I'm fairly new to macs. I got my first a few months ago (the Air) and I LOVE it! But something has been bugging me since I got it. When you delete text on windows you hold backspace and it deletes the characters one at a time for about half a second, then it speeds up a lot and deletes them quickly.
I have a an HP DC 5750 desktop PC with 4 GB of RAM, 500 GB Hard Drive with plenty of free space, Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, all Windows updates current/applied, Office 2007, Microsoft Security Essentials but still running IE8. I usually have 15 to 30 IE Windows and several Word documents open for weeks and only restart the PC when I have to.
I can't figure out how to do that on a mac though. When you backspace on a mac you hold delete but it never speeds up. I've looked through forums and stuff and can't find anything else on this problem. I don't know if that means there's a really simple solution, or if it's just something that nobody really cares enough about to mention. Has anybody else noticed this, or have a solution? CANONinDevin - thank you (Note: Make sure that Delay Until Repeat setting IS NOT at OFF) Because for years I have had this problem too.
I don't want to use the mouse. I don't want to highlight and delete. I do not want to hit the delete key ten times to go back one space at a time. I never paid attention to see that the 'Delay Until Repeat' slider has the (Off)Long-Short. Move the slider all the way to short and then the delete key will act just like you are using backspace on a windows pc. Thank you again.
I have successfully upgraded from OS X 10.7.5 to Yosemite on a MacBook Air computer and am now in the process of doing the same on my other laptop computer, an elderly but still functioning MacBook Pro. On this computer, as on the Air, I have routinely been using Microsoft Word which I very much prefer to Pages. However on the MacBook Pro the Yosemite installer informs me that Microsoft Word is a PowerPC app that will not run on OS X 10.10. It invites me to either cancel or continue. What will happen if I continue?
Will I have any problem accessing and working with the many hundreds of Word documents on the computer which I use routinely? I would like to be able to continue using Word as I have done for these past many years. You stated that you are using Microsoft Word/Office on both machines, but as Cory alluded to, maybe on the MacBook Pro, the version is different. I use Office 2011 (Word, Excel, and Outlook) on both of my machines (a late 2012 Mac Mini, and a mid 2013 MacBook Air), and I have kept the versions on both machines in sync. The latest version (update) of Office 2011 is 14.4.8, and it works fine for me with OS 10.10.2 (on both machines). Given that you got the message on the MacBook Pro that the version of Word is a PowerPC app, it would seem that you need to upgrade that version of office 2011 on the MacBook Pro.
Do you have the original installation file for Office 2011 on the MacBook Air? If you do, than just use a method to copy it to the MacBook Pro. For example, purchase a Flash Drive, and use that to do the transfer.
If you don't have the original installation file for office 2011 (not sure how that could have happened, unless you purchased the machine used and the prior owner had it installed, but without the original installation file), there are places where you can get it. For example: The Apple Store: Best Buy: By the way, all of those are the Home and Business edition, which includes Outlook. If you just want the Home & Student Edition, it is less: Best Buy. Hi, I have a supplementary question. The reason I upgraded to Yosemite was that both my computers - the very portable MacBook Air and the somewhat older MacBook Pro - were becoming sluggish.
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Too often I'd click on an item - an application, a document, whatever - and that little ol' wheel would start turning and you'd just have to sit and watch it turning. On the Air computer, the upgrade seems to have done the trick.
Docs and apps open right away and the screen rarely freezes while the wheel spins itself out. But with the Pro, there's been no sign of improvement. On the contrary, if anything it's become even more sluggish, whether opening written files now in Office 2011 or opening applications or browsers.
It's frustrating to the point where I feel I'm wasting so much time watching the wheel spin that I'd do better to trade the machine in and get a new one. What would you recommend? Hi, I have a supplementary question. The reason I upgraded to Yosemite was that both my computers - the very portable MacBook Air and the somewhat older MacBook Pro - were becoming sluggish. Too often I'd click on an item - an application, a document, whatever - and that little ol' wheel would start turning and you'd just have to sit and watch it turning.
On the Air computer, the upgrade seems to have done the trick. Docs and apps open right away and the screen rarely freezes while the wheel spins itself out. But with the Pro, there's been no sign of improvement. On the contrary, if anything it's become even more sluggish, whether opening written files now in Office 2011 or opening applications or browsers.
It's frustrating to the point where I feel I'm wasting so much time watching the wheel spin that I'd do better to trade the machine in and get a new one. What would you recommend? Click to expand.First, could you let us know the exact Mac models you have? Secondly, if the MacBook Pro has a 'standard' 5400 rpm hard drive, they are notoriously slow.
And, if one does very little/no disk maintenance/repairs on such a drive, then become even slower. What you need to do is try and perform some disk maintenance/repairs on the drive. Disk Utility is a 'decent' start for this, but you should consider using Onyx (you can get it from here: (second link), and Tweak and Tuneup from the Apple Store. Tweak and Tuneup has some Optimization routines that could help. In any event, it is best to perform 'periodic' maintenance and/or repairs on hard disks and/or SSDs. Myself, I do 3 tasks associated with that for both of my machines once a week, and Onyx is one of the products I use.
I also use Tech Tool Pro, and I would strongly recommend using such a product (Disk Warrior is another excellent choice, although not as convenient to use as Tech Tool Pro. Also, Tech Tool Pro performs a number of useful, additional tasks (especially the new version that just recently came out)). Finally, you might want to consider replacing the internal hard disk inside your Mac Book Pro with an SSD. With an SSD, you'll definitely see a significant increase in speed.
I did exactly that with my Mac Mini, replacing the slow 1 TB 5400 rpm drive (went inside a nice, slim external case) with a Samsung 840 Pro 256 gig SSD, and I am so, so pleased with that decision!