I've switched from a PC to a Mac...and...could use some help
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First time poster and just joined...Hi to all!
Just came over from a Pc to a Mac and couple of questions...
Isn’t there a way to display a preview of a su file in the mac finder? Even when you open a file from within su you still can't see a preview.
This is really annoying and an incredible waste of time...is there anyway around this? A plug-in? Anything?
I did find a program called XNViewMp...it works great but it is yet another program.
I have also found that my 17" top of the line mac book pro isn't nearly as fast as my 3 year old dell inspiron.
Is there a way to increase speed?
I'd love to hear from anyone who went from a PC to a Mac...what are your experience?
Thanks,
Ken
SketchUp version: pro
Operating system: mac os 10.6.2
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I use a Mac Pro and found that the instructions given here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=16015&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=mac+preview#p138040 worked as described.
As to speed, I came from a Windows desktop machine to a 17" MacBook Pro three years ago and found the Mac far faster. I now use a Mac Pro desktop machines with 8 cores and 8GB Ram and that is far faster than the MacBook Pro in most tasks, however SU will only use one core so in that respect, I don't think there is any speed advantage gained from the power of the machine - plainly memory is adequate. I don't feel the Mac is slower than my Windows machine at all.
You could try SU in a Windows virtual machine on your Mac for comparison. I have several Windows VMs on my Mac (currently using Parallels V5) and I find them far faster than my Windows PC ever was.
Have a look at this thread too http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=20076
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Thanks for the tips guys.
Much appreciated!
Ken
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