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Common Mac OS Questions
hm_murdock:
Equivalent terms, apps, and OS features between Windows and Mac OS X
My Computer = In the Finder, go to the File menu, and choose "New Finder Window". Mounted volumes are also displayed on the desktop by default.
Windows Explorer = Finder
Control Panel = System Preferences
Start Button = Dock, Desktop, Finder windows
Taskbar = Dock
System Tray = Menu modules and docklings
Command Prompt = Terminal
Device Manager = Apple System Profiler
Recycle Bin = Trash
MS Office XP = MS Office v.X, OpenOffice
Internet Explorer = Internet Explorer (Microsoft), Mozilla (mozilla.org), Netscape (America Online), Chimera (mozilla.org), iCab (icab.de), Opera (opera.com), OmniWeb (?)
Photoshop = Photoshop (Adobe), Painter (Corel procreate), CorelPhoto/Paint
Windows Movie Maker = iMovie (Apple)
Premiere = Premiere (Adobe), Final Cut Pro (Apple
WinAmp = iTunes (Apple), Mint Audio (Unsanity)
Windows Media Player = Quicktime (Apple), RealOne (Real.com), Windows Media Player (Microsoft)
That can't be everything. Please feel free to add, guys!
MacUser3of5:
MS Works = Appleworks
By the way, Omniweb is at www.omnigroup.com
Don't forget to mention that most apps have cross-platform file formats (yes, mention jpg and gifs, because some people are not sure about it, or are not confident in their assuredness).
You should also give a directory of high-quality OS X software developers, i.e. OmniGroup, BareBones Software, Nisus (apparently they bought Okito, and are coming out with a Cocoa word processor!! yay!!) etc... just so people can see what's happening, and there is a variety of high quality software to choose from... a link to Apple's MacOSX download index would help a lot too.
[ October 17, 2002: Message edited by: MacUser3of5 ]
aapl:
You should tell people how to empty thier trash in OS seX. Cover permissions, rm, chmod, rw-ww-rw-xx type shit
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