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Raggs

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Sep 20, 2011
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London UK
Hi,

Looking for some advice. I am buying a 13" MBA on the weekend and this will be my first Mac having used PCs for the last however many years.

Just looking for tips and useful Apps that would help me out make the adjustment.

I will only be using the MBA for generic web surfing, emails, word processing, basic photo/video editing, Itunes etc.

I have an Iphone 3gs that i have had for a while so am ok with IOS.

Cheers in advance.
 
I was in your shoes a couple of months ago and got some good advice in this thread:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1295159/

I also bought the Lion tutorial app. I could probably have done without it and just used available web resources, but it's a nice app and I continue to use it for reference as the need arises.
 
Only problem for me was getting used to using the apple button instead of ctrl when copy / pasting

and how to install / uninstall programs

a couple of hours and it felt pretty natural to use..

and that was first day ever using a mac
 
I have Artboard on my Pro and its a great App for photo editing its very user friendly very similar to Photoshop and all for only $26!
 
Only problem for me was getting used to using the apple button instead of ctrl when copy / pasting

and how to install / uninstall programs

a couple of hours and it felt pretty natural to use..

and that was first day ever using a mac

On some of the more recent Macs that 'apple' button has become a 'command' button and features a sort of clover leaf icon rather than a picture of an apple. This is the one to use instead of ctrl.

The thread cited by jojoba is also very good.

When I switched - I copied a list of keyboard shortcuts for Apple and what they do - a sort of switcher's guide - on my desktop as a handy prompt for swift reference - and found myself using it until I got used to the differences between Apple and Windows.

Good luck with it and you'll find that you enjoy the 'switch'.
 
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