Mac Info Needed

[gothwalk]

I know how to do this thing on a PC. I don't know how on a Mac, starting from the fact that a Mac doesn't have a right mouse button. I don't have a Mac handy to experiment on, so can someone who's bicomputational translate this?

Right click on the comment link, and choose "copy shortcut" from that menu. Paste this into the URL bar, and add "&style=mine" on the end, before hitting return.

Cheers!

Comments

[hkim.livejournal.com]

Right click = Control + Click

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

Groovy. What's Macish for "copy shortcut"?

[hkim.livejournal.com]

I think it depends on the browser. Assuming the PC instructions are for Internet Explorer, then the rest of it should be the same on IE for Mac cause the menus in specific software are usually identical in my experience.

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

Groovy. I'll enquire further and find out if it's Safari or IE that's causing the upset.

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

If the text you're trying to copy is the url, than you should be able to use the standard text copy (ctrl-c) and paste (ctrl-v) to get the text in to the address window. Not sure if a "copy shortcut" option exists.

The Mac IE is at least several versions behind Windows, and will never be updated. Safari may or may not have that feature - I haven't played with it enough.

[wyvernfriend.livejournal.com]

A lot of the copy and such commands on a mac were command and the key, just like ctrl and the key on a pc.

so copy is command-c
paste is command-v etc.

*Yearns for a mac again*

[cliph.livejournal.com]

Translation:

control + click on the comment link and choose "copy shortcut" from that menu. Paste this into the URL bar, using cmd* + v or the paste option on the contextual menu, and add "&style=mine" on the end before hitting return"

* the Command or cmd key is the one with the apple on it or what is sometimes referred to as the clover icon.

HTH.

[graylion.livejournal.com]

or the apple key or the propellor key or (in German) as cauliflower key.

[niallm.livejournal.com]

Awww! Cute!

Niall, twiddling his cauliflowers

[salith.livejournal.com]

When in doubt, use the "Edit" menu for Copy and Paste, as it should be there on pretty much any browser :)

[bastun-ie.livejournal.com]

"Instructions for Mac users:

Open your internet browser and navigate to www.dell.com. Select a suitable model and customise it as required. Having ensured the specification meets your needs and is within your desired price range, click on 'Proceed to checkout'.

Switch off your Mac, put it in a cardboard box, and await delivery of your PC."

Sorry, couldn't resist. My one experience of Macs since finishing college was to switch on the one that had been beside my desk for over a year, play with it for ten minutes, then have to ask how to turn it off. We hates them.

[ezrael.livejournal.com]

But you like Dell?

I'd sooner shoot myself in the testicles than go back to Dell. At least recommend HP or something useable.

[sharikkamur.livejournal.com]

Often you can also bring up a 'right click' menu by doing a click and hold, as it were. Like click and drag but without the movement. :) It certainly works in my copy of Mozilla.

Instructions for PC users: Remember, the Mac is designed to be easy. You've learned that things are hard. Unlearn and enjoy!

Couldn't resist that either. I use a Mac at home and a PC at work, and the number of times I've tried to do something that's complicated on the PC (such as setting up a network) and spent hours trying to work out how to do it on the Mac, only to find it's only one or two clicks and the rest is automatic, is quite scary.

Horses for courses, I think.