Topic: The newbie apple thread

[iSmiff]

i am selling my ibook after reading this, anyone want to buy an overpriced underpowered white laptop

[Mudface_]

Paint it black first, so you make more money.

[iSmiff]

i have a tin of black gloss paint, cost a fiver and will make me £100+ on the ibook

[wacko]

ok that seems to be the job

now what else would a budding macolite need to get up and running, codecs, programs apps etc

I mentioned a few here:
http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=90028.msg1575768#msg1575768

Desktop Manager is cool. It gives you multiple desktops like on Linux.
http://desktopmanager.berlios.de/ (Berlios is down at the mo')

If you install Fink, you can install hundreds of BSD/Linux apps on your OS X (mostly CLI stuff, including nmap and other interesting stuff).

Transmission is shaping up into a sweet BitTorrent client.

[iSmiff]

how the fuck do you rename a desktop icon

[nidgemo]

how the fuck do you rename a desktop icon

click on the name twice, slowly. (ie, not fast enough to launch it) and then type the new name.

Or, select the icon, hit apple-i (get info) and type in the new name.

[iSmiff]

what the fuck is an apple i

why not just press ctrl and mouse button like everything else to get the other options

stupid system

[bradigor]

what the fuck is an apple i

why not just press ctrl and mouse button like everything else to get the other options

stupid user

Fully agree smiffy poo

[iSmiff]

well it should have been obvious to do a big retard slow double click to change the icon name, i just have to think like an apple user, ie retarded

[Mudface_]

It'll help you to maximise your efficiency, Smiff.

[iSmiff]

but if i could just right click and do it it would save precious extra seconds for my drawings

[Mudface_]

Ah, but it also means you can look at the font for a bit longer.

[iSmiff]

can i masturbate to the vectorisation

[bradigor]

can i masturbate to the vectorisation

You do that aswell

[iSmiff]

i'd be all like "you look so smooth baby, i just wanna touch your sexy curves"

then i'd be all like convulsing and stuff as i gushed over the monitor

[Mudface_]

As long as you do it efficiently.

[bradigor]

i'd be all like "you look so smooth baby, i just wanna touch your sexy curves"

then i'd be all like convulsing and stuff as i gushed over the monitor

You make me so hot

[WorldChampions]

You can also click one to highlight it then press enter

[iSmiff]

mudface, HELP!

[bradigor]

mudface, HELP!

He can't help you now sweet thang!

[Lo]

i have a tin of black gloss paint, cost a fiver and will make me £100+ on the ibook

How much if you dont paint it

[Mudface_]

mudface, HELP!

No chance. You buy faggot gear you get all you deserve. I'll send you a cushion once Brad's finished with you.

[Lo]

No chance. You buy faggot gear you get all you deserve. I'll send you a cushion once Brad's finished with you.

[bradigor]

No chance. You buy faggot gear you get all you deserve. I'll send you a cushion once Brad's finished with you.

[iSmiff]

i feel like i have been violated here

[wacko]

but if i could just right click and do it it would save precious extra seconds for my drawings

You can. Then click "Get Info".

[iSmiff]

i have seen the get info bit, i assume there is an option in there, thanks wacko, thats much better advice than nidgemo

[¡Basta Ya!]

i have seen the get info bit, i assume there is an option in there, thanks wacko, thats much better advice than nidgemo

Just select the item you want to rename. Then when it is selected just click once on the name and type the new name in. It's simple enough.

[iSmiff]

its stupid like your face

[Mudface_]

At least it's not as obtuse as the PC's method. Right-click- Rename, who'd ever think of doing that?

[¡Basta Ya!]

I didn't say it was better, I just said it wasn't hard.

Oh, and contextual menus are for the gays of the village.

[Mudface_]

You can use the click... *pause*... click method on the PC as well. If you're a total spanner.

[bradigor]

How much if you dont paint it

smiff?

[redchiz]

but if i could just right click and do it it would save precious extra seconds for my drawings

Ha-ha! You CAN right-click: then click Get Info and you'll see Name and Extension. Then you can rename to something like I_Love_My_Mac or whatever you choose. 

[¡Basta Ya!]

Ha-ha! You CAN right-click: then click Get Info and you'll see Name and Extension. Then you can rename to something like I_Love_My_Mac or whatever you choose. 

That's a pretty slow way to do it though. Just click once on the selected item, that's pretty easy.

How often have you got to rename a file, not that often that any of this is a big deal.

[Mudface_]

That's a pretty slow way to do it though. Just click once on the selected item, that's pretty easy.

But you have to select the thing in the first place, then pause so you don't trigger a double-click, then click again.

[bradigor]

Can't you just name the file correctly when you save it?

The only files I rename are my nds roms. That is because the people that create them are c*nts

[¡Basta Ya!]

But you have to select the thing in the first place, then pause so you don't trigger a double-click, then click again.

only if you double click the name. I click the icon then the name which means you can do it as fast as you like. The item you want to rename is normally selected anyway, after you've opened it or moved it into a file, so it works out at just one click.

Even two clicks is as fast as right clicking and finding/clicking rename.

This is the smallest point I think I've ever argued over.

[Mudface_]

The only files I rename are my nds roms. That is because the people that create them are c*nts

Like TV episodes- Life.On.Mars.2x04.[GetTheFiles.com].[repack-proper].[ripped-by-L0lz0rrrr].[PDTV].English.avi.

Bastards.

This is the smallest point I think I've ever argued over.

Really? I find that hard to believe.

[¡Basta Ya!]

Really? I find that hard to believe.

I would give it a go, but I don't think anything less trivial exists.