Switching to the Mac Snow Leopard edition / David Pogue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pogue, David, 1963-

Series:

Missing manual.

The missing manual series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mac OS.

Macintosh (Computer).

Operating systems (Computers).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (658 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Beijing ; Sebastopol, California : Pogue Press/O'Reilly, 2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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. 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 questionab

Contents:

Copyright; Table of Contents; The Missing Credits; Introduction; What Mac OS X Gives You; What Mac OS X Takes Away; About This Book; The Very Basics; Part One: Welcome to Macintosh; Chapter 1. How the Mac Is Different; Power On, Dude; That One-Button Mouse; On, Off, and Sleep; The Menu Bar; Finder = Windows Explorer; Dock = Taskbar; Menulets = Tray; Keyboard Differences; Disk Differences; Where Your Stuff Is; Window Controls; Terminology Differences; Chapter 2. Folders, Dock, & Windows; Getting into Mac OS X; The Four Window Views; Icon View; List View; Column View; Cover Flow View

Quick LookThe Dock; The Finder Toolbar; Getting Help in Mac OS X; Chapter 3. Files, Icons, & Spotlight; Renaming Icons; Selecting Icons; Moving and Copying Icons; Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once; Color Labels; The Trash; Get Info; The Spotlight Menu; The Spotlight Window; Customizing Spotlight; Smart Folders; Chapter 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 BoxesUniversal Apps (Intel Macs); Installing Mac OS X Programs; Dashboard; Web Clips: Make Your Own Widgets; Power Typing in Snow Leopard; The Many Languages of Mac OS X Text; Data Detectors; Part Two: Making the Move; Chapter 5. Seven Ways to Transfer Your Files; Transfers by Apple Genius; Transfers by Network; Transfers by Disk; Transfers by File-Sending Web Site; Transfers by Email; Transfers by iDisk; Transfers by Bluetooth; Where to Put Your Copied Files; Document Conversion Issues; Chapter 6. Transferring Email & Contacts; A Reminder That Could Save You Hours

Transferring Your Outlook MailTransferring Your Outlook Addresses; Transferring from Outlook Express (Windows Mail); Email Settings; Life with Microsoft Exchange; Chapter 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; Easy CD Creator; Encarta; Eudora; Excel; Firefox; Games; Google Desktop Search; ICQ; Internet Explorer; iTunes; Limewire; McAfee VirusScan; Microsoft Access; Microsoft Money; Microsoft Office; Microsoft Publisher

Microsoft VisioMinesweeper; MSN Messenger; NaturallySpeaking; Netscape; Newsgroup Readers; Norton AntiVirus; Norton Utilities; Notepad; Outlook/Outlook Express/Windows Mail; Paint Shop Pro; Palm Desktop; Picasa; PowerPoint; QuickBooks; Quicken; RealPlayer; RssReader; Skype; SnagIt; Solitaire; Street Atlas USA; TaxCut, TurboTax; WinAmp, MusicMatch; Windows Media Player; WinZip; Word; WordPerfect; Yahoo Messenger; Chapter 8. Windows on Macintosh; Boot Camp; Windows in a Window; Chapter 9. Hardware on the Mac; Printers and Printing; Faxing; PDF Files; Fonts-and Font Book; Digital Cameras; Disks

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Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 17, 2013).

ISBN:

9781306809290

1306809290

9781449383084

1449383084

9781449389376

1449389376

OCLC:

775300421