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Why don't you guys use touch to click? It's the first thing I turn on when I get a new mac laptop.
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Jul 1, 2012 20:14
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x-virge posted:If Dashboard is set up to be a full-screen space (that's the default now), you can use the three-or-more finger trackpad swipe gesture to get to it quickly. Yes, but the dash is all the way to the left, that could be 17 desktops away! spaceship posted:Why don't you guys use touch to click? It's the first thing I turn on when I get a new mac laptop. The touchpad is fine in OSX but in bootcamp you're really limited as you can't do things like a right click drag. Thats really MS's problem though I suppose... hobbesmaster fucked around with this message at 20:30 on Jul 1, 2012 |
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Jul 1, 2012 20:28
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hobbesmaster posted:Doesn't help for drags though. Sure it does! There is an option to turn on 3 finger drags. point at what you want to drag, touch the touchpad with three fingers and drag away. No clicks. Owns. touch to click + 3 finger drag supremacy
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Jul 1, 2012 21:03
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spaceship posted:Sure it does! There is an option to turn on 3 finger drags. point at what you want to drag, touch the touchpad with three fingers and drag away. No clicks. Owns. I always thought that switching screens was three fingers not four. Learn something new everyday.
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Jul 1, 2012 21:08
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spaceship posted:Sure it does! There is an option to turn on 3 finger drags. point at what you want to drag, touch the touchpad with three fingers and drag away. No clicks. Owns. And then when dragging, lift one finger and tap with it to precisely drop what you're dragging. (I figured this out after getting angry with 3 finger drag's delay before 'clicking' after lifting your fingers, and I love it so much) hobbesmaster posted:I always thought that switching screens was three fingers not four. Learn something new everyday. It is, unless you change it. Which you need to in order to enable 3 finger drag.
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Jul 1, 2012 21:09
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spaceship posted:Sure it does! There is an option to turn on 3 finger drags. point at what you want to drag, touch the touchpad with three fingers and drag away. No clicks. Owns. About the only thing I need to use clicks for is uh, dragging something while doing a space/dashboard switch gesture.
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Jul 1, 2012 21:14
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Here's a more general FedEx-related question: My rMBP is currently at a FedEx facility about 30 minutes away from my home, but it says that the delivery date is still in two days. Will FedEx usually hold onto a package in the name of "you didn't pay for it to get here that fast, so deal with it", or is it possible they'll deliver it tomorrow? edit: FedEx!  vvvvvvvv SgtScruffy fucked around with this message at 22:05 on Jul 1, 2012 |
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Jul 1, 2012 21:54
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SgtScruffy posted:Here's a more general FedEx-related question: My rMBP is currently at a FedEx facility about 30 minutes away from my home, but it says that the delivery date is still in two days. Will FedEx usually hold onto a package in the name of "you didn't pay for it to get here that fast, so deal with it", or is it possible they'll deliver it tomorrow? It will be delivered on the expected date
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Jul 1, 2012 22:00
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spaceship posted:It will be delivered on the expected date I have gotten things a day early from FedEx before. (Note the lack of a "Ground" after that)
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Jul 1, 2012 23:25
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x-virge posted:If Dashboard is set up to be a full-screen space (that's the default now), you can use the three-or-more finger trackpad swipe gesture to get to it quickly. In mission control preferences you can choose to have the dashboard as its own space or an overlay as before. I'm also positive that you can choose the dashboard shortcut in keyboard preferences.
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Jul 1, 2012 23:29
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I got things early from FedEx quite a few times when I was living on-campus and my packages went to a central location. I assume that if they already have a trunk with available space going by you they'll toss the package in, but they won't go out of their way to schedule a delivery before the expected date.
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Jul 1, 2012 23:40
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So did it take anyone else forever to figure out that you could drag files by first clicking and holding down your left index finger, then using your right index finger to move the file around? For some reason I always attempted it with one hand until a few months ago.
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Jul 1, 2012 23:58
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Clicking with the right thumb and dragging with the right finger is better.
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Jul 2, 2012 00:00
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withak posted:Clicking with the right thumb and dragging with the right finger is better. Why anyone would do anything other than this (or enabling the three click drag) is mind-boggling. It's one of the first things I tried to do when I got my a MacBook 6 years ago and now watching people do dumb poo poo like this all day is aggravating.
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Jul 2, 2012 00:47
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Question for mid-2012 MBA owners: I've noticed that the MBA seems to have a ridiculously loose hinge as in the screen will fall to closed position from 45degrees or so. (same thing with falling to full open once I go past 100deg or so). Are you guys noticing the same thing? I'm not sure if it's just a break-in period or not but it is noticeably looser than when I first got it.
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Jul 2, 2012 00:58
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To double-check, authentic Apple power adapters are the way to go, is there a recommended place to buy them outside of the Fruit Stand to save a few bucks? I'm thinking of getting a dedicated one for my HengeDock.
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Jul 2, 2012 01:15
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OWC/www.macsales.com has the authentic ones for pretty cheap. Edit: nevermind, seems like they dont have many right now. Check back from time to time since they usually have a bunch of them in stock.
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Jul 2, 2012 01:17
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movax posted:To double-check, authentic Apple power adapters are the way to go, is there a recommended place to buy them outside of the Fruit Stand to save a few bucks? I'm thinking of getting a dedicated one for my HengeDock. How're you liking the HengeDock? I like the idea but Amazon reviews say it's cheaply built.
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Jul 2, 2012 01:19
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roffles posted:Question for mid-2012 MBA owners: I've noticed that the MBA seems to have a ridiculously loose hinge as in the screen will fall to closed position from 45degrees or so. (same thing with falling to full open once I go past 100deg or so). Are you guys noticing the same thing? I'm not sure if it's just a break-in period or not but it is noticeably looser than when I first got it.
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Jul 2, 2012 01:29
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Vivian Darkbloom posted:How're you liking the HengeDock? I like the idea but Amazon reviews say it's cheaply built. It's not too bad; I use it mostly as a charging dock rather than a "full" dock to use with a keyboard/mouse/etc. The tolerances seemed just fine when I first put it together. I don't have a spare table to leave the MBP open/running on anymore, but the Hengedock has a very nice small footprint.
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Jul 2, 2012 01:44
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ZShakespeare posted:In mission control preferences you can choose to have the dashboard as its own space or an overlay as before. I'm also positive that you can choose the dashboard shortcut in keyboard preferences. Yeah. I was hoping cmd+launchpad key would do something interesting, the way that cmd+mission control does show desktop. I just got a chance to try on a Mac with one of the newer keyboard and didn't find anything interesting, though. I guess Crossbar just has to change the Dashboard shortcut (either in Keyboard prefs or from Mission Control prefs). hobbesmaster posted:I always thought that switching screens was three fingers not four. Learn something new everyday. To be clear, the default setting is three OR four fingers to switch spaces. If you enable three-finger drag, then it becomes four only. But on default setups, you can still use four if you so desire.
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Jul 2, 2012 07:55
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How for those of you who've had an rMBP for a few days, how are you feeling on GPU performance?
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Jul 2, 2012 10:08
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Small White Dragon posted:How for those of you who've had an rMBP for a few days, how are you feeling on GPU performance? Starcraft 2 at 1920x1200 is pretty good. Not great but good. Like 35 to 40 fps. And cranked settings.
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Jul 2, 2012 14:48
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Small White Dragon posted:How for those of you who've had an rMBP for a few days, how are you feeling on GPU performance? It's more pleasant to play minecraft on my rmbp than it was on my 2011 27" imac, fwiw
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Jul 2, 2012 15:40
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Looks like a guy on MacRumors is trying to get this awesome adapter made - mounts flush in your Mac for extra storage (especially useful for 64GB/128GB Air users!) http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1206894
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Jul 2, 2012 17:41
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ptier posted:Starcraft 2 at 1920x1200 is pretty good. Not great but good. Like 35 to 40 fps. And cranked settings. Have you tried 1440x900? That's really the resolution I want to see benchmarks at.
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Jul 2, 2012 18:42
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Midee posted:Have you tried 1440x900? That's really the resolution I want to see benchmarks at. I'll take a look this evening.
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Jul 2, 2012 19:07
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ptier posted:I'll take a look this evening. As far warning, it does get hot when using the GPU a lot. It was actually hotter while running Diablo for 10 minutes than it was when I had 4 VMs running on it concurrently for half an hour. Overall though, I'm really happy with the MBPR. The reduced weight isn't that obvious while holding it, but it certainly is when I'm carrying it in my bag. At the end of the day, if you're expecting a MacBook Air that's as powerful as a MBP, you're going to be disappointed. If you're expecting a MBP that weighs a little less, can drive multiple screens, has an amazing screen of its own and you're also not deterred by having to use dongles for Ethernet and FireWire, then you're going to find it great.
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Jul 2, 2012 22:09
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Mercurius posted:If it's anything like Diablo III, it'll run at 60fps with the res at 1440x900. On mine, Diablo is 20-25 fps with all options but shadows/antialiasing at max on 2880x1800, 35-40 fps with all options but shadows at max at 1920x1200 and a steady 60 fps with all options at max at 1440x900. That's pretty much this is what I found playing tonight.
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Jul 3, 2012 02:23
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Ive noticed I have to push down a bit harder to get my mousepad on my MBP to respond. Does this indicate I should tighten screw below the surface or loosen it?
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Jul 3, 2012 04:25
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actionjackson posted:Ive noticed I have to push down a bit harder to get my mousepad on my MBP to respond. Does this indicate I should tighten screw below the surface or loosen it? Tighten, typically.
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Jul 3, 2012 05:14
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Any chance they will drop depress-to-click altogether? I won't miss it, but I guess some people try tap-to-click and prefer the other way. I'm all for removing as many moving parts as is feasible (not the keyboard, I'm not a masochist).
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Jul 3, 2012 07:05
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Does anyone have a recommendation for an extremely basic sleeve or sock to put the Apple Wireless Keyboard in? I used to use an old laptop sleeve, but I guess I lost it.
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Jul 3, 2012 07:18
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Arrowsmith posted:Any chance they will drop depress-to-click altogether? I won't miss it, but I guess some people try tap-to-click and prefer the other way. I'm all for removing as many moving parts as is feasible (not the keyboard, I'm not a masochist). Honestly the buttonless trackpad is one of the bigger issues I'd have using any Apple laptop :/ Doing without depress-to-click wouldn't help.
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Jul 3, 2012 07:18
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I'm sure they would have already have removed press to click if they thought they could get away with it, and the fact that they haven't therefore proves that they probably can't. 
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Jul 3, 2012 07:29
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Shaocaholica posted:Honestly the buttonless trackpad is one of the bigger issues I'd have using any Apple laptop :/ Doing without depress-to-click wouldn't help.
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Jul 3, 2012 13:09
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quote:Best Buy has slashed prices of the recently released MacBook line of notebooks. The leading vendor of electronic goods has slashed prices of the new versions of MacBook Pro and Air. The new Retina MacBook Pro with 8GB will soon be available for $2,659.99 after a reduction of $140. The Retina Pro base model will come for $2,089.99 after a slash of $110. As per the new pricing, the new MacBook Air will start at $949 with 4GB of RAM.
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Jul 3, 2012 13:31
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Does Best Buy carry any custom configurations, like the base Air but with the 8GB upgrade? Or are they 100% standard configs?
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Jul 3, 2012 13:35
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geera posted:Does Best Buy carry any custom configurations, like the base Air but with the 8GB upgrade? Or are they 100% standard configs? 100% standard
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Jul 3, 2012 14:12
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Why did some older Mac video cards come with the ADC connector? Was it for USB data and video only? Surely they didn't actually pipe power through the video card to power the display did they?
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Jul 3, 2012 16:10
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