Re: OT: Figuring out this Apple stuff

2014-03-14 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Philip: we're deep in the Apple Ecosystem and enjoying it, though I admit it took me a bit to make the adjustments--both hardware and software, but I'm a stronger user now, and when I have to use Windows I absolutely hate it. Have fun with your new system. It may be a little frustrating

Re: OT: Figuring out this Apple stuff

2014-03-13 Thread John
On 3/12/2014 10:35 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2014-03-12 18:00 John wrote I downloaded OS X 10.9.2 and made the Unibeast 8GB USB backup. i know about tonymac86, but i had to learn about Unibeast; it sounds like you want to preserve the installer for use on a non-Apple machine (hackintosh);

Re: OT: Figuring out this Apple stuff

2014-03-13 Thread John
On 3/12/2014 10:26 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2014-03-12 18:11 Bruce Walker wrote If you can live with Safari's voracious appetite for RAM there's no reason to install another browser. I can't though, so I use Chrome instead. Otherwise, I like Safari and would use it for everything. Safari is

Re: OT: Figuring out this Apple stuff

2014-03-12 Thread Stan Halpin
System Preferences under the Apple menu is your key to all global settings. Within applications, you'll also find Preferences to set under the 2nd menu, next one past the Apple menu. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 11, 2014, at 11:30 PM, Philip Northeast rnort...@bigpond.net.au wrote: The

Re: OT: Figuring out this Apple stuff

2014-03-12 Thread steve harley
on 2014-03-11 21:21 John wrote Had to log into the App Store which required me to update my billing information. No big problem there. It tells me I'm currently at OS X 10.8.3. It's currently downloading OS X Mavericks (it said free update?). yes 10.9 is free, whether as update or fresh

Re: OT: Figuring out this Apple stuff

2014-03-12 Thread John
On 3/12/2014 5:01 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2014-03-11 21:21 John wrote Had to log into the App Store which required me to update my billing information. No big problem there. It tells me I'm currently at OS X 10.8.3. It's currently downloading OS X Mavericks (it said free update?). yes 10.9

Re: OT: Figuring out this Apple stuff

2014-03-12 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 8:00 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks to everyone who responded. I got the sleep time thing fixed to my satisfaction. I downloaded OS X 10.9.2 and made the Unibeast 8GB USB backup. But do I need to use the USB drive to install OS X 10.9.2? The easiest way

Re: OT: Figuring out this Apple stuff

2014-03-12 Thread steve harley
on 2014-03-12 18:11 Bruce Walker wrote If you can live with Safari's voracious appetite for RAM there's no reason to install another browser. I can't though, so I use Chrome instead. Otherwise, I like Safari and would use it for everything. Safari is my default browser, but i put some of my

Re: OT: Figuring out this Apple stuff

2014-03-12 Thread steve harley
on 2014-03-12 18:00 John wrote I downloaded OS X 10.9.2 and made the Unibeast 8GB USB backup. i know about tonymac86, but i had to learn about Unibeast; it sounds like you want to preserve the installer for use on a non-Apple machine (hackintosh); that should be irrelevant to your Mini, but

OT: Figuring out this Apple stuff

2014-03-11 Thread John
In case anyone is actually interested in my baptism by fire ... Finally finished reading the instruction books, hooked everything together turned it on. Mostly semi-intuitive setting it up. There's a few things I need to figure out yet. Had to log into the App Store which required me to

Re: OT: Figuring out this Apple stuff

2014-03-11 Thread Philip Northeast
The auto time out is in System Preferences (in the applications folder) and is under Energy Saver Philip Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au On 12/03/2014 2:21 pm, John wrote: In case anyone is actually interested in my baptism by fire ... Finally finished reading the instruction books,