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Bought my first Macbook ever

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Broke boi

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After lurking this forum for a good month or 2..

i went ahead and decided to pull the trigger on a base model 13 inch Macbook pro without touchbar.
it arrives tomorrow.

what do i do now? i need a fitting sleeve

bought a regular Usb C to hdmi adapter as well. if you got something better recommend it to me
 

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Gav2k

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Broke boi said:
After lurking this forum for a good month or 2..

i went ahead and decided to pull the trigger on a base model 13 inch Macbook pro without touchbar.
it arrives tomorrow.

what do i do now? i need a fitting sleeve

bought a regular Usb C to hdmi adapter as well. if you got something better recommend it to me
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A USB c to USB type a could get you out of trouble in the future. Other than that I just replaced cables and brought a hub to I dock once rather than plug multiply things in but that depends on your work flow.
 
digitalm3

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congrats on your purchase, i bought my first one more than a decade ago and have never looked back.

you are in the right place to learn what you can do with them :)
 
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Broke boi

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Gav2k said:
A USB c to USB type a could get you out of trouble in the future. Other than that I just replaced cables and brought a hub to I dock once rather than plug multiply things in but that depends on your work flow.
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which hub did u buy?
 
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stix666

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I just got my first Mac laptop yesterday, a 15' MBP. I have iPads, a mac pro and a Mac mini.

I really love this machine.
 
Mefisto

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If you've only ever used Windows, prepare for a slight learning curve with macOS. Basically the same functionalities, only sometimes executed a bit differently. When stuck, ask (for advice), and you (mostly) shall receive.

Other than that, peruse these forums for information, and enjoy the MBP.
 
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jksu

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probably a usbc to usba adapter for flash drives, charging iphone, usb backup drives, etc. under $10 for apple or 3rd party
 
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Samuelsan2001

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If you tell us what you use a computer for then there will be a lot more advice about apps and best practice for you.
 
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Broke boi

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Samuelsan2001 said:
If you tell us what you use a computer for then there will be a lot more advice about apps and best practice for you.
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oh, well im a casual user. browsing/listening to music. downloading tons of movies/tv shows. light gamer. gonna use to for classes too
 
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Samuelsan2001

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Cool ok well for torrents use transmission it's a great little torrent app.

Try and use safari rather than chrome as a browser chrome is very badly optimised on macs.

iTunes is fine for music but you'll want VLC for running all file types for movies.

I use skim for pdfs it's far lighter on resources than preview so that will be good for school.
 
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Broke boi

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thanks man
so transmission is gonna replace utorrent
safari instead of chrome.
skim instead of Adobe
was already using itunes and vlc so im good there.
 
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Broke boi

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i forgot to ask but how do i stream torrents on a mac?
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Jamieblufc said:
I went for this sleeve. Its quite a basic sleeve as I use it within another bag/travel case but it fits and protects my Macbook Pro TB 13" very well with around half cm top and side

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009F8ARNS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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thanks. im gonna buy this now
 
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LxHunter

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fs454 said:
Congrats. I wouldn't get a clear skin - it'll make the trackpad feel a whole lot worse and it doesn't need it. Get a nice sleeve and take care of the computer and you'll be fine.
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Agreed. No skin on trackpad.
 
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