baltwo wrote:
gumsie wrote:
It's almost like they want you to have fun finding them.
Hah! They don't want you, the uninitiated and unlearned user, to muck things up by customizing what they think is the perfect design (or Mommy Apple knows best). That's why they hid the user's Library folder. They spent too much support time fixing things when users bolloxed their machines by deleting something useful. Next will be the root-level /Library and /System folders, making their computers just like their other iOS device, locking everyone out.
Agreed. MS has done this for years, hiding thing. But at least they make it easier to unhide, as that option is in the basic folder view configuration settings for those that want to tweak and customize their computers. How to show the hidden files is clearly offered. IMO, MS is the better system in this instance.
This type of hiding that Apple appears to do is one of the things that seems to really hit sore points with the Windows power users I see.
baltwo wrote:
For newcomers. see these:
Common OS X Keyboard Shortcuts
System Preferences->Keyboard->Keyboard Shortcuts (allows adding and changing current default ones)
Safari Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts (requires enabling the Debug menu)
Secrets (download and install the prefPane)
Those should get you and the OP started with doing useful things.
That keyboard shortcuts list is one thing I've been looking for, and something that should be in the Mac Help files. All in one spot, not scattered here and there.
Whoever, in the past, that thought online help was better than a well written manual needs some kind of remedial training.
