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Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Mountain Lion Edition (Missing Manuals) 1st Edition

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Ready to move to the Mac? This incomparable guide helps you make a smooth transition. New York Times columnist and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue gets you past three challenges: transferring your stuff, assembling Mac programs so you can do what you did with Windows, and learning your way around OS X.

Learning to use a Mac is not a piece of cake, but once you do, the rewards are oh-so-much better. You won't find questionable firewalls or inefficient permissions. Just a beautiful machine with a thoroughly reliable system. Whether you’re using Windows XP or Windows 7, we’ve got you covered.

Transfer your stuff. Moving files from a PC to a Mac is the easy part. This guide gets you through the tricky things: extracting your email, address book, calendar, Web bookmarks, buddy list, desktop pictures, and MP3 files.
Re-create your software suite. Big-name programs from Microsoft, Adobe, and others are available in both Mac and Windows versions, but hundreds of other programs are Windows-only. Learn the Macintosh equivalents and how to move data to them.
Learn OS X Mountain Lion. Once you’ve moved into the Macintosh mansion, it’s time to learn your way around. You’re in good hands with the author of Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, the #1 bestselling guide to OS X.

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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.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ O'Reilly Media; 1st edition (October 23, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1449330290
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1449330293
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Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1.8 x 9.19 inches

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David Pogue was the New York Times weekly tech columnist from 2000 to 2013. He’s a five-time Emmy winner for his stories on "CBS News Sunday Morning," a New York Times bestselling author, a five-time TED speaker, and host of 20 NOVA science specials on PBS.

He’s written or cowritten more than 120 books, including dozens in the "Missing Manual" tech series, which he created in 1999; six books in the "For Dummies" line (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music); two novels (one for middle-schoolers); his three bestselling "Pogue’s Basics" books of tips and shortcuts (on Tech, Money, and Life); his new how-to guides, "iPhone Unlocked" and "Mac Unlocked"; and his 2021 magnum opus, "How to Prepare for Climate Change."

After graduating summa cum laude from Yale in 1985 with distinction in music, Pogue spent ten years conducting and arranging Broadway musicals in New York. He has won a Loeb Award for journalism, two Webby awards, and an honorary doctorate in music. He lives with his wife Nicki and their blended brood of five spectacular children in Connecticut and San Francisco.

For a complete list of Pogue’s columns and videos, and to sign up to get them by email, visit https://authory.com/DavidPogue. On Twitter, he’s @pogue; on the web, he’s at www.davidpogue.com. He welcomes civil email exchanges at david@pogueman.com.

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Peter E.

Not bad but sometimes sounds like an Apple commercial

Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2013

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I recently bought a MacBook Pro and then bought this book. Pogue can be a good writer, but often gets carried away in his praise of the Mac and his strained efforts to be funny. The book is over 700 pages long and can be quite wordy. The book certainly has a lot of detail on various features of Mountain Lion, the Mac OS. Overall, not a bad investment, but I would have preferred more list/bullet points and less long paragraphs. I also do not need to be gushing about the Mac's superior system at every turn. I am not yet convinced that the Mac is more "intuitive" for an experienced Windows user. I think it is not. And, I am not yet convinced on the often-touted idea that the Mac is a great tool for photo and video editing. Maybe it is, but I have yet to be convinced. Compared to many Windows PCs, I have not seen a Mac that has a Blu Ray built-in drive that burns high definition disks (many cameras and camcorders now capture high definition video), and the software to edit and burn such video to disk is very limited on the Mac. Overall, I think the book is good in helping with the introduction to the Mac, but it should stop the uncritical praise. Indeed, for many, it is not really a "switch" to the Mac, but really just trying a new laptop or desktop while still using Windows PCs as well. Overall, the book is very helpful in getting you started, because, really, you need help from someone or a manual to use the Mac well, even if, as in my case, this may not be the first time you have ventured into the high-cost Mac world. So, if you can read quickly through the long paragraphs, withstand the efforts to be converted to an uncritical Mac salesperson, then you will have a good book and a good reference guide.

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2013

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For the veteran user of Microsoft Windows computers, the first few days with a Mac can be so frustrating as to warrant returning it to the store. In locations with genuine "Apple Stores" there are representatives at the store who will help you over this barrier, but I live in a location where the closest Apple Store is about 250 miles away. Without this book I never could have figured out how to use my Macbook Pro. I couldn't even click the mouse, which is something you need to do within the first minute of turning on your new Mac. Mr. Pogue is a genius at anticipating the troubles you will get into, and providing answers in a way that you can find them. As you get more proficient, this book contains a wealth of information about great features that you might never have found, and also silly features that you can just ignore and never use. I would definitely recommend reading the first few chapters before even pushing the "on/off" button on your Mac (if you can find it, that is).
For the experienced user of other Apple products, Mr. Pogue has different books for you.

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Big Time Saver. Consider the Kindle Edition.

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It explains everything about the Mac and Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) from your Windows point of view.

Super helpful.

It's geared to the mainstream user, not the super-novice or the super-expert.

It has a few rough edges, but it's been extremely useful.

It turns out, the Mac and PC are very similar, but with different names and conventions for everything. The cut-over can be a frustrating hassle without some explanation. Learn shortcuts now, not years later.

I like reading the Kindle version on my new Mac. It's searchable. I can try everything out while I read about it. And it will be permanently at hand if I ever need to brush up on something.

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There are lots of other books on Mountain Lion, but if you're switching from PC to Mac, this one speaks your language.

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A must for new MacUsers

Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2012

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After 27 years of working with Windows and DOS (and before that, CPM!), I finally bought a Mac. To help with the transition to the new and sometimes wacky world of OS X, I enlisted the help of David Pogue, whose work with the NY Times and the Missing Manual series I was already familiar with. I couldn't have chosen a better guide.

For people like me who are making the switch from Windows to Mac OS, this is the perfect book to get. Although it presumes a certain familiarity with computers, it presumes no prior knowledge of Macs. So it strikes just the right balance between presuming too much and presuming too little. With Pogue's assistance, I have gotten up to speed with OS X in particular and with the Apple way in general in short time and with little effort.

Apple seems to think that their user interface is so intuitive that no special instructional tools are needed. Nothing could be farther from the truth. But with Pogue's help, even one brand new to all things Apple can achieve a comfort level fairly quickly. I'm looking forward to working my way through the rest of this excellent volume.

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R. Anderson

Great resource for new Mac users

Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2014

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I purchased my first Mac computer (15" Macbook Pro w/ Retina display) last fall. I had never used OS X before, but consider myself to be a savvy Windows user (up to Windows 7, don't have any desire to move to Win8!). I needed a good resource to learn how to use the Mac. This book is outstanding. It's great, because it teaches you how to move from Windows to Mac. If you did it this way in Windows, now you do it this way in Mac. That's exactly what I was looking for.

I feel completely comfortable in OS X now. And having this book in Kindle edition means I can do keyword searches for anything that I need to look for. And since my MacBook has a Kindle app, I can have this manual sitting on my MacBook for whenever I need it. If you're new to the Mac and want to learn how to use it, you'll love this book!

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SPorter

What an irritating book!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 13, 2021

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There's lots in there except, it seems, what you need to know! The most basic fact (and difference from the PC) is the shutting down procedure. It simply isn't explained properly - I still can't see what to do apart from what would be 'crashing' a PC - and you are even prompted to leave the Mac on permanently. How American: how wasteful and how harmful to the environment!
The writing is sometimes insultingly childish - "Power On Dude" - and this gets in the way of a straightforward understanding of some of the instructions.
The author seems too intent at times on showing what a 'cool dude' he is instead of just giving it straight. Irritating, like trying to listen to music with a buzzing in your ears.

Robert John Aris

Switching to the MAC

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 22, 2013

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The book is extremely comprehensive & I would have given it 5 stars except that I found it unable to help me resolve a MAIL problem (able to receive Emails but not send them). However this may have been my unfamiliarity with iMAC methods because I managed to resolve the problem later.
As a manual there is more within than most of us will ever require!

W. BROWN

Switching to the Mac Mountain Lion

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2013

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Purchsed to assist when upgrading from MacMini To me it is a "must have" I have used it on limited occasions when I get lost and it resolved my problems. Quite explicit and in none technical language .

Cssor

Good Mac manual

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 3, 2013

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Having changed to a Mac, finding a good can sometimes be difficult, this one is good with lot of information, which I like.

Ali

book for mac

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 28, 2013

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This is excellent as I know nothing about the Mac when I bought the mac Book Pro , use it as a reference

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