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new to mac and have a couple questions
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First of all hi everybody! This is my first post here at what seems like a very active and exciting forum. I've used windows for many years now and there are a few things i'm use to doing on it that I was wondering if they need to be done on Mac OS X Tiger. First of all I guess I don't really need a virus scanner because viruses are basically non-existant on the mac. How about spyware? I always ran Ad-aware on my windows PC. Do I need to worry about spyware on mac or is this unheard of too? Finally, I use to run a disk defragger about once a week? Is anything like that needed on mac? Any general maintance needs that need to be done from time to time? Do you have any tips for me? Thanks in advance for all your help!
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Welcome to Mac!
Viruses are possible but more in the theoretical state currently for Mac OS X. You don't necessarily need a virus scanner. You should just should follow the usual safety behavior: Don't download software from untrusted sources or run stuff from e-mail attachments. Keep your operating system up to date so you have all the security updates.
Maybe one day a dangerous virus will come for Mac. If you follow the Mac news somewhat you will know and can install anti-virus software then.
Spyware is not an issue on Mac.
Defragmentation is not necessary. The OS automatically defrags files lower than 20 MBytes and avoids fragmentation for all files when possible. Doing it manually is a waste of time.
You don't need to do any maintenance tasks.
What you should do however is: Have a backup-strategy!
Think about how you backup your user data (external HD, DVD etc.) and do that regularly.
(not that data is more likely that data is lost on Mac than on PC – it's the most important thing to do on both platforms)
(Last edited by TETENAL; May 29, 2005 at 02:07 PM.
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DiskWarrior is a good app for emergencies. There are some other apps that keep things running smoothly, MacJanitor and Cocktail, to name but two.
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Well thanks so much for that info guys! I really really appreciate it!
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hi im going to get an ibk soon and am very confused ..
"think about how you backup your user data (external HD, DVD etc.) and do that regularly."
wat do u mean by user data? do u juz mean that i need to keep a back up of impt documents on an external HD juz in case?
i have some queries...
1. are there any programme that opens word .doc , and pdf. files?
2. wat are the differences btw Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive and Office 2004 for Mac Standard Edition and Office 2004 for Mac Student and Teacher Edition?
im not very IT savvy so am quite worried abt the switch from pc to mac..
hope u guys can kindly help .. thanks!! 
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Originally Posted by lynntsh
hi im going to get an ibk soon and am very confused ..
"think about how you backup your user data (external HD, DVD etc.) and do that regularly."
wat do u mean by user data? do u juz mean that i need to keep a back up of impt documents on an external HD juz in case?
jess, dat wat h3 meenz yo.
can yoo type nglshplz nxtime thx.
Originally Posted by lynntsh
i have some queries...
1. are there any programme that opens word .doc , and pdf. files?
2. wat are the differences btw Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive and Office 2004 for Mac Standard Edition and Office 2004 for Mac Student and Teacher Edition?
1. a) PDF files will open in Preview if you just double-click them. Acrobat Reader is also available for Mac, but Preview is a lot faster, and nicer IMO.
Also, the entire graphical interface of Mac OS X is based on PDF, which means that ANYTHING that can be printed can be turned into a PDF. Via the "Print..." dialog. Standard. In any application.
b) AppleWorks and TextEdit, both of which come with the iBook, can open Word files, but more complex documents probably won't work properly.
2. The Test Drive expires after a few weeks. The Standard Edition and S&T Edition are identical software, with the only differences (at least here in Germany) being that a) the S&T Edition doesn't qualify for upgrades (but seeing as regular upgrades are actually almost twice the price of the entire S&T Edition, that doesn't really matter), and b) the S&T Edition actually comes with THREE licenses, so you can install it on three different machines legally. Meaning you can get together with two other students and share the package.
-s*
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The other normal rules of sensible computing also apply:
1) Don't open/trust e-mails from people you don't know.
2) Don't download software from sources you don't trust.
3) Don't install software if you don't know what it is or what it does.
As for Office alternatives, you can also try NeoOffice/J which is a Mac native version of OpenOffice.org. File compatibility isn't 100% but is pretty good. As an ex-windows user, the interface won't be too much of a shock for you either 
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