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hey all you mac users
A Scotsman walked into a local outlet and ended up befriending an Apple rep .... and after an hour was partially convinced to move to mac from pc.
About 3 weeks passed, and after much balancing on the fence, and a stumble into some cash from a redundancy, i took the plunge and I am now typing away on my new MBP .... a little lost with it all but getting there.
Main concerns I need help and advice on !
1) Un-installing programs. I have installed or tried to a few times some things and in the applications folder it is now looking messy after only a week !! Any simple way to tidy up and make sure no remnants of what I dont want is still on the machine - a firm pet hate of my windows experiences.
2) The @ symbol is in the wrong place !! lol
3) Office 2011 - I am happy with mail, but an avid fan of outlook - is there an alternative or a freebie. I use a lot of word docs, and been reading that they dont go back from mac to pc very well ... concerned, I dont mind buying it but feel going to mac is a statement against microshaft more than a new affiliation to Apple.
4) Making new folders for files etc? I need to copy files from an external drive to a new folder within the mac for editting in Lightroom, but i find navigating in Finder difficult. Am I doing it wrong? In windows a couple double clicks to a folder on a drive and then copy / paste job done .... whats the best way in mac world to do this?
Thats all I have for now....
I have a MBP372B/A machine as my first mac ..... but loving the way it works .. FAST infact even looking at a larger base style mac for the photo studio.
A Scotsman walked into a local outlet and ended up befriending an Apple rep .... and after an hour was partially convinced to move to mac from pc.
About 3 weeks passed, and after much balancing on the fence, and a stumble into some cash from a redundancy, i took the plunge and I am now typing away on my new MBP .... a little lost with it all but getting there.
Main concerns I need help and advice on !
1) Un-installing programs. I have installed or tried to a few times some things and in the applications folder it is now looking messy after only a week !! Any simple way to tidy up and make sure no remnants of what I dont want is still on the machine - a firm pet hate of my windows experiences.
2) The @ symbol is in the wrong place !! lol
3) Office 2011 - I am happy with mail, but an avid fan of outlook - is there an alternative or a freebie. I use a lot of word docs, and been reading that they dont go back from mac to pc very well ... concerned, I dont mind buying it but feel going to mac is a statement against microshaft more than a new affiliation to Apple.
4) Making new folders for files etc? I need to copy files from an external drive to a new folder within the mac for editting in Lightroom, but i find navigating in Finder difficult. Am I doing it wrong? In windows a couple double clicks to a folder on a drive and then copy / paste job done .... whats the best way in mac world to do this?
Thats all I have for now....
I have a MBP372B/A machine as my first mac ..... but loving the way it works .. FAST infact even looking at a larger base style mac for the photo studio.