Sunday 17, May 2015

The mac operating system has been successfully installed onto my laptop and has been working pretty well. When I first switched on my laptop, I was very confused as to what to do, because it gave me an option as to whether I want to use windows or the mac. But eventually my confusion was cleared as my brother assisted me as to what I should do next. Nevertheless, using mac operating system is very complicated and very different compared to windows operating system. Initially, I faced many challenges and was on the verge of giving up because the two operating systems’ functions were poles apart. I also had to watch a few tutorials as to how I should use the mac operating system. But now, slowly I am getting used to it. I am actually enjoying this experience as it is something new and different for me to learn. Today I just explored this new operating system so that I get familiar with it and do not face many major challenges as I am creating my product. However, I have also started installing the software required to make an app using x code which is a very major progress because this means that I am officially begin the creation of my app tomorrow.

However, there is something about the installation of the mac operating system which is worrying me quite a lot. When I was using my laptop, I realized that it was extremely slow and unresponsive. Whenever, I tried to open something, it said that the pages are unresponsive or it took too long for it to open. This is actually the slowest my laptop has ever been. Additionally, my laptop is also not originally of a faster speed which might make the whole system even slower. This is worrying because, the reviews that I read on the internet also mentioned such signs and suggested that those were the first initial signs of you laptop about to crash. I am hoping that is not true and I do not face such challenges in the near future. Nevertheless, I have made quite a lot of progress and will officially start building my app tomorrow. 

The screenshot shows the software installation and updating process which ran the whole night, so that it would be ready for use in the morning.













The screenshot below shows the first step of the coding process which was to open the software itself. The steps that followed this were very easy to follow and straightforward.

The screenshot below shows the next step which was to inform them about the type of the app that i wished to make using this software so that it would narrow down the options and the different things that they provided me with.