Switching to the Mac :The Missing Manual, Snow Leopard Edition

by David Pogue

Is Windows giving you pause? Ready to make the leap to the Mac instead? There has never been a better time to switch from Windows to Mac, and this incomparable guide will help 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 Mac OS X.

Learning to use a Mac is not a piece of cake, but once you do, the rewards are oh-so-much better. No viruses, worms, or spyware. No questionable firewalls, inefficient permissions, or other strange features. Just a beautiful machine with a thoroughly reliable system. Whether you're using Windows XP or Vista, we've got you covered.

If you're ready to take on Mac OS X Snow Leopard, the latest edition of this bestselling guide tells you everything you need to know:

Re-creating your software suite -- Big-name programs (Word, Photoshop, Firefox, Dreamweaver, and so on) are available in both Mac and Windows versions, but hundreds of other programs are available only for Windows. This guide identifies the Mac equivalents and explains how to move your data to them.

Moving from Windows to a Mac successfully and painlessly is the one thing Apple does not deliver. Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Snow Leopard Edition is your ticket to a new computing experience.

Genres: Computers, Technology, Apple, Reference

648 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

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. He wrote or co-wrote seven books in the "For Dummies" series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music). In 1999, he launched his own series of amusing, practical, and user-friendly computer books called Missing Manuals, which now includes 100 titles.

David and his wife, Jennifer Pogue, MD, live in Connecticut with their three young children.

Reviews

[Sharifa McReynolds-Roberts · Rating 5 out of 5]

It saved me!

[Alaeddin Hallak · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love technical books that have a sense of humor. This is one such book. Not only it's funny and light-hearted, it's also very informative and easy-to-read. Highly recommended for anyone making the switch like me.

[DarkStar · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is for not very tech savvy people (personally I'd like less explanations of the obvious) but can still show you some gems which you would find only by accident or after prolonged use of Mac OS X. It may not be worth reading in entirety but it's handy to have next to you.

[Rozanne]

I took the plunge and bought an iMac.

[Bill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good. It did the job, without being smug or info-dumpy.