OS X Tips

I just got a MacBook Pro on March 21, 2006. I've been mostly a Windows User for the past ten years. Sure I use a Linux & Solaris, but not for my desktop. The closest thing I've used to a Mac was my old Apple IIGS. So, there is quite a bit to learn, or maybe unlearn. I went to a 'Switch at Six' presentation at the Apple store, which was a HUGE waste of time. I learned virtually nothing, and the presenter had never used Windows, and really didn't know the Mac that well. So, when I figure out something that I do often as Windows user, and figure it out on the Mac, I'll add it to this page.

Operation	Windows	Mac	Notes
Cut, Copy, Paste	ctrl-x, ctrl-c, ctrl-v	Command-x, Command-c, Command-v	Pretty much everywhere you need to use Command instead of Ctrl
Foreign Characters (ú £)	alt-0258, alt-0163	option-e u, option-3	See [keyboard shortcuts])
Task Manager	ctrl-shift-escape	option-command-escape	Pretty much the same for killing applications. Probably have to use the terminal to kill processes. Also I'm not sure how to view the processor utilization

rsync

rsync -avz -e ssh --rsync-path=/usr/bin/rsync --progress brianegge@lc.tzo.com:"/Users/brianegge/Pictures/Yelp/TGI*.jpg" .

X11

When I launch OpenOffice it starts up X11, and that causes an xterm to start. I don't need the xterm, so it's anoying for it to open. I found some details on X11 on Apple's support site.

To fix this, I just had to comment out the xterm line out of the rc file.

$ sudo vim /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
...
< xterm &
> # xterm &

IntelliJ

You can have IntelliJ reference the Java source & Docs, by pointing them to

/Library/Java/Home/src.jar
/Library/Java/Home/docs.jar

I think I also had to install the JDK off from Apple's site.