A few questions about my new mac

Hamish · 21 Sep 2006 at 11:53

My MacBook Pro will hopefully be delivered on monday and it's my first "propper" mac owning experience so i'm starting this thread to ask you knowledgable people a few questions about my new toy.

How do I get my upload/download displayed in the top taskbar like this?
http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=56310&d=1157078230
I also saw one where it had iTunes control on it.

Is it possible to export my windows iTunes library to a mac? It's got all my playcounts and playlists from over 2 years ago and I would really like to keep it.

Is there a free alternative to Photoshop apart from the GIMP?

Does AdiumX allow you to use the inbuilt webcam? if not which MSN client does?

I think thats it for now

JRY · 21 Sep 2006 at 12:02

sorry m8
can only answer the last question.
AdiumX does not support webcam features. Msn for mac also doesnt have the webcam feature.

best bet would be Skype 2.0 Beta. but, its still in beta stage.
or if am not mistaken Ichat and AOL

Broadbandplacey · 21 Sep 2006 at 12:18

as im aware the only IM client that supports video on a mac is iChat - which doesnt lt you connect to the msn network AFAIK

riddlermarc · 21 Sep 2006 at 12:23

A quick Google suggest http://messenger.yahoo.com/mac.php, seems it can do video and also connect to MSN/Live contacts

Beepcake · 21 Sep 2006 at 12:33

aMSN supports the camera, and most of the more recent messenger features. Last time I tried it there was no audio support though, and it wasn't the fastest app in the west

AJUK · 21 Sep 2006 at 13:06

Dunno about the webcam but these links may help you, the first is all about transfer of files for Mac switchers (worth exploring for other topics as well) and the second is a list of some of the available applications on the Mac platform.

http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/migrate/
http://guide.apple.com/index.lasso