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- Your Mac's Specs
- 13 inch alMacBook 2GHz C2D 4G DDR3, 1.25GHz G4 eMac
First 5 things to do with a new Mac laptop (after turning it on and running through the initial set-up, of course)
1. Open system preferences and set tap to click, under the Trackpad setting. This includes checking "secondary click" tap under the "Two fingers" menu. Now you simply tap the trackpad and that acts as a click (works even on older trackpads... does anybody know if the 2 finger secondary click works on older trackpads?)
2. Navigate over to Adium - Download and download adium for instant messaging. It's the best skinnable customizable multi-chat server supporting client in existence. (For simple customization, mess around with the app prefs... cmmd +, gets the job done).
3. Go to Blacktree and download Quicksilver - good stuff. Also, if you're a photographer or astronomer or anybody else with light sensitive work, you can turn your computer to night vision with their app called Nocturnal. After finishing the next 2 steps, then check out a Quicksilver tutorial or two. The power of the program is immense. It basically acts as a search for the database of all of your files, and then allows you to demand an action of a file (such as open, move to, copy, etc). It really improves efficiency.
4. Run software update and install everything it recommends. This will bring your system up to current standards. Restart your computer.
5. Navigate to Monolingual and download Monolingual. Run the app, but ONLY REMOVE EXTRA LANGUAGES. Do not touch the other stuff unless you 150% know what you are doing.
Congrats, you just saverd yourself about 5 gigs of system space back with monolingual, updated your system to the latest, got the best chat software, the most powerful app launching program there is (and that's just one of the few things it does), and set tap to click.
I realize now, this is all dependent on your initial set-up having taken care of the internet. But yea, whatever. Feel free to add anyone.
1. Open system preferences and set tap to click, under the Trackpad setting. This includes checking "secondary click" tap under the "Two fingers" menu. Now you simply tap the trackpad and that acts as a click (works even on older trackpads... does anybody know if the 2 finger secondary click works on older trackpads?)
2. Navigate over to Adium - Download and download adium for instant messaging. It's the best skinnable customizable multi-chat server supporting client in existence. (For simple customization, mess around with the app prefs... cmmd +, gets the job done).
3. Go to Blacktree and download Quicksilver - good stuff. Also, if you're a photographer or astronomer or anybody else with light sensitive work, you can turn your computer to night vision with their app called Nocturnal. After finishing the next 2 steps, then check out a Quicksilver tutorial or two. The power of the program is immense. It basically acts as a search for the database of all of your files, and then allows you to demand an action of a file (such as open, move to, copy, etc). It really improves efficiency.
4. Run software update and install everything it recommends. This will bring your system up to current standards. Restart your computer.
5. Navigate to Monolingual and download Monolingual. Run the app, but ONLY REMOVE EXTRA LANGUAGES. Do not touch the other stuff unless you 150% know what you are doing.
Congrats, you just saverd yourself about 5 gigs of system space back with monolingual, updated your system to the latest, got the best chat software, the most powerful app launching program there is (and that's just one of the few things it does), and set tap to click.
I realize now, this is all dependent on your initial set-up having taken care of the internet. But yea, whatever. Feel free to add anyone.