Ten usefull things to know about Macs

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A Twitter contact recently asked for a list of the top 10 things to know on a Mac. I switched about 10 months ago, so I'm still new. Here's my contenders.

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I'll leave him to you, bwana! :D
Nah - he's obviously speaking from experience and is certainly entitled to his opinion.

@stix - which ones do you have?
 
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When selecting files in a list using the mac, never click a file name followed by the first letter of the file you are looking for, always the icon...

you learn the hard way that one click on the name puts the OS into rename mode, followed by the first character of the filename you are looking for.... and viola, you have renamed a (possible) system file :)
 
When selecting files in a list using the mac, never click a file name followed by the first letter of the file you are looking for, always the icon...

you learn the hard way that one click on the name puts the OS into rename mode, followed by the first character of the filename you are looking for.... and viola, you have renamed a (possible) system file :)
If you find yourself inadvertently doing that it hit +z and it undo's the last action.
 
Thanks for that Bwana, I blame Bill for my dyslexia on anything but an IBM compatible!
 
// lol i sense a lot of defensiveness
// was joking, last time i owned a Mac was about ten years ago.
// the new machines are entirely different beasts
 
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