Mac owners

[Leddamang]

Hi all-

I got an iMAC not to long ago. I've always used windows, and was wondering if there were any good guides/books to help transition over. I know there are alot out there but for the sake of saving money/time/stress....any recommendations?

[Wondermonkey]

There are a boatload of "switch" books out there, and it really depends on what you want. My parents switched not too long ago, and I got them a pretty basic book FULL of pictures. They loved it. I'm pretty sure it was this:

Master Visually Mac OSX

But, personally, I'd go with a website that has screencasts. They are much more robust and best of all, free.

This site has a screencast a day on how to do certain things in OSX. You can search too, the only thing is they haven't been doing it very long so there isn't a lot to search for, but what they have is pretty informative.

Good luck!

[breathofj]

I've found the best new tip for switchers is: When in doubt, drag and drop.

[Leddamang]

thanks,

obviously playing with the system is best but there are some things i just dont know, like how to resize scans, or redirect programs, move them from applications to desktop or dock, ill check out those links wondermonkey thanks, I do alot of art related stuff on it so I'lll need to make sure iLIFE is referenced.

thanks

[Jon Liu]

Yeah, I echo what Breath said. When in doubt, drag and drop!!! As for resizing pictures, I wasn't ever sure how to do that. I ended up just using photo shop.

There's also a widget that works very well. I think it's called Image Shackle that resizes the image to a specified size!

[MadBryan]

I guess I was on some shit list weeks ago when I asked this same question. ah well, maybe I worded it differantly

[Jon Liu]

I thought we answered your question, Mad... If we didn't quite answer it, it definitely wasn't intentional!

[MadBryan]

You tried Jon and kinda passed it on to Wonder who ignored. I'm the sensitive type huh!

[Wondermonkey]

What? I ignored a mac question? That doesn't sound even remotely like me. I've been working on review shit though, so I've been reading less than usual. Link me bitches.

[MadBryan]

Its good Wonder. I have noticed you post less so I'm sure you read less. I bought some books and was just trying to be funny. Daughter still loves the imac and alls good

[Jon Liu]

I am lovin' my iMac! Fantastic machine! FAN-TASTIC!!!

[MadBryan]

Its no doubt a sexy beast. I said that before I bought it for her. We are having trouble though wrapping our little brains around this OS. We havn't yet felt the "OMG, OSX rocks" but the imac itself is a work of art

[Jon Liu]

That's odd... maybe the OS X 10.5 (Leopard) version will knock your socks off!

When the heck is that upgrade supposed to come out?!?!

[Wondermonkey]

Originally Posted by Jon Liu

When the heck is that upgrade supposed to come out?!?!

soon.

[Jon Liu]

Yeah, that's what they keep on saying. I say, not soon enough!

[Leddamang]

Yea,
I definitly love the iMAC, and thats without knowing all the shortcuts, I havent gotten into widgets yet but will when I learn more. i love how this thread evolved lol too funny, i have photoshop up and running which is ironic bc now CS3 is coming out this year, glad i didnt pay out the wazooo for cs2

[Jon Liu]

Yeah, I just barely got into Photoshop and CS2 and now they're coming out with CS3... haha I guess it wouldn't be a bad time to make the jump since I hardly know what I am doing anyway!!

[KEEZY]

Do they make GIMP for Mac?