Hey guys, I finally got my mac! i just wanted to say thank you for all of your buying tips and time. I am having a blast, looking at everything.
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Congrats!
What kind did you get?
Welcome to the 'easy' side.
thanks for the welcome. I just got the basic 20" imac. which is more than what I really need but what the heck. I am going to have it for awhile, might as well get what I really wanted. My husband was really amazed at how silent this baby is. Our old gateways made so much racket. this is absolutely heaven.
Thank you I will. I am very sure from just tonight that there will be many questions.
The most important thing is to know where things go in your HOME Folder.
All your personal stuff goes there in one of the existing folders or new one's
that you create for special use.
Documents, Pictures, Movies, Music, Web Sites, your personal Library of preferences and application support files, and your Desktop, it's all there.
You will also notice that there is a System Library when you open your hard drive icon, but that's for system wide preferences and support files for all users.
Many users are fine using the Safari browser, but many others download Mozilla FireFox or Camino.
Once you have everything set up the way you like it, there won't be much else to do except for occasional software updates.
I do strongly recommend setting up your system with a secondary Super User Account for all your normal daily tasks.
Your primary administrative account should only be used for installations
and maintenance.
Just open System Preferences in your dock and click the Accounts icon.
Your original administrative account is usually in your registerred name.
Your Secondary Super User Accounts need to use a different identity.
This is important because your strongest defense against security issues is to limit installation privileges.
Unlike Windows .exe files, nothing can be installed on your computer
without the administators password or by using a drag to Applications
install while logged on as administrator.
There's a wealth of information in these forums, so if you have any trouble at all, someone here can help you with a solution.
Reading through the Macrumors starters guides helps to get you though a lot of basic questions.
http://guides.macrumors.com/Mac_Beginner's_Guide
There are also guides for just about any issue that may come to mind.
http://guides.macrumors.com/Category:Guides
Enjoy and welcome!!!
All your personal stuff goes there in one of the existing folders or new one's
that you create for special use.
Documents, Pictures, Movies, Music, Web Sites, your personal Library of preferences and application support files, and your Desktop, it's all there.
You will also notice that there is a System Library when you open your hard drive icon, but that's for system wide preferences and support files for all users.
Many users are fine using the Safari browser, but many others download Mozilla FireFox or Camino.
Once you have everything set up the way you like it, there won't be much else to do except for occasional software updates.
I do strongly recommend setting up your system with a secondary Super User Account for all your normal daily tasks.
Your primary administrative account should only be used for installations
and maintenance.
Just open System Preferences in your dock and click the Accounts icon.
Your original administrative account is usually in your registerred name.
Your Secondary Super User Accounts need to use a different identity.
This is important because your strongest defense against security issues is to limit installation privileges.
Unlike Windows .exe files, nothing can be installed on your computer
without the administators password or by using a drag to Applications
install while logged on as administrator.
There's a wealth of information in these forums, so if you have any trouble at all, someone here can help you with a solution.
Reading through the Macrumors starters guides helps to get you though a lot of basic questions.
http://guides.macrumors.com/Mac_Beginner's_Guide
There are also guides for just about any issue that may come to mind.
http://guides.macrumors.com/Category:Guides
Enjoy and welcome!!!
Thanks FFTT. That was really quite helpful. I put 2 other accounts on my mac, but I also put them as administrators. I like the idea about the downloads using the admin password. I think I need to go and change my daughters preferences. Because her fiancee is coming and he loves to download.
Hey guys, I finally got my mac! i just wanted to say thank you for all of your buying tips and time. I am having a blast, looking at everything.
Welcome to macland, now all you need to do is get a passport blackberryville
The account set-up allows you to check or un-check each permission
as you see fit.
They can still use all the applications you allow, but I would definitely
limit installs to your primary administrative account.
You also want to change your account logon preferences to password logon.
Each time you you install software or install OS update, you''ll need to go to
Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility and repair permissions in the disk utility.
This is also your disk burning utility.
I also strongly recommend two mini applications.
You can find these easily at VersionTracker.com
Little Snitch - Personal Firewall that alerts you any time your system attempts to dial out. Shareware and highly recommended.
and
Main Menu.app a very good FREE System maintenance utility for clearing caches, and other scheduled maintenance.
While you're there at Version Tracker, also check out
Adium- a universal chat client with encryption
that allow you to chat with friends using other chat clients.