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DiscountDelight - Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Ed (Missing Manual)
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List Price: $29.95
Our Price: $18.61
Your Save: $ 11.34 ( 38% )
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Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780596009410
ISBN: 0596009410
Label: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 864
Publication Date: 2005-07-12
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Studio: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: Highly Recommended
Comment: When it comes to finding answers and troubleshooting my family's Macs, this one has saved my ass more times than any other Macintosh book I've owned (trust me I have plenty).
This one hands down is a winner!!!!
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Summary: Worthwhile for any level of experience, and entertaining to boot!
Comment: The great thing about this Tiger edition (or any of the previous editions, for that matter), is that the entire spectrum of Mac users will get something worthwhile from it. If you're a long-time Mac user, there's detailed info enough to qualify as Power User tips, while complete beginners will find things explained fully so they're not left trying to figure out what's being discussed or what they're supposed to do.
On top of that, it's all delivered in Dave Pogue's extremely friendly and entertaining prose. No comedic stand-up routines to wade through to get at the info, but with a quiet wit and intelligence throughout that keeps you reading. Yes, even though it's a computer manual. Even if you're thinking you'd never want to read a computer manual, this will surprise you. And you'll be instantly rewarded with tons of practical info and how-tos that make such a difference in day-to-day usage of your Mac. For example, I've been using Apples since before there were Macs, and I got a bunch of nifty tips on finessing my use of the Finder in the very first chapters!
Tiger's a whole new beast, and while the obviously new features are covered (Dashboard or Spotlight, say), there are major improvements and tweaks to almost everything, and this is a Really Good Guide for pointing out the new lay of the land (even those things you think you know already. Like the Finder.)
So if you're going to get one book on Tiger, get this one. It's accessible so you can get in, get what you need and get out again quickly if you're looking for specific help, while still in-depth enough to make a more comprehensive reading of it rewarding. If you're brand new to OS X or to Macs in general, get this one because it's the best systematic tour guide to the whole new world you've just jumped into, even going so far as to provide sections on where the things you're looking for from your old system (whether OS 9 or Windows) have gotten to in Tiger.
They could offer money-back guarantees on this book, it's that good.
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Summary: A nice and simple detailed looked
Comment: The language of the book is simple, and it is well detailed.
I still have not come up with a question that I did not find in this book.
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Summary: Best of the OS X Tiger Books
Comment: I bought David Pogue's OS X Tiger Manual, and Andy Ihnatko's OS X Tiger Book at the same time. At first I read Ihnatko's book because it was so entertaining. Unfortunately the content in Ihnatko's book was minimal, and I was forced to go to Pogue's book. What a great book! Useful stuff on almost every page! (I put stars and comments in the top corners of pages that I think I will want to return to - over half of the pages in Pogue's book have stars and comments!)
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Summary: Good Book to start to go deeper.
Comment: When you need/want to know more; this book is one to get.
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Editorial Reviews:
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You can set your watch to it: As soon as Apple comes out with another version of Mac OS X, David Pogue hits the streets with another meticulous Missing Manual to cover it with a wealth of detail. The new Mac OS X 10.4, better known as Tiger, is faster than its predecessors, but nothing's too fast for Pogue and Mac OS X: The Missing Manual. There are many reasons why this is the most popular computer book of all time. With its hallmark objectivity, the Tiger Edition thoroughly explores the latest features to grace the Mac OS. Which ones work well and which do not? What should you look for? This book tackles Spotlight, an enhanced search feature that helps you find anything on your computer; iChat AV for videoconferencing; Automator for automating repetitive, manual or batch tasks; and the hundreds of smaller tweaks and changes, good and bad, that Apple's marketing never bothers to mention. Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition is the authoritative book that's ideal for every user, including people coming to the Mac for the first time. Our guide offers an ideal introduction that demystifies the Dock, the unfamiliar Mac OS X folder structure, and the entirely new Mail application. There are also mini-manuals on iLife applications such as iMovie, iDVD, and iPhoto, those much-heralded digital media programs, and a tutorial for Safari, Mac's own web browser. And plenty more: learn to configure Mac OS X using the System Preferences application, keep your Mac secure with FileVault, and learn about Tiger's enhanced Firewall capabilities. If you're so inclined, this Missing Manual also offers an easy introduction to the Terminal application for issuing basic Unix commands. There's something new on practically every page, and David Pogue brings his celebrated wit and expertise to every one of them. Mac's brought a new cat to town and we have a great new way to tame it.
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