Imac/ Mighty mouse question!!!

cu3ed · 28 Jul 2008 at 22:23

Hey, iMac arrived but their is one little niggle im having with the mighty mouse.

There's no action for "Close the current window/Quit the current application" for the secondary button. It says you can select "other" for the action, which brings up a window of AppleScripts or something. So my question is:

How can I make it so that when I click a secondary button, it closes the current window? Also, how can I make it so that when I click a secondary button, it closes the current application?

PardonTheWait · 29 Jul 2008 at 00:03

bind them to keyboard commands.

CMD & W to shut the current window, CMD & Q to quit the current app.

LPL · 29 Jul 2008 at 00:17

keyboard gets used so much more in mac than windows, a lot easier I find overall as well

cu3ed · 29 Jul 2008 at 09:55

Ahh never thought of just having a Keyboard short cut, having to get used to this.

Another question, do you know how to disable the Apple boot-up sound it makes?

LPL · 29 Jul 2008 at 13:57

google, there is a way I think

JonB · 29 Jul 2008 at 14:01

A) If your mac is set to 0% volume when you shut it down, when you boot it up it doesn't make any noise.

B) Don't turn of your mac, sleep it.

cu3ed · 29 Jul 2008 at 14:07

Thats what I hoped but I dont think is the case, as the Brightness keeps going back to full everytime I have switched it on.

(Although, I have only switched it one and off about 4 times since having it lol)

RoleyBirkin · 29 Jul 2008 at 18:49

cu3ed said:
their is one little niggle im having with the mighty mouse

Only one?!

cu3ed · 29 Jul 2008 at 19:00

lol, it aint anywhere near as bad as people here made out to be.

Will probobly be a different story once I get all my Adobe and music stuff loaded into it!

JonB · 29 Jul 2008 at 19:34

cu3ed said:
lol, it aint anywhere near as bad as people here made out to be.

WRONG! Try again ....

cu3ed · 29 Jul 2008 at 22:21

Seriously, im finding it fine TBH, no real problems, but I havent really had the chance to setup Photoshop or InDesign yet, so could just be a matter of time.

Another question, I used Winamp to stream a digitally Imported station, seeing as I dont have that anymore I assume their is sommin else I could use for this?

JonB · 30 Jul 2008 at 00:57

Real player or VLC

Huddy · 30 Jul 2008 at 08:06

I went back to my trusted Logitech MX mouse after less than a few hours with the mighty mouse.

I found it twitched a lot and was less precise than the Logitech.

AdWright · 30 Jul 2008 at 08:47

JonB said:
A) If your mac is set to 0% volume when you shut it down, when you boot it up it doesn't make any noise.

B) Don't turn of your mac, sleep it.

Or...

C) Install Startup Sound prefpane , which stops the startup chime, but doesn't require you to mute/adjust your sound volume prior to shutdown.

JonB · 30 Jul 2008 at 10:07

Oh nice! I'll stick that on my laptop.

cu3ed · 30 Jul 2008 at 10:14

Cool thanks for the help, part 2 tonight is setting up bootcamp and trying out Fusion, then install all the software!

Does a right click do anything on the mac with a normal mouse?

Oh can anyone recommend a good mouse (matching is possible lol), dont want wirless.

AdWright · 30 Jul 2008 at 13:15

Re: right-click, it brings up a contextual menu in a similar fashion to windows. Not enabled by default though - open the Mouse preferences to enable it.