New OSX User.

Hello Aqua-Soft.org Users,

This is my first time writing anything on Aqua-Soft's Forum. I'm constantly read the front page news and have been in love with OS X. I bought my first Apple iBook (14") from amazon and I love it. I was just wondering if there are any good tutorial sites for new OS X users.

I wanted to post a screenshot in the Feb. desktop thread, but everytime I use the "print screen", the file has the extension of .pdf. How can i change this to something useable like a jpg, gif or png?

So far, the only apps I have are AdiumX, Skype1.0, iLife 05, Office v.X, Norton AntiVirus 9.0, OSXvnc for remote desktop to Windows, and all the updates from Apple.

Also what is a good application to theme the apple menu, so I could use MaxThemes' styles?

Thanks to all who helped make this site possible. If I have posted something "****ish" or in the wrong category, please don't get mad.

Peace.

--MarkMS

#254530

For screenshots:

Apple+Ctrl+Shift+3 copies the screen to clipboard

Apple+Shift+3 puts the image in a .pdf on the desktop. To convert to .jpeg, open that .pdf in preview and export it as a .jpg.

For themes, use Shapeshifter

As for tutorials, i hate to sound clichè, but google is your friend. I'll start you off:

http://www.atomiclearning.com/macosxpanther

http://poets.sfsu.edu/osx/OSX3/index/A.html

#254536

Hello Aqua-Soft.org Users,

This is my first time writing anything on Aqua-Soft's Forum. I'm constantly read the front page news and have been in love with OS X. I bought my first Apple iBook (14") from amazon and I love it. I was just wondering if there are any good tutorial sites for new OS X users.

I wanted to post a screenshot in the Feb. desktop thread, but everytime I use the "print screen", the file has the extension of .pdf. How can i change this to something useable like a jpg, gif or png?

So far, the only apps I have are AdiumX, Skype1.0, iLife 05, Office v.X, Norton AntiVirus 9.0, OSXvnc for remote desktop to Windows, and all the updates from Apple.

Also what is a good application to theme the apple menu, so I could use MaxThemes' styles?

Thanks to all who helped make this site possible. If I have posted something "****ish" or in the wrong category, please don't get mad.

Peace.

--MarkMS

You won't need Norton Antivirus since there are no known mac virses, and there I doubt there will be, so you can just forget about that.

Aslo you'll have to install Shapeshifter to be able to use guikits (themes). ACHTUNG: its payware, so eventually you'll have to pay to use it

When you print screen (apple+shift+3) and open up the pdf in preview youll want to go to file>edit>export then chose your desired extension

Enjoy your mac, my imac has made my life easier ;D

#254537

You won't need Norton Antivirus since there are no known mac virses, and there I doubt there will be, so you can just forget about that.

Are virii a major concern on OS X? Hmmm, no. Could they? Possibly. Would Norton be reliable to cath these virii? Probably not. Their concern is mostly with Windows based systems.

#254539

Thanks for all these posts. As for Norton, it came with Office v.x for free. I heard that Office 04 was not very reliable so I chose v.X. Thanks all again!

#254555

04 is very reliable and much better than v.X. Also norton can be really unstable and naff up your machine, it's a good idea to remove it.

Note to Wiz: there have been no self-replicating viruses for os X. There have been a few proof of concept ones and a couple that the user has to enter an admin password for them to work, but thats it.

#254587

I didn't buy Office v.X for what others had said, mostly bought it for its price since it was about $50. What about firewalls? I'm connected through a Linksys router, but I doubt the built-in firewall does much. Anyone have a good FTP client?

#254594

Actually routers generally are very good hardware based firewalls for home computers. If the box says that it has a firewall built in, then you're set. I has someone trying to crash my software firewall a few months ago, however I have not had a problems since installing my D-Link router.

[edit : my grammer sucks today]

#254596

If you really want to use an antivirus on a mac, you should use Virex. This is the best one for Mac based computers. Norton is better for windows as already mentioned

#254599

Well, I wouldn't say that. There have been a few virii for OS X, but Apple releases fixes for these pretty quickly.

Are virii a major concern on OS X? Hmmm, no. Could they? Possibly. Would Norton be reliable to cath these virii? Probably not. Their concern is mostly with Windows based systems.

No there aren't Wizard. There are some exploits (all of which either require the user to intentionally run them or be at the machine to do them), but there has never been any propagating virus/worm/trojan for OS X.

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