Diary of a first time Macbook user #1
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.
May 8th, 2008 at 21:32
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
May 9th, 2008 at 12:34
ahah, noob