Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Mavericks Edition

Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Mavericks Edition

by David Pogue
Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Mavericks Edition

Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Mavericks Edition

by David Pogue

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Overview

Ready to move to the Mac? This incomparable guide from New York Times columnist and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue helps you make a smooth transition to OS X Mavericks, a beautiful machine with a thoroughly reliable system. Whether you’re using Windows XP, Windows 7, or Windows 8, we’ve got you covered.

  • Syncing with iOS. If you already have an iPhone or iPad, now's the perfect time to switch to OS X with iCloud, which allows you to sync Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Messages, FaceTime, Game Center, Safari, Reminders, iTunes, the Mac App Store, and Notes across all of your devices.
  • Transferring your stuff. Moving files from a PC to a Mac by cable, network, or disk is the easy part. But how do you extract things like your email, address book, calendar, Web bookmarks, buddy list, desktop pictures, and MP3 files? Now you'll know.
  • Re-creating your software suite. The big-name programs (from Microsoft, Adobe, and others) are available in both Mac and Windows versions, and their documents require no conversion on the Mac. But hundreds of other programs are available only for Windows. This book describes the Macintosh equivalents and explains how to move data to them.
  • Learning OS X Mavericks. Once you've moved into the Macintosh mansion, a final task awaits: Learning your way around. Fortunately, you're in good hands with the author of the #1 bestselling guide to OS X.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781449372958
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 02/05/2014
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 800
File size: 30 MB
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About the Author

David Pogue, Yale '85, is the weekly personal-technology columnist for the New York Times and an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. His funny tech videos appear weekly on CNBC. And with 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how- to authors. In 1999, he launched his own series of amusing, practical, and user-friendly computer books called Missing Manuals, which now includes 100 titles.

Table of Contents

  • The Missing Credits
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Welcome to Macintosh
    • Chapter 1: How the Mac Is Different
    • Chapter 2: Folders, Dock & Windows
    • Chapter 3: Files, Icons & Spotlight
    • Chapter 4: Documents, Programs & Mission Control
    • Chapter 5: Entering, Moving & Backing Up Data


  • Part Two: Making the Move
    • Chapter 6: Transferring Your Files to the Mac
    • Chapter 7: Special Software, Special Problems
    • Chapter 8: Windows on Macintosh
    • Chapter 9: Hardware on the Mac


  • Part Three: Mavericks Online
    • Chapter 10: Internet Setup & iCloud
    • Chapter 11: Mail & Contacts
    • Chapter 12: Safari
    • Chapter 13: Messages


  • Part Four: Putting Down Roots
    • Chapter 14: Accounts, Security & Gatekeeper
    • Chapter 15: Networking, File Sharing & Screen Sharing
    • Chapter 16: System Preferences
    • Chapter 17: Notifications
    • Chapter 18: The Freebie Programs


  • Part Five: Appendixes
    • Installation
    • Troubleshooting
    • The “Where’d It Go?” Dictionary
    • The Master OS X Keystroke List


  • Colophon

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