I've been using VMWare Fusion for years because there isn't really a decent checkbook program for OSX that compares to the standard Windoze versions of Quicken.
There, I confessed.
There's nothing else in Windoze I use anymore.
-disable natural scrolling (why switch your brain back and forth between two methods)
If your new to Mac and its a new machine to you, you need to ignore what WE do and get your own unbiased experience.
Put it all back to default settings, start using it and change what you don't like.
Mac is not Windows and you owe it to yourself to get the "Oh wow" new user experience where you discover what you have been missing.
If your new to Mac and its a new machine to you, you need to ignore what WE do and get your own unbiased experience.
I see what you mean. So, kind of "jump" into it, and get the intuition by myself, and figure out what works for me. Thanks a lot for your advice!
I was about to read the "Missing Manual" book for switching from Windows to Mountain Lion. Would you recommend not reading that and instead seeing if I can figure out how to do things by myself, and only use the book if totally lost?
Does anyone know how I would go about calibrating the screen?
Does anyone know how I would go about calibrating the screen?
Please be overbearing with me if this question already has been answered in the thread, without me seeing it.
But I also lack the knowledge of how to do this? Are there many ways of doing it? What parameters must/should be taken into account, and so forth?
Please be overbearing with me if this question already has been answered in the thread, without me seeing it.
But I also lack the knowledge of how to do this? Are there many ways of doing it? What parameters must/should be taken into account, and so forth?
Especially if you're a windows user the first thing I do is change the default trackpad settings
-disable natural scrolling (why switch your brain back and forth between two methods)
-enable tap to click (will make your trackpad last longer)
-enable two finger tap = right click (again tapping as opposed to clicking will prolong the life of your trackpad)
The trackpad is one of the best things about Apple computers so figure out what works for you and enjoy
Also figure out where you want the dock to be. IMHO having the dock at the bottom is very wasteful of space. I prefer it on the side and actually now I autohide the dock so all of my screen can be for apps.
Calibrate your screen. After calibration the screen almost always looks better than it did out of the box (at least in my experience).
Learn keyboard shortcuts (especially for spotlight) so you can be super efficient!
You'll have to google this but unhide the library folder. It will make your life easier later. Unlike windows on mac os you can find almost anything associated with a program by simply looking through finder (and knowing where to look). For example I needed to know where my kindle books were stored so I could convert them to another format to read on my tablet. Without access to the library that is impossible. Other examples: printer drivers, the custom calibration profile for your screen, email etc. All found in the user's library folder that apple hides by default.
I'm of the opinion that most of Apple's default settings are dumb but their computers are brilliant. You just have to tweak them a bit.
If you don't know why you need to do it, you don't need to do it.
https://www.apple.com/why-mac/
https://kis.kellogg.northwestern.edu/Pages/SecurityTipsMac.aspx
http://macperformanceguide.com/index_topics.html
Welcome to a better user experience! That last link has some basic tips for setting up your Mac for battery/security optimization. Cheers.
Any recommendations for general software from the Mac App Store you find useful for the MBA?
The Thread Starter and I asked HOW to perform calibration - not "why", as the post of "robvas" implies.
I simply don't understand the "robvas" post; it is not intelligible.
I guess he was just trying to say relax and enjoy your machine. No offense intended. Calibrating your monitor will not affect performance. I don't say it's unimportant, but it's not THAT important, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, after a few seconds googling around I found these:
http://mac.tutsplus.com/tutorials/customization/how-to-calibrate-your-macs-display/
http://www.computer-darkroom.com/colorsync-display/colorsync_1.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL-OZUuqr5E
I hope it helps.