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12-11-2010, 05:55 AM
I have been told that if I want to start fresh with new details of my own I need to insert the boot disc and press Ctrl after doing so is this correct. Really looking forward to getting to grips with the mac. Great forum by the way Thanks in advance Peter |
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12-11-2010, 06:10 AM
Mate my advice would be, considering its already been set up before is to put in the DVD and reboot while holding down *c* ..... the press english ... Then follow on to erase the HD via Disk Utility. Then when that closes it will bring you to the installer window. Do what you need to do to start installing the OS ... When its all done 40 mins or so its all yours. Start up and go through the Mac setup and registering it .... Once your up and going here is a few things to look at that i posted for a new Mac user not too long ago... If need any more answers be sure to pop in .... Mac Switching 101 Mac 101 MacTricksAndTips ~ 100 Essential Mac Apps Mac OS Keyboard Shortcuts Mac OS Menu Bar Items Mac downloads ~ Apple So there is a bit of reading there. As i goes for Apps we dont know what you are into, but ill list a few that most people have and you can look them up in the 100 Essential Apps URL i gave ... Adium ~ Chat Client Growl Notifications SuperDuper or CarbonCopyCloner ~ Both make bootable copies of your HD HandBrake ~ Video Converting Burn ~ As it says A Burning App Transmission ~ p2p client Skitch ~ Screen capture and more VLC ~ Video player that plays most codecs and does a lot more Perian and Flip4Mac Makes watching certain codecs easier ... This is Essential IMHO Audacity ~ Play with Music App CandyBar ~ Mods all your icons, and dock MainMenu or Oynx ~ Does the same as Disk utility only more thorough Quicksilver ~ Works like Spotlight but way way better and does so much more StuffitExpander ~ Opens Zip and rar files and more Lil Snitch ~ Firewall type App that looks at your incoming and outgoing traffic and last but certainly not least ..... AppTrap ~ Once installed it sits in System Preferences and deletes all associated files of anything that you put in the trash ... Enough to get ya started  Cheers  Dont forget to use the Reputation System if someone has helped you out !!! Arguing with a zealot is only slightly easier than tunneling through a mountain with your forehead!!!!! |
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12-11-2010, 11:28 AM
Thanks again Peter |
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