{"id":47430,"date":"2025-04-18T13:29:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T17:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=47430"},"modified":"2025-04-23T09:17:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T13:17:59","slug":"returning-to-macos-after-20-years-on-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/18\/returning-to-macos-after-20-years-on-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Returning to macOS After 20+ Years on Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emusements.com\/there-and-back-again-returning-to-mac-after-over-20-years-on-windows\">Randy Parker<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/talk.tidbits.com\/t\/returning-to-macos-after-20-years-on-windows\/30636\">TidBITS-Talk<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/emusements.com\/there-and-back-again-returning-to-mac-after-over-20-years-on-windows\"><p>For longer replies in Messages, I would often compose my message on my computer, email it to myself, and then copy and paste it from the Mail app on my iPhone into the Messages app.<\/p><p>As a Windows user, I&rsquo;d have to live with this frustration indefinitely unless I considered one of the following options[&#8230;]<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>While looking for Mac video tutorials, I discovered another invaluable resource: Gary Rosenzweig&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/macmost.com\/\"><strong>MacMost<\/strong><\/a> YouTube channel. Rosenzweig&rsquo;s polished and professional tutorials cover topics from the most basic to the most obscure (not only about macOS but also about iOS and more).<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>Much as I feared, the [Photoshop Elements] data migration didn&rsquo;t go smoothly. The program&rsquo;s backup and restore method failed. Instead, I had to experiment with manually copying over my catalog and photos and then converting the catalog format from 2022 to 2025. Eventually, I stumbled on a sequence of steps where everything migrated correctly.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>I have absolutely no regrets about finally making the switch back to Mac. In fact, I quickly came to prefer the macOS user experience over Windows.<\/p><p>One big reason: the user interface congruity between macOS, iOS, and iPadOS.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/04\/windows-11-install-to-require-internet-and-microsoft-account\/\">Windows 11 Install to Require Internet and Microsoft Account<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/13\/rumored-redesign-in-ios-19-and-macos-16\/\">Rumored Redesign in iOS 19 and macOS 16<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/13\/gemmell-is-back-to-mac\/\">Gemmell Is Back to Mac<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/14\/the-imessage-halo-effect\/\">The iMessage Halo Effect<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/28\/switching-to-a-mac-after-decades-on-windows\/\">Switching to a Mac After Decades on Windows<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/23\/safari-17-web-apps\/\">Safari 17 Web Apps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/01\/imessage-on-windows-via-microsofts-phone-link\/\">iMessage on Windows via Microsoft&rsquo;s Phone Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/09\/why-theres-no-imessage-for-android\/\">Why There&rsquo;s No iMessage for Android<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/06\/a-year-away-from-macos\/\">A Year Away From macOS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Randy Parker (via TidBITS-Talk): For longer replies in Messages, I would often compose my message on my computer, email it to myself, and then copy and paste it from the Mail app on my iPhone into the Messages app.As a Windows user, I&rsquo;d have to live with this frustration indefinitely unless I considered one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2025-04-18T17:29:06Z","apple_news_api_id":"3f56cdf2-2f28-4b03-a6ea-d1ed6f20137f","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2025-04-23T13:18:01Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AP1bN8i8oSwOm6tHtbyATfw","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[192,2317,30,2598,141,155,2666,219],"class_list":["post-47430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-busycal","tag-chatgpt","tag-mac","tag-macos-15-sequoia","tag-messages","tag-moom","tag-photoshop-elements","tag-windows"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47430"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47466,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47430\/revisions\/47466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}