Author Topic: The newbie apple thread (Read 36055 times)

nidgemo · « **Reply #40 on:** March 15, 2007, 06:55:54 pm »

Quote from: PaulF on March 15, 2007, 06:44:43 pm

Now I've seen the instructions, it's pretty simple installing an Application. I'm not 100% confident that deleting it from the Applications folder will take settings and related files, but perhaps Apple software doesn't proliferate dlls in the same way.

I got messenger running fine. I don't know why I pissed about with a third party client first.

Not happy that I can't run the Flash client of ladbrokes poker. It complained about the browser which is odd.

Ephraim and I posted app removing instructions in one of the other threads last night.

The PC nerds posted abuse in response to our helping the guy out.

Ben S · « **Reply #41 on:** March 15, 2007, 06:59:16 pm »

Quote from: PaulF on March 15, 2007, 06:51:02 pm

I was in the middle of typing that it appears to be fine, when firefox crashed

A crash, on a Mac, don't lie.

PaulF · « **Reply #42 on:** March 15, 2007, 07:07:01 pm »

Quote from: nidgemo 3.11 on March 15, 2007, 06:55:54 pm

Ephraim and I posted app removing instructions in one of the other threads last night.

The PC nerds posted abuse in response to our helping the guy out.

I remembered seeing that and being a tad skeptical to how easy it was. Still it's not beyond the realms of feasabilty that the app clears up after itself.

PaulF · « **Reply #43 on:** March 15, 2007, 07:07:59 pm »

Quote from: Ben S on March 15, 2007, 06:59:16 pm

A crash, on a Mac, don't lie.

No, in all honesty it did. If I knew how to take a screen print, I'd have posted it!
The OS stayed up as cleanly as windows does though.

nidgemo · « **Reply #44 on:** March 15, 2007, 07:34:54 pm »

Quote from: PaulF on March 15, 2007, 07:07:01 pm

I remembered seeing that and being a tad skeptical to how easy it was.

You've had a mac a day...

You should be starting to see just how easy it ALL is pretty soon...

How'd your broadband go? Plug it in and it just worked, straight away, eh?

Screen stuff - for a section apple-shift-4 (this will give you crosshairs to take the section you want) whole screen apple-shift-3

PaulF · « **Reply #45 on:** March 15, 2007, 07:41:30 pm »

To be fair all you have to do in XP is plug the cable in.
I haven't invested in a mac keyboard yet. I think the windows key performs the same function so I shall give it a bash later.

mulfella · « **Reply #46 on:** March 15, 2007, 07:50:43 pm »

Quote from: PaulF on March 15, 2007, 07:41:30 pm

To be fair all you have to do in XP is plug the cable in.
I haven't invested in a mac keyboard yet. I think the windows key performs the same function so I shall give it a bash later.

LIAR

You need at least a masters degree in computing and 10 years nerding around to do it on a PC.

Ciara (with a capital "C") · « **Reply #47 on:** March 15, 2007, 08:54:22 pm »

Quote from: PaulF on March 15, 2007, 02:04:17 pm

I couldn't see how to get firefox or Safari to fill the screen, and the bottom of the browser always looked 'missing' , like I'd got a windowed view of the browser and dragged the top, so the bottom was off the screen.

I'm an iNewbie too, got my first Mac last Friday and this was something that annoyed me at first. If you haven't figured it out yet, just position the window at the top and drag the bottom right-hand corner to stretch it out and fill the screen.

I have a question of my own which I hope someone can help me with. I want to sync iMail with my Hotmail account. I have gone to File>New Account and entered the necessary details but get stuck at "incoming mail server" - anyone know what I should put in this field?

mulfella · « **Reply #48 on:** March 15, 2007, 09:52:36 pm »

Hotmail doesn't support Pop3 - For Windows you can get an app called Mr Postman which handles it. For Macs I'm not sure.

¡Basta Ya! · « **Reply #49 on:** March 15, 2007, 10:11:31 pm »

Quote from: mulfella on March 15, 2007, 09:52:36 pm

Hotmail doesn't support Pop3 - For Windows you can get an app called Mr Postman which handles it. For Macs I'm not sure.

You can get hotmail through Mail, but not with intel Macs yet.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060606023130948

Mudface_ · « **Reply #50 on:** March 15, 2007, 10:14:13 pm »

Quote from: mulfella on March 15, 2007, 09:52:36 pm

Hotmail doesn't support Pop3 - For Windows you can get an app called Mr Postman which handles it. For Macs I'm not sure.

I just imported mine into Outlook, all I had to supply was the address and password.

PaulF · « **Reply #51 on:** March 15, 2007, 10:40:44 pm »

I just got back from football training and my Mac had locked up

.

I've rebooted and it seems to be happy again now

Paul · « **Reply #52 on:** March 15, 2007, 10:53:35 pm »

Quote from: Mudface_ on March 15, 2007, 10:14:13 pm

I just imported mine into Outlook, all I had to supply was the address and password.

Dont you have to pay for the priviledge though?

Mudface_ · « **Reply #53 on:** March 16, 2007, 08:48:32 am »

Nope. It's a pretty old account though, I just use it for signing up usually. Did they change the 'rules' when they expanded storage etc?

Armin · « **Reply #54 on:** March 16, 2007, 08:52:37 am »

Quote from: Mudface_ on March 16, 2007, 08:48:32 am

Nope. It's a pretty old account though, I just use it for signing up usually. Did they change the 'rules' when they expanded storage etc?

Yep, they allowed older accounts to continue accessing via pop3 without charge.

Mudface_ · « **Reply #55 on:** March 16, 2007, 08:56:25 am »

Ah, fair enough. I use GMail now anyway and have stuff sent to my home ISP account forwarded to it for storage.

Armin · « **Reply #56 on:** March 16, 2007, 09:00:05 am »

I still have the hotmail which I access via Thunderbird with the webmail extension. It gets way too much spam to be of much use though.

nidgemo · « **Reply #57 on:** March 16, 2007, 09:01:24 am »

Anyone got any spare gmail invites, BTW, my sisters after one.

Mudface_ · « **Reply #58 on:** March 16, 2007, 09:02:34 am »

You don't need invites these days, just sign up through the Google home page.

Your sister's a bit forward isn't she?

iSmiff · « **Reply #59 on:** March 16, 2007, 09:08:18 am »

Quote from: nidgemo 3.11 on March 15, 2007, 06:55:54 pm

Ephraim and I posted app removing instructions in one of the other threads last night.

The PC nerds posted abuse in response to our helping the guy out.

Most people raise their hands to tell the teacher.

Then what did those nasty boys do nidgemo?

Armin · « **Reply #60 on:** March 16, 2007, 09:14:25 am »

Quote from: nidgemo 3.11 on March 16, 2007, 09:01:24 am

Anyone got any spare gmail invites, BTW, my sisters after one.

Can I sign up without the invitation code? Or without a mobile phone?

Anyone in the world is now welcome to create a Gmail account at http://mail.google.com/mail/signup. Enjoy!

nidgemo · « **Reply #61 on:** March 16, 2007, 09:16:22 am »

Quote from: Mudface_ on March 16, 2007, 09:02:34 am

You don't need invites these days, just sign up through the Google home page.

Your sister's a bit forward isn't she?

Yes. Yes, she is.

Can you use the ones at the page armin posted as POP or only for webmail?

iSmiff · « **Reply #62 on:** March 16, 2007, 09:28:32 am »

google does pop if you go into your account setting when you set your account up

WorldChampions · « **Reply #63 on:** March 20, 2007, 11:35:44 pm »

How you finding it after more time paul?

PaulF · « **Reply #64 on:** March 20, 2007, 11:39:41 pm »

Well .....
It is easier to use and it would be on right now, even though slower than my PC, but for normal task bearable (and a fraction of the cost of my PC so not an unfair comparison). I much prefer the method for downloading and installing apps. I even found where to set my DNS because my ISP was having problems. I did think the DNS would require a trip to this thread, but it was pretty simple to find.

BUT

to sign up to party poker I have to sell my soul to the devil, give them my phone number and all sorts.

Now we can argue till we are blue in the face about the merits or otherwise of playing poker, but until I can find a solution to the problem the Mac is staying unplugged

ps your comment about brad and the turnips on the rawkdebating thread was brilliant

anon-y-mouse · « **Reply #65 on:** March 20, 2007, 11:42:58 pm »

Paul, for poker, forget the Mac. Seriously. Only 3 sites or so that supoort it. Don't get me wrong i like Macs, but given that webcam use on MSN and poker are two of my main uses of a PC at home it becomes inpracticle to buy one.

bradigor · « **Reply #66 on:** March 20, 2007, 11:43:31 pm »

Quote from: PaulF on March 20, 2007, 11:39:41 pm

Well .....
It is easier to use and it would be on right now, even though slower than my PC, but for normal task bearable (and a fraction of the cost of my PC so not an unfair comparison). I much prefer the method for downloading and installing apps. I even found where to set my DNS because my ISP was having problems. I did think the DNS would require a trip to this thread, but it was pretty simple to find.

BUT

to sign up to party poker I have to sell my soul to the devil, give them my phone number and all sorts.

Now we can argue till we are blue in the face about the merits or otherwise of playing poker, but until I can find a solution to the problem the Mac is staying unplugged

ps your comment about brad and the turnips on the rawkdebating thread was brilliant

Sure you can emulate some of the poker sites on a mac.......will see what I can find out Paul

PaulF · « **Reply #67 on:** March 20, 2007, 11:47:56 pm »

Quote from: bradigor on March 20, 2007, 11:43:31 pm

Sure you can emulate some of the poker sites on a mac.......will see what I can find out Paul

Don't worry. I've got some bits and bobs heading my way that may solve the problem. The Mac is too old to attempt to run an emulator on.
I think my situation sums up the 'differences' nicely though. The Mac is a 'better' machine, but because it is still considered by many a 'niche' market then people outside that niche will be better off using PCs.

If someone offered me an intel Mac, that I could run a virtual PC on with native hardware access then I suspect my PC would gather dust very fast.

WorldChampions · « **Reply #68 on:** March 20, 2007, 11:48:24 pm »

Quote from: PaulF on March 20, 2007, 11:39:41 pm

Well .....
It is easier to use and it would be on right now, even though slower than my PC, but for normal task bearable (and a fraction of the cost of my PC so not an unfair comparison). I much prefer the method for downloading and installing apps. I even found where to set my DNS because my ISP was having problems. I did think the DNS would require a trip to this thread, but it was pretty simple to find.

BUT

to sign up to party poker I have to sell my soul to the devil, give them my phone number and all sorts.

Now we can argue till we are blue in the face about the merits or otherwise of playing poker, but until I can find a solution to the problem the Mac is staying unplugged

ps your comment about brad and the turnips on the rawkdebating thread was brilliant

Cool, lucky for me i started playing poker online (although not that often) just as i got a mac and the first site i went to was partypoker.com which supported mac. I suppose if you have been using a certain one for a while it might seen annoying to swap, but its worth it

bradigor · « **Reply #69 on:** March 20, 2007, 11:49:23 pm »

Tried gettging hold of virtual pc? Will that not allow you to install and run Betfair poker?

PaulF · « **Reply #70 on:** March 20, 2007, 11:49:32 pm »

Quote from: WorldChampions on March 20, 2007, 11:48:24 pm

Cool, lucky for me i started playing poker online (although not that often) just as i got a mac and the first site i went to was partypoker.com which supported mac. I suppose if you have been using a certain one for a while it might seen annoying to swap, but its worth it

I just really don't fancy giving them my phone number and waiting for them to call me. I think I will take the plunge at some point though.

bradigor · « **Reply #71 on:** March 20, 2007, 11:50:32 pm »

Quote from: bradigor on March 20, 2007, 11:49:23 pm

Tried gettging hold of virtual pc? Will that not allow you to install and run Betfair poker?

Ignore that.....anyone know where I can get Virtual PC? Torrents are the best bet I am guessing

anon-y-mouse · « **Reply #72 on:** March 20, 2007, 11:51:14 pm »

Virtual PC is a sack of shite.

*may have a disk image of it somewhere, probably on my faulty Lacie drive though*

bradigor · « **Reply #73 on:** March 20, 2007, 11:53:15 pm »

Quote from: Boooo on March 20, 2007, 11:51:14 pm

Virtual PC is a sack of shite.

*may have a disk image of it somewhere, probably on my faulty Lacie drive though*

However will it do to only run betfair poker?

WorldChampions · « **Reply #74 on:** March 20, 2007, 11:55:13 pm »

Trying to get my hand on leopard at the moment, going to try it out booting from an external before i pay up when it comes out

managed to get 3.2gb of 5.1 so far

PaulF · « **Reply #75 on:** March 20, 2007, 11:56:42 pm »

Virtual PC is a godsend for me at work. Although that's on an intel box

bradigor · « **Reply #76 on:** March 20, 2007, 11:57:55 pm »

Quote from: WorldChampions on March 20, 2007, 11:55:13 pm

Trying to get my hand on leopard at the moment, going to try it out booting from an external before i pay up when it comes out

managed to get 3.2gb of 5.1 so far

Fancy sending it on when you get it?

anon-y-mouse · « **Reply #77 on:** March 20, 2007, 11:58:58 pm »

Quote from: PaulF on March 20, 2007, 11:56:42 pm

Virtual PC is a godsend for me at work. Although that's on an intel box

In all fairness that is basically an admittance that you shouldn't have Macs at work.

WorldChampions · « **Reply #78 on:** March 20, 2007, 11:59:18 pm »

Quote from: bradigor on March 20, 2007, 11:57:55 pm

Fancy sending it on when you get it?

Could bang it on a disk no problem, just taking a fucking age!

Carn't seem to get over 20kbps. Might turn out to be a fake

Past the half way point so no going back now though

PaulF · « **Reply #79 on:** March 21, 2007, 12:03:47 am »

Quote from: Boooo on March 20, 2007, 11:58:58 pm

In all fairness that is basically an admittance that you shouldn't have Macs at work.

It's not a Mac. It's Windows running on a Windows PC