Book description
What makes Windows refugees decide to get a Mac? Enthusiastic friends? The Apple Stores? Great-looking laptops? A "halo effect" from the popularity of iPhones and iPads? The absence of viruses and spyware? The freedom to run Windows on a Mac? In any case, there’s never been a better time to switch to OS X—and there’s never been a better, more authoritative book to help you do it.
The important stuff you need to know:
- Transfer your stuff. Moving files from a PC to a Mac by cable, network, or disk is the easy part. But how do you extract your email, address book, calendar, Web bookmarks, buddy list, desktop pictures, and MP3 files? Now you’ll know.
- Recreate your software suite. Many of the PC programs you’ve been using are Windows-only. Discover the Mac equivalents and learn how to move data to them.
- Learn Mavericks. Apple’s latest operating system is faster, smarter, and more iPaddish—but you still have to learn it. Finder tabs. Finder tags. iBooks. Maps. Passwords and credit cards synced between your Mac and your phone or tablet. If Mavericks has it, this book covers it.
- Get the expert view. Learn from New York Times columnist and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue—author of OS X Mavericks: The Missing Manual, the #1 bestselling Mac book on earth.
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Table of contents
- Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Mavericks Edition
- The Missing Credits
- Introduction
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One. Welcome to Macintosh
- 1. How the Mac Is Different
- 2. Folders, Dock & Windows
- 3. Files, Icons & Spotlight
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4. Documents, Programs & Mission Control
- The Mac App Store
- Other Ways to Get Mac Software
- Opening OS X Programs
- Launchpad
- Windows That Auto-Reopen
- The “Heads-Up” Program Switcher
- Full Screen Mode
- Mission Control: Death to Window Clutter
- Dashboard
- Exposé
- Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way
- How Documents Know Their Parents
- Keyboard Control
- The Save and Open Dialog Boxes
- Auto Save and Versions
- Documents in the Cloud
- 5. Entering, Moving & Backing Up Data
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Two. Making the Move
- 6. Transferring Your Files to the Mac
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7. 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 Desktop Search
- Google Earth
- Google Chrome
- ICQ
- Internet Explorer
- iTunes
- McAfee 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/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
- 8. Windows on Macintosh
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9. Hardware on the Mac
- Mac Meets Printer
- Making the Printout
- Managing Printouts
- Printer Sharing
- Faxing
- PDF Files
- Fonts—and Font Book
- Digital Cameras
- Disks
- Startup Disks
- Erasing a Disk
- Burning CDs and DVDs
- iTunes: The Digital Jukebox
- DVD Movies
- AirPlay
- Keyboards
- Mouse
- Monitors
- Scanners
-
Three. Mavericks Online
- 10. Internet Setup & iCloud
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11. Mail & Contacts
- Checking Your Mail
- Tailoring the Look of Mail
- Writing Messages
- Reading Email
- VIPs
- The Anti-Spam Toolkit
- Contacts (Address Book)
- 12. Safari
- 13. Messages
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Four. Putting Down Roots
- 14. Accounts, Security & Gatekeeper
- 15. Networking, File Sharing & Screen Sharing
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16. System Preferences
- The System Preferences Window
- Accessibility
- App Store
- Bluetooth
- CDs & DVDs
- Date & Time
- Desktop & Screen Saver
- Dictation & Speech
- Displays
- Dock
- Energy Saver
- General
- iCloud
- Internet Accounts
- Keyboard
- Language & Region
- Mission Control
- Mouse
- Network
- Notifications
- Parental Controls
- Printers & Scanners
- Security & Privacy
- Sharing
- Sound
- Spotlight
- Startup Disk
- Time Machine
- Trackpad
- Users & Groups
- 17. Notifications
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18. The Freebie Programs
- Your Free OS X Programs
- App Store
- Automator
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Chess
- Contacts
- Dashboard
- Dictionary
- DVD Player
- FaceTime
- Font Book
- Game Center
- GarageBand
- iBooks
- Image Capture
- iMovie, iPhoto
- iTunes
- Launchpad
- Maps
- Messages
- Mission Control
- Notes
- Photo Booth
- Preview
- QuickTime Player
- Reminders
- Safari
- Stickies
- System Preferences
- TextEdit
- Time Machine
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Utilities: Your OS X Toolbox
- Activity Monitor
- AirPort Utility
- AppleScript Editor
- Audio MIDI Setup
- Bluetooth File Exchange
- Boot Camp Assistant
- ColorSync Utility
- Console
- DigitalColor Meter
- Disk Utility
- Grab
- Grapher
- Java Preferences
- Keychain Access
- Migration Assistant
- Network Utility
- RAID Utility
- System Information
- Terminal
- VoiceOver Utility
-
Five. Appendixes
- A. Installation
- B. Troubleshooting
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C. The “Where’d It Go?” Dictionary
-
About [this program]
- About [this program]
- Accessibility Options control panel
- Active Desktop
- Add Hardware control panel
- Add or Remove Programs
- All Programs
- Alt key
- Automatic Update
- Backspace key
- Battery level
- BIOS
- Briefcase
- Calculator
- Camera and Scanner Wizard
- CDs and DVDs
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Tweak UI
- User Accounts control panel
- Windows (or WINNT) folder
- Windows logo key
- Windows Media Player
- Windows Messenger
- WordPad
- .zip files
-
About [this program]
- D. The Master OS X Keystroke List
- Index
- About the Author
- Colophon
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Mavericks Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2014
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9781449372262
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