Hello Deedra, Well, there’s a name from the past. Welcome to the world of the Mac.
You should feel quite at home with a Mac. Devices will mounted as on a Linux system. Although, this will be on /Volumes. The terminal will feel very familiar to you. Although, VoiceOver is not as good as speakup in the terminal. There are 2 package management systems that you can add to install packages within the terminal. One is called home brew, or something like that and the other is Mac Ports. Many of the familiar programs used on Linux appear to be available in Mac Ports. I’m guessing that an IRC might be a bit clunky on the terminal with VO but I’m only guessing. I have just installed the latest OS X Yosemite here and not reinstalled Mac Ports, so not in a position to test for you. Here’s the Mac Ports page: https://www.macports.org Gena Georgina Joyce Applied Psychologist Training and Coaching. Because individuals of groups matter! > On 5 Nov 2014, at 05:34, Deedra Waters <[email protected]> wrote: > > For the majority of my life i've been a linux user. I've wanted a mac > for quite a while now and i'm going to get a macbook air soon. I've got > a couple of questions though: > > There are certain things that i want to do in particular. > 1. does i-chat work with irc or is it a mac specific thing? I > particularly need an irc client because of some of the things i need to > do. > > I'm also curious as to how android phones and macs get along. Only thing > i need to do is be able to dump content onto the tablet and copy content > from the tablet. > > I'm also looking for any tips or advice someone might have to offer to > someone completely new to macs. I've got iphone experience but that died > around ios 6 and i've not really followed any of that since.. > > Is there a website out there that offers suggestions for programs that > are and aren't accessible on macs? That would probably answer the rest > of my questions.:) > > Thanks > > -- > Website: http://deedra.the-brannons.com > blog: http://deedra.the-brannons.com/blog > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
