Right, I've cleaned this thread up.
Please note that I will be moderating both this thread (and entire section)
extremely strictly, as I refuse to tolerate the pathetic flaming that occurs when mentioning thing's such as alternate operating systems, or even applications. The thread isn't necessarily for answering questions (more to get an idea of what would be asked), but sean seems to have done a good job of answering so far, so may aswell keep it up
Glaanieboy said:
Bored Dave?
No, if you read the first post you will see that this content will help compile a starting point to this section. The same is intended for the Linux section also.
Geffy said:
how do you remap the mouse buttons to something with 2+ buttons
There is no re-mapping needed. I can plug in my 5-button Microsoft optical mouse and it just works.. can keep the apple mouse in at the same time if I really feel like it
muzikool said:
What kinds of maintenance should be done to keep OS performance optimized?
Not much, OSX de-fragments and optimises it's hard disk and file's automatically, accompanied by the BSD memory management, the system pretty much looks after itself. There are always tweaks etc, but I've never found a use for them.
muzikool said:
Is partitioning the hard disk recommended? If so, what is the best way?
The (graphical) installer lets you chose how to partition, it even has the option to part into X pieces, for example when I intalled my 120GB drive, I simply clicked 3 parts, and I now have 3x40gb, lovely. However, to be perfectly honest, due to the way in which the o/s handles all your files and what not, I would actually recommend against partitioning, as you don't really need it.
I only like to have a separate 40GB partition for music so that I know my collection will never be larger than my iPod.. that's just a preference though
muzikool said:
Quite impressive to be honest, there's more information about it here:
http://www.apple.com/applescript/
muzikool said:
What are good things (commands) to know in Terminal?
Depends what you want to do, personally I mostly use the terminal for IRC'ing with BitchX, but there's the usual basic commands to play with such as 'ls', 'top', 'uname -a', 'uptime' which give snippets of information etc. You will probably never use the terminal unless you're using it for a specific reason anyway
muzikool said:
Are there add-ons to Safari that make it better? What are some good resources?
I don't honestly know, as I've never looked for any.. or rather had to look. Safari works perfectly (for me) as it is. There's always the OSX version of FireFox if you need more to play with though.
muzikool said:
Anything that's important to know concerning security.
In your system preferences (linked on the dock, looks like an apple with a switch on the left.) there's an icon called 'Software Update' make sure that you have check for updates set to at least weekly. This way all the latest security patches etc shall be searched for, and you will be notified when they're are new patches ready (also this notifies you of application updates, such as iTunes, Safari, iCal and all the rest)
Black Owl said:
How do you make a connection with
-a Win NT/2K/2K3 server (as client)
-a Linux server (as client)
-a LAN consisting of Win9x and or WinXP comps (for multiplayer gaming + file and printersharing)
in OSX?
Pop CAT5, CAT5E or CAT6 cable into each machine (depending on the network speed, most new macs are equipped with Gigabit) then head into System preferences, click sharing, and enable the relevant services.