'Official' New Member Thread: Welcome

[bluap84]

i have been on here a while now...but never saw this thread. So ill say hello now!

Hello....i was a long term Windows user with a dream of owning a mac, that dream has come true. Now im an apple fan boy, with an iMac / iPhone / iPad... :D

and actually LOVING FCPX...

[YEEZY]

I owe Macrumors a lot for keeping the news together and helping me decide what computer to get.

Because of this, I got a nice, new MBA 13" to supplement my admission to college. Anybody a Trojan here? FIGHT ON!

[MacPrime]

I'm new here as well, but I've lurked here for over a year. Finally decided to join the community that spend a lot of time stalking. :apple:

[alexsam]

I have just join this forum and i hope the other users will appreciate and share healthy information with me.

[sxcJoshie]

Hello,

My name's Josh. I'm from Adelaide, South Australia and have been meaning to sign up for these forums ages ago but never got around to it. I couldn't find a newbie thread so I thought I would just make my own. So hey! :)

[Kiwibloke]

Gidday, just joined the group, looks like a load of great stuff on here, I'm sitting on a rig in the north sea at the moment surfing the net on my iPad, I use to carry around with me a heavy laptop but now it's just my iPad, great bit of kit and a lot lighter, I always carry a camera with me too so check out my photos on my flickr page, just started so don't laugh.

KB

[Kiwibloke]

Take more photos of your workplace!, I find platforms quite intriguing. :)

Yeah will do, do you have to post photos on another site to get the img code to post on this site, man I wish there was an easy way.


KB

[Kiwibloke]

No, you can download them from your computer, using the little paper clip on the top of the post thread options, like this. :)
Doesn't seem to work from a iPad, the choose files bits are greyed out, not to worry, I know I can do it through flickr but it's a pain on the iPad. Thanks guys.

[Kiwibloke]

Test
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6071/6097603338_c13e6f206b_z.jpg

Hope this works.

KB

[NoExprEt]

Hi there, new to the site and didn't know where else to start.

Plan to be on here a fair bit, so please bear with me. :)

Cheers.

[Allisona]

Hello, I am new here, hope can learn many things here, become friends with you

[arunachalam]

Hello friends,
I am new to this forum and I want to say hello to all.

[Dornblaser]

Greetings! Why don't you buy us all a beer and tell us why you landed here.

[jal97jal]

Hello everybody! My name is jal97jal. I'm awesome.

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Is this a good place to work on my post count?:D

[SinisterKid]

I have been creeping these forums for about a month now and Ive found some great information so today i decided to sign up! Keep up the good info everyone and one day I may have some to share, after I make my apple purchase of course......:apple:

[pcgeek12345]

Hello everyone!

I am the proud owner of an iPad first gen (16 GB wifi), and an iPod Touch 4th Gen (32 GB).

Getting a MBP once i get the cash. :D

[Zssammie]

Hi all, My name is Sam and I am new to the forum. I currently have 2 mac books pro's, an iPhone and an iPad 2. Just found the forum and am pretty exited to learn new things. :D:apple:

[last.september]

Hi everyone! Long time lurker from the islands :) I've been learning a lot, especially in the MBA section.

I've been an apple fan for a long time. I currently have a 15" MBP, 11" MBA, iPhone 3GS (soon to be 4S), 32GB iPad, and a 1st gen iPod touch.

Looking forward to joining in on the fun (and current madness in the iPhone section)!

[Four oF NINE]

Hey guys.. I've been a lurker for a while, but only sporadically until the pending launch of the iPhone 4S, and I had to join. I've been with Apple since the iMac, never used computers before that., never cared for the PC experience,

Can anyone explain the different titles, I was a newbie at first (no explanation necessary), then I was a 'member' for a while, now I'm a 'regular' What determines these things?

[Four oF NINE]

"The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon!
The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true!"

I thought the chalice from the palace had the pellet with the poison! :confused:

;)

[Bluebell]

Hi everyone
I've just got a MacBook Pro and need help figuring things out from time to time.
:)

[kountzer]

I bought an Ipad 2 wifi 16g a few weeks ago. It was on a Tuesday evening at the Houston Galleria Apple store. The reason I know it was a Tuesday is because the next morning news came that Steve Jobs had passed away. May he rest in peace.

The first pc I owned was a mac. I bought it back in the early to mid 90s. It was soon obsolete, and I couldn't afford another mac, so I switched over to to a pc.

I actually turned against apple products, although I was an big fan starting out.
I kept hearing about the ipod, how great it was. I kept saying it can't be that great. Then I bought one, right after christmas '05. Fabulous gadet. I've been in the apple fold, ever since, as much as I can afford to be anyway.

I currently have an ipod touch 3rd gen, an Ipad 2, just mentioned, & and win 7 notebook from hp. If I could afford it I would get an apple notebook or desktop, but I don't see that happening.

I also bought my wife an ipod. I've offered her my ipod touch, but she is very happy with her ipod. Oh yeah, I have an iphone 3gs also. My contract is up, and I am thinking about a 4s or a 4. The 4s is scarce. I want to keep my unlimited data plan also.

DB in NW Houston

[michacle]

Join u today. find many interesting and practical information here. thx,

[johannalynn]

Hi everyone! I am new here and I'm glad I saw this forum.

[faisal jee007]

faisal jee thanks....................

[John Castle]

I didn't see an "Introduce yourself" thread anywhere, though I admit that I didn't exactly do an exhaustive search for one. But anyway, here's mine.

Hi! I'm John. I'm a writer from the greater Los Angeles area -- Woodland Hills, to be precise. I bought my first Mac, a Mini, back in '08. Prior to that, the last Mac I had even touched was a PowerBook sometime back in the mid-late '90s when they were still running OS 9. I was definitely not a fan back then, and I have to confess, I talked a lot of smack (I'd use another word, but I'm still new here and unsure of what the rules on four-letter words are) about Apple products.

I had engaged in writing as just a hobby until about 2000, when I discovered I could get paid to do it. Still, it was Windows for me until about 2008, when I discovered an app called Scrivener. From everything I read about it, it was a writer's dream come true -- and it was only available for the Mac. So, I swallowed my pride, kicked my anti-Apple prejudice into a dark corner, and bought myself the least expensive Mac there was, the Mac Mini. I loaded Scrivener onto it, and... was pretty disappointed.

But, having taken the plunge and laid down the coin for this new, but shockingly intuitive and easy to learn, OS -- frankly, I found OSX Leopard to be as different from OS 9 as night is from day -- I was already committed to the platform.

So I got ahold of an app called StoryMill, by Mariner Software. I was hooked. I got Montage. I was hooked even deeper. Since then, I've penned three dozen short stories in StoryMill, an independent feature film and a corporate video in Montage, and then... the original Mini died.

See, at the time -- and still to this day, for the moment -- I lived in a ghetto-ass apartment complex with a serious mold infestation in the central AC system. That killed the fan in the Mini -- then condensation formed and, when the temperature rose again, that condensation dripped into the logic board and killed the first Mac I ever really loved.

I was stuck with Windows 7 from '08 to about August of this year, when I bought a mid-2011 Mini. But all throughout that unwanted exodus back to Windows, I used RocketDock and a few other third-party mods to recreate Leopard. Along the way, Literature & Latte released a beta of Scrivener for Windows, and I learned to love Scrivener for the first time.

Now I'm back on the Mac, using Scrivener full time to complete spec projects for the production company I work for, TKH Productions, and having an absolute blast.

So there's me. Nice to meet you all, and I'm hoping to have a good time here.

[Browser007200]

Hi to All, came accross site,while lookiing at my problem, how to use as easily as possible equipment and add to what i have to put down tracks for an accoustic track and a vocal at some point.
i have an IMAC 24" Ipad 2 and a TASCAM DP-02 40gb with CD slot.. And Garage, not used any musically yet, i know i can use garage directly but guess thats not a great idea unless i buy the right Mic for instrument use ( USB ) maybe, i have a shure SM58 for vocal, would lile to. Comsider usimg tascam bought on a wim in Usa,never tried it,though just bought a Tutor Cd which imam told is a good one, so iam no techy, what does anyone who knows put there think, not looking to go pro just reasonable and easy to follow? Any help,appreciayed, thanks browser.

[TexasChemE]

Oh, I didn't see this thread before. I joined two months ago, but I will make a nice introduction for myself :)

I am an engineering student at college, and I am a self proclaimed Apple Fanboy :) . I used to have a MacBook (2.0GHz G2D, 2Gb Ram), but this summer I decided to purchase myself a more powerful MacBook, so I bought a 15'' pro (2.0 GHz i5 with 4Gb ram) and just this past week I upgraded the ram to 8Gb (one of the best computer decisions I have made in a while). I have a a 16Gb WiFi+3G iPad (First generation), along with a white AT&T 16Gb iPhone 4.

I had actually been looking at MacRumor's front page for apple news for the past year or so, but it was just this past fall when I decided to browse around the forums. I really liked the atmosphere from what I could tell, and I definitely have an interest in Apple products (why the hell else would I be here then? haha). I plan on being here for a while!

[chrf097]

Hi i'm Chris!

I'm a kid, but I really like computers. I just ordered a Macbook Pro (it's shipping right now and should be here monday! MY FIRST MODERN MAC!; see sig for details about it :D) but I collect older apple computers, preferably before the G5/Intel switch era. Look forward to being with you all :woo:!

[jhead95]

Been reading the MacRumors entries for about 2 years now? So I finally decided to enjoy the forums. Hello from Australia!

[xf82517]

Been reading the MacRumors entries for about 2 years now? So I finally decided to enjoy the forums. Hello from Australia!

I'm from Australia too mate :)

Hello all I am xf82517 :) Nice to be here and dribbling over my Mac Mini constantly. Although it's second hand I am finding I do most everything with it (photoshop, word processing, spreadsheeting, internet and randomly playing with databases)

I still need my Windows laptop for DVRing tv and playing recorded tv files though. :)

The only problem is I can't seem to get the DVI output to function out of my digital Samsung display. Oh well.

I've been lurking around and doing heaps of searching in this forum and others to find my problem, no luck yet! :)

What I love about the Mac it's just so friendly looking and easy to use. For the love of me on the first day I hooked it up I couldn't work out how to get the Info about my external hard drive, 2 hours later after exploring everything I managed to work out you can right click on it and click "Get Info"

[bugsybdb]

I have owned Macs for years, but I still am not considered a genius.I often run into problems and need help. So I have to turn to experts. There always seems to be people on these site willing to help. Thanks up front.

[stevie2x]

hi im steve from plymouth england.
i just got my first imac after years of telling the wife i wanted 1.
dont think ill ever look back but it is hard work for a newbie.
spending hours just looking around.:D
this is a great site for advise and any tips will be appreciated.
thx steve:apple:

[balamw]

MOD NOTE:

I just cleaned up all posts that don't fit the 2 month rule.

This will be a bit of a test... Another of these threads started with good intentions... but was soon taken over by regulars.

if you just joined MacRumors, reply and introduce yourself.

This is only for new Macrumors users... only users who registered within two months of the current date may reply...

All other users posts will be deleted. (moderators, please enforce this). This will be for myself included... only comments by truely "new" users will be allowed in this thread.

Discuss away...

(this could fail miserably if no one replies :) )

arn

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[J3ayy]

Hi
I am a newbie to this site.
Swapped from a pc to a new IMac & i am not regretting it, Just takes bait of getting used to how it works! ;)

[qwasedral]

Hey guys, what's up? I signed up for this site a while back but I never really went on it, but since I was just banned form another forum that I was previously on, ifans, I decided to come here :D

[Alonso Nguyen]

Hi all,:(

I could not find an introduction thread, so I'm introducing myself here, if any inconvenience caused, I apologize. This is Alonso Nguyen new fellow this board. I like this forum very much and a reader of it since 2011. I completely visit this community and got helped many a time. So I joined here to share and help people by any means. So I'm seeking your cooperation and support.

Thanks and Regards
Alonso Nguyen

[fjr1965]

I 'm from Italy Milano, this is the first time for me with Mac i have a Macbook pro
2011 13" and iPhone 4 with some modding. Sorry for my bad English

[dauber]

Hi, all...I'm....kinda new. Already posted about 20 times so far, but this thread somehow eluded me!

From 1993 until 2006 I was a die-hard Amiga user. 2006 was a rough year, though, as my wife and I were in the midst of a move across four states, and during that move my wife lost her job, so we were getting by on my income and several part-time jobs...one day the place where my wife and I were both part-timing they screwed up her payroll (and it was going to be a REALLY nice check!), and as a result I didn't have enough to pay the rent -- I'm sure we could have asked our landlady to give us a few days, but I didn't want to do that. I was planning to buy a used PC anyway to practice programming etc., so I sold my AmigaOne via eBay and got a LOT more than my asking price!

So....a year later after my wife got her current job and we were back on our feet and in better shape to spend once in a while, I wanted to get another AmigaOne. Problem: the reason I made a lot of money off the sale was that there was a huge demand for those, but production of the boards stopped about a year before. And I was having a dilly of a time looking for another one. But I needed something. And I really wanted a laptop, which to this day you can't really get in an Amiga (unless you emulate the older 680x0-based ones)...but I didn't want a Windows computer -- in fact, to this day, I've never given a cent to Microsoft -- and I couldn't find a bare laptop on which I could put Linux...plus, I was always the go-to guy whenever someone had computer problems (and I've since become a certified technician and do freelance computer work as a result!), and people would always ask, "Do you do Macs too?" Hmmm...I didn't. Maybe it was about time I learned.

So on December 27, 2007, I took a big risk and went to Best Buy and bought a white MacBook. Wow. Best purchase decision I EVER made. (Only problem: Amiga had Directory Opus...Mac doesn't have it -- which is why I'm currently making an equivalent out of Java. :) ) LOVED IT from the start! My wife and I became converts instantly.

On December 28, 2011, I bought my first iMac and the thing is a dream.

Anyway...I'm a Chicago north-sider. Talk to me about computer stuff, music in general (especially Beatles and Brian Wilson), and Lord knows what else...in grad school working on a master's in software engineering. Afraid I'll have to repeat my data structures class, but hey... :)

Been really digging the discussions here!

[ndpuckhead]

Newb here. Not much of a computer guy, but this looks like a great place to learn!

[ndpuckhead]

Careful otherwise you are gonna scare the newbs away :p

Its gonna take a lot more than that to scare me away:p

[SsSsSsSsSnake]

just wanted to say hi. got an iMac a few weeks ago and going to order the new iPad when its out.

been reading these forums for a week or 2 and find them informative and enjoyable.

[oamyot]

Hi , I love :apple:

Thank you have nice day

[Mike.83]

Alright :)

Finally got around to signing up.

Hope everyones well.

[bobbyjames]

Hello!

Another long time lurker of the forums but thought it was about time to sign up and start getting involved! I wouldn't exactly call myself an expert on computers/technology but I'm learning!

I've been an Apple fan ever since I got my first iPod back in 2005 (30gb Ipod Photo I believe, no idea what generation!), I currently own a 2010 iMac, 2008 MacBook (no idea on the sec of these off the top of my head), iPhone 4 32gb, Ipod Touch 64gb and the girlfriend has a 16gb iPad 2 Wifi that I seem to use more than her!

Anyway, see you around the forums!

[MonkeyBrainz]

Signed up like 5 seconds ago. And life goes on.

[JagsFan829]

Hey all! Current iPhone 4 user, with my wife having the 4S. Love both phones and have been using the iPhone for years. I just started a savings account this weekend to start saving up for my first Mac laptop. Air or Pro, haven't decided yet. But this site seems like a great resource to make that decision, among other things! Thanks!

[Sylon]

I was wondering where this thread/section was. I'm the new guy here :)

I can't say I'm new to Apple, but I am new to Macs. My first Apple product wasn't an iPod, it was actually the iPhone 3G when I was stationed in Germany. Over there it only cost about $1.35 for one on contract, versus the $200 here. It was great until iOS 4 hit it. After that I picked up an iPad1. I didn't get another iPhone until the 4S came out.

Recently though I picked up my very first Mac, a 13" MBP. I love this thing, however the transition from PC to Mac has its moments, especially having to purchase new software that I grew accustom to on my PC. It just takes time getting used to.

Anyway, hi!

[DrumMac]

Hi gang,

New to the forums and wanted to say hi. I've been a lurker for a while and enjoy all of the information here. I grew up with apple computers in school (Mac LC IIs) and never looked back! I love all things Mac!

Best,

DrumMac

[Roc P.]

Hi everyone! I have been coming to MacRumors rather frequently for the past few months and I am a huge fan of Apple and their products :D I figured that I might as well join and contribute.

[SantaRosa2.2]

A noob here just wanted to say hello, been a lurker for a while. Finally registered, see my sig for hardware details.

[Alexanderjohn]

Hello,
My name is Alexander, new on this forum.
I join this topic to say hey to all old members of this community, i hope you all guys will enjoy here.

[Mike-C]

Hey Guys, I'm Mike. I just registered for the forum today. There is a lot of great information here. Thanks for all of the helpful tips. Now if I could only figure out how to post a new thread. I cant find anything that has to do with my particular issue.

Real quick, I deleted all of my photos from all of my devices. (MBP, iPhone 4, and iPad 2) When I reorganized them and reimported them I have a BUNCH of empty files under Events in the normal photos app. Any help with this is appreciated. Thanks again

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[TechSpec87]

Just wanted to introduce myself and say hello to everyone on the forums. I'm pretty well versed with all iPhones, I definitely don't know every little thing but I do know enough to answer questions and help anyone out who may need it. Please feel free to pm me anytime if you have any questions. Nice to meet all of you!

[vijayjadeja55]

Hi I am new here i just started using mac from past two month it is amazing i join the community to know more about mac.

[SweetDove]

Hi everyone! I was directed here by a kind member so I could come and introduce myself! I'm 22 and live in the Midwest with my husband and two devilish ferrets. I signed up here with the main purpose of looking for a case for my new ipad(3gen) which will be arriving in a few days (fingers crossed!)
Ive had the first gen iPad since 2010, and thought with all my hard work in college that I deserved an upgrade! My dear mother bought me the new one, under the condition I send her my old iPad. Petty sweet deal. So anyways, I think I'll really like it here and hopefully I won't pester anyone too much!

-dove

You can find my other thread here http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1348468

[dec.]

Hi! I ended up here after looking for some info on the Time Capsule that we have bought last week. Always have had some Apple devices around like the first iPod Shuffle and Nano first gen, iPod Classic but really have apple-ized our home in the recent years with an iPhone4, iPad1/2/new, Apple TV, 27" iMac, two 13" Macbook Airs and finally the already mentioned Time Capsule...

Seems like a very nice forum here!

[Viper95]

I have been reading the forums for a while now and thought I make my first post! I have found such great information on this forum. Forum look great!

[nelayan99]

Hi to all,
my name is Irwan and I'm new here,pls guide me and show me the way in this Forum,thanks,God bless All....thanks...:):):)

[GMendiola]

Not sure if I've posted this in the correct spot...but anyways

I'm new to posting in Forums but, it's not to say that I don't use them constantly, but in an engaging way...I don't know much. But I'm here to learn more and join in on some conversations when I can. Just wanted to say Hi!

Have a good one, guys!

[bellebichin]

My name is Isabelle Bichindaritz.. I am new here and Glad to be a
part of the community. Hoping to have a lovely time with ya all,
Heard a lot about this forum but never had a chance to get
myself registered.Well here I am at last and have a chance to be a part in your community.

best regard

Isabelle Bichindaritz

[ihappies]

Just got here looking for help with coloring software in iWeb.
I have been on apple for music software since early 90's.
Have now started to explore other areas on apple.

I hoping to get and share some advice.
Im excited to see what i can learn here.
Thx

[frida189]

Hello all.......... this is new member Frida Adams, just joined the site. Hope it will b a great pleasure to be a member of the site. Shall meet all of you in discussions. :)

Regards..
Frida.

[MuzzleNChains]

Hello. Just joined today. I plan on buying a MBA in the next few weeks or so.
Currently the only Mac device I have is an iTouch 32 gig. I'm looking forward to the MBA and learning all I can.

[Nebben86]

Hello. Just joined a few days ago. Have an 21.5 inch iMac that i got for Christmas, and figured that coming on here would help me better figure out how to use the thing. I'm excited:)

[Tezcatlipoca]

Hello! :)

I've been lurking for a while, and thought I'd finally sign up.

I've been using iOS devices since the iPhone 3G, but have always been a Windows user when it came to computers.

... but then my boss ditched the PCs at work, and replaced them all with iMacs... Six months later, and I want one at home! :)

Just waiting on the 2012 iMac update, and I'll be "all in" with Apple and say goodbye to Microsoft (well, apart from my Xbox 360 ;) ).