JBLanteigne Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Hi, I'm really new to os x.. I used it for about 10ish hours.. I know the preferences and stuff but nothing more.. I would like to learn.. I just found out that there's something called "terminal" (see how noob I am) I would like to know more about it and also.. what are the common file extensions in mac? I know .dmg is like the equivalent of .exe.. what else is there to know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaiDesu Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Close guess. The equiv of *.exe is *.app. *.dmg is more like *.iso, if you change the extension there's no major difference. *.icns instead of *.ico- There's not much you need to know. You'll get used to it over time, and by the way, Welcome to the light. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foodie Monster Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Hi, I'm really new to os x.. I used it for about 10ish hours.. I know the preferences and stuff but nothing more.. I would like to learn.. I just found out that there's something called "terminal" (see how noob I am) I would like to know more about it and also.. what are the common file extensions in mac? I know .dmg is like the equivalent of .exe.. what else is there to know? The Terminal is essentially OSX's version of the DOS Command Window (Start > Run > cmd). However, it's works just like most *NIX command line utilities, so it's closely related to those found on Linux, for instance. Think of it as your command line utility on OS X and you are good to go. As for file extensions, the ones that will be most different to you will be things like: .app, which equals to .exe, only that unlike a Windows program, a .app is a self-contained application (meaning, everything it needs to work is *inside* of it, not in a Folder like you'd find in Program Files\Application). .kext, which is a driver file. In windows, the closest thing would be a .ini for drivers. .dmg, which is essentially a renamed .iso file. Those are the ones you'll run into more often than not. However, bear in mind that unlike Windows, you don't *really* have to be aware of file extensions in OS X. Since most file dependencies from applications are a non-issue (due to apps being self contained in most cases), and the other kinds of files being multi-platform (mp3, mp4, mov, avi, jpg, gif, doc, xls, etc.), you won't have many troubles on that front. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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