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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1472805" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>The first thing that makes switching (regardless of which OS to which OS) "hard" is that you usually try to make the new OS you are switching to behave like the old OS you are switching from. In that regard, things become a lot easier if you approach the task by saying..In "Windows" (Or Linux, OS X) I closed a program this way, how do I do it in OS X? </p><p></p><p>Now taking this specific example, in Windows you hit the X button on the window's bar. Do the same in OS X and you just close the open window (in most apps) and didn't actually quit the application. You do that using CMD+q. </p><p></p><p>The first reaction to that of course is, oh god, now I have to do EXTRA than Windows or Windows is way easier than OS X. But I would suggest, thinking OK, Windows did that, OS X does this. Now, I find it convenient, that I can close the active window in a application (say Word or whatever) and keep the application running and quickly open a new window without having to relaunch the application.</p><p></p><p>The rest has been covered by the previous two posts, and cwa107's links will be great in laying down the basics to get started..</p><p></p><p>And finally, we are always around to help with your transition..since there are a lot of us that have done it recently (3 year for me personally)..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1472805, member: 110816"] The first thing that makes switching (regardless of which OS to which OS) "hard" is that you usually try to make the new OS you are switching to behave like the old OS you are switching from. In that regard, things become a lot easier if you approach the task by saying..In "Windows" (Or Linux, OS X) I closed a program this way, how do I do it in OS X? Now taking this specific example, in Windows you hit the X button on the window's bar. Do the same in OS X and you just close the open window (in most apps) and didn't actually quit the application. You do that using CMD+q. The first reaction to that of course is, oh god, now I have to do EXTRA than Windows or Windows is way easier than OS X. But I would suggest, thinking OK, Windows did that, OS X does this. Now, I find it convenient, that I can close the active window in a application (say Word or whatever) and keep the application running and quickly open a new window without having to relaunch the application. The rest has been covered by the previous two posts, and cwa107's links will be great in laying down the basics to get started.. And finally, we are always around to help with your transition..since there are a lot of us that have done it recently (3 year for me personally).. [/QUOTE]
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