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Top 5 Things to Never Do With a Mac
Mac’s, while very simple in design, incredibly fast and great looking have quite a few problems when it comes to doing some things. I have found an article which outlines these five major problems and how to easily avoid them. The article can be found here.
However, for the sake of those not wanting to click the link, I will outline them here.
1) Never drag random folders anywhere - It may have been safe in Windows to organize it by dragging around dozens of folders in Program Files and on your desktop to organize your computer, but in a Mac is can be deadly. Due to the fact that Mac’s won’t tell you if key components of programs exist in those folders, you may blindly kill several applications and thus have to reinstall them (not fun if those applications are huge). So, if you don’t no what a folder goes to, then don’t mess with it.
2) Eject your externals! - I’ve been guilty of this one myself. If you often use flash drive’s and the like, you’ll note that in Windows you usually don’t have to eject it. I eject for safe keeping, but if I am on the fly I don’t have time to. Well in Mac’s if you don’t eject something bad will will happen; the Mac will be unable to mount your external. Meaning? You can’t use it. To get around this you’ll need a Windows computer. You’ll have to drag all the files off the external and then reformat it; very time consuming. Now, I should note that this isn’t a 100% thing, it doesn’t always happen, but it’s a risk.
3) Never Forcefully Shutdown - This is virtually a problem with all computers. If you have a little power button on the computer, never push it as a main power turn-off device. Sure it’s a big button, but simply don’t turn off your computer by it. Mac’s have a shutdown option in the Apple menu, use it.
4) Prevent Yourself from Moving Components - This is similar to number 1: never move key components of programs to the desktop. Use shortcuts or the feature that makes managing so much easier: the dock. Failure to do this will cause the program to not work properly (usually).
5) Be Sure of What Your Save - This is another problem in virtually every operating system. When saving if you click on a file in the “Save As…” box it’ll automatically change the name of the file and when you Save you may overwrite that file by clicking on the “Yes” button on the alert box when it pops up and not realize it. Saving should be easy, but always double check your work!
The list is interesting, what are your thoughts on some of these problems?
–William Bokunic
5 Comments »
Hello!
During one of my very few contacts with iMacs (at school) I painfully experienced:
2) Eject your externals!
I was working on a project and such things you usually do in a hurry. And I was just going mad, because suddenly I couldn’t use my usb flash drive.
At least now I know why
I don’t have an OS X machine right here, but I’ve noticed…
1) Never drag random folders anywhere: Applies just as much to Windows. The contents of the Program Files folder are hidden by default to discourage people from screwing things up. Windows won’t warn you either, unless its an uninstallable part of the OS, like Windows Media Player.
3) Never Forcefully Shutdown: For quite a long time now, pressing the power button on a Mac was the same as choosing shutdown from the menu. Some PCs, like this eMachines I have now, do the same thing.
Number 1 happens less in Windows due to all impotant hidden files are usually prevented and result in an error message. They can happen but are rare.
Number 3: Yes, I too have an eMachine’s and have realized this (can be configured actually). However, it is always safer to shut down from the menu’s than to press the power button, regardless of what your computer normally does.
Also, note that I didn’t create this list of problems, it’d be best to question the creators on the link provided.
to Ash,
Since that whole antitrust thing Micro$oft was involved with, Windows Media Player is totally uninstallable.