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Thanks for posting that. I have no clue for what those represent (except for Backspace, eject etc. those are obvious) even after I owned my Mac for a year now. :p

I got used to Mac OS X in a week, I think because of my previous experience with Ubuntu which I think has a similar feel to Mac OS X.

I agree!! Thanks.

My Macbook pro just has the names of the option, command, etc... keys. So when all the shortcut hints would show the symbol I wouldn't have a clue as to what to hit.

Also I think some folks in this thread need to take a break and know when to fold 'em. Someone that is struggling with a new mac isn't going to get a more positive opinion with the way some treat others around here. I guess Mac isn't for everyone and what people don't understand they tend to dislike. I'm sure there are things all of us have we don't have a favorable opinion of, simply because we lack the basic knowledge to understand.
 
To the OP:

This is probably waaay late or maybe already suggested but give Pixelmator a shot as a replacement to photoshop. Its cheap $50 - $70 and has almost all the functionality. Its a great program.

Also be careful about anything Winni posts. He is a complete windows troll and does nothing but dog OSX in every single post. I'm sorry your having such issues but this isn't the norm from Mac OS. I'm a windows pc and server tech by trade and made the switch 2 years ago and haven't looked back since.
 
Sounds like you have a faulty logic board. It could be the HD but extremely unlikely considering the way everything seized up. Unfortunately, it doesn't present an opportunity for you. Most likely Apple will want to repair or replace the computer. You might try asking them to accept a return.

I see now what you are trying to achieve with Mail and I seem to remember having a similar problem when I switched. I believe what I did was set up my email in Eudora and then export to a Mail-friendly format. That really could be a shortcoming with Mail.
 
No, other software programs download all folders just fine, even thunderbird does, Outlook does, Entourage does, Mac Mail just doesn't. It even says so on the support page for it, and in the help. Also the phone support told me, and the apple store tech that Mail doesn't support downloading multiple mailboxes from 1 server. Don't blame others.



.....Falls of chair laughing....... This thread could be good for your thesis. ;)

yes, I agree, some really helpful advice was given here, really productive, and then there was it can not possibly be the apple, it is the person comments.

In the mean time I'm still not sure what happened this morning. I pressed the button for 'on', organized my paperwork, looked up, saw 'fatal error' and poof. I have managed to start up again by inserting the installation disk and it couldn't find a hard disk, and I have to reformat. I'm still waiting for a call back from Apple, but from what I can tell I have a completely empty disk now, and just have to reinstall everything. But before I do so, I'm going to wait to see what Apple says could have possibly gone wrong.

:confused:

If you do decide in the end that the Mac is going to address your business needs and so you will use it as your main computer, I would strongly suggest getting an external HD and using it as a dedicated Time Machine drive. I suffered from an HD failure once, and the Time Machine backup came in VERY handy.

Alternatively, you could also purchase a SuperDuper! software (it is around $20 or so) and have it create a complete image of your HD on an external HD attached to your iMac. With most computers an HD is a single point of failure. But this is easily remedied. With the FireWire (FW) port on your iMac, you can easily create a FW chain. I have 2 HDs (WD Studio) attached as a chain to my FW port. One of these serves as my Time Machine drive, the other one is a SuperDuper! drive. The Time Machine takes hourly snapshots of my HD, whereas the SuperDuper! automatically creates an image every other day. If my main HD goes south, it is very easy to boot up from the SuperDuper! drive and continue working.

Hopefully the above doesn't sound too complicated. The bottom line is that it is actually super easy to create a fairly robust business computing environment using your Mac.

Good luck!
 
Dont listen to the people who are yelling at you, i switched from windows to mac and had some problems but after awhile you get use to OSX and how it operates. Suggestion for you, why dont you try Thunderbird as an email client, it may work just fine for you.
 
That is really bad luck with the hard disk. Sigh. I'm sure that Apple will take care of you, but the inconvenience is unfortunate.

Regarding the email folders....

No question that the way Mac Mail handles mail can be limiting, in certain circumstances. However, this may also be a good time to rethink how you organize your messages. Perhaps you will decide that there is no reason to change, or perhaps there is a way to make it easier.

You said you had multiple folders on the server. Why? As an example - My wife and I have two very different ways of managing email. I have multiple accounts, but I bring all my email into Mail on my desktop system, and sort it and flag there. My wife has multiple accounts, and accesses her mail directly on the server (GMail, web-mail, etc).

With my method I have all my email (and all my downloaded documents) in one spot, and can use Mail and OS X to work with my messages (for example Spotlight can search your document folders and Mail - so if I'm looking for a document Spotlight will find all versions, from the original that was attached to an email to the final version).

There are also some 3rd party applications for working with emails, plus Mail has "data detector" that allows it to extract time and date information from an email and create a calendar entry, or contact information and create an entry in the Address Book. Those are the pro's. The con's are that my email is tied to one specific system, though of course I can and do sign in directly to the servers from a portable when I need to - its just that I don't have any of the archived messages there.

My wife's method means she has access to all of her emails wherever she is, home or travelling for work. She doesn't really worry about backing up too much since all of her documents are both on the mail servers and one of her systems (desktop and portable). If she is travelling and a client needs a documents she doesn't need it with her, she just signs into the email account that has the copy (sometimes she emails herself a final version so that she has it archived on a mail server). The downside is that she can spend hours trying to find an elusive document since she needs to look on several servers, their search functions (except for GMail are - um, lacking. And the organizational abilities of each server are different and limited. And of course, when the internet is not accessible there are documents she can't access at all. Luckily not too often.

I guess my point is.... do you need all those folders on your email server, or is this a throw-back to how it was set up originally when email tools were limited?
 
To MariekeFJ:
Follow up to previous post.

Could you post a list of things you need to do with the Mac, with some specifics of what the final outcome is that you need. Try to avoid using "In Windows I would do...." because you will a) find that Macs do it differently, for better or for worse - and b) you will get fewer negative posts from the, um - 'loyal' Apple users.

I think if we had some more specifics you would find some very useful posts forthcoming.

Happy New Year
 
My first post here, and I am going to preface this by saying I am a litigation Technology Specialist/digital forensic analyst (CSI stuff), and an expert in the field.

That being said I have 3 comments to make to some, NOT ALL of the posters and the post originator.

1. I just got a 15" 2.66 MacBook Pro. Hands down I love it! out performs any pc's I've ever owned. had it a week, took, and still taking some time to get used, but nothing earth shatteringly bad.

2. I wish the die hard Mac users would stop criticizing the post originator, you were a newb once too. Offer help. Again, not all posters.

3. And most important, there are SO many resources on the net as to how to make adjustments to the mac you want. I can say with certainty, that: a) there is a solution to the adjustment b) Your Sony does not outperform your new mac. Not a dig, just an observation from someone who knows.

If you want to use some of your windows programs on your Mac, just get VMWare Fusion, load your OS, and run it in that environment. Problem solved. It took getting a mac to realize windows runs better on the mac than anywhere else. That one still cracks me up. Now I run some of my windows apps in that environment like adobe, and some forensic software, and they have never ever run as well as they do as they do running on a Mac via VMWare Fusion

That being said....I LOVE my MacBook! I can describe the awesomeness in three words, "it Just Works!" :)
 
My first post here, and I am going to preface this by saying I am a litigation Technology Specialist/digital forensic analyst (CSI stuff), and an expert in the field.

That being said I have 3 comments to make to some, NOT ALL of the posters and the post originator.

1. I just got a 15" 2.66 MacBook Pro. Hands down I love it! out performs any pc's I've ever owned. had it a week, took, and still taking some time to get used, but nothing earth shatteringly bad.

2. I wish the die hard Mac users would stop criticizing the post originator, you were a newb once too. Offer help. Again, not all posters.

3. And most important, there are SO many resources on the net as to how to make adjustments to the mac you want. I can say with certainty, that: a) there is a solution to the adjustment b) Your Sony does not outperform your new mac. Not a dig, just an observation from someone who knows.

If you want to use some of your windows programs on your Mac, just get VMWare Fusion, load your OS, and run it in that environment. Problem solved. It took getting a mac to realize windows runs better on the mac than anywhere else. That one still cracks me up. Now I run some of my windows apps in that environment like adobe, and some forensic software, and they have never ever run as well as they do as they do running on a Mac via VMWare Fusion

That being said....I LOVE my MacBook! I can describe the awesomeness in three words, "it Just Works!" :)

Glad to have you here! And congrats on getting a MacBook. Enjoy!
 
I have a feeling people mislead you when talking to you about Apple's computers. Not that they meant too. When they said that it will do everything you want, they were correct. It will do everything you want, with the proper hardware and software. After all OS X like Windows is an operating system, not an application. Like Windows there are some more basic included apps, unlike Windows, there is no third party junk. So like windows you would still have to buy a lot of the software. It's nice that companies like Adobe allow you to transfer licenses from Windows to OS X. Stuff like the creative suite are too expensive. You also won't need the entire suite would you? I mean I only use Photoshop and Illustrator. So for me buying the $1600 package didn't make sense.
 
The list was definitely noticed! And used ;)

As to email management, good point, problem is, that I have a mobile unit in which I travel to various sales spots. So I"m home during the week, and 10000000s of mile (;)) away on the weekend. Orders keep on coming in and I still ship daily, if I can. That is why there are the folders 'Orders Dec', 'Orders Nov', Orders Oct, after 90 days my return policy is up, and the information goes on an external hard drive. (and yes external hard drives are a MUST!). I have a smaller laptop that I do the basics on while away, like handling email etc. So while not an optimal situation I agree, it is cumbersome. And it has saved my bootie once or twice, driving around, forgotten which hotel I had made a reservation, quickly look upon my Iphone (gasp, she has one of those LOL ;)) where the heck it was again. Like your wife, mobility make it a necessity. :rolleyes:

The only really outstanding issue at this moment is that the MAC is dead :( I'm supposed to bring it in to the Apple store and figure out what happened. Figures, that once I know how to 'fix/handle' everything this happens.

Well, I hope all of you have a great evening with a wonderful celebration of the new year!
 
You're both welcome. I did it for the OP, but not sure it was noticed. Now it's been quoted several times...

I keep that list in Stickies for easy access.

Is that copied from the bit I posted a while back? I ask because I distinctly remember not knowing what the ⌧ symbol was. For the record, it is indeed the clear key on your number pad.
 
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As to email management, good point, problem is, that I have a mobile unit in which I travel to various sales spots. So I"m home during the week, and 10000000s of mile (;)) away on the weekend. Orders keep on coming in and I still ship daily, if I can. That is why there are the folders 'Orders Dec', 'Orders Nov', Orders Oct, after 90 days my return policy is up, and the information goes on an external hard drive. ....

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Yep, you are definitely a "folders on the server" type of person.

You had also mentioned you do web, video, photo editing - though it sounds like you've gotten advice on moving the CS license over.

What's next?

Good luck with the hard-drive. Do you have Applecare (the extended warranty) for your system? If not tell the Apple store you're not too confident about this Mac being robust enough, and ask for them to comp Applecare. If the tech support won't, politely escalate it up the chain. I'd wager that you'll get it. Its the least they can do for your inconvenience.

Happy New Year....
 
that is really sad to hear about the possible hard drive failure but im sure apple will make good on it, dont think its anything you did just a possibly defective component. apple will take care of you and once you learn the mac os x operating system you will really enjoy using it more than any windows based system just remember dont hold the component failure against apple they dont make the hard drives almost like a car the manafacture only installs the components they purchase for each application
 
Is that copied from the bit I posted a while back? I ask because I distinctly remember not knowing what the ⌧ symbol was. For the record, it is indeed the clear key on your number pad.

It is a compilation of at least two different lists that I found posted somewhere. So, part of it could indeed be from one of your posts. Thanks, and thanks for the confirmation of the Clear key symbol. I have taken the (???) off of my list in Stickies.
 
I just got done reading this entire thread. I have been running the mac OS for almost a year straight now. I have also used Windows 7, Vista, XP and several different flavors of Linux. Now let me clear up this order besides the older versions of windows; xp was the first one I really used for several years. After that I tried the mac os out, the leopard distro. It took me all of one day to figure out the basic workings and how to do things quite quickly and efficiently. Now to call the os lacking and not professional well thats just downright wrong and ignorant. You try to compare programs like ilife the the professional windows counterpart. What kind of backwards logic is this? Its like comparing paint to photoshop CS4. As for the size of text on dock and stuff I find that hard to believe that there is difficulty reading however it is a genuine excuse which there have been several solutions given to address the issue. Im not quite understanding your mail problem. I have 12 accounts hooked the the mail app and I receive the mail from all of them. Try changing the settings to imap instead of pop. Also PLEASE stop trying to blame your problems on the the mac software. Nearly all issues have solutions that you refuse to recognize. Based on your past experience I am baffled that you are unable to figure out such trivial issues.
 
To state that the Mac OS can not do what Windows can do is just absurd. Now, please understand that I did come to Mac from a lifetime of Windows use but have been on the Mac side for a few years now. If you think you cant do something on Mac that you can do on Windows, then you just arent putting forth the effort to figure it out. They ARE different. In general, things will be much easier to do on the Mac than on a PC. I dont understand your issue with the email folders. Attached is a list of three email accounts all with multiple folders. Is this what you are trying to do? Dont use QB for Mac. It sucks. This is not a Mac problem. It is an Intuit problem. If you need QB, I recommend using the online version or install XP via Parallels and us Windows QB.
 

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Yawn Crimsonangel, apparently you didn't read the thread very well.

please, do explain what I have failed at getting at?

I think this is a great computer for basic stuff, I think the mail is great for college students and to reduce spam, but when you run a business and mail goes into junk/spam that is not intended there and you can only find it on the server, not your computer, that is not good. I think for editing basic pictures and making small videos for youtube, you're all set, but if you do more it is just an incredible setback.
Right here you call the computer good for performing basic tasks. I couldn't agree more the system is a dream at doing the basic things. You however also seem to think that this is ALL it is good for. This can not be any further from the truth. For you to think this obviously shows that you do not know how to use it properly. Many major movies have been made on the macs, but that isnt all hugely successfully video games also have been programed on macs such as the greatly popular Metal Gear Solid 4, major record companies also use macs for music production but these guys obviously are not professionals I guess, and the things they do are just mediocre compared to your needs

this computer is too limited as it is presenting itself, and mind you I'm talking about the software, not the operating system. Mac Mail can't handle the multiple mailboxes, iphoto and imovie are very basic, too basic for what I do, QB is limited. The fact that you can not change text size without changing the resolution is absurd!
It is just a very basic computer, and not what I was told it was to be. It is not on the same level that I'm used to. A faster processor, so of course it is faster, but I got told that it was what it wasn't. My fault, my responsibility.
Again from my original post you are saying that iphoto and imovie are vastly inferior to the windows counterpart. Please inform me on what windows counterpart you are using to compare them too. For what they were meant to do they perform quite well and get the job done. You say that you didn't get what you were told you were going to get, I really think you vastly over-exaggerated what you thought you were going to get.

Now like I said before and a few other posters said, have you tried switching the mail to IMAP instead of POP and on the server did you configure it to work with IMAP or POP (whichever you have it set to in mail. If you have done this correctly and there is still a problem you can always switch to a different mail management app. As for the font size issue have you even attempted at using any of the programs that the other people on this thread suggested? If you have did they work or not? You never seem to give this information or information reguard the so called other issues that you claim the system has. The only thing you seem to be doing is carping about the problems and ignorantly bad mouthing the system without and substantial or logical argument for that mater. Based upon the background knowledge you gave us about yourself it should be quite easy for you to correct these problems you are having.

If even after all this you still refuse to try and solve your problems then either create a boot camp partition for windows XP or wipe the whole HDD and install windows on it.

Now if that still isn't enough for you, you can always send me that lovely mac you have and I would happily build you a computer that would perform more than well enough for you and would run windows flawlessly.
 
please, do explain what I have failed at getting at?


Right here you call the computer good for performing basic tasks. I couldn't agree more the system is a dream at doing the basic things. You however also seem to think that this is ALL it is good for. This can not be any further from the truth. For you to think this obviously shows that you do not know how to use it properly. Many major movies have been made on the macs, but that isnt all hugely successfully video games also have been programed on macs such as the greatly popular Metal Gear Solid 4, major record companies also use macs for music production but these guys obviously are not professionals I guess, and the things they do are just mediocre compared to your needs


Again from my original post you are saying that iphoto and imovie are vastly inferior to the windows counterpart. Please inform me on what windows counterpart you are using to compare them too. For what they were meant to do they perform quite well and get the job done. You say that you didn't get what you were told you were going to get, I really think you vastly over-exaggerated what you thought you were going to get.

Now like I said before and a few other posters said, have you tried switching the mail to IMAP instead of POP and on the server did you configure it to work with IMAP or POP (whichever you have it set to in mail. If you have done this correctly and there is still a problem you can always switch to a different mail management app. As for the font size issue have you even attempted at using any of the programs that the other people on this thread suggested? If you have did they work or not? You never seem to give this information or information reguard the so called other issues that you claim the system has. The only thing you seem to be doing is carping about the problems and ignorantly bad mouthing the system without and substantial or logical argument for that mater. Based upon the background knowledge you gave us about yourself it should be quite easy for you to correct these problems you are having.

If even after all this you still refuse to try and solve your problems then either create a boot camp partition for windows XP or wipe the whole HDD and install windows on it.

Now if that still isn't enough for you, you can always send me that lovely mac you have and I would happily build you a computer that would perform more than well enough for you and would run windows flawlessly.

me too anytime
 
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