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Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 8:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I also vote for Microsoft Office for Mac OS X. If you're already used to Word, it's an easy switch. And it's more powerful than iWorks (which is similar to Microsoft's Works program, and I think is more like word processing lite).

I still hate Macs but since I have to use one to document our products that run on it (as well as Windows and Windows Mobile), I'll say this... Juju, they are pretty easy to learn. In fact, I think Macs may be best suited for non-technical types. However, there are random things to get used to. Like you can only resize a window by grabbing the control on the lower right of the window. Irritates the crap out of me. And the close "box" on a Mac OS X app is on the left, rather than the right. I often have to think for a sec before I do something since it's not always intuitive for someone who has motor memory from being a longtime Windows person.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 9:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
I've been using Word 2002 on my PC since 2002. Hope between updated Word version and difference between Mac and Windows platforms won't be double different? Still easy enough to learn?

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 3:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Aha!!! I wasn't going to even try to use the Mac much because I couldn't figure out how to make the window bigger, lol. And now I know! Isn't life strange?

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 7:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Color, it's different but it's not that different. Most of the differences have to do with how the user interface is different on a Mac vs a Win system. It's easy enough to get used to.

And LOL Juju! Just think opposite land when you're on a Mac. Do everything opposite of what you do on Win and you'll be set!

To be perfectly honest, I hadn't used a Mac in something like 10 years (this was a while ago). I had a contract job and needed to write docs on a Mac system. It took me a few minutes to remember how to do things, but it came back pretty quickly. And to get used to the Finder (which is kinda like Explorer) and the Dock (which is like the taskbar). The system tray is on top on Mac and bottom on Win. Opposite land I tell you!

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 7:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Bye! See ya on the other side. Gonna pull the plugs now. Last I was told could be as much as 48 hours (from noonish tomorrow).

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Friday, February 05, 2010 - 12:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Bye, Colordeagua. Good luck.

Colordeagua
Member

10-25-2003

Saturday, February 06, 2010 - 5:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Hi all, I am on the other side! WOW! So much to learn -- even just the basics. But I think I can say already that I love it. Can see that I'm slooowly picking things up. I'm not prone to headaches. I have a little headache.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Saturday, February 06, 2010 - 6:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
LOL - Congratulations. I know lots of happy Apple owners (I have an iPhone, iPod, etc. and I love them) so I think you'll end up enjoying it.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Saturday, February 06, 2010 - 7:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
I'm not a telephone talker. I have a T-Mobile pre-paid that hardly use. Soooo I got an iTouch. Going to wait till I'm a little more comfortable with this before I delve into it. "This" is going OK (so far).

Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Saturday, February 06, 2010 - 10:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonzacat a private message Print Post    
Congrats, Colord!

When your head is clear, have a look at a nice set of tutorials at Apple.com, some geared toward switching from PC to Mac. Bookmark this for a quiet moment:

http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/#switcher

Colordeagua
Member

10-25-2003

Sunday, February 07, 2010 - 7:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Figure I should back-up. I got a Western Digital 320G firewire hard drive (My Passport Studio) to back-up on at the Apple Store. Now I look at reviews on Apple. Two and a half out of 5 stars. Extremes - good and bad. Anyway, I had already opened the package -- three cords with different plugs to choose from. Next to no instructions in the box. Not enough for me. Any ideas out there? I hope it works. I thought it would be plug and go out of the box. NOTHING is that easy.

Kookliebird
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08-04-2005

Sunday, February 07, 2010 - 7:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kookliebird a private message Print Post    
I have 2 WD's and all I had to do was plug them in.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Sunday, February 07, 2010 - 8:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Kooklie, when you first plugged them in? Have you had any problems with them? I like to hear success stories. Hopefully I'll have the same.

I had typed something else before and I lost it. Don't remember. The old bean is fried.

Kookliebird
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08-04-2005

Sunday, February 07, 2010 - 8:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kookliebird a private message Print Post    
No problems at all. I have about 30,000 photos. One is primary photo storage and the 2nd is backup of the first WD drive as I don't keep any photos on my laptop.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Sunday, February 07, 2010 - 10:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
I looked closer at info on box and asked a techie on another message board (!). The back up drive I bought might just not be compatible with latest version of Mac. So why did Apple Store sell it to me. May be going back tomorrow -- before the snow flies in Chicago. Ugh!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, February 08, 2010 - 8:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I use a miniXpress to backup my Mac. It's teeny tiny and uses a USB to connect. When I remember, I turn on my Mac and let Time Machine do the backups.

Colordeagua
Member

10-25-2003

Monday, February 08, 2010 - 11:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Mac question. Just a little thing -- I don't know how to undo something I did. Don't know the verbage to explain it. So....

Has to do with bookmarks. You're on a web page. Bookmark folders are shown just below the web address window. Folder names with little arrow pointing down. Well, I did something to one of them and now it has a faint square next to it. So if I click on it now, does something strange, whatever. How do I get the little arrow back next to that folder name? Understand?

The little things can be frustrating when you don't know how to fix 'em.

Karuuna
Board Administrator

08-31-2000

Monday, February 08, 2010 - 11:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Colord, Under the bookmarks menu, choose "show all bookmarks".

A list of your bookmarks and bookmark folders will appear at the bottom of your browsing window.

Next to the problematic folder, there will be a little box (under the column Auto-Click). Just uncheck the box. :-)

Bob2112
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06-12-2002

Monday, February 08, 2010 - 11:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bob2112 a private message Print Post    
Colordeagua: You now own a mac.
Stop thinking and just go with your gut feeling.
Everything on the mac is intuitive.


Colordeagua
Member

10-25-2003

Monday, February 08, 2010 - 12:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Oh, Karuuna. THANK YOU.

Bob, I don't think I would have figgured that one out.

Got a last minute 1-to-1 appointment for 6:00 tonight. Will ask about the external hard drive I bought and Time Machine back-up.

Karuuna
Board Administrator

08-31-2000

Monday, February 08, 2010 - 2:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Colord, FWIW, I don't use the Safari browser, I use Firefox; and had no clue what you were talking about. So I loaded Safari and took a look, and was able to find it pretty easily. Once you know your way around, it will become more intuitive.

Glad I could help!

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Monday, February 08, 2010 - 2:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
I have Firefox loaded too. So far have just used Safari. But one thing Firefox does that Safari doesn't is print selection of part of a web page. I used that in IE on the PC.

Colordeagua
Member

10-25-2003

Monday, February 08, 2010 - 7:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
I did go back to Apple today for 1-to-1 re back-up. Showed me which cord to use. Did it while there. No biggie at all. Worked just fine. Took app. 45 minutes for complete back-up. All done.

Loyolamom
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05-10-2005

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 6:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Loyolamom a private message Print Post    
I have what I'm sure will be a simple question for all of you computer smart people:-) I did something and my task bar that is normally on the bottom of the screen is now running along the right side going up and down. Can someone tell me how to put it back on the bottom? Thank you!

Naja
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06-28-2003

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 6:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
Just left click and hold down on a blank area of it, and drag and drop it back to the bottom :-) Then right click on it and put a check next to "lock taskbar" so it won't happen accidentally anymore .