lifehacker.com — "What follows is a round-up of everything that stuck out to me when I made the move to my first Mac. I'm still a dual-OS fellow, but after I've figured out the ins and outs of my Mac, it's by far the place I find easiest to get things done. If you're delving into Macs for the first time, the following should come in handy."
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mtappendenJan 2, 2007
My parents know how to use a Mac. They have used mine often enough. The only thing stopping them making the switch is they need to be able to take all the data within their 8+ gigabyte PST files with them, and there seems to be no reliable way to do it. There are ways to get the email, but no reliable ways that we can find to get the contacts, todos, calendars...
arramolJan 3, 2007
@kelly - I'm fine with positive feedback of Apple products. What I can't stand is the elitist attitude that some Apple users take, trolling threads discussing competing products, refusing to acknowledge any drawback to Apple products (yes, they're there; Apple isn't perfect either), grossly exaggerating problems with competitors, etc.
peestandingupJan 3, 2007
There is a program called O2M (Outlook to Mac) that will do all that for you. All you do is run it on the PC & it converts all your Outlook mail, calendars, contacts, etc to a friendlier format that Apple Mail, Address Book & iCal can import. Its like $10 but it works GREAT!<a class="user" href="http://www.littlemachines.com/">http://www.littlemachines.com/</a>
studioguyJan 3, 2007
Great timing for me, I just bout a MacBook Pro. I spent a lot of time researching the right Apps to pick and the best way to migrate my music, photos, email, etc. I wrote a post that may be helpful for switchers.<a class="user" href="http://blog.mauronic.com/?p=44">http://blog.mauronic.com/?p=44</a>
deathmatchJan 3, 2007
Ill be getting my very first macbook pro :D by the end of this week. Honestly, iv been skeptical of macs but i used the mac labs a lot at my university. (Less people in that lab because most people are PC junkies) This guide is awesome. TY
fullphaserJan 3, 2007
I'd like to read your post, but it looks like an arrogant assh**e posted it. You might want to have that removed from your face and get out of grammar Nazi school.
bradleylandJan 3, 2007
Posure, there is an alternative shortcut as well, and it's rather intuituve. When navigating the directory structure in Finder cmd+down-arrow will take you into the selected folder. It will also open the selected file. cmd+up-arrow takes you up one folder.
redoerOct 19, 2007
dugg for voice of reason (I use a Mac and sometimes XP)