MAC FAQ

Can a Mac run Windows and Microsoft Office?

Yes. Microsoft Office is available for the Mac, and Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files created on a Mac are fully compatible with Windows. Most other popular applications are available for the Mac, too. But if you need to use a particular Windows-only application, you have a few options: Boot Camp comes with every new Mac, and it lets you run Windows natively — as if your Mac were a PC. If you want to run Mac OS X and Windows side by side, you can purchase Parallels Desktop for Mac or VMware Fusion. Install one of these applications, along with the Windows Installation CDs, and you can run the occasional Windows program right next to your Mac applications, without having to restart.¹
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Is a Mac safe from PC viruses?

Yes. The Mac OS X operating system isn’t susceptible to the thousands of viruses plaguing Windows-based computers. And although no computer connected to the Internet is completely immune to all viruses and spyware, Mac OS X has built-in defenses designed with your safety in mind. The Mac web browser, Safari, alerts you whenever you’re downloading an application — even if it’s disguised as a picture or movie file. And Apple continually makes free security updates available for Mac owners. You can even have them download automatically.
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Will my PC devices (cameras, printers, hard drives) work with a Mac?

A Mac has hundreds of drivers for peripherals preinstalled. Just connect your device and, in most cases, you’re good to go. And a Mac is smart enough to know what to do when you plug in your digital camera: It opens iPhoto and asks if you want to import your recent photos.
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Will my keyboard and my “right-click” mouse work with a Mac?

Yes. The Mac is compatible with virtually any keyboard and multibutton mouse, even the ones you use with your PC. Just plug them into the USB ports on your Mac and start working. You can also use the Multi-Touch Magic Mouse or multibutton Apple Mouse, which comes with every iMac and Mac Pro, respectively. And the trackpad on MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air offers “right-click” capability — just press the Control key when you click.
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Can I work with my existing documents, music files,
and photos on a Mac?

Yes. A Mac can open most files from your PC, including Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), PDFs, MP3s, iTunes songs, WAV files, JPEGs, GIFs, and more.
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Can I join Windows networks?

Yes. If you have a network at home or at work, whether wired or wireless, a Mac will fit right in. You can share files with any computer on your network, browse the web, and get your work or home email.
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What about Wi-Fi?

All new Mac computers are Wi-Fi capable. Available wireless networks automatically show up. Just select the network you want to join, enter a password if necessary, and you’re connected.²
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Is a Mac reliable?

When you buy a PC, you’re buying hardware from one company and an operating system and software from other companies. Not so with a Mac. Because Apple builds both the computer and the software that comes with it, they’re literally made for each other. This means that a Mac rarely freezes or crashes. Occasionally an application might quit, but it won’t affect the rest of your system. And Mac OS X resists most viruses, so you can do anything — without worrying about losing everything.
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What software is available for the Mac?

Thousands of titles are available for the Mac. You’ll find everything from Microsoft Office and Rosetta Stone to Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe Creative Suite. A huge collection of games covering every genre is available for the Mac, including top sellers such as Age of Empires III, The Sims 2, Guitar Hero III, and many more.
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How do I move my files to a Mac?

The best way to transfer your photos, music, documents, and other files is to let us do it for you. When you buy a new Mac from an Apple Retail Store or the Apple Online Store, simply add One to One to your purchase. One to One costs just $99, and it includes Personal Setup, a year’s worth of face-to-face training, and exclusive group workshops. It’s all designed to help you get the most out of your Mac.
If you like, you can transfer your files yourself. And it doesn’t require much work. Here are two ways to do it:
Copy files from your PC to an external hard drive, connect the drive to your Mac, and move the files over.
Use a local network to move files directly from your PC to your Mac. For detailed information on moving your files to a Mac,

Will my current email service work on a Mac?

Yes. You can access your current email in two ways:
View web-based email — such as Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, and MobileMe mail — in the Safari web browser.
Use the Mail application in Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Simply enter your email account information and you’re good to go. If you have email messages in Microsoft Outlook on your PC, you can transfer them to your Mac using inexpensive third-party software.
No matter which method you choose, you can continue using your current email address.
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Which web browsers will work on a Mac?

Every Mac includes Safari, the fastest web browser in the world. You can also use Mac versions of Firefox, Opera, and others.
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Can I instant message on a Mac?

Yes. Every Mac comes with iChat, Apple’s instant messaging application. iChat supports AIM, Google Talk, and MobileMe. In addition to text messaging, iChat allows you to video chat with friends and family around the world.³ Microsoft and Yahoo! offer Mac versions of their instant messaging applications, too.
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What kind of support can I expect?

Every Mac comes with service and support that’s consistently voted the best in the business. If you have a problem in the first year of owning your new Mac, you can take it to an Apple Retail Store to get it fixed or figured out. And if you purchase the AppleCare Protection Plan, you extend your service and support to up to three years from the date of your Mac purchase. The Apple Retail Store also offers services like ProCare, which gives you priority support, and One to One, which provides personal training on your Mac. Each service costs $99 a year.
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Is it easy to learn how to use a Mac?

Every Mac is created with the guiding principle that computers should be easy to use, so you can spend more time doing what you love and less time figuring out how your computer works. If you’ve never owned a Mac, you may need a little time to get used to it. But within a week or two, chances are you’ll get along like old friends. And because all Mac applications are designed to work in the same, intuitive way, once you learn one application — iTunes, for example — you’ll quickly pick up iPhoto, Mail, or any of the other software that comes with your Mac.

Lost Windows Recovery/installation Cd Disk How To Fix

But how do you restore your windows installation cd image from hidden partition?

We hope that is what he did, producer copy of Windows XP CD-ROM image on your hard drive. Hard drives are so large these days that it takes up little space and has some advantages speak in a second.

To determine if the image of the CD ROM will appear on your computer, look for a folder called I386. There may be different, but what interests us in the vicinity of 7000 contains the files that are two of them and Winnt.exe winnt32.exe. 

The I386 directory is typically one of the top-level directory on the CD-ROM distribution, but above is the directory that contains the distributed copy of Windows XP. Winnt.exe and Winnt32.exe are the DOS and protected mode setup programs, respectively. (You should only need this if you intend to see to reinstall Windows XP from scratch – I use it as an easy way that we have the correct directory.) Now that you know that the CD – What happens if ‘ image ROM calls following the CD-ROM?

Do not worry, it’s actually quite simple. Insert a rule, the "CD" message is only an OK button and "Cancel". Press OK, so you can not. In the next dialog box, called a rule, give the location of the CD-ROM, simply type the full path to the I386 folder have previously discovered.

That’s it. But it gets better. Windows remembers. Now that you mentioned, where the Windows installation CD-ROM is to remember, dass The next time you are in a situation that might require the installation CD of Windows is at first sight when he discovers what is not needed then to worry about asking.

Personally, I think the practical thing – so that even if I close my Windows CD I’m also on my hard drive and copy of Windows at this point you copy the first time you have requested. Then it is not necessary to think or to insert the CD. And this technique works for many other CD-ROM products, including Microsoft Office.

Microsoft kills Office anti-piracy program

Computerworld - Microsoft last week killed an anti-piracy service that checked whether customers were running legal copies of Office, saying that the program had "served its purpose."

ZDNet blogger Ed Bott first reported on Microsoft's move after a tipster pointed him toward a support document on the company's site.

That Dec. 17 document simply noted that Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) "has been retired," but offered no explanation.

In an e-mail reply to questions today, a Microsoft spokeswoman added, "The program has served its purpose and thus we have decided to retire the program."

OGA, which debuted alongside Office XP in 2007, was Microsoft's way to separate counterfeit from legitimate copies of its popular suite. In 2006, Microsoft restricted Office template downloads to users running a legal edition of the application bundle, then upped the ante early in 2007 by requiring all users to validate their copy of Office with OGA to use the now-defunct Office Update site and service.

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Missing Thumbnails for Microsoft Office Files?

Missing thumbnails for certain files in Windows Explorer (Vista, Win7) can be puzzling. If you have this difficulty with some Microsoft Office files, it just may be that the thumbnail was not saved with the file. In Microsoft Word 2007, this should be easy: the Save Thumbnail option should appear in the Save As dialog. In Microsoft Powerpoint 2007, things are more cumbersome: go to the Office Orb - Prepare - Properties, and then click on Document Properties in the main window to select Advanced Properties from the drop-down menu. In the Summary tab of Advanced Properties, check the box for Save Preview Picture. Not exactly straightforward, is it? To make it easier the next time, you can add Advanced Document Properties to the Quick Access Toolbar.

Free Download Microsoft Office 2010 With Activation Key

Microsoft Office 2010 download links have been released to the public today. This public beta version of MS Office 2010 (v. 14.0.4536.1000) is now available for free download on Microsoft’s Official website.

Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 beta version also includes MS Publisher and Infopath 2010 along with Word, Excel, Outlook and Power point applications.

New Features Of Microsoft Office 2010

• Outlook Social connector which includes the option to add friends to your social network direct from Outlook.
• Built in screen capture for MS Powerpoint.
• Upload or Save directly to Windows Live Sky Drive or SharePoint 2010.
• Improved user navigation and Icons.
• One click PDF saver.
• Embed online videos into presentation.
  
  

Here’s what you need to know:

This is pre-release software, so please read the following to get an idea of the risks and key things you need to know before you try the Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta.

Protect your PC and data. Be sure to back up your data and please don’t test Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta on your primary home or business PC.

Uninstall any previous versions of Microsoft Office. We highly recommend that previous versions of Microsoft Office be removed from your test machine before installing Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta.

Technical details/updates. Before installing the Beta please read the Release Notes.

Keep up with the news. You can keep up with general technical information and news by participating in the Microsoft Office 2010 Forum (on TechNet) and reading the Microsoft Office 2010 Team Blog.

Keep your PC updated. Be sure to turn on automatic updates in Windows Update in case we publish updates for the Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta.

Microsoft Partners. Learn more about Office Professional Plus 2010 on the Microsoft Partner Portal.

Here’s what you need to have*:

• Internet access Internet access (to download Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta and get updates)
• 500 MHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor or higher
• 256 MB of system memory or more
• 3 GB of available disk space
• 1024x768 or higher resolution monitor
• DVD-R/W Drive

• Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 3 (32-bit)
• Windows Vista with SP1 (32-bit or 64-bit)
• Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit or 64-bit)
• Windows Server 2008 with SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit)
• Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit)

How To Activate Microsoft Office 2010 for Free:

Go to the download page.

Click the ‘Get it Now’ button.

Sign in with your live id and fill out the small form to download the beta of Microsoft Office 2010 for free.

You will get the Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta Product Key called MAK key to activate your evaluation copy of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta.

At the bottom, you will find the link to download MS office 2010 for free, both 32 bit and 64 bit versions.

For Activating the Office 2010, first you have to install the product and do the following steps.

Step 1: Open Microsoft Word 2010 Beta and click on the "File" tab. Next click "Help".
Step 2: Click “Change Product Key”.
Step 3: Enter the Multiple Activation Key (MAK).
Step 4: Entering the MAK key in Microsoft Word 2010 Beta automatically activates all the Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta applications. Click on the "File" tab to return to the Document view.

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Open Password Protected Excel Documents

We are often advised to password protect our files which contain sensitive information. But the use of strong passwords makes it more difficult to remember and has its own inconveniences. So what happens if we forget the password to those files we had backed up few months before. Is there any ways to open a password protected microsoft excel file without knowing its password. The answer to this is simply, YES.


How to open password protected Microsoft Excel documents without knowing its actual password


There are two ways to open a password protected MS excel file, either by decrypting the entire excel file or by recovering the original password. These two process can be easily done by following the steps provided in this excel password recovery article. I’ll summarize the steps in a simple way below.



1) Download office password recovery tool from this link.

2) Install the application with the default options.

3) Run the application and navigate to the password protected file by clicking the open button provided in the top left of the window.

4) This launches the recovery wizard. Here you can find two options.
a) 100% instant document decryption - This method is the fastest and it strips all the password protection from the msexcel document.
b) Recover the password to open – While this method just finds the original password of the excel file.


5) Choose any of the option and recover the password protected Excel document.

Easy Trick To Recover Unsaved Word Files From Microsoft Word

Due to some unavoidable circumstances, many people spend hours in front of their computer, yet experience a jolt when they lose a word document, their hard work, unexpectedly. Reason- there may have been power failure or it may be a result of their carelessness of not saving it immediately. This makes them feel helpless and frustrated. They do not know what to do. But now, you need not worry for even a grave problem as this can be solved and any loss of files from Microsoft word document can be retrieved.

How to Auto Recover Microsoft Word File

Move to the word option[Microsoft Word 2007] from the word menu and shift to Advanced tab, where you will come across many boxes that are not checked. Look for Always Create Back-up copy and then Allow background Saves. This will help you re-store all your files instantly. The back-up files of word are saved as:- .wbk extension.

So, don’t get tensed if you lose your files by mistake, they can always be restores through the back-up copy.

SEARCH IN YOUR TEMPORARY FILES.

You have two very easy ways of obtaining the word file from this method. You either check on your user application data or search the temporary folder.

* C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Data\ Microsoft\Word.
* C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\ Temp.

These given addresses can be opened in the Windows Explorer. If your operating system is installed in other drive other than Cdrive, then you will have to change the extension of the above address. Further, in place f the user name, use your OS name and you can fine many of your unsaved temporary files. In case of power failure or you system itself crashes, open your Microsoft Word once again, it will restore the data immediately.