Author:David Pogue Binding: Paperback ISBN: 0596153287 Availability:
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For a company that promised to "put a pause on new features," Apple sure has been busy-there's barely a feature left untouched in Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard." There's more speed, more polish, more refinement-but still no manual. Fortunately, David Pogue is back, with the humor and expertise that have made this the #1 bestselling Mac book for eight years straight. You get all the answers with jargon-free introductions to:
Big-ticket changes. A 64-bit overhaul. Faster everything. A rewritten Finder. Microsoft Exchange compatibility. All-new QuickTime Player. If Apple wrote it, this book covers it.
Snow Leopard Spots. This book demystifies the hundreds of smaller enhancements, too, in all 50 programs that come with the Mac: Safari, Mail, iChat, Preview, Time Machine.
Shortcuts. This must be the tippiest, trickiest Mac book ever written. Undocumented surprises await on every page.
Power usage. Security, networking, build-your-own Services, file sharing with Windows, even Mac OS X's Unix chassis-this one witty, expert guide makes it all crystal clear.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Kindle Version a Circus of Confusion:
Looked at the contents book was well written, then purchased the kindle version. Kindle version doesn't really include a table of contents, for whatever reason they rewrote the contents pages and now looks like it was written by a 5 year old. I contacted David Pogue, he wasn't aware of this, and submitted it to his publisher, who states that Kindle can make some changes, but why they would change the contents page which is the most important part of the book, is beyond me.
So I just have to... more info
Snow Leopard manual review:
I first checked this manual out of the library and after using it for a week decided I needed my own copy.
It is invaluable and well written.
The only areas where it seems to be incomplete are the ripping and burning of cds.
The best but not necessarily when it needs to be:
Too many of the Mac OSX guides are little more than colorful, hand-holding versions of the Help menu that Apple includes with the computer. Pogue's manual, therefore, easily beats the field as a more informative, comprehensive, useful guide to Macintosh operating systems. It's a book to be consulted from time to time, not read from cover to cover. At the same time, I've recently had some freezes and disastrous, time-consuming, expensive crashes with an iMac and Macbook, compounded by ineffective... more info
Everything you might ever need:
Whether you are new to the Mac, or just new to Snow Leopard as I am, this book will answer just about any question you might have. Apple has a way of introducing marvelous new features, like Time Machine, without providing any one place where you can find answers to basic questions, like "What is this feature for, and what will it do for me," "How exactly does it work," and "How does it fit into the rest of the system?" While this is in line with Apple's rep for elegant design (the spare white owner's... more info
