Just have to tackle each task one at a time and ask here if you can't
find a tool or technique.
As far as networking goes, it's all TCP/IP on the internet so there
really is no such thing as a 'mac' network or a 'windows' network.
Granted Windows does some proprietary things for discovery but for
anything internet related the protocols and such are all standardized.
I'm not 100% clear on how your network is set up but if you are
advertising a wifi network with some kind of WEP password your Mac
should be able to join that just like anything else. If it's a wired
network running DHCP you should be able to just plug in your Mac and go.
Just one hint for list help, best to address one thing at a time in
emails, unless they are something with a short answer. That way people
with expertise in some area can jump in easily. A long email asking for
help on 22 things will get less responses than one or two email threads
at a time talking about how to accomplish one or two specific tasks. One
you have those one or two things worked out, start an email thread on
the next thing.
CB
On 4/2/12 10:23 AM, Marc Rocheleau wrote:
I just wanted to thank all for the info they've given me so far, it's
much appreciated! I kind of disappeared, I know, due to a busy
weekend. I will be picking people's brains over the next little while
so please have patience with me too! Really appreciate the info about
fb, gmail and twitter btw. :)
I feel like I did before getting the iPhone, I was on the fence until
I finally took the plunge... then was petrified for the first few days
I was using it. After about a week or two though, I started learning
things and taught myself... now I can't imagine not having one. It
sounds like the same can be said regarding Macs?
My biggest erm... hang-ups I guess... are that I run a wifi network
from my current PC that my parents feed off of with a network cable
through a router. I am totally clueless as to whether or not a PC/Mac
network is possible and what it takes to do that, if so. I also have
my programs that I use with Windows... I'm set in my ways... with mp3
players, mp3 volume amplifiers (I hate using soundcheck for CD volume
normalization) sound editors to create ringtones, etc. I'm just very
fearful that there will be something I take for granted now that won't
be available after switching over and by then it'll be too late, you
know?
Thus the education... all answers so far have been quite helpful
though so keep 'em coming and thanks! :)
-Marc
On 4/1/12, Jennifer Perdue<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi I'm Jenny,
I found it hard to make the switch at first, but with the people on this
list and some patience I wouldn't go back to windows if you paid me. My
husband has a PC and I use it begrudgingly if I have to since that's where
all our music is. I don't yet have an external drive for my Mac and can't
afford one right now.
Please don't hesitate to ask questions of this list. No question is stupid
or anything like that. Again, Just be patient.
Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks
On Mar 31, 2012, at 5:15 PM, Beefcakes wrote:
Hey welcome! Go for the Mac! You'll never regret it. Johnny
Cakes
On Mar 28, 2012, at 11:12 AM, Marc Rocheleau<[email protected]>
wrote:
Hey all,
I'm a transplant from the viphone list here and this is my first post
to MacVisionaries... be gentle.
In the same way I used that list to educate myself before purchasing
an iPhone, I'm hoping to learn some stuff about the Mac here since I'm
thinking of making the jump. Seeing as how I have the iPhone 4, plan
on getting the next iPhone that's released in the fall and own an
Apple TV, I figured it made sense to migrate to the Mac... or at least
entertain the possibility. I live in Ontario and, thanks to the
assistive devices program, 75% of a new computer is covered every five
years for those with accessibility needs.
They recently started covering Apple products and my five years is up
this fall so I was thinking of taking full advantage of this.
With that being said, I have a variety of different questions to ask
on here. I just wanted to know what the best way to go about it was.
They cover a wide range of topics and I don't want to spam the list.
On the other side however, putting them all in one e-mail would
probably deter people from viewing certain questions they could answer
because of other questions.
So erm... I guess I'm asking what standard practice is around here for
such things. I bet you guys get the same questions from new comers all
the time so I don't want to be repetitive either.
Thanks for any advice you can lend and I look forward to learning
about the wonderful world of Mac! :)
-Marc
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