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I bought a MacBook 2 weeks ago. I know Windows/PC like the back of my hand but I'm having trouble with some of the features of Mountain Lion like copy, paste, print etc. Is there any cool Youtube videos or online videos I can use to help me learn faster? I signed up for a Mountain Lion and starting MacBook workshop but they are 3 weeks away.
01-29-2013, 08:35 AM
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What exactly are you having trouble with?
Generally, the keyboard shortcuts are pretty similar. You just use the Command key instead of the Control key.
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There are tons of tutorials on YouTube, but what you want is very basic. Like JasonF said, many of the keyboard shortcuts are the same. You simply substitute “Command” for “Control.” Another tip, you can Context Click, aka, “Right Click” on almost anything to get a popup menu. On a Trackpad, you Context Click with two fingers, rather than one.
Apple offers great classes, especially for OS updates. I’m a comparative power user and I always get a lot out of them.
There are tons of tutorials on YouTube, but what you want is very basic. Like JasonF said, many of the keyboard shortcuts are the same. You simply substitute “Command” for “Control.” Another tip, you can Context Click, aka, “Right Click” on almost anything to get a popup menu. On a Trackpad, you Context Click with two fingers, rather than one.
Apple offers great classes, especially for OS updates. I’m a comparative power user and I always get a lot out of them.
There are tons of tutorials on YouTube, but what you want is very basic. Like JasonF said, many of the keyboard shortcuts are the same. You simply substitute “Command” for “Control.” Another tip, you can Context Click, aka, “Right Click” on almost anything to get a popup menu. On a Trackpad, you Context Click with two fingers, rather than one.
I didn't like the two finger right click, so I changed the bottom right corner of the touchpad to right click. It's more like a Windows PC that way.
I didn't like the two finger right click, so I changed the bottom right corner of the touchpad to right click. It's more like a Windows PC that way.
Hey dkf747, I know transitioning from one environment to another is never easy. But I would urge you to approach OS X as natively as possible without trying to map Windows habits/workflows/patterns over. There are things that Windows does well and things that work well in Windows...there are things that OS X does well and things that work well in OS X..but trying to make one be like the other is often a huge point of frustration for an end user because they are not the same and are designed from two different perspectives.
Even something as little as the two-finger click on the trackpad (really, any of the actions/gestures) ... these are the way they are because it allows you to be at any point on the trackpad and still have all of the functionality available to you. One or two finger scrolling can bring you from one side of the trackpad to the other and without having to move to any other place you can one finger click (mouse down/up), two finger click ("right" click), pinch zoom, two finger scroll (scroll page/document/navigate back-forward, etc), 3 finger gestures, four finger gestures, and so on. The beauty is you don't have to worry about where you are.
I know this one example may seem rather silly to point out, but there are many, many other things throughout OS X which as a group really make OS X what it is. And trying to make it more Windows like will just bring you to a place of frustration. In an effort to make things familiar, you'll be missing out on some of the very things that make the switch worth it.
I bought a MacBook 2 weeks ago. I know Windows/PC like the back of my hand but I'm having trouble with some of the features of Mountain Lion like copy, paste, print etc. Is there any cool Youtube videos or online videos I can use to help me learn faster? I signed up for a Mountain Lion and starting MacBook workshop but they are 3 weeks away.
Hey dkf747, I know transitioning from one environment to another is never easy. But I would urge you to approach OS X as natively as possible without trying to map Windows habits/workflows/patterns over. There are things that Windows does well and things that work well in Windows...there are things that OS X does well and things that work well in OS X..but trying to make one be like the other is often a huge point of frustration for an end user because they are not the same and are designed from two different perspectives.
Even something as little as the two-finger click on the trackpad (really, any of the actions/gestures) ... these are the way they are because it allows you to be at any point on the trackpad and still have all of the functionality available to you. One or two finger scrolling can bring you from one side of the trackpad to the other and without having to move to any other place you can one finger click (mouse down/up), two finger click ("right" click), pinch zoom, two finger scroll (scroll page/document/navigate back-forward, etc), 3 finger gestures, four finger gestures, and so on. The beauty is you don't have to worry about where you are.
I know this one example may seem rather silly to point out, but there are many, many other things throughout OS X which as a group really make OS X what it is. And trying to make it more Windows like will just bring you to a place of frustration. In an effort to make things familiar, you'll be missing out on some of the very things that make the switch worth it.
I like it the way it is. I just don't like the two finger tap. I have all of the other gestures on and I don't think I'm missing much. The only thing I'm still learning is keyboard shortcuts. I use those often in Windows and i'm learning OSX shortcuts everyday.
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