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Millions of Macintosh users are searching for solutions that enable them to keep their Macs while others around them are using Windows, Linux, and other platforms. Thousands of sysadmins are looking for ways to support Mac and Windows users together, without complicating life. For both groups, The Cross-Platform Mac Handbook delivers comprehensive solutions covering every aspect of Mac cross-platform integration! The Cross-Platform Mac Handbook brings together information you'd otherwise have to waste time searching for -- if you could find it at all! Learn the best ways to exchange and convert files between platforms; and how to enable Mac support on Windows NT Server, NetWare, and UNIX/Linux platforms. Discover great cross-platform tips and solutions for Photoshop, Microsoft Office, QuarkXPress, FileMaker Pro, Quicken, and Appleworks; and the best ways to manage fonts, printing, and backup in cross-platform environments. Compare your options for accessing Windows software from Macintoshes: emulators, PC cards, remote control software, Terminal Server, and more. Finally, learn how to integrate your Mac with Palm, Windows CE, and other PDAs. Why shouldn't you have the computer you really want? With The Cross-Platform Mac Handbook, you can!
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- How to survive—and thrive!—with your Mac in a digital world
- The essential resource for EVERY Mac user and administrator
- Network your Mac with Windows, NetWare, and UNIX/Linux servers
- Access Windows software from your Mac
- Improve cross-platform Internet and software compatibility
The Cross-Platform Mac Handbook
Keep your Mac! Make it work smoothly with all those "other" computers!
Want to keep your Mac while others about you are using Windows or UNIX? Need to support Mac and Windows users together-without making life more complicated than it already is? You've come to the right place! The Cross-Platform Mac Handbook is the first complete guide to making Macintoshes work swimmingly with Windows and UNIX systems. Until now, you'd have to search for this information in dozens of printed and Web sources-but David L. Hart has brought it all together in one incredibly valuable guide for every Mac user! You'll find all this, and more...
- Exchanging and converting Mac, PC, and UNIX files on disks, via e-mail, and over the Internet
- Mac support on any server: Windows NT Server, NetWare, or UNIX/Linux
- Cross-platform tips for Photoshop, Microsoft Office, QuarkXPress, FileMaker Pro, Quicken, and AppleWorks
- Proven cross-platform solutions for fonts, printing, backup, and much more
- Accessing Windows software: emulators, PC cards, remote control software, Terminal Server, and other options
- Integrating your Mac with Palm OS, Windows CE, and other devices
- Dedicated Web site: www.sdsc.edu/Books/Mac/
When you get right down to it, it's all zeros and ones-so why shouldn't you have the computer you really want? With The Cross-Platform Mac Handbook, you can!
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