10 thing you should know when you switch to mac

1. start up items

start up configuration is now stored at: /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

/System/Library/StartupItems (for system startup items) or /Library/StartupItems (for locally-installed startup items).

2. root user is disabled, but you still can access root user, just type

sudo su -

3. use Synergy for sharing your keyboard and mouse. and your key mapping changes from xp

windows key - Option key

Alt key - command key

4. to share windows folder, use “connect to server” under Finder -> go menu

smb://host/shareName

To be continued.

1 comment October 25th, 2006