“Were you very good this year? Did Santa spoil you, and did you find yourself opening up a brand new Mac under the Christmas tree this morning? Congratulations, we’re jealous… but not so jealous that we aren’t eager to teach you how to get started with your new Mac, so you can enjoy it from day one,” John Brownlee writes for Cult of Mac. “In this handy guide, we’ll take you through initial setup; teach you some awesome tweaks that’ll enhance your OS X experience; introduce you to some of the best apps the Mac has to offer; and tell you about some great accessories that you just shouldn’t be without.”
Read more in the full article here.
“You just got your brand new iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S for Christmas. It’s shiny exterior beckons you to explore your new smartphone. We want to show you how to get started with your new device the right way, so that you can begin enjoying it from day one,” Alex Heath reports for Cult of Mac. “In this handy guide, we’ll take you through initial setup; teach you some awesome tweaks that’ll maximize your battery life and enhance your experience; introduce you to some of the best iOS apps the App Store has to offer; and tell you about some great accessories that you just shouldn’t be without.”
Read more in the full article here.
“We know many of you lucky so and sos will be unwrapping iPod touches this Christmas, and we want to help you get started with your new device the right way, so that you can begin enjoying it from day one,” Killian Bell reports for Cult of Mac. “In this handy guide, we’ll take you through initial setup; teach you some awesome tweaks that’ll maximize your battery life and enhance your experience; introduce you to some of the best iOS apps the App Store has to offer; and tell you about some great accessories that you just shouldn’t be without.”
Read more in the full article here.
“So Santa stuffed an Apple TV in your stocking? That’s pretty freaking awesome. We’re jealous. Well actually, we already had one so I guess we’re not that jealous, but congratulations on joining the club of Apple TV owners,” Buster Heine reports for Cult of Mac. “We’re stoked to have you with us, and we want you to get the most from your new gagdget so we’re going to help you get it setup the right way so you can skip through all the menus and side features and dive straight into the good stuff.”
Heine reports, “In this handy guide, we’ll take you through initial setup; show you the best features of Apple TV and teach you some awesome tweaks that will take your television experience to the next level so you can cuddle up in next to your flatscreen wearing those new pajamas your kids bought you and go into a week-long tv-coma.”
Read more in the full article here.
Last night, it seemed the iTunes store slowed down quite bit while I was updating my phone. Must have been slammed! 🙂
Good times.
The sinc process on iCloud was so slow??? When I sinc on my iPod the tome is recorded in iTunes but not when this is done from my MacBook to iCloud? Why?
Cult of Mac is generally a good site, but I have to wonder how seriously they expect to be taken to let a writer call himself “Buster Heine”.
Oh, and Merry Christmas to all!
I don’t know if I can take you seriously, Mr. ‘click-her-O-button’.
I dont know if you’re being serious; I never thought of that reading when I picked this monicker. Traditionally, the “O'” stood for “of” and referred to the person’s town. In my case, the “of” introduces what I click: buttons on a Mac screen to get work done.
I also represent only my opinion. If I wrote for, (and thereby represented) a publication, I wouldn’t use a rude pseudonym, nor would I expect to be published under such a by-line.
Of course, all this pre-supposes “Buster Heine” is indeed a pseudonym, and the poor fellow isn’t just a long-suffering victim of very sadistic parents.
Just giving you a hard time.
But it was funny that you had just written under a pseudonym, and a “dirty” one at that. But maybe what I read into it says more about me than you : )
For those who got an iPad from Santa, instead of a lump of coal from Cult of Mac, CoM has you covered too:
http://www.cultofmac.com/136848/get-started-with-your-new-ipad-the-right-way-setup-guide/
A lot of ideas in the article for setting up a Mac go way beyond “the right way” and are far into the area of opinion. For example, it’s clear the author doesn’t like a lot of Lion’s headline features.
actually if you read the whole article, they state IF you don’t like such-such feature, we will show you how to fix it later. Which they later on explain how to turn off unnatural scrolling etc.
My girlfriend and I already have iPads, iPhone, MacBooks, Apple TVs, iPods, …the best of everything.
As a result, Christmas presents can never live up to the expectation.
Today at about 9:30 am CST I couldn’t redeem an iTunes card. The servers must have been jammed. By 2:00 pm I was able to redeem. Can’t wait for 1Q results.
Steve Jobs (sort of) sent me a christmas present this year. My iPod 1st gen was one of those recalled for a battery replacement. I received the unit back. They upgraded my iPod 4G 1st gen to a current gen iPod nano 8 gig. No charge.
Merry christmas, I just love Apple. Steve, you did a world changing job.
PS, I kinda liked having a fully functional 1st gen nano but I will learn to adapt. LOL
You forgot to blacklist all Murdoch sites on your security software to protect young minds from delusional madmen and raving lunatics.
Happy Festivus to all.
Another one bites the dust!
I had a great xmas, my brother in law took the dive and bought a macbook pro. I helped him move his data over and showed him around OS X.
The biggest surprise was a MS employed family member showing off his new ipad and iphone 4S. This guy was windows phone 7 and all about windows 72 hours ago.
Merry xmas everyone!
What a difference 72 hours makes!
Just don’t try to do it today. We tried all afternoon to rent a movie on our AppleTV but werent able to log in “Try again later.” Merry Coalbag to you, to, Apple
Two iPhones for Christmas and I can’t get one set up. Not a Merry Christmas so far, thanks to Apple…
Rearranging and updating all the 327 apps on my iPad after iTunes decided they dont belong to me. Previously took my MBP and TimeMachine HD to Apple store to get the restore performed, needed to reinstall the OSX. Good going Apple, by leaving the Install OSX disc out, u made us lost 1 day of work and yourself lost 16 iPhone sales. It’s funny how one thing leads to another. The IPhones would’ve been overkill anyway in China, so I don’t feel too bad.
nice to read the tips here