Mac Book Air Help

[Gate88]

So I've brought my daughter a Mac Book Air but we're not very Apple savvy and can't scroll down web pages. The only way we've managed so far is to press the space bar or down arrow but it means taking your hand off the trackpad every time you want to go up or down a bit.
Tried google but no luck, is there some sort of a way of keeping the slide bar active so you can precisely scrol about using the cursor like you can in windows?

[GIXERMAN]

use 2 fingers on track pad, up or down

[Rich23]

Hi

Try using 2 fingers on the trackpad together and move them up and down. If that doesn't work you will need to set up the trackpad in the system preferences > trackpad. You can choose your gestures there for scrolling etc

Hope this helps

Rich

[GIXERMAN]

use 2 fingers on track pad, up or down.
[url=http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro/]MacBook Pro - Apple Support[/url]

[Rich23]

^^That link will help for almost everything^^

Rich

[Gate88]

Great! That's sorted it out, it's so easy when you know how but we've been struggling all morning!
Thanks guys!

[GIXERMAN]

[QUOTE=Gate88;1153263]Great! That's sorted it out, it's so easy when you know how but we've been struggling all morning!
Thanks guys![/QUOTE]

Guy just keep fiddling with it, i would never have windows etc again.

[Gate88]

[QUOTE=GIXERMAN;1153264]Guy just keep fiddling with it, i would never have windows etc again.[/QUOTE]

Yea I'm already impressed, I've been playing with iMovie and the transitions between clips play almost instantly whereas on my Windows system it takes about 3 minutes a time to render them!

[Bob Cole]

Just a little bit off the subject, has anyone upgraded to Yosemite, if so is it safe to do so as I heard a couple of grumbles when it first came out?

[Rich23]

[QUOTE=Bob Cole;1154276]Just a little bit off the subject, has anyone upgraded to Yosemite, if so is it safe to do so as I heard a couple of grumbles when it first came out?[/QUOTE]

I am running it and it seems fine after the update and security updates.

Rich

[GIXERMAN]

[QUOTE=Bob Cole;1154276]Just a little bit off the subject, has anyone upgraded to Yosemite, if so is it safe to do so as I heard a couple of grumbles when it first came out?[/QUOTE]
Hi Bob , I did slowed my machine down quiet a lot was 12 sec cold start and doubled it. So restored back to Mavericks

[Si Goodchild]

Yes, froze MS Word and it takes a lot more system RAM so runs slower than the older OSs on anything but new-spec machines. My personal theory is that Apple are becoming the same as so many other bis companies - offer a 'free' update that slows your old machine down (with limited options to go backwards to an older OS) so that you feel compelled to upgrade your otherwise perfect hardware.

It used to be that old macs would run for years and years easily taking the upgrades, but those days seem to be fading fast. My general tip now is not to upgrade an OS until it has been out for 3-6 months and the bugs flushed out. Then make a full system backup before attempting the upgrade, that way you can go backwards if necessary. On iPads it's a lot harder, a mate of mine 'upgraded' an iPad2 to iOS8 and it's practically halted - no obvious way of taking that back to iOS 7 or 6 that I know of!

Si G

[Bob Cole]

Thanks all for the reply's I have an i5 iMac, but think I'll leave it on Mavericks for a while longer

Bob

[RcRotaryMadness]

I've been thinking about getting an iMac or MacBook, but having been on windows so long I have loads of windows based files, like word documents and other office files. I also worry about software that is so readily available for windows PC, will it run on a mac or will i have buy all new software, will i be even able to get it on mac?


I've got an ipad, apple tv and an iphone - which are all great but always kept with the windows based pc - i'm happy to pay for an imac even if they are on the pricey side - but just cautious of transferring over to one - as some of the files are work/business based which I'd hate to lose/corrupt etc

Can anyone offer any advice?

[Si Goodchild]

Mac and PC are pretty much fully compatible these days in terms of common file transfers. I've been working on my Mac desktop this afternoon on some .xls .doc .ppt and .pdf files and will continue working on them tonight on my PC laptop. I can access them freely via dropbox and can view on the iPad and iPhone. MS Office for Mac 2011 retails at less than £99.

My experience is that Apple products offer a lot more in terms of integration, i.e. the whole is more than the sum of the parts. If, like my family, you have Apple TV(s), iPad(s) and iPhone(s) then a Mac or Macs makes a lot of sense as these things talk to each other so very easily across your home network. They really can be a joy to use. That said, for work (where I simultaneuously work on lots of MS Office files), I do find the PC version of MS Office better suited to work, but that's probably just a personal thing.

Si G