1996. That was the last year I was an official Mac owner was on what would now be considered an antique when I was in college. My first job out of college put me on a PC and I remember grumbling as I had to learn a whole new system.
17 years later and I’ve finally gone back. I posted on my personal Facebook page that I was thinking of getting a MacBook Air but was looking for opinions. Man, do people have opinions! People get very worked up about their system of choice!
After several days of feedback, I ended up with a souped up MacBook Air. I added some RAM and other goodies to get me the best of what I need to do with this blog and my social media gigs.
A couple of comments after less than 24 hours of use:
1) Mac’s are expensive. Geesh.
2) It’s shiny and sooooo purty. And so light!
3) There’s no right click. I mean, I KNEW there was no right click before I bought it – I’m not stupid. But. THERE’S NO RIGHT CLICK!
4) Everything seems much faster. Could be because I haven’t crapped it up yet with a bunch of nonsense but for now, I’m enjoying the speed.
5) I’m scroll challenged. *edit – I figured out how to turn on the scroll bar so it’s on always – why wouldn’t that be a default? Geesh!
Any tips from your savvy Mac users for quick tricks as I transition?
Use both fingers and click! Right click. ๐
I’m still scroll challenged in the new OS. You’ll get there. The lightness and prettyness and speedyness is SOOOOO worth it! Enjoy the ride ๐
Two fingered click – OMG you just changed my world, thank you!!
Whenever I use a friends’ Mac, the right click gets me every time! I don’t know what I would do without my right click!
I switch from PC to iMac about a year and a half ago, and suffered the same problem! Thing I miss most is the click to top or bottom of super long documents (i write novels), and the crummy way outlook works on it, but NOW? I can’t figure out how to type on a PC, lol! Enjoy, that thing seriously as light as air, a real beauty when you’re traveling!
My hubby just got one after years of pcs and lives his. I’m a bit jealous of the speed.
command + shift + 4
press those three keys together and you will see crosshairs. Drag the crosshairs on your screen and it will save a screenshot onto your desktop as a png file. I use this DAILY!
Thanks Dresden! I had looked that one up yesterday too b/c I use the Snipping Tool on my PC daily and was like, OMG how do I snip a quick image for a post??? I wish there was a way to name it and save it to a folder before it saves to desktop… but at least this way it’ll force me to keep the desktop clean lol