Next month will mark two years since I “switched” to using a Mac. When I switched, two things helped me make the transition — a friendly Apple user forum and David Pogue’s “Mac OS X : The Missing Manual, Tiger Ed” (of course, it was the Panther edition back then).

For a friendly user forum you can’t beat Whirlpool.net.au’s Apple Forum. That’s where I learnt how to get my mail over from Windows to Apple, read about the pros and cons of the various email clients for Apple and got help on the rare occasions that I was able to bust things.

Apple’s own discussion board for Apple Mail is, of course, also excellent. A number of very knowledgeable and friendly people answer questions there.

David Pogue’s book is terrific value for money. It not only teaches you all about the new operating system, its chapter on Apple Mail tells all you need to know to get started (plus a new things that are good to know after you’ve started). I highly recommend it.

SAMS Publishing has put the ?¢‚Ǩ?ìApple Mail?¢‚Ǩ¬ù chapter of Mac OS X Tiger Unleashed (2005) by William and John Ray online. It’s a good read.

If you just want to get started as fast as you can, then you can always use the Apple Mail 101 Resources on the Apple web site.

Getting your head around the new software is one thing. Moving your mail over from Outlook or whatever PC client you used is another. You can read some tips about how to do that here and here.

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