My new Macbook Pro

[ajohnson253]

Just purchased the other day, Today is the first Day I have used it.
Any tips? this is a great machine.
I dont do much on it, I originally planned on just getting the macbook but the screen is too small so i decided with the 15" macbook pro. I love it

 

[jav6454]

Just purchased the other day, Today is the first Day I have used it.
Any tips? this is a great machine.
I dont do much on it, I originally planned on just getting the macbook but the screen is too small so i decided with the 15" macbook pro. I love it

Download iStat, lets you see your Mac's temperature, Ram usage, network traffic, CPU usage and other things.

Also, if you want control over how fast your fans run, smcFanControl is a good app.

Other than that, enjoy your new Mac!!! You will enjoy it and love it.

 

[JustGretchen]

www.apple.com/findouthow

all sorts of helpful stuff.

Also google for mac keyboard shortcuts. they'll help you a lot.

 

[ceezy3000]

first of all activate your firewall, i know there isnt really much of a chance itll get a virus but it is a chance, go to system preferences>security>firewall> set to allow only essential services> then go to advanced and turn on stealth mode and click OK. also you shold download quicksilver, its an AMAZING app for the mac, read some reviews on it, its great

 

[theITGuy]

Just purchased the other day, Today is the first Day I have used it.
Any tips? this is a great machine.
I dont do much on it, I originally planned on just getting the macbook but the screen is too small so i decided with the 15" macbook pro. I love it

Congrats! Ditto on iStat widget, Adium for IM, just get Firefox (Safari works well but can be a PITA)...and if you need to run a Windoze app VMWare Fusion does it well...

Cheers.

-J.-

 

[kastenbrust]

Hopefully the first thing you did was to calibrate the battery as Apple said, or its going to die rather quickly.

And dont forget to calibrate it every month.

 

[ajohnson253]

Hopefully the first thing you did was to calibrate the battery as Apple said, or its going to die rather quickly.

And dont forget to calibrate it every month.

How do I calibrate it? I fully charged it once I got it then today I let it die, it went to sleep now it's at the house fully charged still plugged in.

Is that calibrating it or is it something different?

 

[Jayomat]

How do I calibrate it? I fully charged it once I got it then today I let it die, it went to sleep now it's at the house fully charged still plugged in.

Is that calibrating it or is it something different?

Take a look at this page:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1490

I got a question myself:

How much does iStats running affect the batterie? I mean how much "battery time do i save" if i don't have iStats running in the background?