Switching to the Mac[c] The Missing Manual
The Mac has no central equivalent of the System window on a Windows PC. But its functions have analogs here:
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General tab . To find out your Mac OS X version number and the amount of memory on your Mac, choose
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Computer Name tab . Open System Preferences, click Sharing, and edit your computer's network names here.
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Hardware tab . The closest thing the Mac has to the Device Manager is System Profiler (in your Applications
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Advanced tab . In Mac OS X, you can't easily adjust your virtual memory, processor scheduling, or user profile information.
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System Restore tab . This feature isn't available in Mac OS X.
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Automatic Updates tab . Open System Preferences and click Software Updates.
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Remote tab . These features are unavailable in Mac OS X.