How long did it take you to get use to using command instead of ctrl?

ecodisk · ecodisk #1 (**permalink**)

04-20-2008, 05:30 PM

I'm still not quite use to it. I keep hitting ctrl+c, ctrl+v,and ctrl+x without even realizing it until nothing happens. I'm getting better about it, but I still hit the wrong buttons when I'm not thinking. I'll probably have it down in about a month. I've only had my MacBook about a week now

So how long did it take any of you long time Windows users to adjust?

S.SubZero · S.SubZero #2 (**permalink**)

04-20-2008, 05:37 PM

FYI - if you are not ready to give up CTRL, you can go to the keyboard preferences and make CTRL behave like Command, so you can use CTRL+C and CTRL+V and CTRL-whatever

JohnTheMacGeek · JohnTheMacGeek #3 (**permalink**)

04-20-2008, 05:41 PM

About 2-3 days. Once I learned to erase everything I knew from my Windows (aka Dark) days, it was rather easy!

Derek McNelly · Derek McNelly #4 (**permalink**)

04-20-2008, 06:14 PM

lol, now I have problems doing the windows commands.

Blizare · Blizare #5 (**permalink**)

04-20-2008, 06:15 PM

You'll get over it. Start using it everywhere. Cmd+T for new tabs Cmd+Q to quit programs for instance.

Dysfunction · Dysfunction #6 (**permalink**)

04-20-2008, 06:16 PM

cmd-space is probably the second most used keyboard shortcut I use... right behind ctrl-space

The Vindicat3d · The Vindicat3d #7 (**permalink**)

04-20-2008, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Derek McNelly

lol, now I have problems doing the windows commands.

haha same, it's a lot harder to press ctrl+C than it is to press cmd+C ctrl is so much farther away from everything and is so awkward to use, I don't know how I used to do it in windows!

kmkl · kmkl #8 (**permalink**)

04-20-2008, 06:26 PM

2 days, was opening new tabs quick!

walkerj · walkerj #9 (**permalink**)

04-20-2008, 08:19 PM

About a week, and now it's more natural this way. I have to remember the CTRL combinations and I've been doing those for more than twenty years!

I can switch between the two pretty easily now though.

Likugha · Likugha #10 (**permalink**)

04-20-2008, 11:07 PM

That is a harder question then i initially thought. Its like i think it and bam it is there. So really i think it is still a learning process using more and more "cmd" everyday

Aptmunich · Aptmunich #11 (**permalink**)

04-21-2008, 02:17 AM

I think after a while you just get used to it...
Even switching between the two is easier once your brain understands there's two ways of doing things.

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Member Since: Feb 04, 2008 Location: Center Line, Michigan Posts: 1,574 Mac Specs: MacBook 2.0 GHz C2D - iPod Classic 80GB - iPhone 3GS 8GB	04-20-2008, 06:14 PM lol, now I have problems doing the windows commands. MacBook 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo - 4 GB RAM - 320 GB HDD - OS X 10.6 80 GB iPod Classic - "fredPod II" 8 GB iPhone 3GS - "fredPhone" MoTM February 2009
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Aptmunich #11 (permalink)
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ecodisk #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 13, 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 53 Mac Specs: 2.1Ghz C2D MacBook, 4GB RAM, 120GB HDD	04-20-2008, 05:30 PM I'm still not quite use to it. I keep hitting ctrl+c, ctrl+v,and ctrl+x without even realizing it until nothing happens. I'm getting better about it, but I still hit the wrong buttons when I'm not thinking. I'll probably have it down in about a month. I've only had my MacBook about a week now So how long did it take any of you long time Windows users to adjust?
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S.SubZero #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 24, 2008 Posts: 293	04-20-2008, 05:37 PM FYI - if you are not ready to give up CTRL, you can go to the keyboard preferences and make CTRL behave like Command, so you can use CTRL+C and CTRL+V and CTRL-whatever
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Blizare #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 27, 2008 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 234 Mac Specs: Mac Pro 14gb ram 24" LED Cd & 23" Cd	04-20-2008, 06:15 PM You'll get over it. Start using it everywhere. Cmd+T for new tabs Cmd+Q to quit programs for instance.
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kmkl #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 11, 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 305 Mac Specs: iMac 24" 2.4GHz 2GB RAM 320GB HD	04-20-2008, 06:26 PM 2 days, was opening new tabs quick!
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walkerj #9 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 13, 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA, USA Posts: 1,186 Mac Specs: 13" Macbook Pro 2.26Ghz Unibody 4G RAM 160G HDD Superdrive	04-20-2008, 08:19 PM About a week, and now it's more natural this way. I have to remember the CTRL combinations and I've been doing those for more than twenty years! I can switch between the two pretty easily now though.
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Likugha #10 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 14, 2007 Location: Oregon Posts: 55 Mac Specs: MacBook 2 GHz Core Duo ! GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM	04-20-2008, 11:07 PM That is a harder question then i initially thought. Its like i think it and bam it is there. So really i think it is still a learning process using more and more "cmd" everyday
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