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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 No.1 bestselling guide to Mac OS X.
List of contents
The Missing Credits
Introduction
Welcome to Macintosh
Chapter 1: How the Mac Is Different
Chapter 2: Folders, Dock & Windows
Chapter 3: Files, Icons & Spotlight
Chapter 4: Documents, Programs & Mission Control
Chapter 5: Entering, Moving & Backing Up Data
Making the Move
Chapter 6: Transferring Your Files to the Mac
Chapter 7: Special Software, Special Problems
Chapter 8: Windows on Macintosh
Chapter 9: Hardware on the Mac
Making Connections
Chapter 10: Internet Setup & iCloud
Chapter 11: Mail & Address Book
Chapter 12: Safari & iChat
Putting Down Roots
Chapter 13: Accounts, Parental Controls & Security
Chapter 14: Networking, File Sharing & Screen Sharing
Chapter 15: System Preferences
Chapter 16: The Freebie Programs
Appendixes
Installation
Troubleshooting
The "Where'd-It-Go?” Dictionary
The Master Mac OS X Keystroke List
Colophon
About the author
David Pogue, Yale '85, is the weekly personal-technology columnist for the New York Times and an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. His funny tech videos appear weekly on CNBC. And with 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how- to authors. He wrote or co-wrote seven books in the "For Dummies" series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music). In 1999, he launched his own series of amusing, practical, and user-friendly computer books called Missing Manuals, which now includes 100 titles.David and his wife Jennifer Pogue, MD, live in Connecticut with their three young children.
