Switching to the Mac : the missing manual

By David Pogue  (Find this book)

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 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 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 Mac OS X 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 Mac OS X.  -- Amazon

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The complete idiot's guide to using your computer-- for seniors

By Paul McFedries  (Find this book)

PAUL McFEDRIES has worked with (yelled at, and kicked) computers since 1975, yet still manages to keep his sanity intact. The author of more than three dozen computer books, including The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Windows 98, The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Windows Me, and The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Windows 2000 Professional, Paul’s titles have sold over two million copies worldwide.  --  Amazon

Photoshop Elements 10 in easy steps : for Windows and Mac

By Nick Vandome  (Find this book)

The number-one consumer selling image editing software goes from strength to strength, and Photoshop Elements 10 in Easy Steps covers its impressively enhanced range of tools. This book covers all standard image editing techniques and also looks at the new features of Elements 10, such as improved special effects and a new range of guided edits to make producing stunning images even easier. It also shows how text can be used to flow along any chosen path, giving images that extra wow factor. Elements 10 also fully embraces social networking, showing how to get the most out of images on Facebook and YouTube. Photoshop Elements 10 in Easy Steps demonstrates both the fun and the functionality of image editing that puts Elements 10 into a league of its own. This book covers versions for both PC and Mac users, making Elements 10 the perfect image editing program for any photography enthusiast.  -- Amazon

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Is this thing on? : a computer handbook for late bloomers, technophobes, and the kicking & screaming

By Abby Stokes  (Find this book)

Now updated and revised, the user-friendliest, most reassuring, jargon-free, smartest, and most comprehensive nuts-and-bolts guide for seniors, who are the fastest-growing demographic among social networks.

Abby Stokes is the perfect guide to the digital domain: She’s taught more than 140,000 seniors how to use a computer.  In an easy, authoritative, hand-holding way, she covers it all: how to choose, buy, and start using a computer. How to connect to the Internet, sign up for e-mail, and use search engines. Plus, how and why to get digital in the first place: the ins and outs of online shopping, banking, travel planning, dating, research; how to take and share digital photographs and videos; how to discover online communities, and use social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube; the world of apps, online music, and streaming movies; and, importantly, online security and “netiquette.” There’s information on iPads, smartphones—including the Blackberry, iPhone,
and Android—and e-readers like Nook and Kindle. A companion website—www.abbyandme.com—plus a Facebook page and Twitter feed provide easy and safe access to this brave new world.  -- Amazon

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