MacMAK Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 Allright, I finally got rid of the defective mac that i got from ebay and purchased myself a brand new 14' iBook. Now I have a couple of questions for you guys so I can get started on thr right foot. *How do I install firefox so that annoying external looking disc icon would go away from my desktop. I downloaded the firefox-1.0.en-US.mac.dmg file but I dont know if there is any specific way to install it. *I was also wondering how I take screenshots on a mac. My friends are all interested how my mac desktop looks like but i dont know how to capture screens. *Ill update this when I think of more questions :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeR Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 just open the download it will mount the image then drag the Firefox icon to where ever you want it and that's it. Screenshot = shift+apple button+3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackhbob Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 Edit: Got beat in posting the answer :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VGVL Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 just open the download it will mount the image then drag the Firefox icon to where ever you want it and that's it. Screenshot = shift+apple button+3 585410780[/snapback] That's pretty much it, but I'd recommend that you drag all the applications to the Applications folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMAK Posted February 4, 2005 Author Share Posted February 4, 2005 just open the download it will mount the image then drag the Firefox icon to where ever you want it and that's it. Screenshot = shift+apple button+3 585410780[/snapback] Funny. I tried doing what you told me. I opened the download and it "mounted" or in my terms made that icon on my desktop with firefox in it. Then I made a folder in my HD named programs and dragged it in there. When I opened firefox, that icon came up again on my desktop. Is that supposed to happen? Let me show u a screenshot. And as you can see on the desktop. the same icon is on there. :( o wait..another problem. the image is saved as pdf and i cant show the pic. sorry for being a pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billthy Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 you open it in a photo editing program and save it as a .jpg or whatever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetman Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 Id reccomend that you install all apps into Applications, after you drag the firefox application to the folder, right click on the "annoying" icon on the desktop and hit eject (name of image here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twentyeight7 Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 sounds like you are REALLY new so lets start from the top the firefox program came in a .dmg file that is like a zip file except rather then just unzipping it creates a virtual drive on the computer that is what the drive icon is on your desktop. to get rid of the virtual drive simply drag it to the trash ( the trash bin will turn to a eject icon) you do not need to make a folder for programs there is one already on your computer it is on the left of the finder and its call applications rather then dragging the firefox program to the folder you made drag it to the standard app folder now i forgot what else you needed to know so just reply back with questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMAK Posted February 4, 2005 Author Share Posted February 4, 2005 Allright I understand this now. When I first draged the firefox into the application folder i did it with that gay icon. I just put the firefox icon into the application and made a copy on my dock. I understand this now. Thank you for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMAK Posted February 4, 2005 Author Share Posted February 4, 2005 Ok. I got another question. I noticed that I have that airport thing (that is also a recharger for my mac) How do i connect it to my wireless microsoft base station? EDIT..forget it, i dont. LOl. sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMAK Posted February 5, 2005 Author Share Posted February 5, 2005 Im back with another nooby question. I have a couple of videos that i want to play but they are .wmv format. What would I use to play those kind of files. I tried video lan but i only had the sound. the video would now show. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeR Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 download Windows Media Player for the OSX at www.microsoft.com/mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 Ok. I got another question. I noticed that I have that airport thing (that is also a recharger for my mac) How do i connect it to my wireless microsoft base station?EDIT..forget it, i dont. LOl. sorry. 585411024[/snapback] :laugh: oh man that's funny :laugh: Anyway congratulations on the new mac purchase! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moloko Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 I just bought a mac mini (first mac) and it took me a few minutes to figure it out how to install. I love it. So simple. Im still learning, but the basics are very easy to pick up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMAK Posted February 7, 2005 Author Share Posted February 7, 2005 I got another question guys. are there any other programs other then stuffit that can extract .rar files? Im looking for something simple like winRAR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esenthiel Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 I got another question guys. are there any other programs other then stuffit that can extract .rar files? Im looking for something simple like winRAR. 585429630[/snapback] http://www.macupdate.com/utilities.php?sub=3 - a bunch of compression apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMAK Posted February 8, 2005 Author Share Posted February 8, 2005 aww man, i got a BIG problem with my mac. For some reason, my airport extreme card is not being detected and I can not get any wireless internet now. And another thing is that my laptop start off really slowly! When i first turn it on. the Earth shows up in a box, then the old mac sign on a folder with a question make. and then by the apple sign, those lines that movie in a circle, take about 5 min to load. what might be the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMAK Posted February 8, 2005 Author Share Posted February 8, 2005 also, i just noticed that there is no sound device detected on my ibook :( did i do something bad ? :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 aww man, i got a BIG problem with my mac. For some reason, my airport extreme card is not being detected and I can not get any wireless internet now. And another thing is that my laptop start off really slowly! When i first turn it on. the Earth shows up in a box, then the old mac sign on a folder with a question make. and then by the apple sign, those lines that movie in a circle, take about 5 min to load. what might be the problem? 585435462[/snapback] Sounds like you messed up your boot order. Go under the Apple menu, to System Preferences. In System Preferences, go to Startup Disk, and select Mac OS X, 10.3.7 on Macintosh HD. Did you get a brand new iBook G4 or one off of Ebay or something? If it's not picking up sound or your Airport card, you may have a faulty iBook (or your settings may be so messed up that OS X has really gotten confused :p). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMAK Posted February 11, 2005 Author Share Posted February 11, 2005 This is a brand new notebook. I fixed the problem. I just had to install all the updates and I was good. I have a question though. Are there any media players for os x that are similar to winamp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huy Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 iTunes? It's not really similar (in terms of the interface) but it's just as good, or better IMO. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMAK Posted February 11, 2005 Author Share Posted February 11, 2005 hehe..well iTunes is defult but I was looking for something like winamp or xmms. I found winamp but i have to load os classic in order to run it. is there anything else that is made for the os x? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 hehe..well iTunes is defult but I was looking for something like winamp or xmms. I found winamp but i have to load os classic in order to run it. is there anything else that is made for the os x? 585449173[/snapback] Audion from Panic. I would recommend just playing single files in Quicktime and keeping your music library in iTunes though, since the combination really packs a nice punch. I don't know how I could live without iTunes now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyFox Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 Also, while you may be adjusted to WinAmp, I highly recommend the switch over to iTunes as your primary program, you shouldn't regret it. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMAK Posted February 14, 2005 Author Share Posted February 14, 2005 It's me again :D . I want to try out some game demos for my mac before buying the actual games, but I dont really know what kind of games are avaliable for the mac. I am looking for racing games and fps games. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts