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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1805555" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>In addition to what Lisa has said, the best advice I got when shifting from Windows to the Mac was not to try to force the Mac to do things the Windows-way, but to learn how to use the Mac as the developers planned it to be. I find macOS to be much more flexible than Windows was/is and there is usually more than one way to accomplish the same thing. Some like to work with a mouse, some with a trackpad and others prefer keyboard solutions. Typically all three should be available to you in macOS, although the system is really designed around the use of a pointing device like a mouse or trackpad. As Lisa said, there will be a learning curve, but if you just give it a try, I think you'll find the Mac way of doing things starts to make sense pretty quickly. I guess the biggest single difference is that on Windows I seemed to be constantly doing things for the system, whereas on the Mac, the system doesn't need constant care and feeding, freeing me to do what I want the system to do for me instead. So I spend more time getting useful (well, sort of useful) stuff done and less time on maintenance.</p><p></p><p>And I thoroughly second Lisa's admonition about antivirus software. No viruses exist for the Mac, just some relatively innocuous malware that malwarebytes and a bit of smart surfing can take care of. You also don't need a lot of "tools" to do things. Her sig mentions OnyX, which is free and which does all the "cleaning" you will ever need. I have it and run it about once every 3-6 months, if I remember to do so. As I said, macOS doesn't need a lot of tending. You can get OnyX here: <a href="https://www.titanium-software.fr/en/onyx.html" target="_blank">https://www.titanium-software.fr/en/onyx.html</a> Just make sure you get the version for the version of the macOS you are running.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1805555, member: 396914"] In addition to what Lisa has said, the best advice I got when shifting from Windows to the Mac was not to try to force the Mac to do things the Windows-way, but to learn how to use the Mac as the developers planned it to be. I find macOS to be much more flexible than Windows was/is and there is usually more than one way to accomplish the same thing. Some like to work with a mouse, some with a trackpad and others prefer keyboard solutions. Typically all three should be available to you in macOS, although the system is really designed around the use of a pointing device like a mouse or trackpad. As Lisa said, there will be a learning curve, but if you just give it a try, I think you'll find the Mac way of doing things starts to make sense pretty quickly. I guess the biggest single difference is that on Windows I seemed to be constantly doing things for the system, whereas on the Mac, the system doesn't need constant care and feeding, freeing me to do what I want the system to do for me instead. So I spend more time getting useful (well, sort of useful) stuff done and less time on maintenance. And I thoroughly second Lisa's admonition about antivirus software. No viruses exist for the Mac, just some relatively innocuous malware that malwarebytes and a bit of smart surfing can take care of. You also don't need a lot of "tools" to do things. Her sig mentions OnyX, which is free and which does all the "cleaning" you will ever need. I have it and run it about once every 3-6 months, if I remember to do so. As I said, macOS doesn't need a lot of tending. You can get OnyX here: [url]https://www.titanium-software.fr/en/onyx.html[/url] Just make sure you get the version for the version of the macOS you are running. [/QUOTE]
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