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Well i bought a Macbook but have one question

PowerHouseDan · 2008-01-12 01:23:16

I bought a macbook today Wooho, I cant figure out how to access shared files on a windows computer on my network with my mac?

12-01-2008 1:23am

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I bought a macbook today Wooho, I cant figure out how to access shared files on a windows computer on my network with my mac?

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#2 12-01-2008 1:28am

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Click on the desktop, and press apple + k,

then browse, or smb:// and the network address.

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#3 12-01-2008 1:33am

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Thanks

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#4 12-01-2008 1:35am

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congrats, you're iphone will thank you for it, as you no longer use itunes in windows which is a bloody pain with it's random errors and what not.

itunes and quicktime always pissed me off on windows, then i moved to mac and they just worked, it was a kind of wtf moment

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#5 12-01-2008 12:19pm

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Cremo wrote: »

congrats, you're iphone will thank you for it, as you no longer use itunes in windows which is a bloody pain with it's random errors and what not.

itunes and quicktime always pissed me off on windows, then i moved to mac and they just worked, it was a kind of wtf moment

Well, considering you're talking about running Apple software in Apple's OS...

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#6 12-01-2008 6:15pm

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Trouble with that is that iTunes, and even Safari acting crap on Windows just gives the small minded PC-numpties something else to throw at us. grrrrrr

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#7 12-01-2008 7:23pm

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Well, to be fair, I am a 'small minded pc numpty' but I still knew that iTunes would work better on a Mac than a pc.

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#8 12-01-2008 7:52pm

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Silverfish wrote: »

Well, to be fair, I am a 'small minded pc numpty' but I still knew that iTunes would work better on a Mac than a pc.

hehe! If you knew this much then you dont fit into the "small-minded" or "numpty" section. You are just in the PC group

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#9 12-01-2008 7:55pm

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440Hz wrote: »

hehe! If you knew this much then you dont fit into the "small-minded" or "numpty" section. You are just in the PC group

Also knew how to fix the OP's problem, so I don't know if I can be pigeon-holed into the 'PC group' either.

Just feel its a bit of a gross generalisation, and doesn't help the mac vs pc cause that people seem to think there is either. I certainly don't feel like coming back to this forum after that statement

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#10 12-01-2008 8:00pm

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You're overreacting to a joke statement, made by a moderator no less, tbh.

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#11 12-01-2008 8:26pm

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Silverfish wrote: »

Also knew how to fix the OP's problem, so I don't know if I can be pigeon-holed into the 'PC group' either.

"Fix" isn't the correct word there. Open a Finder Window (assumes Leopard) - on the left pane there is a "Shared" section. Any computers on the network will appear there. There's no need to use the Go To command unless the computer isn't on the local network - for example a remote ftp server etc.

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#12 12-01-2008 8:27pm

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Help the OP then.

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#13 12-01-2008 11:14pm

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I was being sarcastic, and it was meant as a joke. In hindsight, overly sarcastic for any non-regular reader, no offence intended, apologies. I have nothing against PC users, just PCs

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#14 13-01-2008 11:19pm

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Can someone tell me how to transfer my emails ie thunderbird or outlook to mac mail or mac thunderbird?

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#15 14-01-2008 1:45am

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Also can people suggest some good apps to get, my dock is lonely and lost looking.

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#16 14-01-2008 10:28am

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Checkout people's IUSETHIS if they have them, easy way to be nosey about what people are using

Mine

Also checkout the list of apps in the reference sticky http://www.boards.ie./vbulletin/showpost.php?p=53599771&postcount=1

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