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Opening a Window on the Mac

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on December 22, 2009 at 3:13 pm PT

A quick guide for new Apple users that explains some of the ways the Mac operating system differs from Windows.

OS X 10.5.8 Kills Bugs Dead

John Paczkowski in News on August 5, 2009 at 4:17 pm PT

Apple on Wednesday released OS X 10.5.8, the latest point release to Mac OS X Leopard, even as Amazon takes pre-orders for its next iteration–Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6). 10.5.8 is largely a maintenance update, though it does patch a number of security vulnerabilities (18 to be exact), some of them fairly old.

Some General Tips for Switch to Mac From Windows

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on July 2, 2008 at 6:41 pm PT

Many new Mac buyers are switching from years of using Windows computers. Here’s a quick tip sheet on a few of the most common differences in using the two operating systems.