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<blockquote data-quote="DarkestRitual" data-source="post: 936507" data-attributes="member: 96273"><p>Deal with it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, you have to tell an application to quit... this is actually a good thing, because sometimes it's nice to not have to boot up anymore. Relearn your habit for closing apps. When in the app, rock command Q to quit.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Click the finder icon in the dock... hit command+shift+D - voila, you're now in your Desktop's directory. If you want to see your desktop with the photo and all, hit F11.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Flavor... that's one way to put it, I guess.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Set the dock to automatically hide... move the dock to one of the sides of the screen. All easily changed in system preferences under Dock.</p><p></p><p> or you can use the scroll bar like it was meant to be used... shift for right to left. Or, you can invest in a Magic Mouse, but I doubt you'd be doing that since it's not your Mac.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Open itunes... command E will eject the tray. Other than that, very nitpicky point, and some would argue that the bare bones craptrastic plastic look of a windows disc drive isn't something to be strived for. There is also a manual eject pinhole on all disc drives. Open door, poke drive.</p><p></p><p></p><p>There is no registry. There is Core services, the system, and library. If you want to have mastery over the OS, learn how BSD systems operate. You can learn to do it in the GUI or in the terminal. That's how you gain control. Really, there is more control and less crap in the way.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Office for Mac > Office for windows, but friends don't let friends pay for Office. OpenOffice does the trick.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Windows has been a blatant rip off of Mac OS since its inception, the latest installment being no exception. Win 7 has made their "taskbar" look much more like a dock, combined tabs for every program and categorized them by program icon (just like the dock, which I realize is a *nix/NextSTEP creation), Spotlight (ripping off Tiger), faux Exposé (Leopard), and a ton of other features, so think what you want to, but you can't deny the truth.</p><p></p><p></p><p>That's because you're COMMAND tabbing to an application, not a window. If you want to pick a specific window (at least in Snow Leopard), click and hold the icon in the dock: voila, pick the window you want.</p><p></p><p> Yes they are. If you're too lazy to mouse over them to figure out what they are, you can change your icon set and make it a giant square that says "DOWNLOADS STACK."</p><p></p><p></p><p>It's not. OS X remembers your window location, so you can set your screen up to look any way you'd like it and it will remember it, across spaces and everything, for all of eternity.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The funny farm? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DarkestRitual, post: 936507, member: 96273"] Deal with it. Yes, you have to tell an application to quit... this is actually a good thing, because sometimes it's nice to not have to boot up anymore. Relearn your habit for closing apps. When in the app, rock command Q to quit. Click the finder icon in the dock... hit command+shift+D - voila, you're now in your Desktop's directory. If you want to see your desktop with the photo and all, hit F11. Flavor... that's one way to put it, I guess. Set the dock to automatically hide... move the dock to one of the sides of the screen. All easily changed in system preferences under Dock. or you can use the scroll bar like it was meant to be used... shift for right to left. Or, you can invest in a Magic Mouse, but I doubt you'd be doing that since it's not your Mac. Open itunes... command E will eject the tray. Other than that, very nitpicky point, and some would argue that the bare bones craptrastic plastic look of a windows disc drive isn't something to be strived for. There is also a manual eject pinhole on all disc drives. Open door, poke drive. There is no registry. There is Core services, the system, and library. If you want to have mastery over the OS, learn how BSD systems operate. You can learn to do it in the GUI or in the terminal. That's how you gain control. Really, there is more control and less crap in the way. Office for Mac > Office for windows, but friends don't let friends pay for Office. OpenOffice does the trick. Windows has been a blatant rip off of Mac OS since its inception, the latest installment being no exception. Win 7 has made their "taskbar" look much more like a dock, combined tabs for every program and categorized them by program icon (just like the dock, which I realize is a *nix/NextSTEP creation), Spotlight (ripping off Tiger), faux Exposé (Leopard), and a ton of other features, so think what you want to, but you can't deny the truth. That's because you're COMMAND tabbing to an application, not a window. If you want to pick a specific window (at least in Snow Leopard), click and hold the icon in the dock: voila, pick the window you want. Yes they are. If you're too lazy to mouse over them to figure out what they are, you can change your icon set and make it a giant square that says "DOWNLOADS STACK." It's not. OS X remembers your window location, so you can set your screen up to look any way you'd like it and it will remember it, across spaces and everything, for all of eternity. The funny farm? :D [/QUOTE]
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