Introduction

Before presenting the topics to be covered in this guide dedicated to Mac OS X expose why it was built.

If past years the percentage of computers from Apple were a small percentage, in recent years this percentage has increased dramatically up to be a good market share. So it was necessary to provide users with a guide that explains how to navigate and use this operating system.

As you guessed, this guide is for beginners or for those approaching for the first time the Mac world. Often, those who switch from a computer running Windows to a Mac operating system is lost and this guide is intended as a reference point in this direction. This my small manual, in fact, show how the transition from Windows to Mac is not as complicated as most people believe ...

That said it is just to adapt to a structure and application names other than those from Microsoft. You will see that every operation that you could do with a Windows operating system will be able to do it, sometimes in a much more efficient with your new Mac

Another frequent question that comes before a user to switch from Windows to Mac: "There is this program for Mac platform?". Give an answer that applies generally for all programs is very difficult. Deacon now most software companies have released compatible versions for Mac This increase in compatibility of software with Apple's operating system is due to the spread of the operating system itself that led to the same software house could no longer give a such a large market share.

Even lesser known software, maybe released as freeware, have a version compatible with Mac or you can find a very similar software that performs the same operations. Riassumedo, compatible programs for the Mac platform there are abbandonza just have to know what and where to look.

After this short, but necessary premise we're going to see what topics will be covered in this guide.

We can divide the topics into two parts. In the first part will illustrate the characteristics of the operating system and focus our attention on how to navigate through the folders and files to get the resources you use most often. We will then explain to the reader the various customizations and how to use some of the best native characteristics of the system that will make computer use much more efficient from the user (ie perform a specific task in less time and more pleasant ). Will be also displayed to the user the various procedures that can be done to install new applications and we use a rich overview of the new Mac App Store. This overview is in order because, with the introduction of this new tool, most likely all the software companies release their products inside the store and so it is necessary to provide the reader with a solid base on its use.

In the second part we will explain in great detail, the main software pre-installed operating system that allow us to perform common tasks that require a computer. So we will show you how to use the basic text editor provided by the system to write and format text content, software to view PDF and placing emphasis highlights, how to use iTunes, and more.

In the next chapter we will make a brief introduction to the history of Mac OS X and then go straight into the discussion.

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