100 Tips Meta: You Guys Rock

Giles Turnbull ()

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In the few short hours since we announced our new series, 100 Essential Mac Tips and Tricks For Windows Switchers, we’ve been overwhelmed by the response from you gorgeous Cult readers.

We’ve been deluged with emails from brand new, recent, and soon-to-become switchers asking questions and looking for help. It’s clear that there’s plenty of people out there with tips to share and questions that need answers.

So, to everyone who’s sent something in already: thank you. You guys rock. We will do our best to answer all your queries as we go along.

We’ve also had some mails from long-term Mac users who understand OS X just fine, but often encounter newcomers facing the same problems over and over again. Thanks to you guys too; your observations are spot-on and will come in very useful during this series.

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Giles Turnbull is a freelance writer in England. He writes for the Press Association and The Morning News. He has a website you can ignore and a Twitter account you needn't follow.

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  • http://ihbs.co.uk Ben

    talk about msn. for the UK the lack of decent msn clients other than adium is an issue that new adopters dont understand. especially the lack of video conferencing.

  • IcyFog

    I’ve never been able to use a MSN chat client on my Mac. I’ve tried stand alone and through Adium, and they just doesn’t work. Probably because it’s a Microsoft or Microsoft related app.

  • pedro homero

    regarding msn chat i would suggest https://www.meebo.com/ or http://imo.io , two online multi-chat websites.

    Thank you, CoM, for all the tips (i’m a newcomer too).

  • thanx_Al

    Command + Q.

    I switched everything about a year ago and now everyone wants to use my Macs after hearing me rave about them. Problem? Windows users are used to the “red x” closing any and all of the random “windows” that Windows throws at them. So when I get my Mac back, I have every program running since Windows users make the (il) logical move of hitting the red button to close a program.

    Command + Q, Windows switchers, Command + Q

  • Chris

    I just switched. The thing that always got me was the Cmd button, and the really bad MSN clients! iChat is actually quite hard to set up from someone who has never used a mac before…

  • http://ihbs.co.uk Ben

    @Chris

    go to adiumx.com and download adium. its a very customizable msn client. it wont look like windows live messenger, and will take a while to get used to, but once you have its great.

    if you dont like that, theres trillian.im which is in beta testing and every now and then gets an update with the new features towards launch.