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Just got a mac :P Pointers?
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1425110"><p>To right-click, um ... you right-click. If that doesn't do it, go to the mouse (or trackpad, I suspect that's what you're talking about, pity you didn't actually say) preferences in System Preferences and set that up.</p><p></p><p>On a trackpad, you can set two finger taps to be a right-click.</p><p></p><p>Viruses. That's ADORABLE. Thanks for the good chuckle!</p><p></p><p>No, you don't -- at least not until after you've learned the Mac. Then decide.</p><p></p><p>I don't know about "goob" players, but iTunes is a perfectly fine media player (you'll be using it anyway, so luckily it's pretty good). A lot of us keep VLC around for files that QuickTime doesn't natively understand, and install <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx" target="_blank">Flip4Mac WMV Player</a> and <a href="http://perian.org" target="_blank">Perian</a> (both free) to save ourselves a lot of effort.</p><p></p><p>Bittorrent is generally used to pirate things (BT defenders, GIVE ME A BREAK. You know it, I know it. Stop kidding yourselves) and we don't discuss that here, because Mac programs are awesome and deserve your money, and there's iTunes for buying music and video. I think you'll find it's actually more convenient and, you know, the person who worked hard to make that stuff you enjoy actually gets paid. So they can make more of it. I like how that works.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1425110"] To right-click, um ... you right-click. If that doesn't do it, go to the mouse (or trackpad, I suspect that's what you're talking about, pity you didn't actually say) preferences in System Preferences and set that up. On a trackpad, you can set two finger taps to be a right-click. Viruses. That's ADORABLE. Thanks for the good chuckle! No, you don't -- at least not until after you've learned the Mac. Then decide. I don't know about "goob" players, but iTunes is a perfectly fine media player (you'll be using it anyway, so luckily it's pretty good). A lot of us keep VLC around for files that QuickTime doesn't natively understand, and install [URL="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx"]Flip4Mac WMV Player[/URL] and [URL="http://perian.org"]Perian[/URL] (both free) to save ourselves a lot of effort. Bittorrent is generally used to pirate things (BT defenders, GIVE ME A BREAK. You know it, I know it. Stop kidding yourselves) and we don't discuss that here, because Mac programs are awesome and deserve your money, and there's iTunes for buying music and video. I think you'll find it's actually more convenient and, you know, the person who worked hard to make that stuff you enjoy actually gets paid. So they can make more of it. I like how that works. [/QUOTE]
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