David Pogue Switching to the Mac “Pogue, the New York Times computer columnist, is among the world’s best explainers.” —KEVIN KELLY, CO-FOUNDER OF WIRED Mountain Lion Edition www.it-ebooks.info 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. n  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 your email, address book, calendar, Web bookmarks, buddy list, desktop pictures, and MP3 files? Now you’ll know. n  Recreating your software suite. This book identifies the Mac equivalents of your favorite Windows programs. n  Learning Mountain Lion. Apple’s latest operating system is faster, smarter, and more iPaddish—but you still have to learn it. Dictation. AirPlay. iCloud. Facebook and Twit- ter integration. Gestures. iMessages. AirDrop. If Apple wrote it, this book covers it. From the author of OS X Mountain Lion: The Missing Manual, the #1 bestselling Mac book on earth. The important stuff you need to know Answers found here! MACINTOSH Why I started the Missing Manual series. People learn best when information is engaging, clearly written, and funny. Unfortunately, most computer books read like dry catalogs. That’s why I created the Missing Manuals. They’re entertaining, unafraid to state when a feature is useless or doesn’t work right, and—oh, by the way—written by actual writers. And on every page, we answer the simple question: “What’s this feature for?” David Pogue is the New York Times tech columnist, an Emmy-winning CBS News and NOVA host, and creator of the Missing Manual series. missingmanuals.com twitter: @missingmanuals facebook.com/MissingManuals ISBN: 978-1-449-33029-3 US $29.99 CAN $31.99 www.it-ebooks.info The book that should have been in the box ® Switching to the Mac Mountain Lion Edition www.it-ebooks.info www.it-ebooks.info The book that should have been in the box ® David Pogue Beijing | Cambridge | Farnham | Köln | Sebastopol | Tokyo Switching to the Mac Mountain Lion Edition www.it-ebooks.info Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Mountain Lion Edition by David Pogue Copyright © 2012 David Pogue. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Published by O’Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472. O’Reilly Media books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. 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ISBN: 978-1449-33029-3 [LSI] [09/12] www.it-ebooks.info table of contents v Table of Contents Introduction 1 What OS X Gives You 3 What OS X Takes Away 5 About This Book 6 The Very Basics 8 The Mountain Lion Difference 9 Part One: Welcome to Macintosh Chapter 1: How the Mac Is Different 19 Power On, Dude 19 Right-Clicking and Shortcut Menus 20 Logging Out, Shutting Down 22 The Menu Bar 24 Finder = Windows Explorer 25 Dock = Taskbar 25 Menulets = Tray 26 Keyboard Differences 28 Disk Differences 33 Where Your Stuff Is 34 Window Controls 37 Terminology Differences 46 Chapter 2: Folders, Dock & Windows 47 Getting into OS X 47 The Four Window Views 51 Icon View 51 List View 62 Column View 68 Cover Flow View 71 Quick Look 73 The Dock 77 Setting Up the Dock 78 Using the Dock 85 The Finder Toolbar 90 Getting Help in OS X 91 www.it-ebooks.info vi table of contents Chapter 3: Files, Icons & Spotlight 95 Renaming Icons 95 Selecting Icons 97 Moving and Copying Icons 100 Aliases: Icons in Two Places at Once 105 Color Labels 107 The Trash 109 Get Info 112 Shortcut Menus, Action Menus 115 The Spotlight Menu 118 The Spotlight Window 124 Customizing Spotlight 136 Smart Folders 139 Chapter 4: Documents, Programs & Mission Control 141 A Word About Apps 141 The Mac App Store 142 Other Ways to Get Mac Software 144 Opening OS X Programs 147 Launchpad 147 Windows that Auto-Reopen 151 The Application Menu 152 The “Heads-Up” Program Switcher 154 Mission Control: Death to Window Clutter 155 Dashboard 163 Exposé 169 Hiding Programs the Old-Fashioned Way 174 How Documents Know Their Parents 176 Keyboard Control 180 The Save and Open Dialog Boxes 186 Auto Save and Versions 190 Documents in the Cloud 195 Chapter 5: Entering, Moving & Backing up Data 199 Power Typing 199 Dictation 205 The Many Languages of OS X Text 210 Data Detectors 215 Moving Data Between Documents 216 Exchanging Data with Other Macs 220 Exchanging Data with Windows PCs 225 The Mountain Lion Share Button 226 Time Machine 228 www.it-ebooks.info table of contents vii Part Two: Making the Move Chapter 6: Transferring Your Files to the Mac 243 Transfers by Apple Genius 244 The Windows Migration Assistant 244 Manual Network Transfers 248 Transfers by Disk 248 Transfers by File-Sending Web Site 249 Transfers by Email 250 Where to Put Your Copied Files 250 Document Conversion Issues 254 Chapter 7: Special Software, Special Problems 255 ACDSee 255 Acrobat Reader 256 ACT 256 Ad Subtract (Pop-Up Stopper) 257 Adobe [your favorite program here] 258 AOL 258 AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) 258 Children’s Software 258 Chrome 258 Easy CD Creator 258 Encarta 259 Eudora 259 Excel 259 Firefox 259 Games 260 Google Desktop Search 260 Google Earth 260 Google Chrome 260 ICQ 260 Internet Explorer 261 iTunes 261 McAfee VirusScan 261 Microsoft Access 261 Microsoft Money 262 Microsoft Office 264 Microsoft Publisher 264 Microsoft Visio 265 Minesweeper 266 MSN Messenger 266 NaturallySpeaking 266 Netscape 266 www.it-ebooks.info viii table of contents Newsgroup Readers 266 Norton AntiVirus 267 Norton Utilities 267 Notepad 267 Outlook/Outlook Express/Windows Mail 267 Paint Shop Pro 267 Palm Desktop 268 Picasa 268 PowerPoint 268 QuickBooks 268 Quicken 269 RealPlayer 269 RssReader 269 Skype 269 SnagIt (Screenshots) 270 Solitaire 271 Street Atlas USA 271 TaxCut, TurboTax 271 WinAmp, MusicMatch 271 Windows Media Player 271 WinZip 272 Word 272 WordPerfect 272 Yahoo Messenger 272 Chapter 8: Windows on Macintosh 273 Boot Camp 275 Windows in a Window 281 Life with Microsoft Exchange 283 Chapter 9: Hardware on the Mac 287 Mac Meets Printer 287 Making the Printout 290 Managing Printouts 293 Printer Sharing 295 Faxing 296 PDF Files 296 Fonts—and Font Book 298 Digital Cameras 306 Disks 306 Startup Disks 307 Erasing a Disk 308 Burning CDs and DVDs 309 iTunes: The Digital Jukebox 312 DVD Movies 323 www.it-ebooks.info [...]... 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