Switching Sides
- Article 16 of 16
- Macworld, October 2009
With Snow Leopard on the loose it seems like a good time for PC users to make the leap to the Mac. We've got the know-how to help you make that switch
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Virtually any digital camera you care to mention will work directly with the Mac’s iPhoto application, launching it as soon as it’s plugged in. Camcorders work similarly well with the iMovie application. And most MP3 players work with Macs, either through iTunes, which works just the same on a Mac as it does on Windows, or through the manufacturers’ software.
Mobile phones are a little trickier. Most mobile phones are only designed with PCs in mind, but Apple has tried to fill in the gaps with its iSync application in the Applications folder. This allows you to synchronise contact and calendar data between your Mac applications and your phone, and you’re more like to succeed with a Bluetooth connection to your phone, rather than a USB connection. If your mobile phone doesn’t work instantly, check the manufacturer’s web site to see if new Mac software has become available; also check the NovaMedia plugins for iSync ( HYPERLINK "http://www.novamedia.de/e_pages/e_produkte_mac_isync_plugins.html" http://www.novamedia.de/e_pages/e_produkte_mac_isync_plugins.html) to see if your mobile phone is one of the 200 additional models supported.
Next stop for both mobile phone users and PDA users is Mark/Space, whose Missing Sync software is now available for: Palm, Palm Pre, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Symbian OS, Nokia, HTC Touch, Sony PSP and iPhone. This lets you synchronise various applications and data – which ones depend on your phone – with your Mac. Between iSync and Missing Sync, most mobiles from major phone manufacturers are covered.
Macs can do pretty much everything Windows can do, but usually better and more elegantly. The hardware is usually better than the PC equivalent at the same price, more environmentally friendly. And switching to a Mac has never been easier.
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