Switching to the Mac : the missing manual / David Pogue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pogue, David, author.

Series:

Missing manual.

Missing manual

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mac OS.

Operating systems (Computers).

Macintosh (Computer).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (805 p.)

Edition:

El Capitan edition.

Place of Publication:

Beijing, [China] : O'Reilly, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Those who have made the switch from a Windows PC to a Mac have made Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual a runaway bestseller. The latest edition of this guide delivers what Apple doesn't—everything you need to know to successfully and painlessly move your files and adapt to Mac's way of doing things. Written with wit and objectivity by Missing Manual series creator and bestselling author David Pogue, this book will have you up and running on your new Mac in no time.

Contents:

The Preview PaneQuick Look; Finder Tabs; The Dock; Setting Up the Dock; Using the Dock; The Finder Toolbar; Icons & Spotlight; Renaming Icons; Selecting Icons; Moving and Copying Icons; Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once; Finder Tags; The Trash; Get Info; Shortcut Menus, Action Menus; Spotlight; The Searching Window; Customizing Your Searches; Smart Folders; Documents, Programs & Mission Control; The Mac App Store; Other Ways to Get Mac Software; Cocoa and Carbon; Opening OS X Programs; Launchpad; Windows That Auto-Reopen; The Application Menu; The "Heads-Up" Program Switcher

Part Two: Making the MoveTransferring Your Files to the Mac; The Windows Migration Assistant; Manual Network Transfers; Transfers by Dropbox, iCloud Drive, or OneDrive; Transfers by Disk; Transfers by File-Sending Website; Transfers by Email; Where to Put Your Copied Files; Document Conversion Issues; Special Software, Special Problems; ACDSee; Acrobat Reader; Act; Ad Subtract (Pop-Up Stopper); Adobe [your favorite program here]; AOL; AIM (AOL Instant Messenger); Children's Software; Chrome; Easy CD Creator; Encarta; Eudora; Excel; Firefox; Games; Google Earth; Google Chrome; ICQ

Internet Explorer (or Edge)iTunes; McAfee VirusScan; Microsoft Access; Microsoft Money; Microsoft Office; Microsoft Publisher; Microsoft Visio; Minesweeper; NaturallySpeaking; Netscape; Newsgroup Readers; Norton AntiVirus; Norton Utilities; Notepad; Outlook/Windows Mail; PaintShop Pro; Picasa; PowerPoint; QuickBooks; Quicken; RealPlayer; RssReader; Skype; Snagit (Screenshots); Solitaire; Street Atlas USA; TaxCut, TurboTax; Winamp, MusicMatch; Windows Media Player; WinZip; Word; WordPerfect; Yahoo Messenger; Windows on the Mac; Installing Boot Camp; Using Boot Camp; Windows in a Window

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Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 9, 2016).

ISBN:

9781491955055

1491955058

9781491955086

1491955082

9781491955079

1491955074

OCLC:

936180061