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nicholas
06-10-2008, 03:40 AM
I'd like to include in the next User Guide update a "welcome" page specifically for Mac users.

Never having used a Mac in my life (!) I'd appreciate it if somebody could help me out with thsi info:

1. Presumably REAPER is designed to work with a two button mouse on the Mac just as on the PC, e.g. right click menus?

2. I believe that the Control key on the Mac has a different function than the Control key on the PC. If my memory serves me well, I believe the Mac has an Apple key that basically does the same as the Control key on the PC. Am I right?

3. Presumably the Shift key is the same?

4. What about the Alt key?

5. Anything else I should know?

Thanks! :)
bennals
06-10-2008, 06:54 AM
Hi Nicholas.

Good to see the Mac version is creeping into the manual.

Yep, the Apple (or Command) key functions primarily like the control key on a PC. The 'Option' key is the equivalent to 'Alt' on a PC. Then there is also a 'Control' key on a Mac and this functions differently depending on which application you're dealing with, but I gather it will be reserved for 'Control-clicking' (same as right-click) with the Mac version of Reaper so single button mice can still have contextual menu access.

Cheers.

Bill.
nicholas
06-10-2008, 02:18 PM
Hi Nicholas.

Good to see the Mac version is creeping into the manual.

Yep, the Apple (or Command) key functions primarily like the control key on a PC. The 'Option' key is the equivalent to 'Alt' on a PC. Then there is also a 'Control' key on a Mac and this functions differently depending on which application you're dealing with, but I gather it will be reserved for 'Control-clicking' (same as right-click) with the Mac version of Reaper so single button mice can still have contextual menu access.

Cheers.

Bill.

Thanks Bill, that's just what I need to know.

I don't know whether I'll have the time to produce a completely separate Mac edition (especially as I have no Mac to test it on), but for the time being at least, I was thinking of probably a single page outlining the differences.