In just a little over a week I’ve already learned a lot about my Mac. Other then a couple of quirky things, I really like OS X and how it works. In this short amount of time I’ve come up with the following observations:
Installing New Apps Is Easy: All you need to do is download a .dmg file, double click on it and drop the .app file into your Applications folder. That’s it! Some applications bring up an installer when you double click on the .app file however, for the most part all you need to do is drag and drop the app in the applications folder.
AppZapper is your friend: Uninstalling apps on the Mac isn’t as easy as installing them. Yes, you can delete the app out of the Applications folder however, more then likely there will still be extraneous files that are left on your system after you delete the app.
This is why you need AppZapper. AppZapper allows you to delete an application and all of its’ extraneous files so that you don’t have anything left behind when you delete the app.
This is especially great for me since I’m trying out new apps on a daily basis. I don’t know why Apple hasn’t included a similar app with OS X. In any case, AppZapper only costs $12.95 and it includes lifetime upgrades for free! Not a bad deal IMHO…
You can right-click but it is a pain: This has been one of my biggest annoyances with my new Mac. In the world of Windows you pretty much always have a two button and right clicking is easy to do. On my Mac, I only have a one button trackpad so when I want to right click I have to hold down the CTRL key. This really is annoying for me however, I’m starting to get use to it. You can plugin a two button usb mouse and that provides you with a right click however, when I’m using my laptop I don’t always want to use a secondary mouse. Why doesn’t Apple believe in the two button mouse? Isn’t it more inntuiative to have two buttons instead of having to hold down CTRL? Just my .02…
Apple-Tab Isn’t The Same as Alt-Tab: Apple-Tab kind of works like Alt-Tab on Windows however, instead of switching between all open windows it switches between all open applications. I’m not sure I like how this works so I downloaded an application called Witch. This application allows you to switch between windows similar to how XP does it. I’m not saying that the OS X way is wrong all I’m saying is that it’s different. As of right now, I like the Windows way better.
Samba is great on the Mac: Thanks to Samba, connecting to my Windows file server was super easy. In fact, I was extremely suprised with how well it worked. I’ve used Samba before on linux and it didn’t seem to work as well as it does on the Mac.
That’s pretty much it for now. I’m sure I’ll have more to say as time goes on…..
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