My First mac

[levitynyc]

I have a 24" iMac 3GB of Ram 500 GB HD - 256 MB Graphics card - 2.33 MHZ
Wireless Mouse

I have never owned a Mac before, and barely used OSX, but I gambled big and won big time by buying this.

I am upgrading a 6 year old Dell. ( I use new Dells at work) This baby blow everything out of the water.

My iMac is barely audible when its on.

No stuck pixels. I think i had a few, but with a little pressing on them, they were gone. (They could have been dirt spots, but I can't tell...)

I really like OSX. I am till getting used to it, but I love the speed of this baby.

I hate the MM (but i discussed that in another thread).

Thank you for all your help. I am really enjoying this machine.

What are some cool quick key things I can do on OSX (I already know Control Alt Command 8)

 

[adrianblaine]

If we are talking about useless but impressive features, my favorite is holding down the shift key while using expose/minimize

 

[mad jew]

Ch ch ch ch check out this thread.

 

[gr8tfly]

there are a ton - you can look up in Mac Help, from Finder.

aside from cut/copy/paste (cmd-x, cmd-c, cmd-v) here are some of the more useful ones:

Exposé F9, F10, F11 (and/or hot corners)
Dashboard F12 (and/or hot corners)

Screen shots (complete with shutter sound)
(they will put a PNG file on desktop):
cmd-shift-3 does full screen shot (complete with shutter sound)
cmd-shift-4 gives you cursor, to select portion of screen you want to capture
cmd-shift-4, followed by "space" will give you a "camera" cursor. place it over the window you want to capture and it will capture ONLY that window. This is nicer than dragging cursor around it and doesn't need trimming after.

cmd-tab brings up application switcher

in Finder:
cmd-shift-A opens Application folder
cmd-shift-U opens Utilities Folder
cmd-shift-H opens your Home folder

many, many more shortcuts for getting around in Finder, best to consult help

 

[ChickenSwartz]

If you are trying to close an app in the dock, you can click and hold and that brings up the same menu as if you ctrl+click or right click. This is nice if you are too lazy to hit control or reach to the right button.

 

[jsw]

Did you know that you can connect a FireWire cable between your cable box (standard or high-def) and use iRecord to record shows on your Mac, then use VLC to watch them?

Nice bit for just the cost of a FireWire cable.... esp. for high-def content.