It is the missing manual | Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual

Demystify Leopard here! | Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual | David Pogue

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	• Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual David Pogue Pogue Press, 2007 - 912 pages average customer review:based on 124 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A must!

If you are looking for the most complete and up to date source of information on Mac OS X Leopard this is it.

It is the missing manual

Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual I am converting from Windows to a Mac. This book was very helpful in showing me how to use the features I knew were available. Good look up reference guide.

Demystify Leopard here!

Book Title: The Missing Manual - Mac OS X Leopard Edition
Author: David Pogue
Publisher: Pogue Press - O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Publish Date: December 2007
ISBN-10: 0-596-52952-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-596-52952-9
Reviewed by: Curt Blanchard - Tucson Macintosh Users Group (4/1/08)

Panther and Tiger and, now Leopard, oh my! With each cat comes a slew of new features to master and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is no kitten - it's a seriously big update. Rest your fears, however, because our favorite lion tamer, David Pogue has come to our rescue with the Leopard Edition of the Missing Manual series from O'Reilly Media. This new edition weighs in at nearly 900 pages but don't let that put you off - books like this aren't meant to be read like a novel, they are true reference guides designed to ease the transition into a new operating system. If you have a question about something specific, a quick look at the extensive 23 page index permits you find your answer efficiently.

This is much more than a What's New book. Pogue started the Mac OS Missing Manual series long ago and updates them with each new OS update. The book begins with the very basics and covers the Desktop, Organization, Spotlight, Included Programs, the Technologies of Mac OS X and wraps up with an excellent section covering Online applications, navigation and use.

For those who are upgrading their current machines to Leopard, there is a clearly written appendix that deals with installation of the new operating system. This section alone is worth buying the book.

Pogue's tongue-in-cheek sense of humor shines through the technicalities making for an entertaining experience rather than an onerous one. This is why I'm a fan - I'm a manual guy, I like to sit down and read about what I'm doing in order to understand it. I just cannot get the same satisfaction from onscreen Help menus and manuals that arrive on a CD. That is precisely why Pogue started the Missing Manual series - "The book that should have been in the box".

No qualms here, I highly recommend this book. It belongs on your bookshelf; you'll find yourself referring to it often.

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Best computer technical manual I have ever purchased

I am a computer professional and have many different certifications that I have pursued for the pure enjoyment and accomplishment of of learning new things. Over the years I have acquired A+, Network+, MCSE, CNA, and CCA and for all of these certifications I have purchased books for self study.

I don't give you this information to brag, since many people have done far more than I, but to let you know that I have read quite a few technical books. I have probably read 40-50 computer books over the years and this book is the best that I have ever read. The author (David Pogue) is very thorough. He covers the OS in very great detail from What's new in Leopard, Folders and Windows, Unix command line, the iLife apps, and Hacking the Mac, amongst others. Every topic that I needed to learn regarding OS X was readily available and easy to find.

Mr. Pogue has included historical information that provides background about the development of the MAC OS, but it is more than just history, he uses it to explain design choices as well. This really helps know the WHY's as well as the hows. I really appreciate that and it helps to understand the reasoning behind Apple's design choices.

This book is great for new computer users, but also for people that really like to get "under the hood" of the OS and learn the nitty gritty details. I highly recommend this book.

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Extremely Useful

I haven't gone through the entire book yet, but what I have read has been extremely useful for me. I've learned many little things about using the Macbook that I didn't know before.

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