I am switching from a MacBook to a MacBook Air.

I have connect to the cloud, but then it asks for the keychain password and I do not know that. What do I do? Can I add/change the password??

Hey Piercy1255,
According to this document, if you don't remember your original password, you'll need to delete the keychain. Deleting a keychain also deletes all the password data saved in that keychain. Here are the steps:
In Keychain Access, choose Preferences from the Keychain Access menu.
If available, click the Reset My Default Keychain button. This will remove the login keychain and create a new one with the password provided.
If Reset My Default Keychain is not available, choose Keychain List from the Edit menu.
Delete the "login" keychain.
from: OS X: Keychain Access asks for keychain "login" after changing login password
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1631
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All the best,
Delgadoh

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2) Yes, very similar.
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npudenz,
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However, having "lockups" is definitely not normal, and could be an indication of disk errors. I recommend that you use Disk Utility to check the health of your startup volume. If you don't know how, just ask.
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I am switching from an acer laptop to a MacBook Pro. I may have to hand in my laptop before I receive my new MacBook. What is the best way to back up my files so that I can transfer them to my MacBook. I cloud cannot be installed on my laptop because it uses a version of windows that is older and doesn't support it. Hope someone can help.

Connect a blank powered external drive to the PC.
Right click on the Disk in the File manager and choose format: exFAT
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Hook up the drive to the Mac, and transfer files to the desktop or to their same appropritate folders.
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i have just switched from a PC and installing my googlemail account onto my Macbook pro. I can successfully see my calendar and contacts but my mail will not connect. i get an error message - can not connect to the server. Any ideas please?

Neil,
I don't use Apple's Mail client (I use MS Outlook) but setting up your Gmail account should be fairly straightforward. Just make certain that you have your settings correct.
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I switched from a Pentium 4 2.2GHz Dell laptop to a Intel CD 2GHz MacBook Pro.
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- the spotlight search on a mac is soo much better and faster compared to a windows search.
- No need for all those extra programs that scan you PC for virusses, spyware, mallware,...
- No need to download additional drivers or programs before you can do anything.
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The Preview app in Mac just isn't the picture viewer I hoped it would be. But maybe that's just me...
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