Diary of a first time Macbook user #1

Posted in Mac, apple, life, macbook on May 08, 2008

Dear diary,

Today I bought my first Macbook. I should tell you what I have learnt and should learn, so that I can remember those back. It’s a different world. Feels like drilling from Finland and getting out from China.

1 - Starts up and shuts down so soon. Something must be wrong.

Weird things going on. This thing starts up so soon. What do I do wrong? Do I start in recovery mode? I also figured out it shuts down very fast (I asked my friends, they also had similar experience). Why? Doesn’t it save my sessions? Will I loose my data? Even didn’t give me choice what I want to do by shutting down. Maybe I meant sleeping? Stupid machine..

Investigate this further, find what is going on.

2 - Learn how to eject CD

Damn, there is no button on this CD-rom! How do I eject this thing? It swallowed my CD, will it give back? Check around: Yes, surely there is no eject button.

Edit: I figured out that there is a button on keyboard. Whenever I press it, it gives the CD back to me. Problem solved.

3 - How to install application

This thing doesn’t have a nice installer. Where is Program Files for instance? Why doesn’t it ask where I want to install? Why no “Quick Launch” or “Desktop” icon selection? And what are those things left on desktop? What does ejecting mean? Figure it out.

4 - How to uninstall application

I looked everywhere, but I couldn’t find “Programs and Settings” menu. How do I uninstall those things? Figure it out.

Edit: There is no registry; therefore no uninstallation. Just drag the application to Trash can. Download and use this free program: AppTrap. Problem solved.

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2 Responses to “ Diary of a first time Macbook user #1 ”

  1. # 1 stephen smithstone Says:

    Response to your questions

    1 . Close the lid will automatically put machine into sleep mode , press the shutdown button select sleep

    2. Any volume device cd , network device can be umounted ( ejected ) bu dragging to trash it changes to eject icon or select it and press apple key and e

    3 & 4. Drag applications into Applications directory to install if there is no installer in the .dmg file and drag to trash to uninstall if there is no unistaller

  2. # 2 lol Says:

    ahah, noob

Speak your peace!