Advanced Mac Tricks for Windows Users: With information on personalizing your Mac, securing files, managing network connections and more.

Author Todd Stauffer opens "Advanced Mac Tricks for Windows Refugees" with the "The truth is, there isn’t that much difference between the Mac OS and Microsoft Windows." In fact, Stauffer's discussion of Macs and personal computers shows that the world really is large enough for both platforms — and that they might even peacefully co-exist within the same household. Toward that end, Stauffer guides the reader confidently and conversationally through various processes involved in personalizing a Mac, securing files, managing network connections and — lo and behold — "Running Windows on Your Mac." Excerpt from the “In the Desktop & Screen Saver preference pane, on the Screen Saver tab, you’ll see an option for Hot Corners. If you click that button, you’ll get a dialog box that enables you to assign quick tasks to the different corners of your screen. As a rule, I set one of my corners to Put Display to Sleep. Then, whenever I’m going to leave my Mac for more than a few minutes, I simply place the mouse pointer in that corner, and the display goes immediately to sleep.” for customizing preference settingsEnergy-conservation strategies and ways to lengthen battery lifeSetting up Parental Controls for children’s user accountsMethods of archiving and encrypting files and foldersHow to create a shared Internet connectionSharing files via AirDropAnd much more! Your Mac2.Using System Preferences3.Securing Your Files4.Using Multiple User Accounts5.Managing Networking Connections 6.Sharing Files on Your Network7.Running Windows on Your MacAbout the Stauffer is the author or co-author of more than three dozen books on computing and the Internet; an award-winning magazine writer; and a former television and radio host. Todd is the founding author of the “How to Do Everything…” series by McGraw-Hill, which began with his book “How to Do Everything with Your iMac.” His most recent book is “How to Do Everything with Your Web 2.0 Blog.” More than half a million copies of books by Stauffer have been sold, including editions in Portuguese, Chinese, Spanish, French, Czech and Russian. Stauffer is also the co-founder and publisher of the Jackson Free Press, an award-winning newsweekly (and daily website) in Jackson, Mississippi. He lives in Jackson with journalist Donna Ladd and a few too many cats. He can be reached online at his blog, iTodd Central, at www.toddstauffer.com and at www.macblog.com.