Apple Mac Question

[Altered State]

One tip - have a look in the Apple UK site for refurbished Macs. That's how I bought mine a couple of years ago - Apple refurbished is effectively a new product and you can make good savings. As new iMacs were released just a few weeks ago there could be some 'old' (but still great) models there.

Re speakers - the built in ones are good quality, but I agree if you want some deep bass or tip-top sound quality then it's a good idea to buy better ones.

Essentially you can assume that all you want is built-in (unless you want to do anything very specialist). It's also amazing how much good free software is out there - and I do mean legally free

 

[clapham_gull]

Just a point, PC's don't "slow down" or degrade in the same way that a car does.

A complete reinstallation of the OS will make it feel like new.

 

[Beach Hut]

Here I am and now a MAC man !

 

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

Here I am and now a MAC man !

Welcome to the club.

BTW, it's Mac not MAC. Bloody newbies.

 

[Beach Hut]

Sorry, first in a million questions.....

How do you expand the internet screen to full size

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Sorry, first in a million questions.....

How do you expand the internet screen to full size

Drag the window to full-size, of course. Were you expecting a keyboard shortcut?

 

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

Sorry, first in a million questions.....

How do you expand the internet screen to full size

Bottom right hand corner of the browser window and just drag to expand.

 

[Beach Hut]

OK sorted, how do you have two internet sessions in parallel

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Did you buy more memory for your shiny new Mac?

 

[Beach Hut]

Did you buy more memory for your shiny new Mac?

Nope, should I download any anti virus stuff or just pray ?

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Nope, should I download any anti virus stuff or just pray ?

No, memory is what makes the computer run faster and means you can run loads of programs at the same time. Apple Macs tend not to come preloaded with much memory. It's usually one of the first things to consider when buying a Mac. RAM Memory Upgrade: Dell, Mac, Apple, HP, Compaq. USB drives, flash cards, SSD at Crucial.com
is a good place to buy more memory.

As for anti-virus software, I don't bother and haven't had a virus in ten years of Mac-using.

 

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

OK sorted, how do you have two internet sessions in parallel

The Command+N keys or File --> New Window from the Safari menu bar at the top of the screen will give you a new Safari browser window. If you Command+T or File --> New Tab, this will open a new tab in whichever Safari window has focus.

 

[Spanish Seagulls]

Nope, should I download any anti virus stuff or just pray ?

Most viruses are PC targeted & are probably written by Apple!
Seriously you don't get them on Mac's as odd as that seems.

 

[Beach Hut]

OK I have an external drive attached how do I look at it and make it download back files etc ?

 

[Bozza]

Open up Finder (blue faced icon, probably on the far left of the 'dock' at the bottom of the screen).

Your drive should be listed under 'devices' down the left.

 

[Beach Hut]

OK so I have found it and it is called "my passport" so how do I get it to run ?

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

OK so I have found it and it is called "my passport" so how do I get it to run ?

Double-click My Passport icon to see what's inside it. Drag the files from My Passport to a location within your computer's hard drive such as to your Desktop.

 

[RexCathedra]

"My Passport" is a drive name -- just click on it, open it up and start dragging.

Command-click for multiple select, and shift-click on last item to select a range.

If you miss a right mouse button, either control-click, or put two fingers on the touchpad and tap twice...

 

[Bozza]

you don't "run" a hard drive - you navigate it and then do stuff to the files (like copy over to your Mac hard drive). Just click on it and browse away...

 

[beorhthelm]

Just a point, PC's don't "slow down" or degrade in the same way that a car does.

A complete reinstallation of the OS will make it feel like new.

true, and usually a simple defrag will cure a "slow" PC. too late now, but bear it in mind before binning or passing on. methinks you just wanted a new toy, enjoy.