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<blockquote data-quote="shahvikram123" data-source="post: 686664" data-attributes="member: 22790"><p>I think the biggest thing you'll find hard is the OS itself. In most ways its similar to windows, but in some ways it can be very different. Heres a few ideas:</p><p></p><p>1. Maximise vs Zoom: In windows hitting maximise makes the windows as big as it can be. in mac OS X hitting the maximise button zooms the windows to just fit the contents of the page, document etc. In some cases this can be a bit annoying, but in most cases it's OK. </p><p></p><p>2. In mac os x you can only drag a window to resize it by dragging the bottom right corner, in windows you can drag it from anywhere. </p><p></p><p></p><p>3. Using expóse instead of the taskbar. the primary way to switch between aplications in windows is using the taskbar, in Mac OS X you use Expose. hit a keyboard shortcut or assign a hot corner (which activates expose when your mouse hits a specified screen corner). Expose scales down all open windows and allows you to choose which one to work with next by simply clicking on that window. once you get used to expose its a very good feature which you'll def miss when using XP/Vista…</p><p></p><p>4. Keyboard shortcuts. In mac OS X keyboard shortcuts are different to window. However they're similar. The main key you use in windows is the control key, however in OS X you use the command key more. most keyboard shortcuts are similar to windows. eg. cntrl + C vs command v, cntrl v vs command V. etc. in most cases simply replace control with command. one thing to remember is that mac os x is based more on the keyboard rather than the mouse and windows is the other way round, therefore you're going to have to get used to using keyboard shortcuts. </p><p></p><p>One piece of advice: don't use your mac like its a windows PC and dont expect it to work the same, its a different system and has its own way of doing things, the sooner you accept that the sooner you'll enjoy using your mac and learn things faster.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shahvikram123, post: 686664, member: 22790"] I think the biggest thing you'll find hard is the OS itself. In most ways its similar to windows, but in some ways it can be very different. Heres a few ideas: 1. Maximise vs Zoom: In windows hitting maximise makes the windows as big as it can be. in mac OS X hitting the maximise button zooms the windows to just fit the contents of the page, document etc. In some cases this can be a bit annoying, but in most cases it's OK. 2. In mac os x you can only drag a window to resize it by dragging the bottom right corner, in windows you can drag it from anywhere. 3. Using expóse instead of the taskbar. the primary way to switch between aplications in windows is using the taskbar, in Mac OS X you use Expose. hit a keyboard shortcut or assign a hot corner (which activates expose when your mouse hits a specified screen corner). Expose scales down all open windows and allows you to choose which one to work with next by simply clicking on that window. once you get used to expose its a very good feature which you'll def miss when using XP/Vista… 4. Keyboard shortcuts. In mac OS X keyboard shortcuts are different to window. However they're similar. The main key you use in windows is the control key, however in OS X you use the command key more. most keyboard shortcuts are similar to windows. eg. cntrl + C vs command v, cntrl v vs command V. etc. in most cases simply replace control with command. one thing to remember is that mac os x is based more on the keyboard rather than the mouse and windows is the other way round, therefore you're going to have to get used to using keyboard shortcuts. One piece of advice: don't use your mac like its a windows PC and dont expect it to work the same, its a different system and has its own way of doing things, the sooner you accept that the sooner you'll enjoy using your mac and learn things faster. [/QUOTE]
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