Just got my beautiful new macbook!

[amycishere]

And what a lovely thing it is...the screen size is something that I'll have to get used to, having to strin my eyes a little, anyway to make things little bigger without blurryness? Its just a little different than my PC laptop. And yes I wear glasses people.

Everything works perfectly. Haven't tried to burn a DVD yet as I didn't buy any burnable ones yet.

LOVE the keyboard,OMG the camera is COOL and MUCH clearer than I expected, just WOW.

There must be a way to check the specs right? I want to make sure I got my 120 GB hard drive, even though it says it on the box. lol.

 

[emw]

Glad you enjoy it - they are quite nice.

As far as increasing the size without blurriness, I'm not sure there's a good way. The LCD screens are optimized for a certain resolution, and any other resolution won't look as nice. For limited use, you can hold the <ctrl> key down and use two fingers on the trackpad to scroll and zoom the screen. It's a nice trick for limited use.

If you have questions on your first Mac (as it sounds like this is), ask away.

 

[WildCowboy]

There must be a way to check the specs right? I want to make sure I got my 120 GB hard drive, even though it says it on the box. lol.

Click on the Apple in the upper left, then choose "About The Mac." Then click the "More Info..." button to open System Profiler and see all sorts of info about your system. But you can see the size of your hard drive by just clicking on your hard drive icon and then hitting Command-I to bring up the info pane. A 120 GB hard drive should register as something like a "111 GB" hard drive due to the inability of the computer to use correct terminology.

 

[flopticalcube]

-> System Preferences...-> Universal Access

In this pane you will find the settings for Zoom.

 

[danny_w]

-> System Preferences...-> Universal Access

In this pane you will find the settings for Zoom.

I have my side scroll buttons on my mouse set to zoom/un-zoom, and it is a lifesaver for me. I wish Windows at work could be setup the same way.

 

[2tallyAwesome]

Glad you enjoy it - they are quite nice.

For limited use, you can hold the <ctrl> key down and use two fingers on the trackpad to scroll and zoom the screen. It's a nice trick for limited use.

WHOA

I totally didn't know you could do that! - Awesome!

Any other multi finger tricks out there? (besides the obvious 2 finger scrolling)

 

[amycishere]

Just noticed thevery tip of me screen rolling bar is yellow...suppose there is no way to clean it...

 

[emw]

Any other multi finger tricks out there?

Are you old enough?

Hold two fingers on the trackpad and click the button to "ctrl-click".

Just noticed thevery tip of me screen rolling bar is yellow...suppose there is no way to clean it...

"screen rolling bar"?

 

[amycishere]

The thing that the screen is attatched to.

 

[kill-your-tv]

WHOA

I totally didn't know you could do that! - Awesome!

Any other multi finger tricks out there? (besides the obvious 2 finger scrolling)

That zoom thing is wicked cool. Try- ctrl, option, apple, 8, at the same time.

 

[AlBDamned]

Hold two fingers on the trackpad and click the button to "ctrl-click".

Wow - learn something new every day!

For limited use, you can hold the <ctrl> key down and use two fingers on the trackpad to scroll and zoom the screen. It's a nice trick for limited use.

And another! Quality

 

[holamiamigos]

whoa i cant believe people still dont know about that.......

(hey guys... hit control+option+apple+8)

 

[AlBDamned]

whoa i cant believe people still dont know about that.......

(hey guys... hit control+option+apple+8)

Yeah but that one's well-known

 

[zephead]

You could also set up the trackpad so just tapping two fingers equals a right/ctrl-click.

I still think ctrl+option++8 is really cool .

 

[The Stig]

just WOW.

Microsoft has been alerted of this trade mark infringement. Steve Ballard is on his way you your house now.

The Stig

 

[MacsAttack]

just WOW.

You are using a MicroSoft marketing slogan. Allow or Cancel?

A few things you may want to do...

1. Turn on the firewall. System->Sharing->Firewall

2. Switch off the "open safe files" in Safari. Safari->Preferences->General->Uncheck the box next to "Open safe files after downloading"

3. Create a seperate admin account (not called admin - go for a name you can remember). Then once that is up and running, demote the account you created out of the box to a normal user.

System Prefenernce->Accounts-> Uncheck "Allow user to administer this computer"

As it is a laptop you may also want to set it so that it will not automatically log into a user account

System Preferences->Accounts->Login Options (at the end of the accounts list).

When installing software ot applying updates log in as the admin. Good software will install software under the admin group - but MicroSoft does not (you are pointing out that MicroSoft screwed up. Again. Allow or Cancel?)

This will make life just a little more difficult for virus and malware writers should they get any nasty stuff passed OS X.

It is always advisable to make a backup of your disk. Porgrams such as SuperDuper and Carbon Copy Cloner work well with an external drive. If the backups are not made on a regular basis, they are advisable prior to updating the OS - just in case it all goes a little pear-shaped.

Remember - if you have to send the MacBook in for repair (hopefully this will never happen), it will probably get its HD blanked/replaced/accidently swapped of one from another machine that is also in for repair.

Enjoy your MacBook. I've had one for three months and it has been a very nice machine.