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"Whats so cool about the macbook pro?"
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In Safari or any CoCo application i.e Text Edit (correct me if I'm wrong):
1. Press and hold + ctrl + D
2. Point curser to any text
That should do it. Its almost instant! Even on my dying 4.5 yrs old Powerbook G4 1.25 1Gb Ram.
Yes - Great feature!! Love howpays attention to detail.
wow i use shortcuts but that one is awsome.
i like this when using photobucket and a web page im working on.
you have one website open
hold apple click on get w/e kind of link and there you go
you dont have to click a bunch to get it to the other page
also that you can scroll on a page without clicking on it.
just that was like wtf windows are you kidding me.
fyi just hold ctrl and roll you mouse ball and it will zoom in.
i think you have to click a preferance for that.
but that is soooooooooooo usefull. i have never heard of anything on windows like that.
apple
then press tab while holding then go over any app with the arrow buttons and press q to quite them. all while holding the button.anyone have anything about everysingle shortcut already programed in osx.
i saw once maybe it was on apple's web site.
check tomorrow go nighty
hrm... just found a cool shortcut in Firefox (3.0 beta 4)...
Hold down "option" and use 2 finger scroll left and right, it goes forward and back in the browser on the selected tab
wow what how do you do that in safari
maybe ill switch to firefox.
please tell me i can do this on safari on my none multi touch pad (new one)
on safari when using the keyboard, hold
key + shift and then use the arrow pad to change tabsYup - and then you tell them how much it is and they go 'Oww!' and forget about every buying one. Then you say "I got this one refurbished, it was only £X", and they go "Yeah, but still, I could get this PC for a lot less". And they're right. And they don't care that the MBP is thinner, or what OSX is like to use - because they'd rather have another £500 in their pocket.
Doug
if you have the newer Penryn MPB, then your 'apple' key will say 'command' on it. there are 2, one on the left and right of the space bar.
on safari when using the keyboard, hold
Opera: 1 = left one tab, 2 = right one tab
I just have my MBP 15" for just one week, and it just feels like how a pc allways should have been, but Microsoft never was able to manage to figure out. Before i got it, i read somewhere: "OS X is like rehab for Windows users", though it made me laugh, i didn't believe it for real... But now i think it just perfectly describes how i feel when i use my MBP... What a blessing this machine is...
Hmm.. Oh I know why!!
There's not wrong with yours.. Probably cause I disabled most of Apple's keyboard shorts as some seem to conflict with my application. Under software, the OSX shorts still take priority - it's a little annoying...
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That's probably because your MBP is still shipping. Once it arrives, look for the "command" key.
I have a roll of toiletpaper for that purpose..
Being a recent switcher and asked a lot this question, I do this:
I turn on my MBP and after around 47 seconds it can be used fully.... Without any programs loading in the background and whatever. This usually answers the question why I switched.. That and this:
- Only the options that you need, so no bloated software
- Most useful software is already included and not third party
- No viruses (ok, we already discussed this one)
- Easy install and remove
- Quick look (I love it)
- Two finger scroll (not that impressed by multitouch on the new MBPs)
I don't think I will ever go back to windows. Can't imagine..
My work laptop (Thinkpad) also has it. It is not exclusive to apple.
Still a cool thing though
There's an issue right there!
Symantec - Junk
Adaware - Junk
Zone Alarm - Ehhh Its Aight.
The speed is what sold my wife and I. And not just CPU speed, the whole experience seems to move at a much quicker rate than any Windows machine I've ever used (and I still use a Xeon XP workstation). Seemless would be a good word to describe it I guess. Simplicity is another... I spent lots of $$$ and time trying to get one of our PCs to talk to our Sony TV and the results were less than spectacular. I connected our Mini to the same TV and POW, surfing the web in 46" goodness. No muss, no fuss.
Video editing - the original reason for the MBP purchase. Talking with my IT friends, I couldn't get a definate answer as to what I needed PC wise to transfer, edit, and burn movies from our video footage. My Mac friends said it was easy = ANY Intel Mac and Final Cut Express and or Pro. And so far, I haven't had any stumbles, issues, or problems - not to sound like a fanboy, but it just works.
Dual OS - just because. If I need a Windows app (read GAMES), no problem.
Design - I'm an Industrial Designer by trade - MBP was an easy choice.
Assuming Apple hardware doesn't get any worse in the coming years, I have no plans on going back (hell, even if it does get worse I probably won't go back!). I cringe driving into work knowing I'm forced to deal with XP.
Video editing - the original reason for the MBP purchase. Talking with my IT friends, I couldn't get a definate answer as to what I needed PC wise to transfer, edit, and burn movies from our video footage. My Mac friends said it was easy = ANY Intel Mac and Final Cut Express and or Pro. And so far, I haven't had any stumbles, issues, or problems - not to sound like a fanboy, but it just works.
Dual OS - just because. If I need a Windows app (read GAMES), no problem.
Design - I'm an Industrial Designer by trade - MBP was an easy choice.
Assuming Apple hardware doesn't get any worse in the coming years, I have no plans on going back (hell, even if it does get worse I probably won't go back!). I cringe driving into work knowing I'm forced to deal with XP.