This is a good example of how different Mac OS and Windows are. You'll find if you keep clicking in a frozen application on Windows you'll completely kill it, if you do it on OSX it remembers what you've clicked on so when it starts working again it'll do whatever you told it to do in the mean time.
The lack of a Start button is a big deal for newbies, just try and forget about it and eventually you'll realise it wasnt all that great anyway
Aaaah, just learned something new in all these years.
Always thought that a .DMG was an install file, but that makes sense.
Thank you for clarifying.
Interesting.or those who like the start button for easy access to apps just drag the Applications folder to your dock, when its there it opens like a menu
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Interesting.
Just tried to do that from my user folder. It would not drag to the dock.
What am I doing wrong?
That worked beautifully.You dropped it in the wrong place, drop it on the far right next to the trash or if your dock is on the left or right on the bottom next to the trash.
That worked beautifully.
Thank you so much for that piece of advice. Great thing to have in the dock.
I just made the move to using osx a little over a year ago and the biggest problem for me was navigating the file system (still not very good at it lol).
one of the first things I did was change my keyboard to windows (using control instead of command).
I wouldn't recommend this. The best thing to do is learn to use it as OS X like it's meant to be, not use it as Windows. Don't try to make it like Windows so that it's familiar, but use it like OS X and you'll probably start wondering why Windows does some things the way it does!
I switched 10 1/2 years ago and it only took a month to get over using ctrl and using command instead.
I do agree that the file system was tough at first, but I love it so much more, and using it, especially through terminal, has taught me how to use the basics of Linux as well.
If anybody has any tips do this or don't do that etc feel free to drop them here
I am a Mac virgin and am a little nervous
Command-tab closes tabs and windows. Command-Q is used to quit an app. See the keyboard shortcuts link in the Helpful Information for Any Mac User that I linked in my last post.Go to macrumors beginners guide! Helped me a lot. And try to waste some time learning the new shortcuts (keyboard and mouse). One that was very useful was close tabs (command W) and close window (command Q).
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Interesting.
Just tried to do that from my user folder. It would not drag to the dock.
What am I doing wrong?
I am a Mac virgin and am a little nervous
It's always scary the first time (some say it might even hurt a little).
But if you keep at it and enjoy the expericence of learning something new, you will get better at it and it will start to feel really good and eventually it will be the only thing you want to do..
I recommend caution in using such apps, as removing the wrong thing can cause problems. The only benefit is saving a bit of drive space, by removing unneeded languages and architectures.I am new to Mac also!
plan to use Monolingual but have one question about it:
Beside deleting other languages which I dont need, what else can I benefit from this software?
I just made the move to using osx a little over a year ago and the biggest problem for me was navigating the file system (still not very good at it lol).
one of the first things I did was change my keyboard to windows (using control instead of command).
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Now with imac i am determined to try it again and understand it...it's especially ironic since the core kernal is suppose to be based off linux, which i use at work daily. But just cant figure out logic and order how the osx file system works.