I've just bought a 27" 2011 iMac after many years of running different variants of Windows. There were a few motivations for doing this:
- to 'unify' the ecosystem - I currently also use an iPhone 5S and an iPad Air, but back on the PC I'm sort of divided between using iTunes and Windows Media Player to catalogue and organise music
- I'm in the process of redesigning my study, and want a cleaner work environment. I use two 24" monitors at the moment, powered from a pretty big PC tower. I want to cut down the space I use, plus I really no longer game and so don't need the big box graphics grunt from the PC. Although I'm going to miss two monitors, the extra size and quality should, hopefully, compensate somewhat.
As I use my Windows PC for less and less I don't really have much to consider porting over, aside from Lightroom and all my photos. These are run from a NAS - Synology DS211J - which also stores all my music and video files. That looks like it will still run just fine on an OSX system.
However, I'm a little nervous. I admit to not having really researched this much at all and, having been wedded to Windows and only really experienced Apple via iOS, I'm not really sure what to expect from the desktop Apple experience. My question really is: where should I start to make sure I get the most from the new system and make the transition as smooth as possible? Are there any good guides that people could recommend on how I should get started and learn to new OS from scratch?
I'm just a bit worried that the basics won't be terribly intuitive, or am I worrying over nothing and I'll be able to be up and running in a few days like nothing had happened?
- to 'unify' the ecosystem - I currently also use an iPhone 5S and an iPad Air, but back on the PC I'm sort of divided between using iTunes and Windows Media Player to catalogue and organise music
- I'm in the process of redesigning my study, and want a cleaner work environment. I use two 24" monitors at the moment, powered from a pretty big PC tower. I want to cut down the space I use, plus I really no longer game and so don't need the big box graphics grunt from the PC. Although I'm going to miss two monitors, the extra size and quality should, hopefully, compensate somewhat.
As I use my Windows PC for less and less I don't really have much to consider porting over, aside from Lightroom and all my photos. These are run from a NAS - Synology DS211J - which also stores all my music and video files. That looks like it will still run just fine on an OSX system.
However, I'm a little nervous. I admit to not having really researched this much at all and, having been wedded to Windows and only really experienced Apple via iOS, I'm not really sure what to expect from the desktop Apple experience. My question really is: where should I start to make sure I get the most from the new system and make the transition as smooth as possible? Are there any good guides that people could recommend on how I should get started and learn to new OS from scratch?
I'm just a bit worried that the basics won't be terribly intuitive, or am I worrying over nothing and I'll be able to be up and running in a few days like nothing had happened?
