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[eotero]

these features were the hook for being mac user.

[JudyBerkowitz]

How many of these
Mac 101: Getting Started With Your Mac
articles have there been?
Are they collected somewhere on Macworld.com?
I think I've missed one...
Thanks!

[LionKiller]

It's about time to go back to a command line. I don't have the time or the inclination to learn all these whiz bang ideas. It's gotten so it takes more time to figure out the "best" way to do something than to just do it some old fashioned way that works.

I'm sick and tired of the arrogant children at Apple. I can't begin to tell you how upset I am with their iCloud. It's made it so I can't count on what's stored on my harddrive and what requires a net connection. I think I'll roll back to 10.7 (No, I don't use their cutesy names!) and stay there until I die. This new junk adds absolutely nothing to my life. I could still quite happily use 10.4 except that new applications don't support it.

[SSCarch]

Another reason not to upgrade to Mountain Lion. Spaces in Snow Leopard works great. Mission Control in Mountain Lion is clunky at best.

[Chris Breen]

JudyBerkowitz, on 20 December 2012 - 09:57 PM, said:

How many of these
Mac 101: Getting Started With Your Mac
articles have there been?
Are they collected somewhere on Macworld.com?
I think I've missed one...
Thanks!

We have a page devoted to all Mac 101 stories. You can find it here. Worth bookmarking.

[Ashgrove]

While I appreciate such a detailed article on how to squeeze some usefulness out of Mission Control, even that little usefulness is iffy at best --i.e., applications don't stay assigned to their spaces, no matter how many times you do it.

I cannot fathom why Apple programmers decided to "fix" what wasn't broken (Spaces, in this case, but I can think of a dozen other things) and brought us to this misguided, unholy mess.

Lion made me switch to Windows 7 --which, ironically, "just works." And Linux, where apps stay assigned to their respective desktops, no matter the distro.

[K4thwright]

I'm in agreement with all of those people who say that 10.7 and 10.8 are useless. These two OS's have tons of new features that I've looked at in detail and have decided that the ways I know how to do things are easier for me to handle than the shortcuts and added screen clutter in the newer stuff. Also, I don't like the idea of having to take the time to forget what I know just so that I can learn something new that might save me a mouse click or two.

I have spent a few hundred dollars in the last couple of years to obtain about 5 terabytes of external storage that is instantly available to me to access all of the files I've saved since I bought my first Power Mac in 1996. I have about 20 gigs of music on my two iPods and another 10 gigs or so on my Macs, so I would wind up having to pay extra just to store this music on iCloud or elsewhere. The way I do things now, I can get what I want immediately, and I don't have to log on anywhere and wait to download it.

I'm still on the fence about iTunes 11, but my initial impression is that this program probably creates as many problems for me as it solves.

On a related subject, the new Macs that don't support Snow Leopard, and therefore Rosetta, will forever be totally useless to me because I have much more money invested in the Power PC OS X third party software which I use occasionally than I paid for the external storage. And I do use CD-DVD burners frequently enough that I can find no reason whatever to ever buy any computer without the optical drive built into the main enclosure.

[johnspear]

Chris, I enjoyed your Edwin Starr reference. I also get my esoteric grins from those commenters who claim they hate change and progress. "10.7 and 10.8 are useless" Ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha.

[Sergesouszero]

I've just switched from SL to ML, wich is a big step.These tips are very useful. I especially like the one about grouping windows by application wich brings back Exposé as it was when you turn that option off. Thanks Chris !

[Paul]

Thankfully the Cpmmand-Tab control still works.

I still just use the Command-Tab. It's fast, no clutter, shows you what apps are running. You usually know what app you're looking for. When you get to that app, the most recent item pops up, or you can use the Window menu item to find what you want.

And to quit all items in an app, all you do is hit Command-Q. To quit everything, you just hit Command-Tab then Command-Q sequentially until all the apps are closed. And the Tab and Q keys are right next to each other so you can do it fast. Wonder if that was planned or just a lucky coincidence?

Not that I'm resistant to change, but it's very simple and fast navigation. Maybe I'll force myself to use Mission Control to see of there are any advantages.

[fmsch7ltzjr]

I really have enjoyed using Mission Control with OSX 10.8. No problem assigning apps to specific desktops has been handy. Also being able to drag one to another for specific tasks has helped when I need to look at two items for a specific function. Also getting to desktop I need has been a joy with the four finger swipe and knowing what desktop my apps are on.

My only problem is that sometimes the track pad seems to not put me into mission control with the four finger up swipe or move between desktops with four finger swipe sideways. Then I use hot corners but after a short time it starts working again. Does anyone have a keyboard shortcut for move desktop right or left. Thanks

[john01]

For me, Mission Control is a wonderful screen clutter generator. It is difficult to do better in that area. I much prefer to use keyboard shortcuts to go from an app to the other (like Command Tab) or to move between windows in an app. And let's not forget Spotlight that is much simpler and faster than MC. And without clutter.

[Jukebox44]

sounds like a resource hog