OK guys, I'm not a Mac user. I have always used Windows machines and that's my comfort zone.
But, I'm trying to help a friend get up and going with Calibre and she only has a Mac. So I borrowed my husband's MacBook and just jumped in with both feet. I now have all kinds of questions, and in some cases I'm not sure if they are Calibre or Mac issues.
1. I installed 2.67 from the network following the link in the MobileRead Wiki to the Mac installer. This created a "disk mount" which shows up on the screen and two items when I "open" the disk. One is the Calibre icon and clicking on it starts Calibre running. The second is an Applications folder - which appears either not really be on that disk or is linked to the Mac's own Applications folder since it had lots of apps in it.
Q: Can I somehow get the Calibre icon/app into the Applications folder so I don't have to mount this disk every time I want to run Calibre?
2. The first time I clicked the Calibre icon, it went through an installation script. One thing it asked for is the type of reader. I selected Amazon, but it didn't list any of the older devices. I have a K3, my friend has the non-touch Kindle Basic. I selected the Kindle Touch, but was just frustrated that the implication is that Calibre no longer supports the older devices.
Q: Should I be concerned with the level of device support in 2.67? (Note that I'm currently running 2.34 on my Windows machine.)
3. I'm very familiar with Calibre -- at least the functions that I use -- and I want to show my friend a couple of the quick things that I do. I make a lot of use of the "right-click" button on my mouse. This MacBook just has a big touch pad area with no buttons at all.
Q: How do I do the equivalent of "right-click" to open context-sensitive menus?
4. I have added some plug-ins to the Calibre that I run on my Windows machine.
Q: Is there any consideration for compatibility of plug-ins with the Mac version of Calibre? In other words, do I need to go read the doc for each plug-in to see if it works with the Mac?
I think that's it for now. In advance, thanks for any help provided in understanding what I've got in place on the MacBook.
But, I'm trying to help a friend get up and going with Calibre and she only has a Mac. So I borrowed my husband's MacBook and just jumped in with both feet. I now have all kinds of questions, and in some cases I'm not sure if they are Calibre or Mac issues.
1. I installed 2.67 from the network following the link in the MobileRead Wiki to the Mac installer. This created a "disk mount" which shows up on the screen and two items when I "open" the disk. One is the Calibre icon and clicking on it starts Calibre running. The second is an Applications folder - which appears either not really be on that disk or is linked to the Mac's own Applications folder since it had lots of apps in it.
Q: Can I somehow get the Calibre icon/app into the Applications folder so I don't have to mount this disk every time I want to run Calibre?
2. The first time I clicked the Calibre icon, it went through an installation script. One thing it asked for is the type of reader. I selected Amazon, but it didn't list any of the older devices. I have a K3, my friend has the non-touch Kindle Basic. I selected the Kindle Touch, but was just frustrated that the implication is that Calibre no longer supports the older devices.
Q: Should I be concerned with the level of device support in 2.67? (Note that I'm currently running 2.34 on my Windows machine.)
3. I'm very familiar with Calibre -- at least the functions that I use -- and I want to show my friend a couple of the quick things that I do. I make a lot of use of the "right-click" button on my mouse. This MacBook just has a big touch pad area with no buttons at all.
Q: How do I do the equivalent of "right-click" to open context-sensitive menus?
4. I have added some plug-ins to the Calibre that I run on my Windows machine.
Q: Is there any consideration for compatibility of plug-ins with the Mac version of Calibre? In other words, do I need to go read the doc for each plug-in to see if it works with the Mac?
I think that's it for now. In advance, thanks for any help provided in understanding what I've got in place on the MacBook.