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RaelRode · 04-12-2007, 12:09

Hey guys, I just received my new MacBook!!! A in the process of instaling all the apps I need and changing the dock etc etc...so will post pictures up soon. The 13" Screen is dwarfed by my current 20" C Monitor.

I LOVE LEOPARD!!!!

Tom_E · 04-12-2007, 12:45

Sounds like you're a happy man!

I quite fancy getting a laptop as well, but don't know how much use it would get.

Generally prefer working with larger screens, but it would be cool to surf the net on the sofa, not sure that's worth £1,000+ when I can do that perfectly well on my iMac at my desk.

Tempting though…

RaelRode · 04-12-2007, 12:59

I got a discount so it was only £656.83 and have t-mobilemobile internet so have shit-fast speeds wherever.

I can't work out how to change icons on the dock though?? Help!

Tom_E · 04-12-2007, 13:00

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Originally Posted by RaelRode

I got a discount so it was only £656.83 and have t-mobilemobile internet so have shit-fast speeds wherever.

I can't work out how to change icons on the dock though?? Help!

£656 is a great price.

Don't know about dock icons, I'm on Tiger still.

RaelRode · 04-12-2007, 13:34

Ok cheers.

Anybody know how to import my FireFox settings form my PC to my mac?? Any way I can export settings to a file then import them from my datastick or something?

Pugsley · 04-12-2007, 13:34

you can do it on tiger as weill i think. Right click or cmd click if you don';t have two buttons. The choose get info. the liitle info window will come up and then you should be able to just drag and drop your icon onto the original one.

I'm not 100% sure but think it does the job.

Pugsley · 04-12-2007, 13:35

think those settings should work. I know you import your favourites that way. Give it a try and see.

RaelRode · 04-12-2007, 13:58

I think I sould explain a bit more in-depth.

I am trying to take off the default apps I don't want on the dock, so it's not all cluttered up. Things like Garageband and Time machine and Spaces, for example. But I don't know how to take them off, any suggestions?

mike_m · 04-12-2007, 14:05

don't know about leopard, but in tiger, you just right click, and 'remove from dock'

RaelRode · 04-12-2007, 14:16

Cheers. I must look like a right prat lol

cocknose · 04-12-2007, 14:25

can't you just drag them off ??? and they disappear in a ball of smoke!!

RaelRode · 04-12-2007, 14:27

Oh cool. I like that xD

Oomlaute · 04-12-2007, 14:34

Congrats

I've got my macbook pro on the desk next to my 30" monitor, I know what you mean when you say dwarfed :P

RaelRode · 04-12-2007, 14:40

Lol.

I am a programmer, therefore I wish to learn to program mac apps for my mac...preferably using C++ cause I know that, but obviously I'd have to change something...what would I use to make Mac applications??

xcode is for developers only.
Cocoa?
Carbon?

Any and all comments are welcome, of course. :p

I imported my FireFox bookmarks too btw.

another™ · 04-12-2007, 17:59

xcode is for developers to develop mac apps. anyone can install and use it, it's designed to be easy to use.

and cocoa.

carbon is the (admittedly very good) port of the old Classic mac API's onto OS X. it's been announced that it will never have GUI 64-bit support, which is basically its death sentence.

Cocoa is the set of API's native to OS X, so takes advantage of everything.

adam c · 05-12-2007, 06:05

Yeah Xcode comes on your install DVDs and is really easy to grab and start playing with. The preferred language for Cocoa is Objective C but I believe you can use any number of languages to program mac apps in.

freelancr · 05-12-2007, 07:13

If you are looking to make cross platform applications with a GUI, take a look at this:

http://www.wxwidgets.org/

soopafly · 05-12-2007, 14:12

Congrats on your new lappy... I'm still waiting for the new Mac Pros to come out. Fingers crossed for MacWorld in January.

RaelRode · 05-12-2007, 15:36

Which disc wold it be on??

RaelRode · 05-12-2007, 16:54

I found it now. XD

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RaelRode Designers are strange :) Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Shrewsbury, UK Posts: 1,733	I got a discount so it was only £656.83 and have t-mobilemobile internet so have shit-fast speeds wherever. I can't work out how to change icons on the dock though?? Help! __________________ If it works, it's valid.

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RaelRode Designers are strange :) Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Shrewsbury, UK Posts: 1,733	Ok cheers. Anybody know how to import my FireFox settings form my PC to my mac?? Any way I can export settings to a file then import them from my datastick or something? __________________ If it works, it's valid.

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Pugsley L'me at'em. L'me at'em. Join Date: May 2007 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 2,243	you can do it on tiger as weill i think. Right click or cmd click if you don';t have two buttons. The choose get info. the liitle info window will come up and then you should be able to just drag and drop your icon onto the original one. I'm not 100% sure but think it does the job. __________________ If your colours are starting to run, let them all run, run away from you. Flux - Bloc Party Design Never Dies A message to newcomers. This is not google. Before you ask us here why not try typing it into google. 60% of the time it works every time.

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Pugsley L'me at'em. L'me at'em. Join Date: May 2007 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 2,243	think those settings should work. I know you import your favourites that way. Give it a try and see. __________________ If your colours are starting to run, let them all run, run away from you. Flux - Bloc Party Design Never Dies A message to newcomers. This is not google. Before you ask us here why not try typing it into google. 60% of the time it works every time.

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RaelRode Designers are strange :) Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Shrewsbury, UK Posts: 1,733	I think I sould explain a bit more in-depth. I am trying to take off the default apps I don't want on the dock, so it's not all cluttered up. Things like Garageband and Time machine and Spaces, for example. But I don't know how to take them off, any suggestions? __________________ If it works, it's valid.

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mike_m Work faster microphone .. Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 1,708	don't know about leopard, but in tiger, you just right click, and 'remove from dock' __________________

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Oomlaute The Evil Sniper Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 130	Congrats I've got my macbook pro on the desk next to my 30" monitor, I know what you mean when you say dwarfed :P

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RaelRode Designers are strange :) Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Shrewsbury, UK Posts: 1,733	Lol. I am a programmer, therefore I wish to learn to program mac apps for my mac...preferably using C++ cause I know that, but obviously I'd have to change something...what would I use to make Mac applications?? xcode is for developers only. Cocoa? Carbon? Any and all comments are welcome, of course. :p I imported my FireFox bookmarks too btw. __________________ If it works, it's valid.

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another™ another graphic designer Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 152	xcode is for developers to develop mac apps. anyone can install and use it, it's designed to be easy to use. and cocoa. carbon is the (admittedly very good) port of the old Classic mac API's onto OS X. it's been announced that it will never have GUI 64-bit support, which is basically its death sentence. Cocoa is the set of API's native to OS X, so takes advantage of everything. __________________ another website

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adam c berserker than thou Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Bristol Posts: 450	Yeah Xcode comes on your install DVDs and is really easy to grab and start playing with. The preferred language for Cocoa is Objective C but I believe you can use any number of languages to program mac apps in.

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freelancr Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,152	If you are looking to make cross platform applications with a GUI, take a look at this: http://www.wxwidgets.org/

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soopafly Unregistered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 37	Congrats on your new lappy... I'm still waiting for the new Mac Pros to come out. Fingers crossed for MacWorld in January.

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