**I'm Now Officially A Proud Member Of The Macbook Pro Family!!!**

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I’m Now Officially A Proud Member Of The Macbook Pro Family!!!

Hey guys so after alot of saving and patience I finally bought my new MBP yesterday! :slight_smile: I’m so super stoked cos I’ve been waiting for this machine for ages!

I picked up the new 15" i7 2.00Ghz Quad Core 4GB 500HDD. This thing is a beast so far and I’m loving it! I’ve been playing around with it a little bit, and it will take some getting used to I think, but so far so good! I moved from a Hp dv7 17" which was ok but this is MUCH better IMO.

What I would like to ask all you guys out there with MBP’s, what can I do to really tweak my new MBP to make it tip top for Djing? Do you have any suggestions or recommendations about any programs to install to keep it optimized and running smooth and perfectly? Thanks in advance guys! :slight_smile:

Dustin V.

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Congrats.

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Thanks for the link buddy I’ll check it out now. :wink:

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Download smcFanControl, for a start.

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Done! Thanks :slight_smile:

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Macs are extremely customizable, everyone can personalize theirs to their liking…

get vlc, set hotcorners/spaces and whatnot to your liking, ipowerhour is a fun program.

you can set automation to shut everything down/boot up traktor in one keystroke

(cant find the one with traktor right now. it think its an ean golden vid)

EDIT: FOUND IT !
[ame=“http://www.youtube.com/user/eangolden#p/u/77/q0Yl37cC1io”]YouTube - eangolden’s Channel[/ame]

ill post more as i remember…

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Awesome-idk what u were running before, but a MBP changed my life. I haven’t customized anything on mine, + I luv it. However, I think I will investigate some of the links/advice on this thread…

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It’s a mac! No customization needed. :slight_smile:

If you want to customize it, then that’s fine too, but just start loading it up with everything and go to work!

Congratulations buddy! Welcome to the right side :stuck_out_tongue: (I went there!).

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Congrats, I know you will like it! :slight_smile:

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I cant watch youtube vids! It says “plug in required” :confused:

Yeah I know what you saying bro, its excellent so far.

Ha ha yeah its about time hey? :wink:

Thanks Tekki, I’m loving it so far, discovering new things every minute!

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probably gotta install adobe

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no plugin needed. :slight_smile:

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welcome to the MBP club :slight_smile:

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Making me want to jump on the bandwagon and get my mac now!!!

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I already installed Adobe Reader and Adobe Flash.

Hmm I’m quite liking Safari so far, not a huge fan of Chrome hey.

Thanks mate. :slight_smile:

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I moved from pc to mac there in Jan. If i knew there was gonna be a new one MBP I would of waited:disappointed:

I originally thought they were over priced but now I see, there now. I highly recommend buying, especially if your a digital DJ.

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Do it bro, this new MBP is so sick and powerfull as f@#$!

2.00Ghz i7 Quad Core? = Power! :smiley:

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Chrome is good, actually GREAT. Note that Flash is crashing, but if on Chrome, there’s a built-in task manager and you can kill it without fucking up the loaded pages themselves. Refresh the page and it will reload the flash player.

As for general apps, I could suggest:

  1. iStatMenu to see the nice resource usage stats in the menu - CPU, net, disk, ram, temperature. The newest version is paid (&cheap), but the older 2.0 is free
  2. Xee for picture viewing in parallel to iPhoto
  3. UnRarX to take care of Rar archives
  4. VLC for media player
  5. Transmission for torrents
  6. iSoul for Soulseek client
  7. MacPorts for command line utilities and other general linux/unix applications. requires XCode, available on the install DVD
  8. AppZapper for Unistalling software
  9. Adium for Instant Messaging client
  10. If you require Windows applications, you can use:
    a) WINE - the windows emulator (free)- i’m using foobar2000.exe with WINE and that’s my preferred Audio player under OS X.
    b) Parallels - my choice for virtualization. Windows7 64biit works great with Parallels. I’m using the coherence mode, which skins the Windows apps as OS X apps and it’s great.
    c) VMWare fusion - the other mainstream VM for OS X. can send you a discount coupon to get it for $39.99
    d) VirtualBox - free VM. not as good on the cosmetics side, but a good way for running windows.
  11. MS Office for Mac is OK (have bugs, but works)

I will also suggest you to review the apps in Applications > Utilities. Many important system maintenance apps are there by defualt. Get familiar with what is available there, as there are handy tools

Enjoy you Monster Mac! (me Jelly :stuck_out_tongue: )

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Wow, thanks for all the info and tips, I’ll check them out for sure!

I’m really wondering why youtube wont load up. I would think that being on a Mac, youtube should load up fine? It says that a plug in is missing? I downloaded a program called mactubes but it still wont show embed youtube vids. :disappointed:

Any suggestions about this guys?

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So upto to now I’ve installed the following programs. If you think I’ve added some that probably aren’t needed then please tell me. Thanks.

Adobe Reader X
Adobe Flash Player
Mackeeper
Microsoft Silverlight
OnyX
Mactubes
smcFanControl
flip4Mac WMV
iStatMenu

Edit. :wink: