Just bought my first mac

[andy211081]

hi guys thanks for the posts i have played around for half an hour today and getting the hang of it i found a ftp proggy that is similar to flasfxp called crossftp so shall use that.

i will play around for a week or so, any tips are always good

[andy211081]

You will all get fed up of me posting here....but have any of you used Migration Assistant to transfer stuff from a pc to a mac? i have just used it and it took 9 hours and when i try and find the stuff its nowhere to be seen, i have looked in the other user it created but it only transferred my emails and nothing else

[shagx]

Can you not search for files using finder to see if they have transferred accross

[andy211081]

i tried that yesterday but just done again and found some files stored under g under the macintosh hd

[andy211081]

sorted it so ignore

[mulberry123]

Totally agree with the 'once u go mac, u don't go back' I've had my mac since late January and I love it! So glad I became an apple geek!

[gmb45]

*confession*

, just happened to find me sen looking at these in pc world yesterday, ( just looking honest shady fud ) ~~~~ me the price of em, they got one in my local tescos, 1000 beer tokens ffs ( a dont spend that on a car ) you could get a top spec windows pc fur less, ~~~~ mac, over priced cack

[worthdog]

you defo wont go back to windows after a mac !

[laz1]

Main advantage of the mac is the OS. With the way Windows is going on 8 thank goodness for the Mac OS. Also viruses are still scarce, and it will be hard for viruses to infect your mac because of how hard it is to bypass security. It takes like a month for a PC transplant to get used tot he mac. Also become familiar with keyboard shortcuts. They all work the same across applications. Commad-S Command-N Command-Q Command-N The Helps sections has all the commands listed, if not search the web.

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[Humesmeister]

Best thing you have ever done!! you will not go wrong with a Mac.... you will soon pick up everything and you can always go and get a book that tells you everything about mac's inside w.h.smith

[Pppr]

As a first timer, it may take you a few days to get used to Mac principles. Once you use a Mac you will never go back to a PC, unless you are hard up for money. There are videos at Apple site for showing you how to run each application and getting started.
First, all the applications you need to get started come with the Mac OS. Simple Text for writing, Apple Mail for mail, Safari for Internet, Calendar for your agenda, Quicktime for playing videos, Facetime for video chat, Contacts for you addresses, phones and other info., Messages for sending SMS and MMS messages without paying, Reminders like calendar, Notepad for taking notes, iTunes for music, video, movies, books, ... and sync of your iPhone, Pad, ..., Photo Booth for simple photo improvements, Preview is like Adobe Acrobat, iPhoto for your photos, Disk Utilities for repairing, formatting and making disk dmg (like iso), System preferences like control panel.
There are three other applications that install and give you iOS feeling, Launch Pad (for launching applications), Mission control like dashboard, A for App Store for downloading apps like iTunes store.
These are the basics. Inside a folder called utilities (inside the application folder) you will find powerful utilities. For instance Terminal gives you full command line control. member that Mac OS is uses Unix with all its securities.
If you are a programmer you can install Xcode that includes a debugger.
All above applications are free and come with the system.
For very little money:
You can install iLife. This gives you iMovie, iDVD, Garage Band. If you install iWorks you get equivalent of Microsfot Office (Pages, Tables and Keynote).

With more money you can install Microsft Office and all Adobe programmes.
You can partition your hard disk and install Windows on that partition. Because the processor is in both cases is Intel, Mac runs Windows applications very fast. But nobody uses a Mac to run Windows apps unless that application does not exist on Mac or at Work you needed it.
I did not write about simple applications, games or scientfic applications. They are all available.

[s1lh0u3tt3]

Welcome to mac world and enjoy, little adjustment/adaptation from windows but once you go mac, you never go back!

[tonynw]

Welcome to mac world and enjoy, little adjustment/adaptation from windows but once you go mac, you never go back!

I have to agree the mac is superb and the support from there tech guys is superb you get 90 days full tech support when you buy one and if you take our there 3 year cover you get full warranty and full telephone support for the full 3 years, anything you want to do and are not sure about just give them a call and will talk you through it with you.

tonynw.

[madmanuk]

i have a imac just over 12 months is very hard to find progs that work ok and i have had 2 screens go on me in that time,I really won't go back to a pc but i do run windows on my mac for 1 or 2 progs,When my warranty runs out its being sold cuzz i can't afford to buy a screen if it goes again ?500, Macs are good when them work.

[hotchef]

are they safe

Hacked apps all over the net m8 :-)

I got a macbook pro for christmas

I love it already. much better than windows and i have had a few.

I installed serial box, but for me the versions of apps i download don't marry with serial box 01.2013) stb2

I read the apps off the net can carry virus?

Do you have installed a antiivirus on your mac?