I just bought my first Mac!

[taz323]

just received the MacBook Air, have to say so far its awesome device.

 

[HankAZ]

Congrats to you both on your new Macs. I highly recommend the MagicMouse - as you can get 2-button function without the ugly buttons. And you can do gestures right on the mouse surface - just like on a trackpad.

There are at least 5 other threads about what apps/utilities to get, so I won’t go through that, but there’s plenty of good stuff out there.

Just bought a MacBook Pro 15inch
I just bought my first Mac!
Must have APP for rMBP 13 Inch ?
What are your 'most used' Mac apps?
new to MacBook Pro

 

[taz323]

Congrats to you both on your new Macs. I highly recommend the MagicMouse - as you can get 2-button function without the ugly buttons. And you can do gestures right on the mouse surface - just like on a trackpad.

There are at least 5 other threads about what apps/utilities to get, so I won’t go through that, but there’s plenty of good stuff out there.

Just bought a MacBook Pro 15inch



I just bought my first Mac!
Must have APP for rMBP 13 Inch ?
What are your 'most used' Mac apps?
new to MacBook Pro

Thanks for the heads up, i will check the out.
and congrats on the MacBook Pro

 

[Jaguarr40]

just received the MacBook Air, have to say so far its awesome device.

Congrats to you Taz. I had no idea you just got a MPA. Way to go and enjoy it. I am sure you will and now I am jealous.

 

[taz323]

Congrats to you Taz. I had no idea you just got a MPA. Way to go and enjoy it. I am sure you will and now I am jealous.

Sorry, lol, but it is pretty sweet.

 

[o4liberty]

I just picked up a Macbook Air yesterday and so far its a very nice device with excellent battery life, the only issue I have is coming from windows 8 there is a huge learning curve.

 

[agarwal.apar]

I also got a MBA 13" Early 2014 model 3 weeks back and I am loving it so far. I tried Onedrive from Microsoft and its awesome! It gives you 15GB of free space + 3GB once you enable camera roll on your cellphone. Besides this, you also get an option to use MS Suite(Excel, Powerpoint, Word, Outlook etc) online. I tried Word yesterday and works like a charm! Prepared a doc and then downloaded it to my local disk and it easily gets opened in Apple's pages. I like Onedrive!

 

[ChamNG]

Congrats! I do love my MBA too. I will look into the OneDrive. Thanks.

 

[TurboTiger]

You're gonna love it.
Good Luck

 

[SprSynJn]

I never understand when everyone says there is a learning curve from Windows. I had two PCs before I got my first Mac and I adjusted within a week.

 

[BD24News]

Congratulation. Happy Macbooking.

 

[agarwal.apar]

I never understand when everyone says there is a learning curve from Windows. I had two PCs before I got my first Mac and I adjusted within a week.

That's Ok, it varies from person to person. It took me a week too to learn and now I look for the close/max/min button on left side in Windows on my office laptop!

 

[PatriciaAnderson]

Congratulations, welcome to the Mac club =)

My 2013 MacBook Air 13" model will be in tomorrow evening! What are some free and paid apps from the Mac App Store that are must haves? And I would appreciate any OS X tips and tricks as this is the first Mac I've ever owned, or used ( For more then 45 minuets). Thanks in advance!

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[joemd60]

Hello all, I just ordered a MacBook Air 11.6. This is of course my first Mac.
And I am curious, do I need to order anti-virus software for it? Thanks

 

[TurboTiger]

Congratulations and enjoy you new Mac.
I don't use any AV software and never had an issue.
Good Luck

 

[Bazza1]

Probably not. Just be careful where you surf. Personal choice of course but you'll find a lot of OS X users that do not run anti-virus software.

There's free anti-virus out there (I use Avira, as I did on my PC - https://forums.imore.com/e?link=htt...vira.com/en/free-antivirus-mac&token=7IkDnTaj) as well as on the Mac Store, so why not take advantage of it? It may be a belt and suspenders move, but rabid Macoyltes who insist Mac is impregnable or even "probably not" doesn't instill me with faith.

As Karenkcoulter suggests, one needs to be vigilant on the web, but also, I use it as a goodwill gesture. I create, alter and email documents back and forth with other individuals - some PC, some Mac - and while an infected file might make it to me and not cause a problem on my Mac, I would hate to forward that along to someone else not so protected.

In my case, Avira allows all sorts of opportunities for user settings (when to update and scan, what to scan if you're picky) and updates and scans are done in the background - while I've not noticed a significant hit on resources using it. Like I said, its free, so why not?

 

[joemd60]

How many of you use Time Machine? Is it a good idea to set that up? Thanks

 

[Beyond Fire]

How many of you use Time Machine? Is it a good idea to set that up? Thanks

Oh absolutely! Time machine is amazing and a must for all Mac users!

Sent from my HTC M8

 

[joemd60]

Thanks, my first Mac. And I wonder why it took me many Windows machines before I got one.

 

[joemd60]

What are some suggestions for an external hard drive, that are Mac compatible? Thanks