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Virus for MAC
SonicAdvDX:
--- Quote from: magby34 on May 23, 2011, 11:22:27 AM ---Those people are called parents. Specifically my parents ;D Everything that pops up must be downloaded. I'm thinking about changing their password so that only I can install new programs for them because I think that would be easier than fixing their computer all of the time.
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I hear ya on that one, brother. I am my immediate family's 24-hour tech support, and it is an utter pain. What's worse is they always want to know what I did to fix it, as if they're going to remember next time and not ask for my help. (Yeah, right.) I usually just say "I waved my magical wizard wand and made all the bad spirits flee from your computer." and that shuts em up. :P But, that's different, because they have PC's. I'm the only person in this house who uses a Mac, and I'm the only person who knows their way around a computer enough to not NEED to use a Mac. They get virus infestations weekly like clockwork on their computers, and I've never had a single issue for all the five years that I've had my Mac. It's incredible.
--- Quote from: scarmullet on May 23, 2011, 12:58:59 PM ---Now MACusers cant rip on us PC users for viruses.
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Lawl, if you say so, boss. ;) I still think a 2:1,000,000,000 virus ratio is a strong upper hand. :D
magby34:
--- Quote from: SonicAdvDX on May 24, 2011, 12:42:34 PM ---
--- Quote from: magby34 on May 23, 2011, 11:22:27 AM ---Those people are called parents. Specifically my parents ;D Everything that pops up must be downloaded. I'm thinking about changing their password so that only I can install new programs for them because I think that would be easier than fixing their computer all of the time.
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I hear ya on that one, brother. I am my immediate family's 24-hour tech support, and it is an utter pain. What's worse is they always want to know what I did to fix it, as if they're going to remember next time and not ask for my help. (Yeah, right.) I usually just say "I waved my magical wizard wand and made all the bad spirits flee from your computer." and that shuts em up. :P But, that's different, because they have PC's. I'm the only person in this house who uses a Mac, and I'm the only person who knows their way around a computer enough to not NEED to use a Mac. They get virus infestations weekly like clockwork on their computers, and I've never had a single issue for all the five years that I've had my Mac. It's incredible.
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Yeah I wish it were that simple. My parents use both my old Mac and a PC so I'm constantly switching between the two too help them. It's not a huge deal because I run boot camp for AutoDesk software and have some experiences with PC's but trying to explain to them how I fixed the stuff is horrible because I can do it, but I forget the names like the difference between "system preferences" on a MAC and "Control Panel" on a PC because they are the same to me. Then they write it all down in a notebook but never look at it again. It's just time to take computers away from parents or make them take a class before buying one.
BTW been running a PC of 8 years without virus protection and no problems. They had a MAC for two weeks and got one. That probably speaks more about the user than the software though.
SonicAdvDX:
--- Quote from: magby34 on May 24, 2011, 06:59:29 PM ---Yeah I wish it were that simple. My parents use both my old Mac and a PC so I'm constantly switching between the two too help them. It's not a huge deal because I run boot camp for AutoDesk software and have some experiences with PC's but trying to explain to them how I fixed the stuff is horrible because I can do it, but I forget the names like the difference between "system preferences" on a MAC and "Control Panel" on a PC because they are the same to me. Then they write it all down in a notebook but never look at it again. It's just time to take computers away from parents or make them take a class before buying one.
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I KNOW!!! THEY ALWAYS DO THAT!!!!
I swear my dad has a sticky note that I wrote for him with simple keystrokes like "Ctrl+C = Copy, Ctrl+V = Paste, etc" and every week he calls me into his office to ask me how he copy one file to another place. Helloooo! Look two inches under your monitor!
juan0tron:
I should start using screenshots and annotate them in Preview so my parents can see EXACTLY what they're supposed to do. Gets the point across faster than post its. I often have to go demonstrate it to them every time, or if I'm feeling lazy I'll just remotely control their screen through Finder. ;)
Anubis:
Hey! Apple shows its new Mac version ;D:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdIanqM_RZ8