Apple Mac Migration

stuart · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:50 am Post subject: Apple Mac Migration

I am about to venture into the Apple Mac world by purchasing a new iMac Desktop and later on a MacBook laptop. Is there anything I need to know about using Home and any other downloads which will be of use. I see the sticky about the Mac, but wanted to know about any other members advice and info that will be of use.
(I will be keeping my Dell desktop and laptop just incase it goes wrong.)

Darren · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 11:03 am Post subject:

Nothing at all really. You need an alternative .zip utility to the built-in 'archive.app' to extract our databases, I use Stuffit Expander (it's a free download) and there is a Mac compatible v2 HOME app although its just as cr**py as the PC version Confused

I'm a Mac convert having run an IT consultancy and so specialising in Windows PC's & Server's. You won't look back!
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stuart · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:38 pm Post subject: Apple iMac

Darren Thanks for that. I have just had a 2 hour input at the Apple Shop in WestQuay, Southampton. The staff there were very helpful. So its off there next week to part with some spare cash I found under the mattress. I saw about the Mac version of Home 2, at the moment I have kept all older versions and switch between them. The info on Stuffit Expander is great thanks. I expect other members may add some more useful at a later date as and when they log in.

Very Happy

Darren · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:21 pm Post subject:

I recently upgraded to an iMac from my MacBook Pro, the laptop is great but spending 12hrs a day looking at a 15" screen was very tiring.

Now I have the expanse of a 24" screen and it's pure bliss!
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stuart · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:53 pm Post subject:

Darren · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 3:50 pm Post subject:

A wise choice, I had to lug mine from the Apple Store in London and handn't considered how heavy it might be .... and it's a lot heavier than you'd think!
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Andy_P · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:54 pm Post subject:

Stuart....resist.....retreat from the dark side! Mad

DennisN · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:00 pm Post subject:

stuart · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:17 pm Post subject: iMac

GPS_fan · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:30 pm Post subject:

Darren · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:53 pm Post subject:

Mine was an impulse buy, I had been intending to upgrade at some point. But I wandered into the Apple Store after a press launch event in London and the rest is as they say history!

Who is the Guildford outfit, might be worth knowing?
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GPS_fan · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:18 pm Post subject:

ReubenZ · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:15 am Post subject:

Darren · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:22 am Post subject:

I've got a wireless mighty mouse on the MBp and never got on with it, it keeps losing the right-click function meaning I have to power cycle it to restore each time it happens.

On the iMac I have a wired mighty mouse and this has been excellent.

Having said that, MikeB has the same wireless mouse and never had an issue so perhaps I have a duffer!
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GPS_fan · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:33 am Post subject:

I preferred wired keyboards and mice (mouses, rodents - whatever the correct term is) because you know that they're always connected and their performance is possibly marginally better that the wireless ones.

The wireless keyboard and mouse is smart though because you can check the battery level from the System Preferences and you get an on-screen warning when the batteries begin to die
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