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Some help for a brand new Mac user...
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Ive been using XP forever, and i decided to jump ship and buy a 12'' powerbook..its great so far, but my questions are no longer about the hardware, but about the OS...What are some MUST know things for me to enjoy OSX to the fullest...Currently the OS seems pretty much bland...I know im missing a WHOLLE lot of things...could someone help me out, maybe give me some suggestions or links to articles...
thanks in advance...
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Well, there's Automater (should be in your Applications folder), Spotlight, and Dashboard, just to name a few. What exactly are you looking for in the OS?
When I get bored I check the Dashboard widgets at http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/
...or I work on my .mac web page. Speaking of which, a Dot Mac subscription is a great thing to get to go along with your new PB.
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Qwerty.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Nov 1999
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This is a difficult question to answer, to be honest, because everyone is a little different. What sorts of things do you want to know? In particular, what sorts of things did you enjoy doing in XP? What sorts of things didn't you enjoy in XP, but would be open to trying again if they could be done in a different way? Do you want to get into programming or scripting? Were you a power-user in XP? Are you interested in learning Unix?
OSX has a surprising amount under the hood. Almost too much, in fact; there are very few people out there who could honestly be said to know everything about it, and I'm certainly not one of them. It would be easier to answer your question if you could give us some hints as to where you'd like to begin.
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You are in Soviet Russia. It is dark. Grue is likely to be eaten by YOU!
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Administrator  Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: San Antonio TX USA
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How did you learn what you could do with XP? I learned by playing with it, just as my wife and I learned about OS X by playing with it. We did get the O'Rieley OS X book (it has a German Shepherd Dog on the cover) for reference, but we have only ever used it when we ran into something that Apple Help didn't explain enough for us.
As Millenium says, what you need to know depends on what you want to do with the computer. "Where do you want to go" takes on a whole new meaning here! 
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Glenn -----
OTR/L, MOT, Tx
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: California
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"Expose" is probably the best feature of the OS, besides the stability and long uptimes and almost never having to "close" or quit applications.
You can modify what keys activate "Expose" in your System Preferences.
The Missing Manual from David Pogue is great.
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