08-06-2008, 02:55 AM

Perhaps this should go elsewhere, but it could be fun.

I personally have made some definite "n00b" errors. I thought the hinges for cord management on the AC adaptor were feet for it to stand until about 10 minutes ago when I realized why it couldn't balance with them. I thought the cleaning cloth was a really ineffective CD holder. I deleted iPhoto's duplicate photo files and had tearful breakdowns thinking I'd ruined iPhoto forever and wasted HD space.

There are plenty of switcher websites out there, but I think I needed a bulleted list of stupid things people have done.

08-06-2008, 07:59 AM

windows has a thing where, if you highlight all folders, and double click one, it will open the one folder. So when i got my new mac, i highlighted all of my music folders (i.e. one for every artist), but i wanted to check something first so i double clicked on one folder.

...cue all 138 folders opening!! . tried to restart to save having to close them. but no, my clever mac remembers which folders i had open before restarting!

08-06-2008, 09:32 AM

Ha! That is funny, especially the power cord incident. Thanks for being brave enough to share.

08-06-2008, 10:12 AM

Well I don't know how funny mine is and I'm sure I have done dumber and just cant think of it now. But one time my "H" key fell of my macbook pro keyboard and I freaked out trying to find it for like 10-15 seconds I'd say only to realize it was stuck to my right hand pointer finger. I guess I type really hard? Oh well, you're very brave for sharing. Excellent thread idea

08-06-2008, 01:14 PM

I'll watch out not to type too hard then. Are Macbooks prone to losing keys?

deathcab1: I kept trying to figure out why weird windows would be open when I started up my Mac. Is it because they weren't closed at shut down? Interesting.

See, this thread is educational and humbling. Yay!

08-06-2008, 01:37 PM

Zeels, you would not be typing on my MacBook!

This technically isn't a Mac software problem, but a hardware one at least...

I thought my MacBook was about to crack when I realised I could push the left side inwards a little.....turned out this is just the way the MacBooks are made... oops.

08-06-2008, 01:54 PM

Did anyone else take it out of the box and look for instructions on how to open it? I was looking for some sort of button or locking mechanism...

My mom was looking at me like "You just spent how much on a computer you don't even know how to open...?"

08-06-2008, 02:28 PM

for about the first week I kept trying to hit the X in the top right that wasnt even there.

and I used to keep clicking the mouse button to open a link in a new tab.

08-06-2008, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by deathcab1

...cue all 138 folders opening!! . tried to restart to save having to close them. but no, my clever mac remembers which folders i had open before restarting!

Should you be in that situation again, just hold the option key while closing one window ... all the others will close as well.

08-06-2008, 11:59 PM

Hah dont I think the keys fall off a lot, I mean none of my other ones have and I got the H one back on after some effort. I'll make sure I keep my hands off of everyone else's keyboards

08-07-2008, 12:46 AM

I was wondering why they had two different power cords, until I realized they plug into each other to extend range.

08-07-2008, 02:31 AM

Originally Posted by ron4mac

Should you be in that situation again, just hold the option key while closing one window ... all the others will close as well.

aah! clever. around half way through i found the CMD+W shortcut which made things a little quicker at least.

08-07-2008, 05:09 AM

I had the same thing with the power adaptor.
Kept me busy for about a week.

I did think that surely Apple couldn't deign something that was such crap. It just wouldn't stand up on the feet!!

Then I worked out it was for wrapping the cord around and their design decisions made a whole lot more sense lol.

I was having major issues with looking for the X in the top right.
Don;t do it anymore thankfully but I leant my Macbook to a friend because his PC caught a really nasty virus (lol) and had a great laugh watching him use it!
He gave it the "macs are crap" bit but then shut right up after I managed to retrieve all his lost work through parallels. Which caught the virus twice off his HD.
Lol.
Long live mac osx

08-07-2008, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by deathcab1

aah! clever. around half way through i found the CMD+W shortcut which made things a little quicker at least.

Now, try option command w with a number of windows open... That option key is handy; try it occasionally along with your command whatever shortcut to find out what functionality it adds.

08-07-2008, 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by BuickGN

I was wondering why they had two different power cords, until I realized they plug into each other to extend range.

This is a brilliant design thing, IMHO. I can leave the bigger one plugged in at home and take it in wallwart mode when I travel. Much easier.