Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Lion Edition

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By David Pogue

Publisher: O'Reilly Media / Pogue Press

Released: March 2012

Pages: 712

Ready to move to the Mac? This incomparable guide helps you make a smooth transition. New York Times columnist and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue gets you past three challenges: transferring your stuff, assembling Mac programs so you can do what you did with Windows, and learning your way around Mac OS X.

Learning to use a Mac is not a piece of cake, but once you do, the rewards are oh-so-much better. No viruses, worms, or spyware. No questionable firewalls or inefficient permissions. Just a beautiful machine with a thoroughly reliable system. Whether you're using Windows XP or Windows 7, we've got you covered.

Transfer your stuff. Moving files from a PC to a Mac is the easy part. This guide gets you through the tricky things: extracting your email, address book, calendar, Web bookmarks, buddy list, desktop pictures, and MP3 files.
Re-create your software suite. Big-name programs from Microsoft, Adobe, and others are available in both Mac and Windows versions. But hundreds of other programs are Windows-only. Learn the Macintosh equivalents and how to move data to them.
Learn Mac OS X Lion. Once you've moved into the Macintosh mansion, it's time to learn your way around. You're in good hands with the author of Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, the #1 bestselling guide to Mac OS X.

Welcome to Macintosh
1. Chapter 1 How the Mac Is Different
  1. Power On, Dude
  2. That One-Button Mouse
  3. On, Off, and Sleep
  4. The Menu Bar
  5. Finder = Windows Explorer
  6. Dock = Taskbar
  7. Menulets = Tray
  8. Keyboard Differences
  9. Disk Differences
  10. Where Your Stuff Is
  11. Window Controls
  12. Terminology Differences
2. Chapter 2 Folders, Dock & Windows
  1. Getting into Mac OS X
  2. The Four Window Views
  3. Icon View
  4. List View
  5. Column View
  6. Cover Flow View
  7. Quick Look
  8. The Dock
  9. The Finder Toolbar
  10. Getting Help in Mac OS X
3. Chapter 3 Files, Icons & Spotlight
  1. Renaming Icons
  2. Selecting Icons
  3. Moving and Copying Icons
  4. Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once
  5. Color Labels
  6. The Trash
  7. Get Info
  8. The Spotlight Menu
  9. The Spotlight Window
  10. Customizing Spotlight
  11. Smart Folders
4. Chapter 4 Documents, Programs & Mission Control
  1. A Word About Lion Apps
  2. The Mac App Store
  3. Other Ways to Get Mac Software
  4. Opening Mac OS X Programs
  5. Launchpad
  6. Windows that Auto-Reopen
  7. The Application Menu
  8. Quitting Programs
  9. The “Heads-Up” Program Switcher
  10. Mission Control: Death to Window Clutter
  11. Dashboard
  12. Exposé
  13. Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way
  14. How Documents Know Their Parents
  15. Keyboard Control
  16. The Save and Open Dialog Boxes
  17. Auto Save and Versions
5. Chapter 5 Entering, Moving & Backing Up Data
  1. Power Typing
  2. The Many Languages of Mac OS X Text
  3. Data Detectors
  4. Moving Data Between Documents
  5. Exchanging Data with Other Macs
  6. Exchanging Data with Windows PCs
  7. Time Machine
Making the Move
1. Chapter 6 Transferring Your Files to the Mac
  1. Transfers by Apple Genius
  2. The Windows Migration Assistant
  3. Manual Network Transfers
  4. Transfers by Disk
  5. Transfers by File-Sending Web Site
  6. Transfers by Email
  7. Where to Put Your Copied Files
  8. Document Conversion Issues
2. Chapter 7 Special Software, Special Problems
  1. ACDSee
  2. Acrobat Reader
  3. ACT
  4. Ad Subtract (Pop-up Stopper)
  5. Adobe [your favorite program here]
  6. America Online
  7. AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)
  8. Children’s Software
  9. Easy CD Creator
  10. Encarta
  11. Eudora
  12. Excel
  13. Firefox
  14. Games
  15. Google Desktop Search
  16. Google Earth
  17. Google Chrome
  18. ICQ
  19. Internet Explorer
  20. iTunes
  21. LimeWire
  22. McAfee VirusScan
  23. Microsoft Access
  24. Microsoft Money
  25. Microsoft Office
  26. Microsoft Publisher
  27. Microsoft Visio
  28. Minesweeper
  29. MSN Messenger
  30. NaturallySpeaking
  31. Netscape
  32. Newsgroup Readers
  33. Norton AntiVirus
  34. Norton Utilities
  35. Notepad
  36. Outlook/Outlook Express/Windows Mail
  37. Paint Shop Pro
  38. Palm Desktop
  39. Picasa
  40. PowerPoint
  41. QuickBooks
  42. Quicken
  43. RealPlayer
  44. RssReader
  45. Skype
  46. SnagIt
  47. Solitaire
  48. Street Atlas USA
  49. TaxCut, TurboTax
  50. WinAmp, MusicMatch
  51. Windows Media Player
  52. WinZip
  53. Word
  54. WordPerfect
  55. Yahoo Messenger
3. Chapter 8 Windows on Macintosh
  1. Boot Camp
  2. Windows in a Window
  3. Windows via OnLive Desktop
  4. Life with Microsoft Exchange
4. Chapter 9 Hardware on the Mac
  1. Printers and Printing
  2. Making the Printout
  3. Managing Printouts
  4. Printer Sharing
  5. Faxing
  6. PDF Files
  7. Fonts—and Font Book
  8. Digital Cameras
  9. Disks
  10. iTunes: The Digital Jukebox
  11. DVD Movies
  12. Keyboard
  13. Mouse
  14. Monitors
  15. Scanners
Making Connections
1. Chapter 10 Internet Setup & iCloud
  1. Network Central and Multihoming
  2. Broadband Connections
  3. Cellular Modems
  4. Tethering
  5. Dial-Up Modem Connections
  6. Switching Locations
  7. Internet Sharing
  8. iCloud
2. Chapter 11 Mail & Address Book
  1. Checking Your Mail
  2. Writing Messages
  3. Stationery
  4. Reading Email
  5. The Anti-Spam Toolkit
  6. RSS Feeds
  7. Notes
  8. Address Book
3. Chapter 12 Safari & iChat
  1. Browsing Basics
  2. Tips for Better Surfing
  3. Tabbed Browsing
  4. RSS: The Missing Manual
  5. iChat
  6. Many Chat Networks
  7. Setting Up Your Chat Account(s)
  8. The Buddy List
  9. Making a List
  10. Let the Chat Begin
  11. Text Chatting
  12. Audio Chats
  13. Video Chats
  14. Juggling Chats and Windows
  15. Sharing Your Screen
  16. iChat Theater
Putting Down Roots
1. Chapter 13 Accounts, Parental Controls & Security
  1. Introducing Accounts
  2. Creating an Account
  3. Parental Controls
  4. Editing Accounts
  5. Setting Up the Login Process
  6. Signing In, Logging Out
  7. Sharing Across Accounts
  8. Fast User Switching
  9. Five Mac OS X Security Shields
  10. Two Mac OS X Privacy Shields
2. Chapter 14 Networking, File Sharing & Screen Sharing
  1. Wiring the Network
  2. File Sharing: Three Ways
  3. AirDrop
  4. Sharing Your Public Folder
  5. Sharing Any Folder
  6. Accessing Shared Files
  7. Networking with Windows
  8. Screen Sharing
3. Chapter 15 System Preferences
  1. The System Preferences Window
  2. Bluetooth
  3. CDs & DVDs
  4. Date & Time
  5. Desktop & Screen Saver
  6. Displays
  7. Dock
  8. Energy Saver
  9. General
  10. iCloud
  11. Keyboard
  12. Language & Text
  13. Mail, Contacts & Calendars
  14. Mission Control
  15. MobileMe
  16. Mouse
  17. Network
  18. Parental Controls
  19. Print & Scan
  20. Security & Privacy
  21. Sharing
  22. Software Update
  23. Sound
  24. Speech
  25. Spotlight
  26. Startup Disk
  27. Time Machine
  28. Trackpad
  29. Universal Access
  30. Users & Groups
4. Chapter 16 The Freebie Programs
  1. Your Free Mac OS X Programs
  2. Address Book
  3. App Store
  4. Automator
  5. Calculator
  6. Chess
  7. Dashboard
  8. Dictionary
  9. DVD Player
  10. FaceTime
  11. Font Book
  12. GarageBand
  13. iCal
  14. iChat
  15. iDVD
  16. Image Capture
  17. iMovie, iPhoto
  18. iTunes
  19. Launchpad
  20. Mail
  21. Mission Control
  22. Photo Booth
  23. Preview
  24. QuickTime Player
  25. Safari
  26. Stickies
  27. System Preferences
  28. TextEdit
  29. Time Machine
  30. Utilities: Your Mac OS X Toolbox
Appendixes
1. Appendix Installation
  1. Hardware Requirements
  2. Psychological Requirements
  3. The Standard Installation
  4. The Setup Assistant
  5. The Homemade Lion Installer Disk
  6. Uninstalling Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
2. Appendix Troubleshooting
  1. Minor Eccentric Behavior
  2. Frozen Programs (Force Quitting)
  3. Recovery Mode: Three Emergency Disks
  4. Application Won’t Open
  5. Startup Problems
  6. Fixing the Disk
  7. Where to Get Troubleshooting Help
3. Appendix The “Where’d-It-Go?” Dictionary
  1. About [this program]
  2. Accessibility Options control panel
  3. Active Desktop
  4. Add Hardware control panel
  5. Add or Remove Programs control panel
  6. All Programs
  7. Alt key
  8. Automatic Update
  9. Backspace key
  10. Battery level
  11. BIOS
  12. Briefcase
  13. Calculator
  14. Camera and Scanner Wizard
  15. CDs
  16. Character Map
  17. Clean Install
  18. Clipboard
  19. Command line
  20. Control Panel
  21. Copy, Cut, Paste
  22. Ctrl key
  23. Date and Time
  24. Delete Key (Forward Delete)
  25. Desktop
  26. Directories
  27. Disk Defragmenter
  28. Disks
  29. Display control panel
  30. DLL files
  31. DOS prompt
  32. Drivers
  33. End Task dialog box
  34. Exiting programs
  35. Explorer
  36. Favorites
  37. Faxing
  38. File Sharing
  39. Floppy disks
  40. Folder Options
  41. Fonts
  42. Help and Support
  43. Hibernation
  44. Internet Explorer
  45. Internet Options
  46. IRQs
  47. Java
  48. Keyboard control panel
  49. Logging in
  50. Mail control panel
  51. Maximize button
  52. Menus
  53. Minimize button
  54. Mouse control panel
  55. (My) Computer
  56. (My) Documents, (My) Pictures, (My) Music
  57. (My) Network Places
  58. Network Neighborhood
  59. Notepad
  60. Personal Web Server
  61. Phone and Modem Options control panel
  62. Power Options
  63. Printer Sharing
  64. Printers and Faxes
  65. PrntScrn key
  66. Program Files folder
  67. Properties dialog box
  68. Recycle Bin
  69. Regional and Language Options control panel
  70. Registry
  71. Run command
  72. Safe Mode
  73. ScanDisk
  74. Scheduled Tasks
  75. Scrap files
  76. Screen saver
  77. Search
  78. Shortcut menus
  79. Shortcuts
  80. Sounds and Audio Devices
  81. Speech control panel
  82. Standby mode
  83. Start menu
  84. Startup folder
  85. System control panel
  86. System Tray
  87. Taskbar
  88. Taskbar and Start Menu control panel
  89. “Three-fingered salute”
  90. ToolTips
  91. TweakUI
  92. User Accounts control panel
  93. Windows (or WINNT) folder
  94. Windows logo key
  95. Windows Media Player
  96. Windows Messenger
  97. WordPad
  98. Zip files
4. Appendix The Master Mac OS X Keystroke List
  1. Startup Keystrokes
  2. In the Finder
  3. Menu
  4. Finder Menu
  5. File Menu
  6. Edit Menu
  7. View Menu
  8. Go Menu
  9. Window Menu
  10. Help Menu
  11. Power Keys
  12. The Dock
  13. Managing Programs
  14. Dialog Boxes
  15. Trackpad Gestures
  16. Magic Mouse Gestures