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Is Windows giving you pause? Ready to make the leap to the Mac instead? There has never been a better time to switch from Windows to Mac, and this incomparable guide will help 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.
Why is this such a good time to switch? Upgrading from one version of Windows to another used to be simple. But now there's Windows Vista, a veritable resource hog that forces you to relearn everything. Learning 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, inefficient permissions, or other strange features. Just a beautiful machine with a thoroughly reliable system. And if you're still using Windows XP, we've got you covered, too.
If you're ready to take on Mac OS X Leopard, the latest edition of this bestselling guide tells you everything you need to know:
- Transferring your stuff -- Moving photos, MP3s, and Microsoft Office documents is the easy part. This book gets you through the tricky things: extracting your email, address book, calendar, Web bookmarks, buddy list, desktop pictures, and MP3 files.
- Re-creating your software suite -- Big-name programs (Word, Photoshop, Firefox, Dreamweaver, and so on) are available in both Mac and Windows versions, but hundreds of other programs are available only for Windows. This guide identifies the Mac equivalents and explains how to move your data to them.
- Learning Leopard -- Once you've moved into the Mac, a final task awaits: Learning your way around. Fortunately, you're in good hands with the author of Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, the #1 bestselling guide to the Macintosh.
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Table of contents
- Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Leopard Edition
- The Missing Credits
- Introduction
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I. Welcome to Macintosh
- 1. How the Mac Is Different
- 2. Folders, Dock, & Windows
- 3. Files, Icons, & Spotlight
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4. Documents, Programs, & Spaces
- Opening Mac OS X Programs
- The New, Improved “Alt-Tab”
- Exposé: Death to Window Clutter
- Spaces: Your Free Quad-Display Mac
- Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way
- How Documents Know Their Parents
- Keyboard Control
- The Save and Open Dialog Boxes
- Two Kinds of Programs: Cocoa and Carbon
- The Cocoa Difference
- Universal Apps (Intel Macs)
- Installing Mac OS X Programs
- Dashboard
- Web Clips: Make Your Own Widgets
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II. Moving In
- 5. Eight Ways to Transfer Your Files
- 6. Transferring Email and Contacts
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7. Special Software, Special Problems
- ACDSee
- Acrobat Reader
- ACT
- Ad Subtract (Pop-up Stopper)
- Adobe [your favorite program here]
- America Online
- AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)
- Children’s Software
- Earthlink Total Access
- Easy CD Creator
- Encarta
- Eudora
- Excel
- Firefox
- Games
- Google Desktop Search
- ICQ
- Internet Explorer
- iTunes
- Kazaa
- Limewire
- MacAfee VirusScan
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Money
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Publisher
- Microsoft Visio
- Minesweeper
- MSN Messenger
- NaturallySpeaking
- Netscape
- Newsgroup Readers
- Norton AntiVirus
- Norton Utilities
- Notepad
- Outlook/Outlook Express
- Paint Shop Pro
- Palm Desktop
- Picasa
- Pocket PC
- PowerPoint
- QuickBooks
- Quicken
- RealPlayer
- RssReader
- Skype
- SnagIt
- Solitaire
- Street Atlas USA
- TaxCut, TurboTax
- WinAmp, MusicMatch
- Windows Media Player
- WinZip
- Word
- WordPerfect
- Yahoo Messenger
- 8. Windows on Macintosh
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9. Hardware on the Mac
- Printers and Printing
- Managing Printouts
- Faxing
- PDF Files
- Fonts—and Font Book
- Digital Cameras
- Disks
- Burning CDs and DVDs
- iTunes: The Digital Jukebox
- DVD Movies
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- Monitors
- Time Machine
- .Mac Sync
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III. The Mac Online
- 10. Internet Setup
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11. Mail & Address Book
- Checking Your Mail
- Writing Messages
- Stationery
- Reading Email
- The Anti-Spam Toolkit
- RSS Feeds
- Notes
- To Dos
- Address Book
- 12. Safari & iChat
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IV. Putting Down Roots
- 13. Accounts, Parental Controls, & Security
- 14. Networking, File Sharing, & Screen Sharing
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15. System Preferences
- The System Preferences Window
- .Mac
- Accounts
- Appearance
- Bluetooth
- CDs & DVDs
- Date & Time
- Desktop & Screen Saver
- Displays
- Dock
- Energy Saver
- Exposé & Spaces
- International
- Keyboard & Mouse
- Network
- Parental Controls
- Print & Fax
- QuickTime
- Security
- Sharing
- Software Update
- Sound
- Speech
- Spotlight
- Startup Disk
- Time Machine
- Universal Access
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16. The Free Programs
- Address Book
- AppleScript
- Automator
- Calculator
- Chess
- Dashboard
- Dictionary
- DVD Player
- Exposé
- Font Book
- Front Row
- GarageBand
- iCal
- iChat
- iDVD
- iMovie, iPhoto
- iTunes
- Photo Booth
- Preview
- QuickTime Player
- Safari
- Stickies
- System Preferences
- TextEdit
- Time Machine
- Utilities: Your Mac OS X Toolbox
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V. Appendixes
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A. Installation & Troubleshooting
- Getting Ready to Install
- Three Kinds of Installation
- The Basic Installation
- The Upgrade Installation
- The Clean Install (“Archive and Install”)
- Erase & Install
- The Setup Assistant
- Troubleshooting
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B. The “Where’d It Go?” Dictionary
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- About [This Program]
- Accessibility Options Control Panel
- Active Desktop
- Add Hardware Control Panel
- Add or Remove Programs Control Panel
- All Programs
- Alt Key
- Automatic Update
- Backspace key
- Battery Level
- BIOS
- Briefcase
- Calculator
- Camera and Scanner Wizard
- CDs
- Character Map
- Clean Install
- Clipboard
- Command Line
- Control Panel
- Copy, Cut, Paste
- Ctrl Key
- Date and Time
- Delete Key (Forward Delete)
- Desktop
- Directories
- Disk Defragmenter
- Disks
- Display Control Panel
- DLL Files
- DOS Prompt
- Drivers
- End Task Dialog Box
- Exiting Programs
- Explorer
- Favorites
- Faxing
- File Sharing
- Floppy Disks
- Folder Options
- Fonts
- FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
- Help and Support
- Hibernation
- Internet Explorer
- Internet Options
- IRQs
- Java
- Keyboard Control Panel
- Logging In
- Mail Control Panel
- Maximize Button
- Menus
- Minimize Button
- Mouse Control Panel
- My Computer
- My Documents, My Pictures, My Music
- My Network Places
- Network Neighborhood
- Notepad
- Personal Web Server
- Phone and Modem Options Control Panel
- Power Options
- Printer Sharing
- Printers and Faxes
- PrntScrn Key
- Program Files Folder
- Properties Dialog Box
- Recycle Bin
- Regional and Language Options Control Panel
- Registry
- Run Command
- Safe Mode
- ScanDisk
- Scheduled Tasks
- Scrap Files
- Screen Saver
- Search
- Shortcut Menus
- Shortcuts
- Sounds and Audio Devices
- Speech Control Panel
- Standby Mode
- Start Menu
- StartUp Folder
- System Control Panel
- System Tray
- Taskbar
- Taskbar and Start Menu Control Panel
- “Three-Fingered Salute”
- ToolTips
- TweakUI
- User Accounts Control Panel
- Window Edges
- Windows (or WINNT) Folder
- Windows Logo Key
- Windows Media Player
- Windows Messenger
- WordPad
- Zip Files
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- C. The Master Mac OS X Secret Keystroke List
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A. Installation & Troubleshooting
- Index
- Colophon
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Leopard Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2008
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9780596514129
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