How to Move Outlook Express Addresses to Your Mac Address Book
In OS X, Address Book is a separate application. Mail and other OS X applications, including iChat, make use of the Address Book database of contacts. Fortunately, Outlook Express addresses are relatively easy to transfer to your Mac.
Start by grabbing your contacts from your PC. First plug a flash drive or external hard drive into your PC. Then create a new folder on that drive and name it something like addresses to transfer. From your PC’s Start menu, open Outlook Express, choose Tools→Address Book, and then choose Edit→Select All. Drag the selected addresses to the addresses to transfer folder. Click the Remove Hardware icon in the Windows system tray. Click the Safely Remove Mass Storage Device line that matches your flash drive in the window that appears. Count to ten, and then unplug the drive.
On your Mac, you then follow these steps: Open the OS X Address Book application — it’s in the Applications folder. Plug the drive into your Mac. Double-click the drive icon and then the addresses to transfer folder. From the Finder menu, choose Edit→Select All and drag the selected contacts to the Address Book window. Right-click the drive icon and select Eject.
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Address Book
The place for addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses on the Mac. You can also add a picture and note about the person.
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A short-range wireless technology that lets your Mac communicate with other compatible gadgets, from up to 30 feet away.
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ColorSync
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Dashboard
A translucent screen that lays on top of your desktop and houses clever little applications called widgets.
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desktop
The whole of your Mac’s computer screen. Also called the Finder.
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Discoverable mode
Helps other Bluetooth devices find your Mac.
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Dock
The colorful bar on the bottom of the Mac screen. It’s a rough cross between the Windows taskbar and the Start menu.
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double-clicking
Left-clicking twice in rapid succession while keeping the cursor in the same location.
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dragging
Positioning the cursor on top of a symbol or icon and then holding down the mouse button and rolling the mouse across your desk, which moves the symbol or icon to a new location.
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Exposé
A Mac feature that, with a click of a button, organizes your Mac desktop.
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FileVault
A Mac feature that automatically scrambles, or encrypts, the data in your Home folder.
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FireWire
A speedy connector often used with digital cameras.
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function keys
Housed on the top row of the Mac keyboard, the keys with the letter F followed by a number.
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iCal
The Mac’s built-in calendar.
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iDVD
The application that lets you burn movies onto a disk.
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iMac
A Mac desktop computer.
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iPhoto
The application where you store and touch up digital images.
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iSync
The application that keeps your calendar, Address Book, and Internet bookmarks synchronized across multiple devices.
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iTunes
Apple’s renowned musical jukebox.
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iWeb
The tool that lets you create personal Web sites, blogs, and podcasts.
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Mac Mini
Apple’s budget desktop computer. Weighing less than 3 pounds, it’s portable, but not in the same sense as a notebook.
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Mac OSx
The operating system that Apple included with all new Mac computer systems since 2002.
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Mac Pro
A Mac desktop intended for professionals facing demanding graphics and other computing tasks. Its arrival completed the transition of the Mac line to Intel processors.
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MacBook Air
Apple’s super-thin Mac. Encased in aluminum with a 13.3-inch display, Air measures just 0.16 inches at its skinniest point and just 0.75 inches at its thickest. But it still boasts a full-size keyboard and very good battery life.
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MacBook, MacBook Pro
Apple’s successor to the PowerBook.
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Mail
Apple’s built-in calendar.
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MobileMe
The application that keeps your e-mail, contacts, and calendar synchronized, no matter what device you’re using.
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operating software
The software that makes a Mac work.
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parental controls
Safety features that let you place limitations on your child’s computer use.
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phishing
A form of Internet fraud where identity thieves, posing as a respectable financial or Internet company, tries to dupe you into clicking phony links to verify personal or account information.
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Safari
The Mac’s Web browser.
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Smart Groups
A way to group contacts in your Address Book.
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Smart Mailboxes
Searches for e-mail that matches specific search criteria.
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Spotlight
The Mac’s search technology.
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trackpad
The smooth surface below your Mac keyboard that’s your laptop’s answer to using a mouse.
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USB port
The place on your Mac where you plug in devices you want to connect, such as printers, scanners, digital cameras, and more.
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Voiceover
A screen reader designed to make using a Mac easier by speaking the contents of the screen.
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wireless network
A network that isn’t connected by wires but uses radio waves, instead.
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