04-09-2011, 09:26 AM

Till now i had been using Windows 7 Operating System. But all are suggesting me to use Mac.

I dont know anything about it. So please tell me some of the features of it about security, User Interface and more.

Please help me in taking a decision. Also please tell me the problems that i may face while using Mac OS.

Thanks & Regards

Market Research

04-09-2011, 12:37 PM

There isn't a single Mac virus. No worries. If you're smart about using the Internet, you won't pick up other malware either.


Tips for new Mac users:

The green button at the top of a window does not expand the window to fill your screen. Very few windows need the full screen, so what that does is expand the window so it's large enough to handle the content. This will always leave some of the background visible. The red button does not always quit an application. It often merely closes the active window. The exceptions are those applications that cannot have two or more open windows. The "light" by the application's icon in the Dock will indicate if the app is still running.

You cannot cut and paste files in the Finder as you can in Explorer. To move or copy a file from one place to another, the Mac way is to open both the Target and Source folders, then drag and drop the file or folder. There are nuances depending on where the Target folder is. For example, hold down Option while dragging a file to copy it to a folder on the same volume. 

You cannot see the size of a file or folder in Icon View by holding your mouse over it. You must highlight the item and use Get Info. Or you can use List View, which will show you the size. There are at least four ways to access Get Info, three of them involving the mouse.

You can't make a Finder Window display folders first in all circumstances. There are simply some file types that the OS sorts ahead of folders. There are work-arounds. The simplest, but perhaps most inconvenient, is to put a space at the beginning of each folder name, and sorting by Name.

If you have two folders with the same name, but have a few differences between the contents of same, don't move one to the enclosing folder of the other. OSX will not automatically merge the contents of the two folders. Instead, it will overwrite the target folder with the one you're moving. The differences in the target folder will be lost forever. You will be prompted to confirm that you want to overwrite. Be sure you know what that means before saying yes!

You really don't need anti-virus software. It will just slow your computer down, and there isn't a single virus out there that will infect a Mac. If you run Windows on your Mac, you do have to take precautions for that. And, you can pass a virus on to a Windows user. Just be smart about where you go online and you'll be fine. It's also not necessary to run a defrag program. The Mac OS takes care of that for you. Some Mac users still do it, myself included, but you'll be fine without it.

You cannot selectively delete items that you have "stored" in the Trash. Sorry.

04-09-2011, 12:38 PM

Apple

04-09-2011, 12:42 PM

Once you go Mac you will never go back.

04-09-2011, 01:37 PM

[QUOTE=toMACsh;1216778]There isn't a single Mac virus. No worries. If you're smart about using the Internet, you won't pick up other malware either.


Tips for new Mac users:

You cannot cut and paste files in the Finder as you can in...

Yes you can. There are many many features that the Mac has that Windows has copied or done in a different light.

This poster is correct there is darn little out there that will affect a Mac in the way of malware or a virus. That's an awesome thing.

I have one PC and 7 macs all operating off of a Mac Server for storage.

In 1984 I made a "gamble" to get a 128k Mac. And as you say the rest is history. In 1994 when this first mac died I bought my second Mac and as you can see I'm sold.

I've written code for a developer and had the good fortune of working on every other platform to extract data...With that said I work on Macs and keep a pc for rare occasions when I need one.

I reccomend going to an Apple store and having a rep walk you through anything you want to do.

There is software to do what ever you would do on a PC and it's probably more stable on the mac.

Enjoy.

04-10-2011, 04:56 AM

Originally Posted by work8686

Till now i had been using Windows 7 Operating System. But all are suggesting me to use Mac.

I dont know anything about it. So please tell me some of the features of it about security, User Interface and more.

Please help me in taking a decision. Also please tell me the problems that i may face while using Mac OS.

Thanks & Regards

Market Research

Your name is "Market Research" and you can't actually be bothered to visit Apple's web site??

Seriously??

ps. Love the thread title, too. How did you know we all love being commanded to do things?

04-10-2011, 05:41 AM

All I can say is try and get your hands on one in a store and have a play with one.

You are in India, so a trip to the Apple store is out of the question (the nearest one is in China)

If you decide to get a second hand one, make sure it has an Intel chip rather than the older IBM G4 and G5 processors.

And if and when you get one, you will have all sorts of questions, but simply come bck to the forum and you will get excellent help on just about any query you may have.

Good luck

04-10-2011, 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by Ctknorr

QUOTE=toMACsh;1216778
"You cannot cut and paste files in the Finder as you can in Explorer.

Yes you can. There are many many features that the Mac has that Windows has copied or done in a different light.

I mean literally. You cannot go to a Finder window, highlight an icon, and select Cut from the Menu Bar. (it's "greyed out") No sense mentioning the rest of the process, since you can't get to "first base" anyway.

04-11-2011, 07:00 AM

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