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May. 9th, 2005 03:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
davidlevineTo celebrate the completion of my novel, I am planning to buy myself a brand new iBook. This would be my first Macintosh since I emigrated to Windows in 1996, so I would appreciate some advice. Specifically, I would like recommendations for websites, newsletters, and books about "how to get the most out of your new Macintosh."
I'm a professional software engineer and user interface designer with a couple decades' experience using Windows and UNIX, so I'm not looking for "the gentle introduction to the Mac for newbies." But I will have some newbie questions, like "how do I add a printer?" and "how do I determine my adapter's MAC address?" and "what freeware is must-have?" I am particularly interested in information on integrating the Mac into a Windows-based Wi-Fi network.
What I'm really hoping to find is something like Woody's Office for Mere Mortals... a weekly e-newsletter full of information (and some opinions) that I could use to "trickle charge" my brain. I can't keep up with the volume on Slashdot or most email lists. But I also need a couple of good reference web sites... places to start when I have a question.
Thanks in the proverbial advance.
I'm a professional software engineer and user interface designer with a couple decades' experience using Windows and UNIX, so I'm not looking for "the gentle introduction to the Mac for newbies." But I will have some newbie questions, like "how do I add a printer?" and "how do I determine my adapter's MAC address?" and "what freeware is must-have?" I am particularly interested in information on integrating the Mac into a Windows-based Wi-Fi network.
What I'm really hoping to find is something like Woody's Office for Mere Mortals... a weekly e-newsletter full of information (and some opinions) that I could use to "trickle charge" my brain. I can't keep up with the volume on Slashdot or most email lists. But I also need a couple of good reference web sites... places to start when I have a question.
Thanks in the proverbial advance.
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Date: 2005-05-09 04:54 pm (UTC)Adding a printer: plug in, in my experience. Possibly more convoluted if you need to add it via SMB or something, if it's plugged in to a different machine, but not really hard (my printer hangs off another, much older mac IIci which is running bridging software to get ethernet<->localtalk happening. I boot the IIci, then plug the ethernet cable into my laptop. It would be quicker I guess if I put a wireless card in the IIci.)
Mostly integrating with a Windows wireless network is a matter of having a wireless card, but I don't know the specifics of SMB, and the unix premissions model doesn't quite map to the windows model.
Too many mac-focused websites, and none of them I think are really good, except maybe Tog's site and Daring Fireball. Check the LJ communities, I guess.