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Mac, Seguridad, Windows 15 de enero del 2009

Excelentes tablas comparativas… por AppleMatters

On Windows	On Mac
Blue Screen of Death (less common on Windows since XP)	Kernel Panic (Very rare on Macs)
Command Prompt	Terminal
Control Panel	System Preferences
Directory	Folder
Explorer	Finder
My Computer	Finder
Options	Preferences
Program	Application
Recycle Bin	Trash
Right click menu	Context menu
Taskbar	Dock
Windows Update	Sofware Update

Function	On Windows	On Mac
Abort an application	Ctrl-Alt-Del and select application and click “End Task”	Option-Command-Esc then select and click “Force Quit”
Applets	Bottom right of Taskbar	Top right of menu bar
Applications: Accessing running applications	Alt-tab; Click on program”™s name in the Taskbar	Alt-tab; F9; Click on the application”™s icon in the Dock. Running applications are indicated by a black triangle below the application”™s Dock icon.
Applications: Finding and launching	Start Menu	Dock; Applications folder
Basic troubleshooting of application crashes. (After performing each of these, test if the problem is solved.)	Restart application; Reboot; Scandisk; Defrag; Reinstall troublesome program	Restart application; Reboot; Delete troublesome application”™s preference file (found in Library/Preferences folder of your User folder and often named something like com.vendorsname.applicationnme.plist.); Repair disk permissions using the Disk Utility in the Applications/Utilities folder (requires administrator access)
Close a window	Close button (top right of window)	Close button (top left of window). Note: If the Close button displays a grey dot in the middle of it, the document in the window is unsaved.
Context menus	Right mouse click	Control-left mouse click on single button mice, otherwise, also right mouse click
Copy	Control-C	Command-C
Cut	Control-X	Command-X
Drive names	C:, D:, E: etc	OS X uses the name given to the disk (the label in Windows) to reference disks. eg “iMac Hard Disk”
Ejecting CDs and DVDs	Push eject button on disk drive; Right click on disk and select “Eject”	In a Finder window, click eject symbol to right of disk Drag and drop the disk”™s icon on to the Trash icon (it will turn into an Eject icon); Push the Eject key (â ) on the keyboard. Note: a disk in use will not be able to be ejected.
File navigation and management	Windows Explorer; My Computer	Finder
Files: Location of personal files	My Documents	Documents
Help	F1	Command-?
Installing programs	Run install program (if not automatically run)	Some applications have an installer (usually indicated by a pkg or mpkg suffix). Double click to install. Others you simply drag and drop to the Applications folder.
Maximize a window	Maximize button (top right of window)	Zoom button (green button in top left of window). Note: Zoom is not functionally equivalent of Maximize, but is the closest thing to it on Macs. Zoom only enlarges the window enough to display the full width of the document within it.
Menu bar: Accessing by keystroke	Alt key	Control-F2
Menu bar: Location of an application”™s menu bar	Top of its window	Top of screen
Minimize a window	Minimize button (top right of window)	Minimize button (orange button in top left of window).
Monitoring system performance	Task Manager	Activity Monitor (found in the Applications/Utilities folder
Move cursor one word right	Control-Right arrow (cursor) key	Option-Right arrow (cursor) key
Move cursor one word left	Control-Left arrow (cursor) key	Option-Left arrow (cursor) key
Move cursor to beginning of the line	Home key	Control-Left arrow (cursor) key
Move cursor to end of the line	End key	Control-Right arrow (cursor) key
Paste	Control-V	Command-V
Properties: Getting information about an item	Properties menu item. Usually in context menu	Get Info. Usually in either context menu or File menu
Options and settings: Location in menus	Usually under the Tools menu item	Usually under the application”™s named menu item
Removing media	Right click on device and select “Eject”; Open “Safely Remove Hardware” from Task Bar and Stop device to remove	In a Finder window, click eject symbol to right of the device; Drag and drop the device”™s icon onto the Trash icon (it will turn into an Eject icon); Note: a device in use will not be able to be ejected.
Resize a window	Click and drag any edge	Click and drag bottom right corner
Run an applications	Locate via the Start menu	If not already in the Dock, applications are stored in the Applications folder and its sub-folders and can be run directly from there. They can be kept permanently in the Dock by right clicking on their Dock icon and selecting “Keep in Dock”.
Screen brightness	Usually on the monitor	F14 to decrease; F15 to increase
Screen capture	PrtScn to capture full screen to clipboard; Alt-PrtScrn to capture current window to clipboard	Command-Shift-3 to capture full screen to a file; Control-Command-Shift-3 to copy the full screen to the Clipboard; Command-Shift-4 to capture selected area of the screen to a file. Press spacebar to automatically select the window under the cursor; Control-Command-Shift-4 to copy the selected area to the Clipboard.
Select All	Control-A	Command-A
Separator used in path names	Backslash (\)	Forward slash (/)
Show Desktop	Click Show Desktop shortcut in Taskbar	F11
System information	System in Control Panel	“About this Mac” in the Apple menu (top left corner of the screen)
Tabbed browsing	Available in Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox	In Safari, is off by default. Enable in Safari”™s preferences
Undo	Control-Z	Command-Z