Book description
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.
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Table of contents
- Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, El Capitan Edition
- A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
- The Missing Credits
- Introduction
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One. Welcome to Macintosh
- 1. How the Mac Is Different
- 2. Folders, Dock & Windows
- 3. Icons & Spotlight
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4. 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
- Full Screen Mode
- Split Screen Mode
- Mission Control: Death to Window Clutter
- Spaces (Virtual Desktops)
- Dashboard
- Exposé
- Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way
- How Documents Know Their Parents
- Keyboard Control
- Graphics in OS X
- PDF Files
- Screen-Capture Keystrokes
- The Save and Open Dialog Boxes
- Auto Save and Versions
- 5. Data: Typing, Dictating, Sharing & Backing Up
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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 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
- 8. Windows on the Mac
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9. Hardware on the Mac
- Mac Meets Printer
- Making the Printout
- Managing Printouts
- Printer Sharing
- Faxing
- Digital Cameras
- AirPlay
- Mouse
- Keyboards
- Monitors
- Scanners
- ColorSync
- Utilities: Your OS X Toolbox
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Three. OS X Online
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10. Internet Setup & iCloud
- Network Central and Multihoming
- Broadband Connections
- Cellular Modems
- Tethering (Personal Hotspot)
- Dial-Up Modem Connections
- Switching Locations
- Internet Sharing
- Meet iCloud
- iCloud Drive
- Photos
- Email Address
- Data Synchronization
- Find My Mac, Find My iPhone
- Family Sharing
- Back to My Mac
- More iCloud Features
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11. Mail & Contacts
- Setting Up Mail
- Checking Your Mail
- Tailoring the Look of Mail
- Writing Messages
- Reading Email
- VIPs
- The Anti-Spam Toolkit
- Contacts
- 12. Safari
- 13. Messages
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10. Internet Setup & iCloud
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Four. Putting Down Roots
- 14. Mac+iPhone
- 15. Accounts & Security
- 16. Networking, File Sharing & AirDrop
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17. System Preferences
- The System Preferences Window
- Accessibility
- App Store
- Bluetooth
- CDs & DVDs
- Date & Time
- Desktop & Screen Saver
- Dictation & Speech
- Displays
- Dock
- Energy Saver
- Extensions
- 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
- 18. Notifications
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19. The Free Programs
- Your Free OS X Programs
- App Store
- Automator and AppleScript
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Chess
- Contacts
- Dashboard
- Dictionary
- DVD Player
- FaceTime
- Font Book
- Game Center
- GarageBand
- iBooks
- Image Capture
- iMovie
- iTunes
- Launchpad
- Maps
- Messages
- Mission Control
- Notes
- Numbers, Pages
- Photo Booth
- Photos
- Preview
- Reminders
- QuickTime Player
- Safari
- Stickies
- System Preferences
- TextEdit
- Time Machine
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Five. Appendixes
- A. Installing OS X El Capitan
- 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 control panel
- All Programs
- Alt key
- Automatic Update
- Backspace key
- BIOS
- 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
- File Sharing
- Folder Options
- Fonts
- Help and Support
- Hibernation
- Internet Explorer
- Internet Options
- 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
- 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
- Screensaver
- Search
- Shortcut menus
- Shortcuts
- Start menu
- StartUp folder
- System control panel
- System tray
- Taskbar
- “Three-fingered salute”
- Tooltips
- 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 Secret Keystroke List
- E. Colophon
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, El Capitan Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2016
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9781491955079
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