Introduction
What Mac OS X Gives You
What Mac OS X Takes Away
About This Book
The Very Basics
Part One: Welcome to Macintosh
Chapter I : How the Mac Is Different
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
Chapter 2: Folders, Dock, & Windows
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
Chapter 3: Files, Icons, & Spotlight,
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
Chapter 4: Documents, Programs, & Spaces
Opening Mac OS X Programs
The New, Improved “Air-Tab”.
Expos E: 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
Universal Apps (Intel Macs)
Installing Mac OS X Programs
Dashboard
Web Clips: Make Your Own Widgets
Power Typing in Snow Leopard
The Many Languages of Mac OS X Text
Data Detectors
Part Two: Making the Move
Chapter 5: Seven Ways to Transfer Your Files
Transfers by Apple Genius
Transfers by Network
Transfers by Disk
Transfers by File-Sending Web Site
Transfers by Email
Transfers by iDisk
Transfers by Bluetooth
Where to Put Your Copied Files
Document Conversion Issues
Chapter 6: Transferring Email & ContaCts
A Reminder That Could Save You Hours
Transferring Your Outlook Mail
Transferring Your Outlook Addresses
Transferring from Outlook Express (Windows Mail)
Email Settings
Life with Microsoft Exchange
Chapter 7: Special Software, Special Problems
ACDSee
Acrobat Reader
ACT
Ad Subtract (Pop-up Stopper)
Adobe [your favorite program here]
America Online
AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)
Children's Software
Easy CD Creator
Encarta
Eudora
Excel
Firefox
Games
Google Desktop Search
ICQ
Internet Explorer
iTunes
Limewire
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
Paint Shop Pro
Palm Desktop
Picasa
PowerPoint
QuickBooks
Quicken
RealPlayer
RssReader
Skype
Snaglt
Solitaire
Street Atlas USA
TaxCut, TurboTax
WinAmp, MusicMatch
Windows Media Player
WinZip
Word
WordPerfect
Yahoo Messenger
Chapter 8: Windows on Macintosh
Boot Camp
Windows in a Window
Chapter 9: Hardware on the Mac
Printers and Printing
When all your settings look good, click Print (or press Return) to send your printout to the
printer
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 Backups