things first, let Spotlight cache your HDD. Helps a lot.

You should also turn off the setting in System Preferences that only lets you get applications from the Mac App Store.

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  • 01.07.2013 10:47 PM PDT

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I'm a Linux user. I dislike Windows 7 I feel like 8 is too touch screen friendly and I really have no issue with iOS but I dislike how Apple doesn't use universal cords and peripherals. So I have a partitioned hard drive with Ubuntu which I use a lot and Windows 7 which I rarely use.

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  • 01.07.2013 10:50 PM PDT

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Download BetterTouchTool!

Makes the trackpad so much more useful.

  • 01.07.2013 10:51 PM PDT
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Posted by: SPLEEEEENS
Six replies in... did the Flood die and reincarnate as something entirely different?


I find them great for university, especially if you do engineering or a media related course (just buy Office 2012 for Mac)

  • 01.07.2013 10:52 PM PDT

In relation to the mac equivalents to Office, do you guys find these better or worse?

  • 01.07.2013 10:55 PM PDT
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blarg.


Posted by: Huntsman28
In relation to the mac equivalents to Office, do you guys find these better or worse?


If you like the Ribbon, worse. If you don't, better (it's similar to the Ribbon in the Windows Office, but it's still relatively different than the one in Office 2010.)

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  • 01.07.2013 10:56 PM PDT


Posted by: Hcsoccerfreak
Good Man for switching!

Basically just memorize the keyboard and touch pad short cuts. They make things so much easier.

Also by an iPhone. My mind is blown everyday when I use both my MBP and iPhone together

Okay thanks. Yeah! the guy at the apple store was showing me how he could connect his iphone and macbook and then swipe on his phone and slides would change on the macbook.

  • 01.07.2013 10:57 PM PDT

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Posted by: SPLEEEEENS
Six replies in... did the Flood die and reincarnate as something entirely different?


I find them great for university, especially if you do engineering or a media related course (just buy Office 2012 for Mac)

this

  • 01.07.2013 10:58 PM PDT

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Posted by: Huntsman28
In relation to the mac equivalents to Office, do you guys find these better or worse?
they have more creative stuff built in. Especially Keynote.

The funniest part is, if you wanted to put MS Office on your Mac, it's suddenly cheaper...

  • 01.07.2013 10:59 PM PDT
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"It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me."

A few tips, hmm...

* Download Growl. It supports Notification Center but also supports third party apps, so you'll get a notification for non-Mac App Store apps.

* If you use Windows Live Messenger, you can either use Skype or Adium. Both are great.

* Use the hot corners. They're rather handy.

* If you get a mouse, make sure to turn on the right-click in settings.

* The touchpad is cool because you can do a lot of stuff just using your fingers (view all your apps, show all windows, for example). Find out how to do it in Settings.

* Learn about Bootcamp. You can install Windows and switch back and forth if you want.

* To eject things just drag the icon on the Desktop to the trash.

* Apps to consider: Unplugged, Battery Status

* Download VLC Player. It's free and is way better than Quicktime.

* Look through Settings to get a feel of where everything is. Also, Finder is your friend (the Smiley face in the Dock).

Above all, just have fun :)

  • 01.07.2013 11:03 PM PDT

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I use MS office on my Macbook Pro. I don't game on my laptop or computer so this device is perfect for me. I can get all my school work done on it just fine, never have any problems, nice battery life.

You made a good decision OP.

EDIT: Also use Safari, Safari is amazing and I cannot recommend it enough.

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  • 01.07.2013 11:03 PM PDT


Posted by: Duardo
A few tips, hmm...

* Download Growl. It supports Notification Center but also supports third party apps, so you'll get a notification for non-Mac App Store apps.

* If you use Windows Live Messenger, you can either use Skype or Adium. Both are great.

* Use the hot corners. They're rather handy.

* If you get a mouse, make sure to turn on the right-click in settings.

* The touchpad is cool because you can do a lot of stuff just using your fingers (view all your apps, show all windows, for example). Find out how to do it in Settings.

* Learn about Bootcamp. You can install Windows and switch back and forth if you want.

* To eject things just drag the icon on the Desktop to the trash.

* Apps to consider: Unplugged, Battery Status

* Download VLC Player. It's free and is way better than Quicktime.

* Look through Settings to get a feel of where everything is. Also, Finder is your friend (the Smiley face in the Dock).

Above all, just have fun :)

Thanks!

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Posted by: Nick Saban
I use MS office on my Macbook Pro. I don't game on my laptop or computer so this device is perfect for me. I can get all my school work done on it just fine, never have any problems, nice battery life.

You made a good decision OP.

EDIT: Also use Safari, Safari is amazing and I cannot recommend it enough.
MS Office is great on Mac. No complaints here.

Safari is super great if you've enabled iCloud and can look at your tabs on your iPhone, or vice versa.

  • 01.07.2013 11:07 PM PDT

Use Bootcamp.

  • 01.07.2013 11:09 PM PDT

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Posted by: Nick Saban
I use MS office on my Macbook Pro. I don't game on my laptop or computer so this device is perfect for me. I can get all my school work done on it just fine, never have any problems, nice battery life.

You made a good decision OP.

EDIT: Also use Safari, Safari is amazing and I cannot recommend it enough.
MS Office is great on Mac. No complaints here.

Safari is super great if you've enabled iCloud and can look at your tabs on your iPhone, or vice versa.


I made the horrible mistake of getting a Droid, will never do that again. I do use iCloud though.

  • 01.07.2013 11:09 PM PDT

There's no way to get back experiences you missed.
So start right now today and risk furiousness for bliss.


Posted by: Nick Saban
Also use Safari, Safari is amazing and I cannot recommend it enough.

Chrome is superior IMO

  • 01.07.2013 11:09 PM PDT

Definitely get MS office, it's quite the quality on mac. In my opinion it obliterates apple's offerings of pages and numbers etc.

  • 01.07.2013 11:21 PM PDT

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