| * System Prefs -> Security -> Disable auto login (to secure your computer) * System Prefs -> Expose -> Expose (create your "switcher" layout) * System Prefs -> Keyboard -> Keyboard -> move "Key Repeat Rate" all the way to the right (to have your cursor move faster than a snail) * System Prefs -> Processor -> Show in Menu bar (so that you can set to 1 CPU when on a plane) * System Prefs -> Sharing -> Check "Remote Login" (so that you can SSH into your machine) * System Prefs -> Network -> Show AirPort status in Menu bad (so that you can see when you're connected) Additionally: MacOS is case-INsensitive. Therefore, "this_file.txt" and "THIS_FILE.txt" and "This_File.txt" are all the same. You can set the file-system to be case-sensitive by Disk Utility, but at the chance that you break a binary (like MS Office) that assumes case-insensitive filenames on a Mac. MacOS is also BSD-based, so you won't get some of the nice GNU options to "ls", "find", and others. Install the XCode Developer Tools to get GCC and such. And I don't believe that these will be found by the Software Updater, so you'll have to keep them updated yourself. |