Switching to the Mac

The missing manual

David Pogue

446 pages, parution le 01/03/2003

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Résumé

Apple's "Switch" campaign, aimed at Windows PC users who've had it to here with the complexity, intrusiveness, viruses and hassle of life in Windows, is having tremendous success. Lured by Apple's gorgeous computers and Mac OS X, the new super-stable operating system, thousands of Windows refugees are making the leap to the simpler, cleaner lines of the Macintosh -- and then discovering that just buying a new Mac isn't quite all there is to it. Not only must they learn new ways of doing things, but they may find it a challenge to bring over their digital lives from the PC they leave behind (or leave on their desk as a second machine).

This concise, entertaining book from celebrated author and New York Times columnist David Pogue shows Mac converts how to make the move quickly and easily.

With refreshing humor and jargon-free prose, Pogue teaches novices and power users alike how to move their files, address book and email collection from a PC to the Mac; adapt to Mac versions of programs such as Microsoft Office, FileMaker, Photoshop, America Online and Quicken; find familiar controls in the new system; set up a network to share files with PCs and Macs; and adapt their old printers, scanners, and other peripherals. An important part of this book is Appendix B, the "Where'd It Go?" Dictionary, which includes an alphabetical listing of every familiar Windows feature, and where readers can find its equivalent in Mac OS X.

If you're ready to switch, this is your guide.

Introduction

The Mac OS X Desktop
- Folders and Windows
- Organizing Your Stuff
- Dock, Desktop, and Toolbar

Applications in Mac OS X
- Programs and Documents
- Back to Mac OS 9
- Moving Data
- An Introduction to AppleScript

The Components of Mac OS X
- System Preferences
- The Free Programs
- CDs, DVDs, and iTunes

The Technologies of Mac OS X
- One Mac, Many Users
- Networking
- Graphics, Fonts, and Printing
- Sound, Movies, Speech, and Handwriting
- Terminal: Doorway to Unix
- Fun with Unix
- Hacking Mac OS X

Mac OS X Online
- Internet Setup, the Firewall, and .Mac
- Mail and Address Book.
- Sherlock 3, iChat, and iCal
- SSH, FTP, VPN, and Web Sharing

Appendixes

L'auteur - David Pogue

David Pogue porte la double casquette d'expert en informatique et en musique classique, et compte à son actif une cinquantaine d'ouvrages à succès, dont Le Mac Pour les Nuls et L'Opéra Pour les Nuls. Il tient une chronique hebdomadaire sur les nouvelles technologies dans le New York Times et intervient régulièrement sur la chaîne de télévision CBS.

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	O'Reilly
Auteur(s)	David Pogue
Parution	01/03/2003
Nb. de pages	446
Format	17,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	695g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780596004521