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It's little wonder that longtime Windows users are migrating in droves to the new Mac. They're fed up with the virus-prone Windows way of life, and they're lured by Apple's well-deserved reputation for producing great all-around computers that are reliable, user-friendly, well designed, and now--with the $500 Mac mini--extremely affordable, too. Whether you're drawn to the Mac's stability, its stunning digital media suite, or the fact that a whole computer can look and feel as slick as your iPod, you can quickly and easily become a Mac convert. But consider yourself warned: a Mac isn't just a Windows machine in a prettier box; it's a whole different animal and a whole new computing experience. If you're contemplating--or have already made--the switch from a Windows PC to a Mac, you need Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition. This incomparable guide delivers what Apple doesn't: everything you need to know to successfully and painlessly move to a Mac. The latest reprint of this book has been updated to reflect the new generation of Mac models that run on Intel chips. There's even a new appendix that guides you through the installation of Windows XP on your Macintosh (using adapter software like Boot Camp or Parallels), so that you have the best of all worlds: a single, beautiful machine that can run 100 percent of the world's desktop software. Missing Manual series creator and bestselling author David Pogue teams up with 17-year-old whiz kid and founder of GoldfishSoft (www.goldfishsoft.com) Adam Goldstein to cover every aspect of switching to a Mac--things like transferring email, files, and addresses from a PC to a Mac; getting acquainted with the Mac's interface; adapting to Mac versions of familiar programs (including Microsoft Office); setting up a network to share files with PCs and Macs; and using the printers, scanners, and other peripherals you already own. Covering the latest in Mac OS X v.10.4 "Tiger," Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition explains the hundreds of innovative new features to the Mac OS and how you can understand and make the very most of each. Whether you're a novice or a power user, Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition, teaches you how to smoothly and seamlessly replace (or supplement) your Windows machine--in a refreshingly funny and down-to-earth style--with a mighty Mac.
Introduction | p. 1 |
What the Mac Gives You | p. 2 |
About this Book | p. 5 |
The Very Basics | p. 6 |
Welcome to Macintosh | |
How the Mac Is Different | p. 11 |
The One-Button Mouse | p. 11 |
On, Off, and Sleep | p. 12 |
The Menu Bar | p. 14 |
Finder = Windows Explore | p. 14 |
Dock = Taskbar | p. 14 |
Menulets = Tray | p. 15 |
Keyboard Differences | p. 17 |
Disk Differences | p. 19 |
Where Your Stuff Is | p. 20 |
Window Controls | p. 22 |
Terminology Differences | p. 29 |
Windows and Icons | p. 31 |
Logging In | p. 32 |
The Elements of the Mac OS X Desktop | p. 32 |
Icon View | p. 34 |
List View | p. 40 |
Column View | p. 43 |
What's in Your Home Folder | p. 47 |
File Icons | p. 48 |
Moving and Copying Icons | p. 51 |
Aliases (Shortcuts) | p. 53 |
The Trash | p. 54 |
Get Info (Properties) | p. 55 |
The Search Bar | p. 57 |
The Find Program | p. 60 |
Dock, Desktop, and Toolbar | p. 65 |
The Dock | p. 65 |
Using the Dock | p. 69 |
The Finder Toolbar | p. 72 |
Designing Your Desktop | p. 76 |
Programs and Documents | p. 77 |
Launching Mac OS X Programs | p. 78 |
Juggling Programs with the Dock | p. 80 |
How Documents Know Their Parents | p. 83 |
Controlling Menus from the Keyboard | p. 87 |
The Save and Open Dialog Boxes | p. 91 |
Three Kinds of Programs: Cocoa, Carbon, Classic | p. 95 |
The Cocoa Difference | p. 96 |
Back to Mac OS 9 | p. 99 |
Installing Mac OS X Programs | p. 104 |
Moving In | |
Five Ways to Transfer Your Files | p. 111 |
Transfers by Disk | p. 111 |
Transfers by Network | p. 114 |
Transfers by Email | p. 121 |
Transfer by iDisk | p. 123 |
Transfer by Bluetooth | p. 127 |
Where to Put Your Copied Files | p. 127 |
Document-Conversion Issues | p. 130 |
Transferring Email and Contacts | p. 133 |
Transferring Your Outlook Mail | p. 134 |
Transferring Your Outlook Address Book | p. 143 |
Transferring From Outlook Express | p. 149 |
Transferring Your Eudora Mail | p. 150 |
Transferring Your Eudora Address Book | p. 152 |
Email Settings | p. 153 |
Special Software, Special Problems | p. 159 |
ACDSee | p. 159 |
Acrobat Reader | p. 160 |
ACT | p. 160 |
Ad Subtract (Pop-up Stopper) | p. 162 |
Adobe [your favorite program here] | p. 163 |
America Online | p. 163 |
AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) | p. 164 |
Children's Software | p. 164 |
Earthlink Total Access | p. 165 |
Easy CD Creator | p. 165 |
Encarta | p. 165 |
Eudora Pro | p. 165 |
Games | p. 166 |
ICQ | p. 166 |
Internet Explorer | p. 166 |
Kazaa | p. 166 |
Limewire | p. 166 |
Macromedia [your favorite program here] | p. 167 |
MacAfee VirusScan | p. 167 |
Microsoft Access | p. 167 |
Microsoft FrontPage | p. 168 |
Microsoft Money | p. 169 |
Microsoft Office | p. 170 |
Microsoft Publisher | p. 171 |
Microsoft Visio | p. 171 |
MSN Messenger | p. 172 |
MSN (Service) | p. 172 |
Naturally Speaking | p. 172 |
Netscape | p. 172 |
Newsgroup Readers | p. 172 |
Norton AntiVirus | p. 173 |
Norton Utilities | p. 173 |
Notepad | p. 173 |
Outlook Express | p. 173 |
Paint Shop Pro | p. 173 |
Palm Desktop | p. 174 |
Pocket PC | p. 174 |
PowerPoint | p. 174 |
QuickBooks | p. 174 |
Quicken | p. 175 |
RealPlayer | p. 176 |
Snaglt | p. 176 |
Solitaire | p. 177 |
Street Atlas USA | p. 177 |
TaxCut, TurboTax | p. 177 |
WinAmp, MusicMatch | p. 178 |
Windows Media Player | p. 178 |
WinZip | p. 178 |
Word | p. 178 |
WordPerfect | p. 178 |
Yahoo Messenger | p. 179 |
VirtualPC: When All Else Fails | p. 179 |
Hardware on the Mac | p. 181 |
Printers and Printing | p. 181 |
Scanning | p. 187 |
PDF Files | p. 187 |
Fonts in Mac OS X | p. 188 |
Digital Cameras | p. 191 |
Disks | p. 191 |
Burning CDs and DVDs | p. 194 |
iTunes: The CD and MP3 Jukebox | p. 196 |
Playing DVD Movies | p. 201 |
Keyboard | p. 202 |
Monitors | p. 205 |
Making Connections | |
Getting Online | p. 209 |
Connecting by Dial-up Modem | p. 209 |
Broadband Connections | p. 213 |
The Jaguar Firewall | p. 216 |
Switching Locations | p. 216 |
Multihoming | p. 218 |
Internet Sharing | p. 219 |
Mail and Address Book | p. 223 |
Checking Your Mail | p. 223 |
Writing Messages | p. 225 |
Reading Email | p. 229 |
The Spam Filter | p. 239 |
Address Book | p. 239 |
Web and Chat Programs | p. 245 |
Sherlock 3 | p. 245 |
iChat | p. 250 |
Internet Explorer | p. 259 |
Safari | p. 261 |
Putting Down Roots | |
Accounts | p. 265 |
Introducing User Accounts | p. 266 |
Setting Up Accounts | p. 267 |
Setting Up the Login/Logout Process | p. 273 |
Signing In | p. 275 |
Logging Out | p. 279 |
The Root Account | p. 279 |
System Preferences | p. 281 |
The System Preferences Window | p. 281 |
Accounts | p. 282 |
Bluetooth | p. 283 |
CDs & DVDs | p. 284 |
Classic | p. 285 |
ColorSync | p. 285 |
Date & Time | p. 287 |
Desktop | p. 288 |
Displays | p. 290 |
Dock | p. 293 |
Energy Saver | p. 293 |
General | p. 295 |
Ink | p. 297 |
International | p. 299 |
Internet | p. 301 |
Keyboard | p. 302 |
Login Items | p. 302 |
Mouse | p. 302 |
My Account | p. 304 |
Network | p. 304 |
QuickTime | p. 304 |
Screen Effects | p. 304 |
Sharing | p. 307 |
Software Update | p. 315 |
Sound | p. 316 |
Speech | p. 317 |
Startup Disk | p. 323 |
Universal Access | p. 324 |
The Freebie Programs | p. 327 |
Acrobat Reader 5.0 | p. 328 |
Address Book | p. 328 |
AppleScript | p. 328 |
Calculator | p. 332 |
Chess | p. 334 |
Clock | p. 335 |
DVD Player | p. 335 |
iCal | p. 335 |
iChat | p. 341 |
iDVD | p. 341 |
Image Capture | p. 341 |
iMovie 3 | p. 343 |
Internet Connect | p. 343 |
Internet Explorer | p. 344 |
iPhoto 2 | p. 344 |
iSync | p. 348 |
iTunes | p. 350 |
p. 350 | |
Preview | p. 350 |
QuickTime Player | p. 352 |
Sherlock 3 | p. 354 |
Stickies | p. 354 |
System Preferences | p. 357 |
TextEdit | p. 357 |
Utilities: The Mac OS x Toolbox | p. 359 |
Appendixes | |
Installation and Troubleshooting | p. 385 |
Installing Mac OS x 10.2 | p. 385 |
Troubleshooting | p. 389 |
The "Where'd It Go?" Dictionary | p. 401 |
The Master OS x Keystroke List | p. 419 |
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ISBN: 9780596006600
ISBN-10: 0596006608
Series: Missing Manuals
Published: 13th September 2005
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 528
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 2
Edition Type: Revised
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 17.5 x 3
Weight (kg): 0.92
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