Sometimes, I wish I could ask really stupid questions about my MacBook Pro. But they are such stupid, elementary questions, and I'm too embarrassed to ask them
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Yes, yes. Two problems: 1) Don't know who to ask 2) Don't know WHAT to ask.
I figured out what I was stressing over, though. I'll probably teach myself more (when I have enough time and inclination), just like I did for the PC.
Ah -- the what is a tougher problem. The who -- there are lots of mac user groups, including, I imagine, plenty on LJ etc...
But I imagine that the 'what' is like this:
"hey, in windows, I do X and it does Y. How do I do Y in Macland?"
When I was a mac user, I often handled those sorts of questions, because the dirty little secret of most mac folks is that they are forced to use Windows too, so they speak both languages.
However, since you are probably a more sophisticated computer user than I am, you might be talking about more fundamental things, like machine code and/or things like registry, OS options, etc... If this is the case, the same folks probably can answer the questions, but you may need language lessons to answer them.
In the end, though, don't we all learn this stuff by trial and error?
Thanks for the offer, Natalie! Do you know anything about iMovie? ;) lol
Some of my basic frustration is assuming that there MUST be a way to do something on the Mac if I can do it on my PC. I mean, what's the equivalent of the delete key? The Mac delete key is the PC's backspace. Is there a 'Windows delete' equivalent on Mac (where the cursor is before the character that you want to remove)?
That's a really simple example, but when your fingers are flying over the keyboard, those little navigational blips make a big difference. LOL Everything that you use the Control key for is different on the Mac. I just have to slow down and learn it all, I guess!
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I figured out what I was stressing over, though. I'll probably teach myself more (when I have enough time and inclination), just like I did for the PC.
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But I imagine that the 'what' is like this:
"hey, in windows, I do X and it does Y. How do I do Y in Macland?"
When I was a mac user, I often handled those sorts of questions, because the dirty little secret of most mac folks is that they are forced to use Windows too, so they speak both languages.
However, since you are probably a more sophisticated computer user than I am, you might be talking about more fundamental things, like machine code and/or things like registry, OS options, etc... If this is the case, the same folks probably can answer the questions, but you may need language lessons to answer them.
In the end, though, don't we all learn this stuff by trial and error?
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Some of my basic frustration is assuming that there MUST be a way to do something on the Mac if I can do it on my PC. I mean, what's the equivalent of the delete key? The Mac delete key is the PC's backspace. Is there a 'Windows delete' equivalent on Mac (where the cursor is before the character that you want to remove)?
That's a really simple example, but when your fingers are flying over the keyboard, those little navigational blips make a big difference. LOL Everything that you use the Control key for is different on the Mac. I just have to slow down and learn it all, I guess!
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