peckerhead 0 #1 January 2, 2008 OK so I got a new mac laptop and I am a PC guy. (for you it has already been covered do a search guys please don't respond.) Any tips to get started would be appreciated Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
velocityphoto 0 #2 January 2, 2008 Pc's have 10 ways of doing something, mac has ONE! A friend will bail you out of jail , a REAL friend will be sitting next to you in the cell slapping your hand saying "DUDE THAT WAS AWSUM " ................ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PharmerPhil 0 #3 January 2, 2008 Two places to start are right on Apple's web site. The home page (as of today at least) has a link right in the center for a guided tour of Leopard, their latest operating system: http://www.apple.com/ Three clicks away I found this "Portables Fast Start" page which looks helpful: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303638 If you wanna get in depth with any given Apple program, you can find the manuals for those programs in the support section. If it is a non-Apple program (Dreamweaver, Photoshop, etc.), get a book. there are usually tons for any popular program at any book store. Good luck. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stratostar 5 #4 January 2, 2008 yea just sit down and turn it on and play around, import some photos into iphoto and import video and play with it, load up some tunes in itunes, check out how easy iphoto, itunes, imovie, idvd, and garageband all work seamlessly together. Making a imovie and need a sound track, drag and drop it into the time line, put it in the wrong spot, grab it and slide it where it need to be. Want to have a still image in you video, just drop and drag it..... you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HSPScott 0 #5 January 2, 2008 Congrats on the purchase. I know that you can also get tutoring at any Apple store. I set up appointments with a Mac genius for specific questions. Start playing with iMovie, just to get feeling on how a mac thinks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #6 January 2, 2008 Spend some time poking around the HDD, as the file structuring is the biggest difference overall. The OS isn't much different than XP or Vista. Remember to shut it down properly, Macs aren't often happy with power-button shutdowns. You don't need to shut down, however, just sleep it/close it. My Mac gets restarted every couple of weeks, whether it wants to or not. I recommend you purchase DiskWarrior as well. When you do end up with a corrupted disk, (and you will), DW does an awesome job rebuilding it. This is one aspect of Macs that you don't see on the PC side, you can more easily rebuild a folder on the Mac side than the PC side, but then again, the folders become corrupted more easily on the Mac side. Dismount drives properly. This is critical. Don't just plug/unplug a USB or Firewire drive like you can with a PC. Macs buffer differently. Drag the drive from the desktop to the trashbin. Seems counterintuitive, but this dismounts the drive. Or rightclick/Appleclick the drive and eject it that way. If it's a Macbook Pro, consider Bootcamp and Parallels. Parallels can't be used for video yet, but should be so eventually. This will let you run your favorite Windows software on your Mac. My powerbook runs about half n' half for Mac and Windows use. I love this aspect. Most of all, have fun with it. Congrats on the new purchase! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peckerhead 0 #7 January 2, 2008 Thanks fellas, I am mostly going to use it to edit/burn tandem videos and stills. Every day I find new cool stuff. Yesterday I loaded up my tunes on it and I now have just over 8000 songs. Best xmas present ever! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murrays 0 #8 January 2, 2008 With regards to iMovie....you should have 2 versions of iMovie. The latest version is WAY different from the predecessors. iMovie 6 (HD) should also be in the Applications folder inside its own folder. If it isn't I believe you can download it from the Apple website. They are totally different animals. I think you would find the older iMovie more similar to what you were using in the PC world. The new iMovie is more oriented to generating videos to post on YouTube. I am using it to organize all my family video as it stores all you video in a large library (I have over 1 tb of external firewire drives hooked up). It is great to be able to find clips of the kids from 8 years ago so easily. I don't think it is as god at exporting to DVDs. I haven't seen much/any discussion of the latest iMovie on here but thought I would bring that to your attention.-- Murray "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
