[Silencer]

Hi I've just got my new iBook and was wondering a few things:
1) can i recieve my hotmail messages using mail?
2) is there a good media player i should get, how do i play .avi and .mpeg movies (quicktime doesn't work)
3) can i hide or password protect files?

these may seem basic but i have never used a mac before this so thanks for your help

[dtriska]

1) No. Microsoft won't allow it.

2) VLC will play pretty much anything. Also check out 3ivx.

The AVI files are probably some version of DivX. The MPEG files are probably MPEG-2, for which there is a plug-in you can get from Apple for about $20.

3) To hide or password protect files, I would use Disk Copy. Select "New > Blank Image", pick a name, a size, select AES-128 as the encryption and save the file somewhere. You should be prompted to set a password for this file.

The size is rather important. Make sure you pick a size that allows whatever files you want to save on this disk image to fit.

When you want to mount this disk image, simply double-click on the saved file and enter the password.

[leffo]

Originally posted by Silencer:
Hi I've just got my new iBook and was wondering a few things:
1) can i recieve my hotmail messages using mail?

Nice. Welcome to the Mac world!

About whether Mail will interact with your Hotmail-account - well, not out of the box, but check out this hint over at macosxhints.com.

And, ohyeah, besides VLC, check out MPlayer as well.