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What makes Windows refugees decide to get a Mac? Enthusiastic friends? The Apple s? 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.
The important stuff you need to know
- Transfer 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.
- Recreate your software suite. Many of the PC programs you’ve been using are Windows-only. Discover the Mac equivalents and learn how to move data to them.
- Learn Mavericks. Apple’s latest operating system is faster, smarter, and more iPaddish—but you still have to learn it. Finder tabs. Finder tags. iBooks. Maps. Passwords and credit cards synced between your Mac and your phone or tablet. If Mavericks has it, this book covers it.
- Get the expert view. Learn from New York Times columnist and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue—author of OS X Mavericks The Missing Manual, the #1 bestselling Mac book on earth.
Download Switching to the Mac The Missing Manual Mavericks Edition David Pogue 9781449372262 Books
"Windows PC user for years using this manual has allowed me to transition to a new IMAC and quickly cross reference the information with a hardcopy of IMAC for Dummies series. Found out areas that were not addressed in other manuals. Worth the purchase but make sure you get the one for your specific OS."
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Switching to the Mac The Missing Manual Mavericks Edition David Pogue 9781449372262 Books Reviews
- I didn't need to read the whole thing. After reading 20 pages, I was able to get my files transferred and get the new Mac up and running. The transition was much easier than I thought, and I am really glad to have the rest of the book as a reference to answer my questions as they come up.
I have been using Windows PC's for 30 years. My wife "upgraded" to a Windows 8 machine. I have spent days trying to work with it. We have a neighbor who is a Microsoft engineer who helped develop Windows 8. He spent an entire afternoon trying to teach us the new system. Switching to the Mac was easier than switching to Windows 8 for this dedicated previous Microsoft user. - Software and computer companies no longer give you any information except for setup anymore in their packaging. One can download manuals on your devices (tablets, phones, etc.), but I am a person that likes to highlight sections and instructions to refer back to later as there is much to learn when obtaining a new gadget. I do not just want to learn what is necessary to do only basic functions and always want to acquire an in-depth book to get to the meat of the gadget. This manual is set up in an easy way to explore some of these things. I used to use Que Publishing books, but they seem to have disappeared and this is a good substitute for those manuals. I purchased "Office 2011 for Macintosh" missing manual book also and love them both. Highly recommend.
- New Mac user after 30 years as a PC user. Great book to explain differences and similarities.
- I found this book very helpful in my research on moving from a PC to an iMac. It answered many questions about how some of the Apple installed software works, and prepared me for the switch. After I bought an iMac it has been helpful in answering my questions on how to perform a particular task, or why something happened in a way I do not understand. The one downside is that Pogue does not explain much beyond the dialog box, i.e. why only certain options are available. Overall I like the book. It has made the transition
to the iMac much easier. - I’m never going to read “Switching to the Mac†from cover to cover like I do most books. There’s too much here to absorb. I don’t want my brain as stuffed as my hard drive so I’ll use it as a reference book. Is it a good reference book? Based on what I’ve actually used, I’d say it’s an excellent reference book.
This review will probably focus more on David Pogue than on his book because it’s his background and knowledge that will signal the worth of his information. His credentials are impressive. He is the author of 120 titles in the Missing Manual series and seven books for the Dummies series. He reportedly has over 3 million books in print. In addition to his work on computer knowledge he has also written about magic, digital photography, opera, and classical music. As a sort of compendium of his knowledge, he has also authored a manual, “National Geographic’s The Science of Everything.†He obviously has some chops.
He’s not a one-trick pony. He was also a technology columnist for “The New York Times†for 13 years. He is a monthly columnist for Scientific American and host of science shows on NOVA. He’s been a correspondent “CBS Sunday Morning since 2002. His latest venture is Yahoo Tech, a consumer-technology Web site where he promises that everything he publishes will be “funny, authoritative, and helpful.†I’ve looked at the site (it’s massive) but haven’t had the time to really study it because of looking through the equally massive “Switching to the Mac.â€
So I’m going out on a limb here. I’m going to use Pogue’s impressive background to evaluate what I’ve already read in the book and seen in other reviews to 5-star rate the book without equivocation. My Apple tech rep is great but Apple’s user information is too spread out for easy reference. Switching to a Mac? Get this book.
Schuyler T Wallace
Author of TIN LIZARD TALES - Windows PC user for years using this manual has allowed me to transition to a new IMAC and quickly cross reference the information with a hardcopy of IMAC for Dummies series. Found out areas that were not addressed in other manuals. Worth the purchase but make sure you get the one for your specific OS.
- I bought this manual when I purchased a Macbook Pro. Although the guide includes a lot of useful info, I learned (after many years of using a PC) to use the Mac via trial and error (as opposed to reading through the guide). I have kept the guide as reference in the event I need to look up something out of the ordinary.
- I'm pretty good at teaching myself new things but this was a life saver for a Mac novice during crunch time, esp for under $20.
