Two really quick/dumb questions!

Hi All,
I have just bought a new Mac Mini and hooked it up to my Samsung 55 inch TV via HDMI and everything seems do be working great.
My two dumb questions are:
1: where on the new OS (I had a Mac 5 years ago and things have changed) is the top "Finder" bar and "disc" icon to save files?
2: In Safari I do not seem to have a tools bar where I can for example open another tab for a new web page.
Hope you can help a nubby :-)

You are running a Mini so it might be that the screen resolution is not exact for your display. I have used a Mini with a conventional display but not HDTV. You might need to go into the settings for the TV to set the screen resolution to accommodate the mini's capabilities. Sorry that I can't offer more on that score; when I use my Sony Bravia HDTV it is with the iPad2 and HDMI and I have encountered no issues. Perhaps someone else on the forum has better insight into the Menu Bar problem on the Samsung as the principal display.

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shesser wrote:
> I have running on nw65sp7 edir 8.7.9.
>
> Want to patch all servers, which are all the same as above, with
> nw65sp8.
> Prior to want to upgrade to edir 8.8 on all boxes including BM.
>
> I believe BM3.9sp1 is supported on edir 8.8, correct?
>
> Any other gotcha's with this arrangement?
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> Thanks all!
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iindigo wrote:
The question I'm about to ask must seem like really basic knowledge to most of you, so first of all, I apologize to subjecting you all to such a dumb question. Anyway -
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i886 was Core2
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That being said, the ix86 terminology was dropped due to copyright as I recall. LOTS of stuff on Wiki on this topic--throw those CPU generation ix86 numbers in and read away. You're using a Core2 or higher, there's no reason not to us 64bit.
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