Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Leopard Edition

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… (More) 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.Why is this such a good time to switch? Upgrading from one version of Windows to another used to be simple. But now there's Windows Vista, a veritable resource hog that forces you to relearn everything. Learning 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 questionable firewalls, inefficient permissions, or other strange features. Just a beautiful machine with a thoroughly reliable system. And if you're still using Windows XP, we've got you covered, too.If you're ready to take on Mac OS X Leopard, the latest edition of this bestselling guide tells you everything you need to know:Transferring your stuff -- Moving photos, MP3s, and Microsoft Office documents is the easy part. This book gets you through the tricky things: extracting your email, address book, calendar, Web bookmarks, buddy list, desktop pictures, and MP3 files.Re-creating your software suite -- Big-name programs (Word, Photoshop, Firefox, Dreamweaver, and so on) are available in both Mac and Windows versions, but hundreds of other programs are available only for Windows. This guide identifies the Mac equivalents and explains how to move your data to them.Learning Leopard -- Once you've moved into the Mac, a final task awaits: Learning your way around. Fortunately, you're in good hands with the author of Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, the #1 bestselling guide to the Macintosh.Moving from Windows to a Mac successfully and painlessly is the one thing Apple does not deliver. Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Leopard Edition is your ticket to a new computing experience. (Less)

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Introduction
What Mac OS X Gives You
What Mac OS X Takes Away
About This Book
The Very Basics
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
Getting into Mac OS X
The Four Window Views
Icon View
List View
Column View
Cover Flow View
Quick Look
The Dock
The Finder Toolbar
Getting Help in Mac OS X
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
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 Boxes
Two Kinds of Programs: Cocoa and Carbon
The Cocoa Difference
Universal Apps (Intel Macs)
Installing Mac OS X Programs
Dashboard
Web Clips: Make Your Own Widgets
Transfer by Apple Genius
Transfers by iTornado
Transfers by Disk
Transfers by Network
Transfers by File-Sending Web Site
Transfers by Email
Transfers by iDisk
Transfers by Bluetooth
Where to Put Your Copied Files
Document-Conversion Issues
A Reminder That Could Save You Hours
Transferring Your Outlook Mail
Transferring Your Outlook Address Book
Transferring from Outlook Express
Transferring Your Eudora Mail
Transferring Your Eudora Address Book
Email Settings
ACDSee
Acrobat Reader
Ad Subtract (Pop-up Stopper)
Adobe [your favorite program here]
America Online
AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)
Children’s Software
Earthlink Total Access
Easy CD Creator
Encarta
Earthlink Total Access
Eudora
Excel
Firefox
Games
Google Desktop Search
Internet Explorer
iTunes
Kazaa
Limewire
MacAfee VirusScan
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Money
Microsoft Offce
Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Visio
Minesweeper
MSN Messenger
NaturallySpeaking
Netscape
Newsgroup Readers
Norton AntiVirus
Norton Utilities
Notepad
Outlook/Outlook Express
Paint Shop Pro
Palm Desktop
Picasa
Pocket PC
PowerPoint
QuickBooks
Quicken
RealPlayer
RssReader
Skype
SnagIt
Solitaire
Street Atlas USA
TaxCut, TurboTax
WinAmp, MusicMatch
Windows Media Player
WinZip
Word
WordPerfect
Yahoo Messenger
Boot Camp
Windows in a Window
Printers and Printing
Managing Printouts
Faxing
PDF Files
Fonts—and Font Book
Digital Cameras
Disks
Burning CDs and DVDs
iTunes: The Digital Jukebox
DVD Movies
Keyboard
Mouse
Monitors
Time Machine
.Mac Sync
Network Central—and Multihoming
Broadband Connections
Internet Sharing
.Mac Services
Internet Location Files
Checking Your Mail
Writing Messages
Stationery
Reading Email
The Anti-Spam Toolkit
RSS Feeds
Notes
To Dos
Address Book
Safari
Tips for Better Surfng
Tabbed Browsing
iChat
Text Chats
Audio Chats
Video Chats
Sharing Your Screen
iChat Theater
Introducing Accounts
Creating an Account
Parental Controls
Editing Accounts
Deleting Accounts
Setting Up the Login Process
Signing In, Logging Out
Sharing Across Accounts
Fast User Switching
Four Mac OS X Security Shields
Wiring the Network
File Sharing
Accessing Shared Files
Networking with Windows
Screen Sharing
The System Preferences Window
.Mac
Accounts
Appearance
Bluetooth
CDs & DVDs
Date & Time
Desktop & Screen Saver
Displays
Dock
Energy Saver
Exposé & Spaces
International
Keyboard & Mouse
Network
Print & Fax
QuickTime
Security
Sharing
Software Update
Sound
Speech
Spotlight
Startup Disk
Universal Access
AppleScript
Automator
Calculator
Chess
Dictionary
dictionary
DVD Player
Exposé
Font Book
Front Row
GarageBand
iCal
iDVD
iMovie, iPhoto
Mail
Photo Booth
Preview
QuickTime Player
Stickies
TextEdit
Utilities: Your Mac OS X Toolbox
Getting Ready to Install
Three Kinds of Installation
The Basic Installation
The Upgrade Installation
The Clean Install (“Archive and Install”)
Erase & Install
The Setup Assistant
Troubleshooting

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