[ Mac] New Users

[CrispyXUK]

Plenty of game demoes on the apple site. Bioshock is on there, give that a whirl.

[EJG1980]

I think I've become a full Mac convert. I'm now constantly trying to use Mac shortcuts on my office Windows PC, always pressing Alt and expecting it to be the Apple command key

[analog dog]

Plenty of game demoes on the apple site. Bioshock is on there, give that a whirl.

Thanks bud just had a look but can't seem to find the demo-linky please thank you

[ChrisF]

Dude! Google?!

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/bioshock.html

[CrispyXUK]

http://www.apple.com/games/demos/

Demos and ****.

[analog dog]

Thanks dudes

[analog dog]

I'm back with more questions! (Collective Groan )
My iphone 3gs is synced to my PC,all my apps and contacts etc.
What's the story if I plug it up to my new mac will it wipe all my stuff?
Or can I log into itunes and then plug it up?
Sorry to be a spazz but I'm new to this.
cheers
chris

[Ginger Tosser]

Think it needs to the reformatted when you connect it to the mac. You can probably transfer all the data from the PC to the Mac prior to wiping the phone.

[KIT786]

for apps you need to "transfer purchases from your iphone" when you plug it into the mac for the first time. This should help:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848

Not sure about your contacts, but maybe try "backup" (as shown in the above link)

[JP]

Not exactly a new user question but I've just bought Lost: Season 6 on iTunes after being given some iTunes credits for Christmas and knowing that I'll never spend it on lossy songs.

The series hasn't started yet and I've never bought videos before so I can't try anything with it at the moment. There's nothing inherently wrong with watching it where the Mac is set up but I'd really rather copy or stream it to the PS3 or 360.

Knowing what Apple are like I'm guessing that they're not going to allow to do this and will block it via some sort of DRM. Is there any way for a Mac user to unblock it so that it's playable on a PS3 or 360, preferably it would be the PS3 as we've got a 500GB hdd in that?

Although transferring would be ideal I would put up with streaming if I needed to. I've got an AirPort Express but that will only handle audio files but I'm really not willing to buy the Apple TV set up as it'll probably on be used for this and the Airport Express handles everything that get's used regularly.

I'd really appreciate some advice as although it was a gift, it wasn't cheap and it'd be nice to be able to watch it on the big screen without having to move the Mac. A simple way of doing it would be a bonus too.

Thanks.
EDIT:
Actually, just noticed something which I'd not thought about before. The receipt says that I've bought a "Series Pass", I didn't check this but that does mean I've bought it rather than I just have access to watch it?

[Brad]

Nope. DRM mate. Will play in iTunes, on an iPod or on Apple TV. Nothing else.

[ChrisF]

Could just try plugging your mac into your TV? Mine both came with DVI connectors...

[JP]

I've checked the Series Pass details and it does mean I've bought the series it rather that being a pay per view type thing which I was a bit worried about.

Nope. DRM mate. Will play in iTunes, on an iPod or on Apple TV. Nothing else.

That's what I was sort of expecting, what a shame.

I'm not sure if I'm able to ask this here, if not then please feel free to delete it. Is there anyway to remove the DRM for the shows? I know Apple only want people to use first party products and I understand completely why they don't want people to have free access as I suppose people could essentially just copy it and sell the copies on but it's annoying that I can't just move it across to the PS3 and have that as the licensed copy.

I don't want dozens of copies to sell on, I just want the one copy I've bought.

Could just try plugging your mac into your TV? Mine both came with DVI connectors...

I could do but the TVs don't play friendly with Macs and suffer quite badly from overscan which I can't remove via the service menu or via the Mac.

I can't imagine I'll bother buying stuff from iTunes again as the music is obviously lossy when listening to it and the videos are locked to my Mac and I have no way of getting them to my TV without spending around ?200 on Apple TV, I'm sure it's a very good service but I do like to have my films on blu-ray when possible so I'm not going to get any real value from it.

[Richie_uk]

been thinking about this for a while, I've got a sealed copy of windows vista and Iam thinking about using bootcamp so that I can play some PC games. Now will i get better performance using windows 7 is it worth paying 95 quid ? ? Iam using a 3.06 GHZ core two duo, 4G's of ram Imac.

Thanks.

[sofasurfer]

So I have a question for all you seasoned Mac users...

My 2 month old Macbook Pro acted really strangely last night and decided to freeze on me. I couldn't do anything with it all and had to power down via the power button. It then wouldn't come back on straight away and pretty much scared the hell out of me.

Someone tell me that this is just a one-off as I getting far too used to the whole Mac way of life after years of being stressed with PCs.