{"id":848,"date":"2022-05-08T06:11:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T00:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrbass.org\/?page_id=848"},"modified":"2022-05-10T22:32:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T17:02:07","slug":"mac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mrbass.org\/mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac OS X Newbie guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"3fb9018e3c2cdfb5f3c432f774a1e1a9\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4690070700970079\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Mrbass ad-1 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4690070700970079\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2829656121\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s my guide for newbies to Mac OS X for people like myself who just got a mac mini. Personally I haven&#8217;t used apple, mac for about 17 years so it&#8217;s pretty new to me. Actually got one back in February 2005. These screenshots were mostly done in April but didn&#8217;t get around to finishing this Mac guide till August.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130603041808\/https:\/\/mrbass.org\/mac\/macminionfire05.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><br>Mac mini is selling like hot cakes.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130603041808\/https:\/\/mrbass.org\/mac\/macminionfire06.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><br>Ok I&#8217;ll admit that this isn&#8217;t a hot cake but it&#8217;s a hot freakin cake.<br>Luckily my mac mini wasn&#8217;t destroyed taking these pictures.<br>Evidently a mac mini isn&#8217;t as hot as a $50 used iBook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mrbass.org\/fm-whatsapp\/\">FMWhatsapp APK Download Latest Version Update 2022<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mrbass.org\/gb-whatsapp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GBWhatsapp Apk Download Latest Version 2022 [Anti-ban]<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DVD Backup and Burning Guides on Mac<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mrbass.org\/mac\/dvdburn\/\">DVD and CD .iso image burning Disk Utility, Toast, Dragon Burn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roxio Popcorn DVD Backup<br><br>SVCD to DVD using Toast and iDVD<br><br>MactheRipper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130603041808\/https:\/\/mrbass.org\/mac\/idvd.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><br><strong>iDVD<\/strong>&nbsp;works pretty well for home movies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Easily add chapters in iDVD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Japanese on Mac OS X Tiger<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130603041808\/https:\/\/mrbass.org\/mac\/japanese\/\"><\/a><br>Japanese input, reading, study freeware, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OS X keyboard shortcuts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>cmd + TAB<\/strong>&nbsp;= cycle through apps (Q = quits app)<br><strong>cmd + M<\/strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong>double-click Title Bar<\/strong>&nbsp;= minimize<br><strong>cmd + H<\/strong>&nbsp;= hide window<br><strong>cmd + delete<\/strong>&nbsp;= move to trash (delete key where backspace would be)<br><strong>cmd + click<\/strong>&nbsp;= same as right clicking mouse<br><strong>cmd + I<\/strong>&nbsp;= get info<br><strong>cmd + alt + ESC<\/strong>&nbsp;= force quit apps<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>cmd + C<\/strong>&nbsp;= copy<br><strong>cmd + V<\/strong>&nbsp;= paste<br><strong>cmd + X<\/strong>&nbsp;= cut<br><strong>cmd + A<\/strong>&nbsp;= select all<br><strong>cmd + Z<\/strong>&nbsp;= undo<br><strong>cmd + Z<\/strong>&nbsp;+ shift = redo<br><strong>cmd + Q<\/strong>&nbsp;= close app<br><strong>cmd + W<\/strong>&nbsp;= close window<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arrow Keys<\/strong><br><strong>cmd + left<\/strong>&nbsp;= beginning of line<br><strong>cmd + right<\/strong>&nbsp;= end of line<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Finder<\/strong><br><strong>cmd + N<\/strong>&nbsp;= new Finder window<br><strong>select file, press ENTER<\/strong>&nbsp;= to rename file<br><strong>cmd + down arrow<\/strong>&nbsp;= launches highlighted app<br><strong>cmd + shift + A<\/strong>&nbsp;= apps<br><strong>cmd + shift + U<\/strong>&nbsp;= utilities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Expose<\/strong><br><strong>F9<\/strong>&nbsp;= tile all windows across desktop<br><strong>F10<\/strong>= tile all windows in current app<br><strong>F11<\/strong>= show desktop<br>Also has Hot Corners<br>Can map mouse buttons 4,5, &amp; 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Screen Capturing<\/strong><br>No &#8216;Print Screen&#8217; like in Windows<br><strong>cmd + shift + 3<\/strong>&nbsp;= captures whole screen<br><strong>cmd + shift + 4<\/strong>&nbsp;= captures selected region<br><strong>cmd + shift + 4, spacebar<\/strong>&nbsp;= captures window with camera icon<br>Saves as PDF then in Preview must export to .png, .jpg, etc.<br>Actually I don&#8217;t prefer the built-in screen capturing at all and prefer to use snapclip (freeware) instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Booting up Mac<\/strong><br><strong>Hold C key<\/strong>&nbsp;to startup from CD-ROM (change password)<br><strong>Hold T key<\/strong>&nbsp;to startup in Target Disk Mode<br><strong>Hold N key<\/strong>&nbsp;to startup in Net<br><br><strong>Terminal<\/strong><br>must use&nbsp;<strong>CTRL-E<\/strong>&nbsp;end of line,&nbsp;<strong>CTRL-A<\/strong>&nbsp;beginning of line (bash)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hot Corners (Expose)<\/strong><br>can make mouse4, mouse5, mouse6 (side buttons on logitech mx1000)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things I like about Mac OS X<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>System wide:<\/strong><br>&#8211; spell check<br>&#8211; PDF creation<br>&#8211; multi-lingual input (unicode-16), Japanese, Chinese, Korean, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Built-in Sharing<\/strong><br>Personal, Windows, Print, AppleTalk, FTP Server, Incoming Firewall<br>Windows (SMB) sharing must use<strong>&nbsp;SharePoints<\/strong>&nbsp;for external firewire\/usb drives.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130603041808\/https:\/\/mrbass.org\/mac\/freeware\/sharepoints.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fast-user Switching<\/strong><br>Account security, each app install requires users password<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Miscellaneous notes on Mac OS X<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>History of Mac OS X<\/strong><br>Cheetah 10.0<br>Puma 10.1<br>Jaguar 10.2<br>Panther 10.3<br>Tiger 10.4<strong><br><br>Long filenames (255 characters or 755 bytes, based on UTF-8<\/strong><br>HFS+ Hierarchical File System Plus. The Mac OS Extended file-system format. This format was introduced as part of Mac OS 8.1, adding support for filenames longer than 31 characters, Unicode representation of file and directory names, and efficient operation on very large disks. HFS+ is a multiple-fork volume format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Exporting Image<\/strong><br>drag image to app or desktop<br><strong>cmd + drag<\/strong>&nbsp;to app or desktop to maintain focus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stuffit Expander is the compression utility<\/strong><br>handles&nbsp;<strong>.sit, .zip, .hqx<\/strong>,<br>download a ton of compressed files, select them all and double click which will decompress all of them in their respective folders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Creating an archive<\/strong><br>select the files and it&#8217;ll put them in a .zip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Installing .dmg (disk images) applications<\/strong><br>double-click on blahblah.dmg<br>new disk image appears on desktop<br>open disk image and drag Application icon to Applications folder<br>right click or cmd + click and choose Eject<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Terminal<\/strong><br><strong>sudo -s = become root<br>ssh -l root www.mrbass.org = ssh as root<\/strong><br><br><strong>Newsgroups<\/strong><br>for using newsgroups under Mac see my&nbsp;newsgroups guide<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">diskutil and drutil commands<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For Hard Disks and CD\/DVD burners<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>diskutil list<\/strong>&nbsp;(shows current Volumes)<br><strong>diskutil rename \/Volumes\/200GB_orange 200GB_orenji<br>diskutil rename \/Volumes\/currentname newname<br><br>drutil list<br>drutil info<br>drutil tray open<br>drutil tray close<\/strong><br><strong>drutil tray eject<\/strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong>disktool -e disk2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>mrbass-Computer:~ mrbass$<strong>&nbsp;drutil list<\/strong><br>Vendor Product Rev Bus SupportLevel<br>1 MATSHITA CD-RW CW-8123 CAD4 ATAPI Apple Shipping<br>2 LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1633S BS0S FireWire None<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mac OS X Annoyances<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ENTER<\/strong>&nbsp;= choose YES &#8211; focused on yes with NO or YES dialog (obvious)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>spacebar or ESC<\/strong>&nbsp;= choose NO &#8211; focused on yes with NO or YES dialog (not so obvious)<br>however this spacebar or ESC doens&#8217;t always work so it&#8217;s hit and miss so one usually has to resort to using the mouse&#8230;.sucks the big one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dialogs in Mac OS X usually require one to use the mouse to choose the one not highlighted or with focus. This drives people accustomed to using keyboards bonkers..arggghhhh. Windows has allowed use of keyboard for dialogs for ages. GNOME on linux got reamed for not allowing it by Sun Microsystems desktop research group and now allow it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Firefox<\/strong><br>to print a selection of text choose Firefox from printer dialog<br>change default&nbsp;<strong>F11<\/strong>&nbsp;key in Expose to&nbsp;<strong>F13<\/strong>&nbsp;(for instance) so&nbsp;<strong>F11<\/strong>&nbsp;functions as fullscreen toggle<br><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130603041808\/https:\/\/mrbass.org\/mac\/print.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Setting up Mac OS X for first time<\/strong><br><strong>cmd + Q<\/strong>, then&nbsp;<strong>skip<\/strong>&nbsp;= skips registration<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Irfanview replacements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>batch resize<\/strong>&nbsp;= iPhoto, Photo Tool works too but doesn&#8217;t retain EXIF like iPhoto does<br><strong>batch rename<\/strong>&nbsp;= Photo Tool<br><strong>batch rotation<\/strong>&nbsp;= iPhoto, lossless rotation Photo Tool<br><strong>red eye removal<\/strong>&nbsp;= iPhoto<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>crop<\/strong>&nbsp;= iPhoto<br><strong>view exif info<\/strong>&nbsp;= iPhoto<br><strong>full screen slideshow<\/strong>&nbsp;= iPhoto or built in Mac OS X screensaver<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>screenshot\/crop<\/strong>&nbsp;= SnapClip<br><strong>add transparency, other advanced filters<\/strong>&nbsp;= ToyViewer<br><strong>blank out certain parts of image<\/strong>&nbsp;= seashore (native OS X port of gimp)<br><strong>add simple text<\/strong>&nbsp;= seashore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mac OS X freeware<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Video Playback<\/strong><br>Quicktime, following can be downloaded:<br>Divx, Xvid, Windows Media Player, Real Media Player,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.videolan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VLC player<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FTP client<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130603041808\/https:\/\/mrbass.org\/mac\/freeware\/cyberduck.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/cyberduck.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cyberduck<\/a>&nbsp;(GPL, free)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ragingmenace.com\/software\/menumeters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Menumeter<\/a><br><br>Monitor bandwidth rate, memory and CPU usage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Can click on each for a detailed report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Namely&nbsp;is one I use to quickly launch an app. Press&nbsp;<strong>ALT &#8211; ESC<\/strong>&nbsp;to bring up namely then type first&nbsp;<strong>couple of letters<\/strong>&nbsp;then hit&nbsp;<strong>ENTER<\/strong>. Yes spotlight works too but it takes 2 seconds so that drives me up the wall. I&#8217;d prefer to use namely on windows and linux too someday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130603041808\/https:\/\/mrbass.org\/mac\/freeware\/snapclip01.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><br><strong>Snapclip<\/strong>&nbsp;is what I use to capture any screenshots.<br>I set it to output to .png. You can set it to .jpg if you wish.<br>Beats the pants off the built-in one that saves to PDF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130603041808\/https:\/\/mrbass.org\/mac\/freeware\/snapclip02.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><br>Snapclip has many automatic naming options. JPEG compression.<br><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wincent.com\/a\/products\/winswitch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Winswitch<\/a>&nbsp;let&#8217;s one keep their menu short by replacing login name with an icon.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130603041808\/https:\/\/mrbass.org\/mac\/freeware\/backlight01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/freshsqueeze.com\/products\/freeware\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Backlight<\/a>&nbsp;let&#8217;s you run a screensaver on your desktop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130603041808\/https:\/\/mrbass.org\/mac\/freeware\/fink.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><br><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fink.sf.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fink<\/a>&nbsp;unix apps ported to Mac OS X<\/strong><br>install via source or apt-get install<br>I got totally excited at first but now it seems more like hit and miss.<br>vim didn&#8217;t format text right (UTF-8?), nano did but couldn&#8217;t get syntax highlighting working with it (have no problems under linux) and no undo makes it worthless to me (nano failed to install from source), vile worked great (just couldn&#8217;t figure out color schemes). Was able to install lftp and ncftp which both worked well. Bluefish I never could get to show up but I was able to get Quanta working but the ugliness of the fonts is a huge turn off.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130603041808\/https:\/\/mrbass.org\/mac\/freeware\/sharepoints.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hornware.com\/sharepoints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sharepoints<\/a>&nbsp;is needed if you wish to say copy files via SMB to windows on external firewire or usb drives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Reason I mention&nbsp;audion&nbsp;is it&#8217;s a great mp3 player even though most everyone nowadays just uses Itunes. However, one should note the history of it. Basically Apple can pretty much destroy any market they choose to go into. Panic has some great products both around $30 a pop.&nbsp;Unison&nbsp;is best newsreader and&nbsp;Transmit&nbsp;is a great FTP client.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Little Snitch Firewall<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obdev.at\/products\/littlesnitch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Little Snitch<\/a>&nbsp;is $25 but well worth it. People usually have routers nowadays so it&#8217;s not for protecting INCOMING missles but rather sneaky OUTGOING secret documents. So many applications want to ET call home it&#8217;s pathetic.<br><br><br>Outgoing connections it&#8217;ll allow you to&nbsp;<strong>Deny or Allow<\/strong>&nbsp;it&nbsp;<strong>once<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Also allows you to choose to&nbsp;<strong>Deny or Allow<\/strong>&nbsp;connections&nbsp;<strong>Forever<\/strong>&nbsp;so it won&#8217;t ask you again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>You can easily edit or delete your existing firewall rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>4 options are available and they&#8217;re self-explanatory.<br><strong>Any connection, Same Port, Same Server, Same Server &amp; Port.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Favorite MAC OS X icon sets<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130603041808\/https:\/\/mrbass.org\/mac\/icons\/reenex.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><br>Reneex&nbsp;1111_reenex.sit&nbsp;923KB<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130603041808\/https:\/\/mrbass.org\/mac\/icons\/pixelfengshui.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><br><br>Pixel Feng Shui&nbsp;PP-PixelFengShui.sit&nbsp;628KB<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130603041808\/https:\/\/mrbass.org\/mac\/icons\/sweetshop.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><br>SweetShop&nbsp;SweetShop.sit&nbsp;321KB<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MAC OS X links<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">apple.com<\/a><br><br><strong>Find Mac Applications<\/strong><br><a href=\"http:\/\/osx.hyperjeff.net\/apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">osx.hyperjeff.net\/apps<\/a><br>coolosxapps.net<br><a href=\"http:\/\/macupdate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">macupdate.com<\/a><br>versiontracker.com<br><br><strong>News Sites<\/strong><br><a href=\"http:\/\/macdailynews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">macdailynews.com<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macfixit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">macfixit.com<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macgamefiles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">macgamefiles.com<\/a><br>macintouch.com<br>macminute.com<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macnn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">macnn.com<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macosxhints.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">macosxhints.com<\/a><br><br><strong>Icons, Wallpapers, etc.<\/strong><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iconfactory.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iconfactory.com<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.interfacelift.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interfacelift.com<\/a><br>pixelgirlpresents.com<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.resexcellence.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">resexcellence.com<\/a><br><br><strong>Magazine Subscriptions<\/strong><br><a href=\"http:\/\/macworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">macworld.com<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macaddict.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">macaddict.com<\/a><br>I subscribe to both of them.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/mrbass.org\/\">Back Home<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s my guide for newbies to Mac OS X for people like myself who just got a mac mini. 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