Cool Mac Features

[Mike21]

Well I just got a Mac Pro, and it is my first mac it is kind of wierd of getting used to but I think I can do it. So my question is are there any cool little features or gadgets, or hotkeys that should know about?

[chargerslax92]

the application photo both is pretty sweet, the dashboard is also helpfull, it will take u a little to get used to

[BLUEJAYSFAN9]

Photobooth is pretty cool. And fun to waste time with :)

[EastCoastDeft]

ya you can download a ton of sahboard acesories, itunes is nice, hey the thing in the top cornor, its the hardrive, you ca go into ANYTHING with it. ANYTHING! any folder any anything

[marchmadness35]

if u press apple, control, and option all at once and then 8, it puts all the colors as the opposte, it looks really cool, you just do the same thing to revert it.

[laxr24]

if you hold control and scroll in with your fingers, it zooms in the screen as far as you want.

[cali feeder]

PM Gigo567. He's a Mac god.

if you hold control and scroll in with your fingers, it zooms in the screen as far as you want.That's not a Mac trick. Windows does it too.

[Brandon303]

if u press apple, control, and option all at once and then 8, it puts all the colors as the opposte, it looks really cool, you just do the same thing to revert it.
Dude, this is soooo dope :D

[Mike21]

Another question to all of you mac users, I was trying to get AIM(right now I'm using iChat) however when I downloaded aim it is downloaded as AIM.bin and .bin is not supported by my computer. How do I fix this? Also whenever I open up firefox(Better then Safari!!) The little firefox Hd icon appears on my dekstop anyway to stop this?
Please don't kill me (SUper Mac N00bz0rz question) I don't know how to open the CD drive.
Last question, I saw someone with a mac hit some buttons on the keyboard and the screen turned, like a cube, anyone know how to do that?

[middleton23]

type in on google: "AIM for Mac" and it will bring u to the page u will need

you have to drag the firefox logo into your applications folder

press the button on the top right of the keyboard to eject discs. to put a disc in, just slide it in the slit on the right of the computer.

and for the cube thing, use the remote control that came with your computer and press 'menu'

[Mike21]

type in on google: "AIM for Mac" and it will bring u to the page u will need

you have to drag the firefox logo into your applications folder

press the button on the top right of the keyboard to eject discs. to put a disc in, just slide it in the slit on the right of the computer.

and for the cube thing, use the remote control that came with your computer and press 'menu'

Middleton thanks, but I don't have an imac, therefore no remote, I know there is a way to do it onthe keyboard though.

[livin4lax09]

no, the cube thing isn't related to front row (the menu botton on the remote) what they probably did was switch users while on the computer. it's pretty simple actually. All you have to do is create two users, and then go to the upper right corner where it has your name, and switch to another user. The screen will rotate onto the new user's account.

front row can also be brought up with command+esc.

the inversion trick is cool, ive never seen that one before.

[HdGLaxWarrior]

Dude, this is soooo dope :D

yeah i know, i just did it and it looks awesome.

[CHLaxMaster]

yeah i know, i just did it and it looks awesome.

niiiiice i'll keep it that way! :D

[Mike21]

Oh ok thanks guys. I'm starting to get used to my mac.
What kind of word processor do you guys use?
As of right now I just downloaded openoffice

[cjm3113]

I'd still use word if I were you.

[Mike21]

Yea, but you have to pay :(
I know there is another way to get it, but I don't think I'm allowed to post how.

EDIT: The AIM still is not working because it downloads as aim.bin and for some reason my mac does no recognize .bin extensions

[CHLaxMaster]

i got MS Office Student Edition with my macbook :D

[cjm3113]

Yea, but you have to pay :(
I know there is another way to get it, but I don't think I'm allowed to post how.

EDIT: The AIM still is not working because it downloads as aim.bin and for some reason my mac does no recognize .bin extensions

There are some good MS Office Student Edition deals for students.

[livin4lax09]

Personally I don't like open office because I'm used to word, but a lot of people swear by it.

[Brandon303]

i got MS Office Student Edition with my macbook :D
Yeah I got that with my MacBook also. Very easy to use and 100% compatible with the actual (PC version) Microsoft Word/Office.

[truste1]

Another thing that might have been the cube you were talking about is VirtueDesktops (http://virtuedesktops.info/) which allows you to have multiple virtual desktop spaces. One of the transitional animations is a spinning cube.

[Meade Lacrosse]

If you have Leopard, which you must if you recently purchased your mac, then you have something called Spaces. Its like having 4 desktops at once. Its practically amazing.

[HdGLaxWarrior]

niiiiice i'll keep it that way! :D

yeah, tlf looks soo much cooler with the colors like this.

[Mike21]

Meade- Yes I do have spaces, and I have not used it yet, but finally I'm on winter break, so I will have plenty of time to play with my mac :) Yu can actually have more then 4 you can edit it in the setup. The Max is 8x8

Edit: I lied the max is 4x4. 16 desktops in total.

[truste1]

If you have Leopard, which you must if you recently purchased your mac, then you have something called Spaces. Its like having 4 desktops at once. Its practically amazing.

Just not with the cool transition effects.

[laxattack17]

EDIT: The AIM still is not working because it downloads as aim.bin and for some reason my mac does no recognize .bin extensions

I would use either iChat or Adium for instant messaging, AIM for mac has pretty much been abandoned...

but if you still want it, make sure you downloaded the right thing, and if it doesnt seem supported, try opening it with an application called Stuffit Expander. It's basically the mac version of winzip.

[livin4lax09]

stuffit blows. get a program called the unarchiver.

[Mike21]

Thanks livin, I just got the unarchiver it works great.

[Mike21]

I also just got VMware fusion, from my brother, (his friend works there) it great im posting right now on windows XP OS.

[veronalax33]

i think photoshop is on there. and its pretty fun to mess around with filters.

[OSUBuckeyes17]

No Photoshop is not a preinstalled program on any mac, unless of course you shell out for it. Check out www.tuaw.com for some cool mac stuff, I always find good stuff on there for my macbook. Enjoy it!

Oh and as for IM, definitely download Adium, awesome program

[livin4lax09]

download gimpshop if you want a photoshop program without paying for it.

and www.coolosxapps.net

[Valaxman17]

I hav a question my friend deleted ichat off my applications is there anyway to get it back?

[wmaclax]

when i try to do an ichat with somebody a message appears that says
"user declined invitation" and they tell me they accepted it
does anyone know whats wrong

[laxgoalieguy123]

I hav a question my friend deleted ichat off my applications is there anyway to get it back?

Do you mean your friend deleted it off your dock? Because if that is what he did, search "iChat" in spotlight. I would suggest either calling apple (if you have apple care) or searching for it on www.apple.com/downloads (http://www.apple.com/downloads)

[livin4lax09]

i dont think they have it. you can insert the os x disk the computer came with redownload it from there though.


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