The Moxie Mom Blog » Mac http://www.themoxiemomblog.com Figuring stuff out with a stay-at-home country mom & computer geek from Texas Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:44:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Are You a New Mac User? http://www.themoxiemomblog.com/headline/are-you-a-new-mac-user http://www.themoxiemomblog.com/headline/are-you-a-new-mac-user#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:20:29 +0000 Wendy Merritt http://www.themoxiemomblog.com/?p=1130 Are You a New Mac User? is a post from: The Moxie Mom Blog

]]> macbookpro Are You a New Mac User?I enrolled in in September 2011 to get my Bachelor’s of Science in Internet Marketing degree. One of the things you have to do is to purchase a MacBook Pro. I have always been a Microsoft girl so you can imagine my displeasure. Not too mention I haven’t touched a Mac since 1992…yes, they had Mac’s that long ago, smarty pants. As part of my and the Internet Course we had to make a couple of basic tutorial videos regarding some . I thought they might be of help to you if you are a user. So If you are a user…enjoy!

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  1. Viewing file information
  2. Creating a Smart Folder
  3. Making a Stack
  4. Using the Dock
  5. Using Force Quit
  6. Using Spotlight
  7. Increasing
  8. Setting System Preferences
  9. Changing the Desktop Picture (and back)
  10. Energy Saver Options

Video #2

  1. Making an Appointment in iCal
  2. Making a To Do List Using iCal
  3. Burn Folders without Disks
  4. Creating and Deleting a Standard Account
  5. Sharing through a Public Folder
  7. Making an Audio Recording using Player
  8. WiFi HotSpot Management
  9. Three Ways to Magnify Web Text
  10. Designating your Start Page

Some of these items work exactly the same way as in Windows so go ahead and give them a look. I think you will find that there just aren’t that many differences between the computers on a basic user level. Maybe I should say that I haven’t seen anything earth shattering as of yet.

I guess because I have heard so much hype throughout the years from Windows people against Mac people, Mac people belittling Windows people and Linux people just trying to be heard that I expected some kind of overwhelming experience from the MacBook Pro. Now, don’t get me wrong here, I totally love the thing! I’m just saying that I have not yet experienced that tremendous and grandiose encounter I was expecting. It’s kind of like when you see previews of a movie for months ahead of time, get super pumped up about it, finally go to go see it and then it’s just average.

Maybe as I learn more about the Mac I’ll change my tune…but for now…I’m still a Microsoft girl.

***Ummm, no I’m not sponsored by Microsoft. I’m just an addict.

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