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Moving from Windows to Mac can be a little jarring to your established computer workflow. While there are significant differences between Windows and Mac operating systems, there are a number of similarities too. Here, we go through the Mac Finder for newcomers to OSX.

When making the switch, it's the little details that can get more than a little confusing. In Windows, you're used to each application or explorer window having it's own menu bar at the top. The Mac "thinks different." We'll show you how to ease the transition.

The Dock in Mac OSX functions somewhat like the Taskbar in Windows. You can customize the Dock to show the programs you access most frequently, you can hide it away when it's not being used, you can enable or disable neat Dock animations and more. In this episode, The Doc gets down with the Dock.

When making the switch from PC to Mac, you'll notice that things are a little different. Most of the basic functionality is the same, it's just that the interface functions are unique to each operating system. Program and application windows work in much the same way in Mac as in Windows but are controlled slightly differently. Permit us to demonstrate...

Your Mac isn't your Mac until you've customized it. System Preferences is where you need to be in order to do that. We'll run you through where you go to make changes to your desktop wallpaper, to change your screen saver, set up printers, Bluetooth, your Internet connection and more.

The Spotlight is a quick and simple way to find whatever you're looking for on your Mac. Spotlight returns results lightning fast as it indexes your files in the background. With Spotlight, simply type in what you're looking for, get your results and go.

Touch control is coming into its own. Meet the SMART Table, an interactive computing surface that highlights intuitive use and is targeted at educational markets.

Boinx shows off BoinxTV, a program designed to be a one-stop shop for multi-camera video production on the Mac.

Building the cross-application integration that the iPhone so sorely needs, Pinger Phone connects instant messaging, Facebook, MySpace and more and allows you to call, chat with or message your contacts.

Cali Lewis of GeekBrief.tv catches up with Lensbaby on the Macworld 2009 show floor. If there's a camera geek in the family, call them over; the Lensbaby Composer makes it easy to narrow the depth of field significantly with a digital SLR camera giving much more control over the image to be captured.

Pronounced "bee hive," not "bee jive," this iPhone app links you up with iChat users, lets you send and receive pictures, voice messages and more.