Name: Anonymous 2007-10-06 2:48
So I work in an IT department and was given a 15" Macbook to familiarize myself with so I could start supporting them soon... Things like how to use and configure OSX, different keyboard shortcuts etc are pretty well documented. I'm just hoping you guys could answer a couple of small things I can't find anywhere:
I disabled drag-lock on the touchpad. Whenever I tap to drag, the bloody thing still locks onto it unless the cursor sits still for a second or I click. THAT IS DRAG LOCK and there it is on whether I turn it on or off. How do I kill this thing so I can double-tap to drag without everything sticking to my cursor? (These training wheels make it hard to move... there's no mouse acceleration option either! ><)
Also on every PC laptop I've used, the "Fn" key is for activating special functions mapped to normal keys - like brightness control, battery status, external monitors, etc... On the Macbook, it doesn't work for any of these things, but the special functions mapped to the F keys work with ctrl, sometimes option/command, or without any modifier keys at all! ...so why have a Fn key? They can't be using it exclusively for the numpad???
Other than that and apps locking up so often it's like Win 3.1, it's pretty nifty so far. It's certainly easy to pull off a lot of fancy graphical effects like instant pixel-smoothed screen zooming without slowdowns. I can see how people can like these things - I've just never had a good reason to use one in the past...
I disabled drag-lock on the touchpad. Whenever I tap to drag, the bloody thing still locks onto it unless the cursor sits still for a second or I click. THAT IS DRAG LOCK and there it is on whether I turn it on or off. How do I kill this thing so I can double-tap to drag without everything sticking to my cursor? (These training wheels make it hard to move... there's no mouse acceleration option either! ><)
Also on every PC laptop I've used, the "Fn" key is for activating special functions mapped to normal keys - like brightness control, battery status, external monitors, etc... On the Macbook, it doesn't work for any of these things, but the special functions mapped to the F keys work with ctrl, sometimes option/command, or without any modifier keys at all! ...so why have a Fn key? They can't be using it exclusively for the numpad???
Other than that and apps locking up so often it's like Win 3.1, it's pretty nifty so far. It's certainly easy to pull off a lot of fancy graphical effects like instant pixel-smoothed screen zooming without slowdowns. I can see how people can like these things - I've just never had a good reason to use one in the past...