Apple iMac and Flash Player woes

captainhindsight_2

The best thing to do, is to install windows or Linux on it then you can have a shiny computer you can actually use.

securityguy

Mr_Toad wrote: »

Like securityguy I'm an old Unix hack so I make use of keyboard shortcuts all the time. I'd suggest that you find a list of them, there are loads out there and print it off as there are some really great time saving shortcuts you can use.

The most fantastic keyboard shortcuts, which is the point at which I decided I had no option but to have Steve Jobs' babies, is that OSX text boxes all inherit some basic emacs key bindings from their ancient NextStep/OpenStep heritage. So you can go to the beginning of a line with Control-A, the end of a line with Control-E, delete a line with Control-K, reverse characters with Control-T and so on. There's some inconsistencies (the definition of a "line" is a bit flexible) and some gaping omissions (no mark, and therefore no regions, none of the case operators). But it's enough to mean that if you have thirty or more years' emacs use embedded in your medulla (dating back to using Greenberg's Multics Emacs) you can type text on a Mac and not constantly hit the wrong keys. It even works when you're typing your password into the lock screen! Even better, Pages and so on have also inherited this, so you have the holy grail of "you can edit Word documents, but still pretend you're using emacs".

Sadly [STRIKE]or not[/STRIKE], vi users need not apply: there's no vi emulation, because that would require adding the concepts of insert and edit mode, and that would be a much more fundamental change.

Quasar

I find the mouse functions very useful and I love the fast scrolling just by moving my finger over it, as if it were a laptop pad (which is what I used until 3 days ago, lol).

Two more things you whizz kids will be able to tell me:

1) I want to change my desktop background picture. I went to system preferences > desktop/screen saver and found it easy to change the background. However when I reboot the default background is back. I'm sure the way to keep it is staring me in the face but I can't see it.

2) I have installed cleaner for iMac but the icon has disappeared and have no idea where to look for all the programs, if indeed it still there.

Help please?

securityguy

Quasar wrote: »

2) I have installed cleaner for iMac but the icon has disappeared and have no idea where to look for all the programs, if indeed it still there.

Help please?

They're all in "Applications", via Finder.

Personally, I'd just type the name into the search box (click on the magnifying class top right).

I suspect you're thinking "Icon" windows style. When an application is running, its icon is in the dock. To have it stay in the dock after it finishes, or next time you log in, you need to right click on it, Options, Keep in Dock. It's considered rude if installation sets that itself.

The Dock combines aspects of the start menu and the task bar on Windows, but with all sorts of inconsistencies. It's OK once you get used to it, but I don't think even the hardest core of Mac fans would not have a list of irritations.

Quasar

securityguy wrote: »

They're all in "Applications", via Finder.

Personally, I'd just type the name into the search box (click on the magnifying class top right).

I suspect you're thinking "Icon" windows style. When an application is running, its icon is in the dock. To have it stay in the dock after it finishes, or next time you log in, you need to right click on it, Options, Keep in Dock. It's considered rude if installation sets that itself.

The Dock combines aspects of the start menu and the task bar on Windows, but with all sorts of inconsistencies. It's OK once you get used to it, but I don't think even the hardest core of Mac fans would not have a list of irritations.

No, cleaner is not there, Ive just checked. The icon was briefly on the dock after I installed it, but then it disappeared and now it's not in Applications either.

Nothing happens when I search for it.

Handsome90

Quasar wrote: »

No, cleaner is not there, Ive just checked. The icon was briefly on the dock after I installed it, but then it disappeared and now it's not in Applications either.

Nothing happens when I search for it.

Sometimes when you install a new App, you'll physically have to drag and drop the app to the application folder. I guess you missed the window that says to drag and drop the app.

securityguy

Quasar wrote: »

No, cleaner is not there, Ive just checked. The icon was briefly on the dock after I installed it, but then it disappeared and now it's not in Applications either.

Nothing happens when I search for it.

You were probably running it out of the installation media. As handsome says, you might have to drag it to Applications yourself, if the installer doesn't do it.

Mr_Toad

securityguy wrote: »

They're all in "Applications", via Finder.

Personally, I'd just type the name into the search box (click on the magnifying class top right).

Or use the keyboard shortcut - Cmd and Spacebar