What to do - Mac Book Pro??

securityguy

emerald21 wrote: »

Just the whole set up . I have a job bringing up,all those things at the bottom. I d like to have them there all the time.

That's the problem with being given one by someone else. Dock auto-hide isn't a default setting, so most people would only have it turned on if they've explicitly turned it on. Click on the Apple symbol in the top left hand corner, then "System Preferences...", then "Dock", then untick "Automatically hide and show the Dock". While you're there, you might want to tick "Magnification" as that will make the dock icons larger when you go near them.

I don't find downloading is easy.

What do you mean by "downloading"?

Im_just_careful

Back to the original post. Personally I would take it in to the Apple store and see what they say.


It won't be cheap but it will be a "proper" repair.


Then be a bit more careful !

closed

buy and fit a new keyboard yourself, circa £30

emerald21

Ant555 wrote: »

What you are talking about is auto hiding the 'dock' and its quite easy to turn this feature off

Go to the magnifying glass in the top right and click on it (this is a search utility called 'spotlight')

Type the word dock in the bar and it will bring up lots of things but one of them is a 'system preference' called 'dock'. Click on it and the preferences are shown on screen.

Uncheck the 'Automatically hide and show the dock' option and it will be there all the time.

Thank you just done that might make things a bit easier now lol

emerald21

securityguy wrote: »

That's the problem with being given one by someone else. Dock auto-hide isn't a default setting, so most people would only have it turned on if they've explicitly turned it on. Click on the Apple symbol in the top left hand corner, then "System Preferences...", then "Dock", then untick "Automatically hide and show the Dock". While you're there, you might want to tick "Magnification" as that will make the dock icons larger when you go near them.



What do you mean by "downloading"?

Sorry wrong word I might have meant updating. I try and do it and it whizzes to the top right of the screen and I dint know where to find it to check it's been done right.

Oh and I wasn t given it lol I paid £500 a few months ago but it cost over £1,000 :eek:

securityguy

emerald21 wrote: »

Sorry wrong word I might have meant updating. I try and do it and it whizzes to the top right of the screen and I dint know where to find it to check it's been done right.

Apple symbol, software update, hit "Update All".

knightstyle

emerald21 have a look at the Mac site for tutorials plus this is very useful.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1343

emerald21

knightstyle wrote: »

emerald21 have a look at the Mac site for tutorials plus this is very useful.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1343

Oh wow just looking through that is daunting enough but thank you I ll try to find some tutorials . Would like to know how I can delete photos off it as any delete buttons I've seen are greyed out

Mr_Toad

Have you got an Apple store near you?

They run group sessions for new users and will show you everything you need to get you going.

Nada666

Tiggy10 wrote: »

I have got a plug in keyboard but as i dont have a desk its a pain in the behind to use- so i just dont use it.

A metaphorical pain in the behind is a lot less painful and damaging and dangerous than the real pain in the shoulders and the back that comes from continually only using a laptop's keyboard.

I am continually shocked by the number of all-day users who do not use either an external monitor or an external keyboard.