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. Why is this such a good time to switch? Upgrading from one version of Windows to another used to be simple. But now there's Windows Vista, a veritable resource hog that forces you to relearn everything. Learning 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. And if you're still using Windows XP, we've got you covered, too. If you're ready to take on Mac OS X Leopard, the latest edition of this bestselling guide tells you everything you need to know:

• Transferring your stuff -- Moving photos, MP3s, and Microsoft Office documents is the easy part. This book gets you through the tricky things: extracting your email, address book, calendar, Web bookmarks, buddy list, desktop pictures, and MP3 files.

• 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.

• Learning Leopard -- Once you've moved into the Mac, a final task awaits: Learning your way around. Fortunately, you're in good hands with the author of Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, the #1 bestselling guide to the Macintosh.

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

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Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 40 Ratings

Good How-to Book - 2009-09-12
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I just purchased my first MacBook Pro, which is the the first Mac I've owned. While I have learned a lot from the Apple tutorials and online help guides this book offers more details and helpful hints. Good reference.

Lost without this Manual! - 2009-09-10
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We are new to MAC and use this manual daily! Information is clear, instructions accurate and easy to follow, screen shots are helpful and the writer writes with clarity and humor. Thought a few "on line tutorials" would tell us what we needed to know, but WRONG. Although helpful, the manual was more so. Find it easy to look up information. I can't imagine trying to navigate our new MAC without it.

Great resource! Worth it! - 2009-09-08
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Very valuable information. Great explanations to help the transition for new users. Love the keyboard commands/shortcuts. The chapters on how to transfer your files and how to utilize Mail were extremely helpful. Though I haven't read the entire book yet, it is really comforting to have it within arm's reach. Well-organized, so I can find what I need. The only thing not addressed here (I think) is the Open Office suite as an alternative to MS Office.

From 0 to 60 - 2009-09-05
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Picked up this book on the same day as I bought a new / shiny MacBook Pro and it proved its worth on numerous occasions. Being a developer who continuously migrated between Windows and Linux the switch to the Mac was primarily motivated by an attempt to reconcile these two environments into one: instead of booting into a virtual machine to do my *nix development, stay in OSX. For that reason, the switch was not as painful from a 're-learning' point of view, but OSX does have enough idiosyncrasies to make this book a useful investment. Was up and running and back to full productivity in less than a week.

The best part of the book are all the tips and shortcuts to help you with your productivity on OSX. Small things such as network configuration (dozens of searches on Google failed to answer my questions, this book did), or even keyboard shortcuts for popular applications. I've already had a number of seasoned Mac users ask me "how did you do that?". Great book.

Excellent resource!! - 2009-06-26
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Love the book....easy to follow and making my transition from PC to MAC much easier, no to mention faster! Worth the purchase!

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