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Mac OS X Guide for Windows Users

It's hard to move from a comfortable operating system to a fresh and new operating system that you've never touched before. This document shows you software applications that are equivalent from one operating system to another.

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Software Included in Microsoft Windows

This section helps you find Mac OS X software to replace your Microsoft Windows software.

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Command Prompt

Were you a DOS guru before you started using Windows? If so, you probably couldn't have lived without the Windows Command Prompt.

Mac OS X is based on an UNIX operating system called Darwin. Although it hides the command-line interface from you pretty well, you can get to its shell through the Terminal program. The Terminal program is in the Utilities folder, which is in the Application folder.

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Internet Explorer

The whole Windows interface is based off the Internet Explorer web browser now. So you have, no doubt, lots of experience with it. But once you are on Mac OS X, it's a whole different story. The built-in web browser is the Safari browser, which you can run from the Dock.

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Remote Desktop Connection

Do you use your Windows computer remotely a lot? You are likely using Remote Desktop Connection on Windows. Good news for you is that Microsoft also has the Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac OS X. You can download a copy of it here: Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2

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Third Party Software

This section helps you find Mac OS X software to replace your third-party Microsoft Windows software.

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PuTTY

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WinSCP

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