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    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by DrewP1337, Jan 22, 2012.

  1. DrewP1337

    DrewP1337 Notebook Geek

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    so as i wait for my mbp to get here ive been looking around for all the shortcuts and cool things to do to my new mbp...i was wondering if yall had any so share with me or good videos on youtube
     
    DrewP1337, Jan 22, 2012
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    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Can you be more specific?


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    saturnotaku, Jan 22, 2012
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  3. DrewP1337

    DrewP1337 Notebook Geek

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    apps or gadgets...ways to set up the background. shortcut keyboard combinations. this will be my first mac and really the first one that ive used.
     
    DrewP1337, Jan 22, 2012
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    cardriver Notebook Consultant

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    cardriver, Jan 23, 2012
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    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    This is worth a read as well.
     
    saturnotaku, Jan 23, 2012
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  6. paradigm

    paradigm Notebook Deity

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    while we are on the subject, is there a mac noobie'ish way to have the drives from a NAS show up on the desktop as they do in my computer in win7?? this is in regards to mac osx lion


    thanks
     
    paradigm, Jan 25, 2012
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    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    If you have the NAS drive mounted, it will show up on the desktop. If you want it to auto-mount on startup, go to System Pref>Accounts>Login Items and drag the mounted NAS drive from Finder into the list (or use the + button).
     
    Budding, Jan 25, 2012
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    paradigm Notebook Deity

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    the NAS shows up in finder (infact against all 3 protocols....CIFS,NFS,AFP) then when you try to connect it only opens up in the finder, when you somehow add them to the accounts/login they don't really showup in the desktop, after a while (After booting up) they do eventually showup.

    in this method...over a period of few days, i notice the OS starting to really slow down it's bootup speed
     
    paradigm, Jan 26, 2012
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    what are some good apps/gadgets? id like something that shoes cpu speed/memory/temperature
     
    DrewP1337, Jan 26, 2012
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    Can anyone comment and share a link to where the trackpad "hand gestures" list can be located at?
     
    Steven, Jan 29, 2012
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    @ budding the drive just wont automount on to the desktop..if i dont click hide in accounts/logins...then after a pause all the 4 partitions from the NAS open up displaying contents...which is very annoying, why cant the drives/partiotions show up as they are on the desktop and let us decide when we want to open them or not?
     
    paradigm, Jan 29, 2012
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