Sometimes I Hate My MAC

eddyturn · 12-03-2012, 06:42 PM

Work with Windows computers for work and so my wife got me to get a MAC for my personal laptop. OK... I can try to switch and have done pretty well. I have some home build photos that get sent out on a blast email every 2 weeks or so but now I cannot seem to get it accomplished.

In past weeks I have had a window for iPhoto open and another for the current email. I have been just clicking on the photo and dragging it over to the email and there you go. For some damn reason now I can't have both windows open.

You click on the email and it swipes iPhoto off the screen somewhere and now you can't drag to it. If I have the email up and click on iPhoto, then the email disappears the other direction. WTF am I missing here?

Bicyclist · 12-03-2012, 07:03 PM

Could be that Mail and iPhoto are open on different "desktops". Hit the F3 key and see what shows up at the top of the screen. Or click the magnifying glass in the upper right and type "mission control". If you get a couple of desktops, you can drag your apps from one to the other and you'll have iPhoto and Mail together again.

You can control these "spaces" in System Preferences for Mission Control.

eddyturn · 12-03-2012, 09:27 PM

Thanks cyclist... that got me on the right track. Much appreciated.

anotherguy · 12-04-2012, 04:34 AM

I use books by this author every time I change the operating system. She gets right to the point on each application and covers the important stuff so you can function in the new environment.

MrBob · 12-04-2012, 09:06 AM

I love Pogue's books. I checked this one from the library and read through a little of it every day.

http://www.amazon.com/OS-Mountain-Li.../dp/1449330274

eddyturn · 12-04-2012, 01:47 PM

Thank you guys. I was able to do what I wanted to get done but it's clear I need more learnin'.

Davi5678 · 12-05-2012, 04:22 AM

Or try copy and paste?

CodeMonkee · 12-05-2012, 05:40 AM

Yeah, that's what happens when they are in different "spaces". I work have to use Windows at work and I use Mac at home. I have a third party virtual desktop app at work and it mostly sucks compared to OSX spaces.

After you get used to it, the way desktops work on OSX is definitely superior to Windows. They put a lot of thought into it.

12-03-2012, 06:42 PM	#1
eddyturn ^OP Wannabe Joined: Oct 2009 Location: Hesperus, CO Oddometer: 980	Sometimes I Hate My MAC Work with Windows computers for work and so my wife got me to get a MAC for my personal laptop. OK... I can try to switch and have done pretty well. I have some home build photos that get sent out on a blast email every 2 weeks or so but now I cannot seem to get it accomplished. In past weeks I have had a window for iPhoto open and another for the current email. I have been just clicking on the photo and dragging it over to the email and there you go. For some damn reason now I can't have both windows open. You click on the email and it swipes iPhoto off the screen somewhere and now you can't drag to it. If I have the email up and click on iPhoto, then the email disappears the other direction. WTF am I missing here? __________________ All things being equal... fat people use more soap

12-03-2012, 09:27 PM	#3
eddyturn ^OP Wannabe Joined: Oct 2009 Location: Hesperus, CO Oddometer: 980	Thanks cyclist... that got me on the right track. Much appreciated. __________________ All things being equal... fat people use more soap

12-04-2012, 04:34 AM	#4
anotherguy Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2009 Location: in the foothills now.... Oddometer: 4,313	I use books by this author every time I change the operating system. She gets right to the point on each application and covers the important stuff so you can function in the new environment. __________________ When injustice becomes law,resistance becomes duty. Thomas Jefferson

12-04-2012, 09:06 AM	#5
MrBob Careening forward Joined: Oct 2005 Location: Santa Fe, N.M. Oddometer: 5,661	I love Pogue's books. I checked this one from the library and read through a little of it every day. http://www.amazon.com/OS-Mountain-Li.../dp/1449330274 __________________ KLX 400 dual sport Tune in, turn on, drop out.

12-04-2012, 01:47 PM	#6
eddyturn ^OP Wannabe Joined: Oct 2009 Location: Hesperus, CO Oddometer: 980	Thank you guys. I was able to do what I wanted to get done but it's clear I need more learnin'. __________________ All things being equal... fat people use more soap

12-03-2012, 07:03 PM	#2
Bicyclist Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Feb 2006 Location: Maryland Oddometer: 268	Could be that Mail and iPhoto are open on different "desktops". Hit the F3 key and see what shows up at the top of the screen. Or click the magnifying glass in the upper right and type "mission control". If you get a couple of desktops, you can drag your apps from one to the other and you'll have iPhoto and Mail together again. You can control these "spaces" in System Preferences for Mission Control.

12-05-2012, 04:22 AM	#7
Davi5678 Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jul 2008 Location: Melbourne Australia Oddometer: 149	Or try copy and paste?

12-05-2012, 05:40 AM	#8
CodeMonkee Geek Adventurer Joined: Jul 2001 Location: Orygun Oddometer: 4,601	Yeah, that's what happens when they are in different "spaces". I work have to use Windows at work and I use Mac at home. I have a third party virtual desktop app at work and it mostly sucks compared to OSX spaces. After you get used to it, the way desktops work on OSX is definitely superior to Windows. They put a lot of thought into it. __________________ '09 Husaberg FE570 '99 Beta Alp '04 Ducati MTS - sold Not all who wander are lost

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