I think video tutorials are always a good way for beginners! So much easier to watch someone do it, and follow along at the same time!
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That's right - the people who make these videos only write OS updates in their spare time.
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Good Good Good !!!! After the release of the new iPod lines, I find AAPL more attached to customers feeling about the using of the machine: the new UI of the iPod, the new website guide, very good!!!!!
Good find! But I think you got too much time on your hands.
Agreed but let's not complain without offering merit. The Time Machine ad is good and not bashing.
It's just a bit different. I'm guessing they're going to have an update soon?
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OK, 10.0 was for propeller-heads only, 10.1 was functional, and 10.2 was actually for the masses.
But where were all these tutorials (let alone documentation) back when we REALLY needed it? I guess someone must have held Steve's hand every step of the way when they converted his machines from 9 to X, but rest of us were just supposed to "take it and love it."
I still remember the first time I connected my digital camera to Mac OS-X and instead of the old Version 9 dialog box that asked where I wanted to save my photos, everything was automatically sucked into some cryptic location by iPhoto. A huge pain when what I really wanted to do was edit them in Photoshop. Then I discovered that iPhoto (along with everything else in OS-X) had virtually no documentation at all, just a couple items under Help that were strictly for weenies.
Of course, Apple eventually gave us the option to over ride iPhoto;s automatic download tyranny -- but the fact this and virtually all of the i-Apps operated in ways that were radically different from System 9 wasn't documented in any meaningful way for another 2 years. We were literally just supposed to "take it" (whether we loved it or hated it).
Now, 4 years later, Apple finally decides that they really DO need to supply users with some basic information. That hardly rates a HOORAY from me.
And then there are all those sad folks (5-10% of the user base) who never made it off System 9. I know the geeks think those people are pathetic, but how about some blame for how badly Apple screwed up the transition to OS-X, and how slow they have been in supplying useful information.
Now its seems they finally have admitted that users shouldn't have to go out and buy a third party book just to figure how to use OS-X and the software that comes with it. Whoppee.
OK, 10.0 was for propeller-heads only, 10.1 was functional, and 10.2 was actually for the masses.
But where were all these tutorials (let alone documentation) back when we REALLY needed it? I guess someone must have held Steve's hand every step of the way when they converted his machines from 9 to X, but rest of us were just supposed to "take it and love it."
I still remember the first time I connected my digital camera to Mac OS-X and instead of the old Version 9 dialog box that asked where I wanted to save my photos, everything was automatically sucked into some cryptic location by iPhoto. A huge pain when what I really wanted to do was edit them in Photoshop. Then I discovered that iPhoto (along with everything else in OS-X) had virtually no documentation at all, just a couple items under Help that were strictly for weenies.
Of course, Apple eventually gave us the option to over ride iPhoto;s automatic download tyranny -- but the fact this and virtually all of the i-Apps operated in ways that were radically different from System 9 wasn't documented in any meaningful way for another 2 years. We were literally just supposed to "take it" (whether we loved it or hated it).
Now, 4 years later, Apple finally decides that they really DO need to supply users with some basic information. That hardly rates a HOORAY from me.
And then there are all those sad folks (5-10% of the user base) who never made it off System 9. I know the geeks think those people are pathetic, but how about some blame for how badly Apple screwed up the transition to OS-X, and how slow they have been in supplying useful information.
Now its seems they finally have admitted that users shouldn't have to go out and buy a third party book just to figure how to use OS-X and the software that comes with it. Whoppee.
Just slip the rent under my door...
As for the Find Out How, I think its great. Easy to use, easy to learn how to use.
I highly doubt this, because Steve Jobs didn't use OS 9, he ran NeXTSTEP on generic X86 hardware. As Mac OS X owes a lot to NeXTSTEP and NeXT was his company, I'm kind of doubting he needed much hand-holding.
Whilst he made a good success of selling Power PC hardware and an OS which was showing it's age, he didn't actually think enough of these products to use them himself.
I think this is a dubious claim at best. Considering the huge upheaval in the move, they did a rather good job of providing Classic and Carbon as a stepping stone for developers.
It would be nice to have a video explaining how to get two Os in "too" and two Ss in "guess" when they only have one of each on the keyboard. And apparently the V and A are reversed on some models too.
Good find! But I think you got too much time on your hands.
Agreed but let's not complain without offering merit. The Time Machine ad is good and not bashing.
Yeah possibly. But then again I only looked at about 3 sections including the screenshot one and thats when I noticed
My PB G4 takes about 10sec to open applications like Numbers - in the videos they open instantaneously. Is that crafty editing of the video or do the newer, Intel-based Macs really open applications that quickly?
Quote: Originally Posted by Prof1950
I guess someone must have held Steve's hand every step of the way when they converted his machines from 9 to X
I highly doubt this, because Steve Jobs didn't use OS 9, he ran NeXTSTEP on generic X86 hardware. As Mac OS X owes a lot to NeXTSTEP and NeXT was his company, I'm kind of doubting he needed much hand-holding.
Whilst he made a good success of selling Power PC hardware and an OS which was showing it's age, he didn't actually think enough of these products to use them himself.
OK, so Steve didn't even have to pay attention to the transition because, unlike all the users involved, he wasn't even familiar with the products and systems that his company was abandoning.
Quote: Originally Posted by Prof1950
how about some blame for how badly Apple screwed up the transition to OS-X, and how slow they have been in supplying useful information.
I think this is a dubious claim at best. Considering the huge upheaval in the move, they did a rather good job of providing Classic and Carbon as a stepping stone for developers.
Hmmm... Support for developers = GOOD, Support for users = WHO CARES. I guess how badly botched the transition was depends on whether you could find all the documentation you needed in the Developer's Kit that accompanied YOUR copy of OS-X, as opposed to the non-existent User's Guide, Manual, and Tutorials that Apple never bothered to create for the rest of us.
I guess someone must have held Steve's hand every step of the way when they converted his machines from 9 to X
I highly doubt this, because Steve Jobs didn't use OS 9, he ran NeXTSTEP on generic X86 hardware. As Mac OS X owes a lot to NeXTSTEP and NeXT was his company, I'm kind of doubting he needed much hand-holding.
Whilst he made a good success of selling Power PC hardware and an OS which was showing it's age, he didn't actually think enough of these products to use them himself.
OK, so Steve didn't even have to pay attention to the transition because, unlike all the users involved, he wasn't even familiar with the products and systems that his company was abandoning.
Quote: Originally Posted by Prof1950
how about some blame for how badly Apple screwed up the transition to OS-X, and how slow they have been in supplying useful information.
I think this is a dubious claim at best. Considering the huge upheaval in the move, they did a rather good job of providing Classic and Carbon as a stepping stone for developers.
Hmmm... Support for developers = GOOD, Support for users = WHO CARES. I guess how badly botched the transition was depends on whether you could find all the documentation you needed in the Developer's Kit that accompanied YOUR copy of OS-X, as opposed to the non-existent User's Guide, Manual, and Tutorials that Apple never bothered to create for the rest of us.