I just purchased a brand new Apple Macbook Pro. Previously I have been a PC user and switching to Mac has been fairly easy. There are some things that I miss but the new features of OS X outweigh them. Below are a few tips that every Mac owner should know.
1.) To put dashboard widgets on the desktop, drag them and hit F12 while still dragging. You can put them back in the dashboard by dragging and opening the dashboard at the same time. (For the drag/F12 trick to work, first you have to open terminal and type:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES (return)
You might have to do this as root or sudo the command.
Then either logout and login again or reboot and your widgets can now be dragged onto the desktop.)
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