# Moving from Windows to Mac OS X

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-from-windows-to-mac-os-x/224572>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 15, 2004, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-from-windows-to-mac-os-x/224572 "2004-01-15T12:10:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-from-windows-to-mac-os-x/224572/21 "2004-01-18T01:09:47Z")

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Incidentally, another book recommendation: _MacOS X Unleashed_ contains a lot more of an introduction and orientation to the Unix side of MacOS X capabilities than _The Missing Manual_ – actually the two of them together make a good comprehensive library and I wouldn’t want to be without either of them.

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**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-from-windows-to-mac-os-x/224572/22 "2004-01-18T08:35:46Z")

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> [@peritrochoid](#):
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> I’ve used Suitcase, Font Reserve, and the built-in Font Book for over 1500 fonts. Suitcase, by far, has been the easiest way to wrangle the wily critters into a manageable state, so I highly recommend it. Font Reserve had a nasty tendency to corrupt it’s font database file and crash the app. Font Book slowed my system nearly to a crawl, though that may have more to do with it being new and with my tendency to not read directions.

I don’t think Fontbook has the cojones for that many fonts. The stuff I’ve read suggests that once you pass several hundred, you’re drifting into “pro” territory and need a commercial app for the job.

IMO, Fontbook is just a freebie Apple gives away so Grandma can manage her fonts when she’s banging out next week’s newsletter for the church.

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