[X Newbies] Migrating user files to new Mac

[Vincent Cayenne]

At 9:39p -0500 2003.02.14, Norman Ludlow wrote:
>Also, any recommended resources (books, articles, web pages) that 
>could assist me in helping my other 5 co-workers adjust from OS 9 to 
>OS X (for instance working with the "new" Finder) would be greatly 
>appreciated.

I'd second Joe's recommendation to have copies of David Pogue's book.

At $15 per copy, this seems like it would be a good buy:
>Mac OS X Pocket Guide, 2nd Edition
>By Chuck Toporek
>2nd Edition November 2002
>0-596-00458-3, Order Number: 4583
>150 pages, $14.95 US, $23.95 CA, £10.50 UK
>
>Concise, easy to use, and thoroughly updated to cover Mac OS X 10.2, 
>this new edition of the Mac OS X Pocket Guide introduces you to the 
>fundamental concepts of Mac OS X. It also features a handy "Mac OS X 
>Survival Guide," that shows Mac users what's changed from Mac OS 9, 
>and helps Windows and Unix converts get acclimated to their new OS.

I also like the following for its encyclopaedic coverage of all things OS X:
>Mac OS X Unleashed
>by John Ray, William C Ray, William C. Ray



Other useful stuff:

Keep yourself, as the designated trouble-shooter, well-armed with 
Randy B. Singer's troubleshooting guide: "How to deal with common 
Macintosh OS 10.2 (Jaguar) problems 
<http://www.macattorney.com/tutorial.html>.

Find out the release date for the OS X native version of DiskWarrior 
from Alsoft. Get it. If the current version will boot your machines, 
get it now.

Create a clean, not-to-be-normally-used, administrative user on each machine.

Put a clean, working OS X on a bootable, portable hard drive and keep it handy.
-- 
The Mac, truly, rules.
Any developer that says otherwise has forgotten what it means to love 
computers.
(Cabel Sasser)