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Mac OS X Tiger / Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger (Manuales Imprescindibles / Essential Manuals)

Robin Williams

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Mac OS X Tiger: The No Nonsense Guide! (No Nonsense Guide! series)

David S. Long

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Editorial Review:

A visual reference to learning the latest release of Mac OS X, this guide is geared to both new and experienced Mac users. The basics of managing files, organizing and running programs, playing video, listening to music, and using other multimedia are covered, and each step-by-step instruction is accompanied by a screen capture showing exactly where to click to accomplish a task. For users upgrading to the latest version of OS X, instructions are provided for using the many new and improved features, and for those new to Mac OS, this book can be used as a complete introduction.

MAC OS X Tiger: Trucos Esenciales

Scott Kelby

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Mac OS X Version 10.2 Jaguar Fast & Easy

Lisa A. Bucki

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

System 10 Must Have 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

I have been using a Mac since 1989 and was floored when I got my new iMac and couldn't figure out where to even find files!! I bought this book out of deperation and it has been invaluable in helping me figure out everything from how to set up printers in Classic mode to making MP3s to burning CDs. And it is EASY to follow (follow by picture). Buy it.

Jesus H.Christ 1 out of 5 stars.
0 of 1 people found this review helpful.

It is a damn good thing that I cannot get this authors e mail address The ONLY thing this book is good for is aggravating my shoulder injury as I throw it out of my library in a fit of total RAGE!

Editorial Review:

Relax. Learning how to use Mac OS X 10.2 is now a breeze. Using this book as your guide, you'll master its many features in no time. From the basics of folders and files to managing multiple users, this book covers everything you need to get up and running quickly with the latest version of this popular operating system.

MAC OS X Web Server Handbook

David L. Hart

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 2.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

Mac OS X finally makes it possible to run a secure, high-performance, rock-solid reliable Web server with all the simplicity the Macintosh platform has always provided. This book walks you step-by-step through deploying a complete, state-of-the-art Internet server environment using Mac OS X -- covering everything from Web publishing to email services, day-to-day server maintenance to full-fledged e-commerce. The book offers detailed coverage of server software and extensions, including e-commerce solutions; new and updated coverage of Mac OS X-based presentation and publishing tools; extensive treatment of DHTML, XML, and Cascading Style Sheets; and much more. It walks you through deploying Web services, email, list servers, FTP, and other Internet services; demonstrates how to extend your site with databases, community forums, Web cams, and Mac-compatible JavaScript and Java code. David L. Hart also shares practical techniques and guidelines for the day-to-day administration of Mac OS X-based Web sites. For every Web professional interested in running Web sites with Mac OS X.

The Mac OS X.2 Power User's Book

Gene Steinberg, Pieter Paulson

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Editorial Review:

Mac OS X is a Unix-based operating system designed for superior performance and networking power. The Mac OS X.2 Power User’s Book uses networking techniques, configuration tips and insight, Unix commands, and AppleScript to show users and networking administrators how to harness the real power of Mac OS X.2 (Jaguar) to setup small networks and automate critical tasks. Some of the hot topics covered include setting up OS X security, secrets of setting up successful networks, techniques of network booting, setting up administration software like Samba under Mac OS X Server, using Mac OS X server, automating repetitive tasks with AppleScript, and setting up mail and Web servers. The book is organized by topic, focusing on those used regularly by power users and administrators. The Mac OS X.2 Power User’s Book presents critical network techniques, AppleScript features, and UNIX commands important to power users and administrators. This is the ideal book for any OS X users who needs to set up and manage a small network of machines running OS X. The easy to follow instructions can really help all users harness the amazing power of OS X.

Mac OS X: The Complete Reference

Jesse Feiler

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 27 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

Too techy and not logically organized 2 out of 5 stars.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful.

Disappointing. I've been a Mac user for eleven years, and have bought my share of Mac books especially in the beginning. I recently purchased this 750-page tome as an introduction to Mac OS X, but whoa boy...it's not exactly an asset to my Mac library. If your idea is to get conversant with Mac OS X in a jiffy, this is really not the book for you. Especially the organization of the chapters is of the "what the hell was he thinking" variety. The first 90 pages, rather than gradually easing the reader up the OS X learning curve, push him or her into an abyss of mostly highly technical background information about the nuts and bolts beneath the new Mac skin. Before you know it, you're struggling your way through discussions of old coding languages and operating systems. A deluge of arcana ensues -- stuff about Pascal, Mach, DOS and UNIX architecture, kernels, Darwin, POSIX, etcetera. None of it seems the least bit relevant to anyone but the most hardcore propellerhead. It would be OK if that's all the book wanted to be -- a repository of high-tech geek info -- but Feiler then bizarrely veers off into detailed advice-giving to another demographic altogether: absolute beginners. We are told How to Move a Window, How to Scroll a Window's Content, How to Close a Window, and so on. We also receive an explanation of the difference between a pop-up menu and a radio button, and other tips that will extract a heartfelt "duh" from anyone who has been NEAR a computer, Mac or Windows, in the past ten years. Granted, there IS much solid information here, and I don't want to knock the Herculean task that Feiler accomplished -- but due to the book's haphazard organization, its absence of levity, and its supergeek leanings, reading and internalizing the useful information is harder than it should be. You never get the impression that Feiler is a careful coach who seeks to gently guide his students through the Mac OS X minefield; rather, he just kinda reproduces the considerable knowledge he's acquired, without much regard for didactic niceties, and without any appreciable effort to make the hard parts go down a little easier. I gave up on this book in frustration after a day and a half, went looking for an alternative, and found David Pogue's "Max OS X, the Missing Manual" (correctly billed as "the book that should have been in the box"). For my money, Pogue's book -- not just authoratative but well-organized, clearly written and designed, pleasantly conversational, and ocassionally funny -- is head and shoulders above Feiler's. And at almost 600 packed pages, it's almost as complete as Feiler's "Complete Reference."

Editorial Review:

A complete guide to all the new features of Mac OS X. Written by experienced author and Mac expert Jesse Feiler, this reference will show both new and current power users how to get the most out of this powerful new operating system.

Running Mac OS X Panther

James Duncan Davidson

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Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Not for geeks, good for future geeks 3 out of 5 stars.
10 of 13 people found this review helpful.

This book is not for geeks. If you are already someone who understands Mac OS X inside and out, uses the terminal to accomplish things periodically, and know how to get things done you will find this book to have no new information.

As I paged through my newly purchased copy I was quite disappointed at the lack of anything that was new to me. As such, this book will be passed on to one of my more advanced users who will enjoy learning more. For someone technically minded who wishes they knew how to do more with OSX, this is a pretty good book.

This book is well written and helpful, but geeks like me are not its audience. If you want a book that digs a lot deeper and covers a lot more subjects, pick up Mac OS X Unleashed (I bought mine from amazon, I know they carry it).

Joel

Editorial Review:

Running Mac OS X Panther takes readers deep inside Mac OS X's core, revealing the inner workings of Panther for those who want to get the most out of their system. It is the ultimate Swiss Army Knife™ for power users who want to customize, tweak, and generally rev up their Mac. The easy-to-follow format is organized into three primary parts:

• Getting Started introduces you to Mac OS X?where it came from, how it's put together, and how it works
• Administration Essentials gives you the tools you need to examine how your system is running and adjust all the knobs behind its operation
• Networking and Network Services covers all the ways Mac OS X interfaces with the world around it, including wireless and spontaneous networking

Developer Tools, including Xcode, for Mac OS X are discussed throughout the book where needed to accomplish the task at hand. The appendices that follow include handy quick reference materials for things such as Open Firmware.

Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X Panther All In One (Sams Teach Yourself)

Robyn Ness, John Ray

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Editorial Review:

Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X Panther All in One is designed to teach, in one big book, the new Mac user how to easily work with his hardware, his operating system, and all the applications he is likely to want to use to work with digital media. The book does not assume the reader wants to learn how to use just one product, but covers multiple products and technologies together in a logical fashion.

• Setting up and configuring Mac hardware.
• Understanding the Mac OS X interface.
• Burning CDs and DVDs with iDVD.
• Playing and organizing MP3s and digital music with iTunes.
• Digital photography with iPhoto.
• Editing digital video with iMovie.

Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X Tiger All in One (Sams Teach Yourself)

Robyn Ness, John Ray

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Pretty Tiger 4 out of 5 stars.
2 of 4 people found this review helpful.

Ness and Ray offer a comprehensive guide to much that the latest Mac OS X Tiger can do for you. For a company with less than 5% of the desktop market, Apple has still been able to stuff an amazing amount of functionality into Tiger.

Take for instance searching on the Internet. One of the core tasks that everybody does. Apple put together a cute meta-search engine, called Sherlock. If you give it a query, it forwards these to actual search engines like Google, Lycos or AskJeeves, and collects and displays the combined results. In itself, this is quite useful, as you can appreciate. Indeed, there are other meta-search engines that also do this.

Sherlock goes further. As the authors show, it has "channels". Specialised to key areas like pictures, stocks (finance), movies, eBay and flights (travel). These let you search websites with databases in those fields. To be sure, experienced users may not need this. But other, newer users might like this ease of use.

Then for amateur musicians, Tiger has GarageBand. The book explains how it lets you make your own compositions. Easy to use functions that cover much if not all of what you might want to do in your garage. Much cheaper than buying custom software, since it comes bundled into Tiger.

There is much more covered in the book. The above should give you some idea of what's available in Tiger.

Editorial Review:

The Macintosh environment is very exciting — and very confusing, especially for the first time user. What you need is one book that will guide you through all of the exciting features and programs that came with your new Mac. That's where Mac OS X Tiger All in One comes in. This thorough, easy-to-understand introduction to all of the components of Mac OS X Tiger will teach you how to easily work with Mac hardware, the operating system and all of the powerful digital media applications that are built right into your system. Did you know you can make your own music with a program called Garage Band? You can even burn CDs and DVDs using a program called iDVD. All of the features and programs in a Mac work together cohesively, so why consult multiple books that work against the natural flow of the Mac system? Mac OS X Tiger All in One is all you need to become a fluent Mac user.