New to Mac Forums and Mac =)

Just bought an Imac. Should be here Thursday. I have been a Windows/Android user for years and am looking forward to the transitition of using OSX for my Home OS. Staying Android though! =)


Just wanted to introduce myself to the forums as I'm sure I'm going to become a frequent poster here.

shutterbrandon said:

...as I'm sure I'm going to become a frequent poster here.

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Promise??...I'm expecting BIG things from you!

Welcome,

- Nick

Congratulations on your purchase and welcome to Mac Forums..

Regards

Welcome

Yes indeed. What software is this forum based off of? No mobile view

The forum uses vBulletin, the most powerful forum software

Regards

Yet no tapatalk or mobile skins?

Welcome to Mac-Forums. Congratulations on your new Mac. Be sure to post back with any questions or comments.

From a fellow newbie, welcome!

Thread moved to the correct forum. Does not belong in "The Lounge".

Welcome - Congrats on a sweet machine

Congrats on your purchase.
I am new to Mac for only 4 weeks.
You will love it once you get used to the differences.;D

shutterbrandon said:

Yet no tapatalk or mobile skins?

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Used to display as a mobile formatted page. . . . .

FOA MODs - Is the mobile site for premium members only?

Welcome. Great forum and feel free to ask any and all questions, there are a ton of helpful people here (myself included) that love helping others out.

So just unboxed my imac. I have a purple vertical line.

What gives?

shutterbrandon said:

So just unboxed my imac. I have a purple vertical line.

What gives?

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Can you take a picture - or a screenshot? Regardless - you should not have a vertical line. I'd be on the phone to Apple - or heading to the Apple store with the machine to get a replacement. Sounds like you might have a lemon. It's an annoying bummer - I'm sure - but it happens.

So I called and they're going to send me a new one. It's amazing that they trust their customers to hold onto the one we have already until the new one arrives.

DoA iMac. But I can barely see it because it takes up sooo little of the screen. Lots and lots of pixels lol.

Oh and I'm so far in love with OSX.

shutterbrandon said:

So I called and they're going to send me a new one. It's amazing that they trust their customers to hold onto the one we have already until the new one arrives.

DoA iMac. But I can barely see it because it takes up sooo little of the screen. Lots and lots of pixels lol.

Oh and I'm so far in love with OSX.

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Excellent! That means no down time for you - and you can do whatever you would normally have - then use migration assistant to bring everything over when the new one arrives.

mrplow said:

Used to display as a mobile formatted page. . . . .

FOA MODs - Is the mobile site for premium members only?

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As a Premium Member you do get the option of the Add less Free skin for either Mobile or Mac

@ the OP welcome to the forum and the world of Mac. Hre is a few things to get you started

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 ...

Should keep you busy for a while lol
HTH

Cheers

EDIT ~ Instead of QS (quickSilver) Check out Alfred

shutterbrandon said:

So I called and they're going to send me a new one. It's amazing that they trust their customers to hold onto the one we have already until the new one arrives.

DoA iMac. But I can barely see it because it takes up sooo little of the screen. Lots and lots of pixels lol.

Oh and I'm so far in love with OSX.

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Well did you pay with a credit card? I'm assuming so. In this case, if you don't return the broken one they'll just charge you for two; not so much trust, they don't leave theirncustomers with room for error PR mixups

But that's good you're getting it fixed. Even better they're sending you a new one.