Comments on: Taking the Mac Plunge

By: Carol

Carol — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:48:30 +0000

slappy – the ability to run multiple OSs was a major factor in my decision to by a Mac now. This OS is very impressive.

Andrew – thanks for the handy tips!! I’m starting to get the hang of this already.

Partners in Grime – you said it! I can’t believe it has taken me so long to ‘see the light’.

By: Partners in Grime

Partners in Grime — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:38:29 +0000

Congratulations! A Mac is like a fresh spring bouquet after a long brown winter of despair.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:27:47 +0000

Here’s another tip for navigating through / manipulating text:

You already know that when using arrow keys or the delete key, you move or delete one character at a time. Moving up and down moves you up or down one line.

When you use Option + arrow keys or the delete key, you move or delete one word at a time. Moving up or down with Option moves you one paragraph at a time.

When you use Command + arrow keys or the delete key, you move or delete one line at a time. Moving up or down with Command moves you to the beginning or end of the document (or web page).

By: slappy

slappy — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:22:51 +0000

I think the Macs are the best computer to buy today. You can run both Windows in either Parallels or bootcamp. I no longer have the need to have 2 or 3 machines on my desk. Just one to to do it all. Congratulations on the MBP.

By: Carol

Carol — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:52:28 +0000

giorgio – I can honestly believe that I will still be loving this experience as much in 6 mo as I do now. Today is day 2 and I get more comfortable with the environment every hour I use it. It’s like putting on a perfectly fitting comfortable shoe. I tried the iPhoto app this morning with great success (see post above). It isn’t Photoshop, but it worked perfectly for fast downloading and editing. And the news about migrating Photoshop to Mac really made my day!! I also use Dreamweaver CS3 and I assume that I will be able to migrate that license as well. Thank you so much for sharing this very valuable info with me! And thanks for visiting my garden blog.

REB – thank you for the info. It looks like I will be able to migrate my Photoshop license to Mac for a very reasonable cost, so I will probably choose to do that. I will look into Aperture though. Thanks for the link.

Mark – ahhhhhh. What a relief! I can now go to the end and beginning of lines quickly. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Man this machine is awesome!

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:05:35 +0000

Hello! Glad things are going well for you. As for “end”, Command and the right arrow will take you to the end of a line. On laptops, Fn and right arrow takes you to the end of a document. Finally, just a down arrow, when you are already on the bottom line of something, will take you to the end of the line. Have fun!

By: REB

REB — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:03:31 +0000

You’ll find a lot of OS X info using the Help menu while in Finder. Photo Editing, other than the simple adjustments in iPhoto, can be handled by Aperture 2.0 if you aren’t into the complexities of Photoshop for professional needs. It’s strictly photograph focused. Here is a lengthy review of this $300 program for professional photographers. Another choice is the new Photoshop Elements which may be more familiar and costs a lot less. Here’s a lengthy review of the new Aperture 2.0:

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/aperture-2-review.ars

By: giorgio

giorgio — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:10:11 +0000

Congrats on your new Mac – you will still be feeling that ‘new’ experience in 6 months time
Re photos on the Mac, just plug in your camera/card reader and iPhoto will launch usually. It’s a really useful photo app that comes as standard on every Mac. If it doesn’t launch automatically, go to >Applications>Image Capture>Options and configure it to launch iPhoto when importing pics and thats all you have to do.
Re Photoshop, just call Adobe sales and ask to migrate your license over to a Mac and it will cost you only a few dollars rather than hundreds.
You might be interested in this link:
http://www.heligan.com/flash_intro.html
its near where I live in the UK – a lost garden now rediscovered

Enjoy

By: carol

carol — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:08:54 +0000

Glad to hear there is another Mac user in the garden blogger community. I haven’t tried to use the iPhoto application yet, but I intend to test out that function today. I suspect that I will continue to use Photoshop on my PC to edit my photos for a while (I can’t afford to buy Photoshop for my Mac yet.) I’ll let you know how my iPhoto experiment goes…

By: Pam/Digging

Pam/Digging — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:09:31 +0000

After years and years as a PC user, I received a Mac laptop for Xmas, which has been great for allowing me to use the computer while doing other things (eating, watching TV, brushing my teeth–yes, it’s true). It’s taken me a while to become comfortable with the new system, but I do love the Mac. However, I’ve still not learned to use it for photos, so I go back to my old PC for that. I really need to get over the hurdle and just start doing it.