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Your first day with a new Mac: the get-started guide for Windows users 20 handy OS X tips
Tech Radar ^ | 12/25/2008 | By Christopher Phin

Posted on 12/25/2009 12:02:02 PM PST by Swordmaker

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To: Swordmaker
"...if you have an old Mac that really only does have one button, simply hold down the Control key and do a normal click..."

Or if your Mac notebook is multi-touch-capable (as in scrolling when you drag two fingers down the touch-pad), touch the touchpad with two fingers when you click.
21 posted on 12/25/2009 7:18:57 PM PST by RightOnTheLeftCoast (Obama: running for re-election in '12 or running for Mahdi now? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdi])
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To: Richard Kimball
If you know what you're doing, you can use standard Unix commands in Terminal (Applications > Utilities) to kill specific processes using their PID.

Another update: In the Activity Monitor, double-clicking on a process will bring up a menu that will allow you to kill the process. I find this useful for killing runaway Flash plug-in processes that are eating up my CPU.

22 posted on 12/26/2009 12:57:47 AM PST by AZLiberty (Yes, Mr. Lennon, I do want a revolution.)
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To: Swordmaker
Thanks, bfl.

Merry Christmas.

23 posted on 12/26/2009 10:11:00 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Swordmaker

An update to this article is out! Read it here...

http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/20-essential-programs-475253


24 posted on 03/23/2012 6:16:24 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (No Romney vote from my family!)
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To: Swordmaker

I thought this little gem deserved a bump because of new Mac users!


25 posted on 09/04/2012 5:33:16 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (Damned if I do, Damned if I don't. Damn it, I will!)
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