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I just started up my new MAC All-in-One and have two questions so far.
How do I find the equivalent of the Delete key on the PC Keyboard? I quickly figured out that Delete on the MAC is what I know as Backspace on the PC. I found the keyboard mapping but it says the MAC equivalent of the PC Delete key is a key that has "delete" and an "X" in a black arrow. My wireless keyboard doesn't have that.
When I'm in Safari, can I get the display to be full screen? (21 inch monitor). I clicked on a little green dot and the display went from about half the screen to even smaller. I can't even get it back to the original size, much less getting it on full screen.
All my MAC user friends say I'm going to love it but I can see that it's going to take awhile to catch on.
Macs don't have a maximize button. The green button makes the window as big as it thinks it needs to be. Welcome to Steve's world. He controls your computer, not you.
option/delete is the same as the backspace key in Windows.
As EscapeCalifornia says use the green button to maximize the screen. If it's still not full screen drag the lower right corner of the open window to make it full screen.
I just started up my new MAC All-in-One and have two questions so far.
How do I find the equivalent of the Delete key on the PC Keyboard? I quickly figured out that Delete on the MAC is what I know as Backspace on the PC. I found the keyboard mapping but it says the MAC equivalent of the PC Delete key is a key that has "delete" and an "X" in a black arrow. My wireless keyboard doesn't have that.
When I'm in Safari, can I get the display to be full screen? (21 inch monitor). I clicked on a little green dot and the display went from about half the screen to even smaller. I can't even get it back to the original size, much less getting it on full screen.
All my MAC user friends say I'm going to love it but I can see that it's going to take awhile to catch on.
Thanks.
To make the switch to Mac clear your mind of Windows then start fresh. It's not that hard to learn a Mac once you leave the straight jacket world of Windows behind.
If your Mac is new then call the Apple tech support line for anything you want to know how to do. The Apple tech's are very nice and will walk you though anything you want to know. (1-800-275-2273)
cindycat - welcome to the world of Apple [btw, its Mac, not MAC ]. From the replies already, you should be ok with your questions - correct? However, there are some quite useful resources here that may still be of interest to you: Apple - Support - Switch 101 and Apple - Support - Mac 101 , for example Apple - Support - Switch 101 - Lose Control, Gain Command Honestly, while I've used and owned Apple computers for quite a few years, there are some quirks that are either frustrating or minor inconveniences... and you hit on one of them, with your second question. I'd love to have a 4th "pebble" [by pebble, I refer to the red, orange/yellow, and green little round buttons at top left of the open window(s)] - that it did 'maximize' the window of interest. The green button does NOT maximize [lol, contrary to what the Apple site may say] - it "fills" the screen space with the content... to do what you [and I and many others] are after: hold the "shift" key and then click the "zoom" [ie: little green round pebble] button at same time,,, hopefully that will work for you.
Thank you for your answers. Yesterday was the first time I'd turned on the MAC and those two things hit me right away, so started by asking the forum folks for help. (Always a good idea.) I've ordered a Dummies book from the local library and I'm sure I'll be using the Apple tech support regularly for a awhile.
By the way, by playing around with the keyboard, I discovered that what MAC calls Forward Delete is done by the FN key and delete key. I guess that little X in the black arrow that I got on the keyboard mapping site means "Function key."
Thank you for your answers. Yesterday was the first time I'd turned on the MAC and those two things hit me right away, so started by asking the forum folks for help. (Always a good idea.) I've ordered a Dummies book from the local library and I'm sure I'll be using the Apple tech support regularly for a awhile.
By the way, by playing around with the keyboard, I discovered that what MAC calls Forward Delete is done by the FN key and delete key. I guess that little X in the black arrow that I got on the keyboard mapping site means "Function key."
OK, it's Mac NOT MAC......please.
That said, if your computer is new you would do well to invest in Applecare for it to get 2 more years of 100% protection as well as 3 years of all the tech help you can stand or will ever need.
The best place to buy Applecare is Amazon not directly from Apple. When you get the package be sure to register it or Apple will not know you paid for it no matter where you bought it.
Yes, there is no Maximize/Minimize button on Macs like you find on Windows. The Green button just automatically re-adjusts the window to its optimum size based on what-ever screen resolution you are using AND the pixel width of the particular website you are on. If you notice after you maximize the browser window, some websites have a lot of blank space on the sides. This is true for both Macs and PCs and has to do with how the particular website was designed. The Green button just adjusts the window to the proper size so there is no 'extra' space to the left and right of the window. If you click on it a second time, it shrinks it slightly. You will also notice that if you hit the Green button while on different websites the window will adjust accordingly.
If you want your browser window to by as wide as your screen then you are going to have to use the drag method. Click and hold on any portion of the grey area at top and move the window plum to upper left-hand corner. Release the hold and move the cursor to the bottom right-hand corner and click and hold on that. Now drag the window so that it fits the entire screen.
You'll more than likely find that it does not look 'right' at this size (with empty space on both sides of the page), so a better way is to re-adjust your screen resolution in order to have it fit and look good when 'maximized'.
Okay PC purists, let the flame war on why this is stupid begin
I just started up my new MAC All-in-One and have two questions so far.
How do I find the equivalent of the Delete key on the PC Keyboard? I quickly figured out that Delete on the MAC is what I know as Backspace on the PC. I found the keyboard mapping but it says the MAC equivalent of the PC Delete key is a key that has "delete" and an "X" in a black arrow. My wireless keyboard doesn't have that.
When I'm in Safari, can I get the display to be full screen? (21 inch monitor). I clicked on a little green dot and the display went from about half the screen to even smaller. I can't even get it back to the original size, much less getting it on full screen.
All my MAC user friends say I'm going to love it but I can see that it's going to take awhile to catch on.
Thanks.
What you need to understand about Mac OS X (BTW it's "Mac" not "MAC", MAC is something totally different), is that it's a more advanced operation system then you are used to using. You need to drag on the right lower corner to maximize the window size. This is not because as someone else posted, that Steve Jobs wants to control what size you have your window. When you drag the size out, the operating system is learning your preferences for sizing the window. Generally the next time you reopen a window, it will open back to the size you selected.
Anyway, please consider not always maximizing the window size. When you click the green button the window will always open to a size big enough to view all of the page you have open, up to the size of your screen. So you are seeing as much of the page as is possible on your size screen. Making it bigger then that is really kind of pointless, unless you just like to see a lot of empty space on the sides of the window. You might as well be viewing your desktop or something else in the background, rather then blank white space on the sides of a webpage.
Mac OS X is a really good system for multitasking. So it's better to have multiple windows and apps open at the same time. Instead of one big window. You'll be surprised by how much stuff you can have open on your screen at the same time.
Anyway enjoy your new Mac. I'm sure you'll like it once you get used to it.
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]. From the replies already, you should be ok with your questions - correct? However, there are some quite useful resources here that may still be of interest to you: 
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