Mac OS X Leopard Bible | 
 enlarge | Authors: Samuel A. Litt, Thomas, Jr. Clancy, Warren G. Gottlieb, Douglas B. Heyman, Elizabeth Costa-woods, Seth B. Zuckerman
Publisher: Wiley
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Pages: 953
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.3 x 2.2
ISBN: 0470041749
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.446
EAN: 9780470041741
ASIN: 0470041749
Publication Date: March 10, 2008
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Product Description
- This comprehensive one-stop guide offers nearly 1,000 pages of in-depth information on the latest Mac OS X version, including tips, secrets, and detailed how-to instructions
- Provides expert guidance on all of Leopard's new features, including the pro-level security tools and brand-new built-in applications
- Offers greatly enhanced coverage of Dashboard, Automator, wireless networking, and troubleshooting
- Topics covered include customizing the desktop, working with the Dock, searching with Finder, getting on the Internet, searching with Sherlock, using Apple Mail and iChat, synching with iSync, getting the most out of the iLife applications, setting up Leopard on a network, and tapping the power of Mac Unix
- There are currently more than 19 million Mac OS X users, and Apple shipped over 1.3 million Macs in the last quarter
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 MASTER OF THE X UNIVERSE May 6, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Thank goodness for Sam Litt. He is the master of the Mac OS X UNIVERSE. This book rocks! Please keep up the great guides for us mere mortals to digest. THANK YOU!
Reference how to take over Max OS X Leopard May 4, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
My first acquaintance started in far 2002 when I went to university. Then I used MacBook Pro of my friend with new Tiger OS on it. It was interesting, but I still didn't understand anything from Mac's and was very afraid to break something.
A couple months ago I decided that it's time for my first Mac and I have went for new MacBook Pro (as I already built my new computer in December 2007).
By the way (just as remark): if you buy MacBook Pro (or just any other Mac) from USA Apple website, it cost only 1999$, so in Euros' 1400. If you buy it in Europe it's 1799 Euros', so around 3-4 hundreds less. And even if you order Mac from Europe then still send it from America with UPS.
Well, anyway, my lovely MacBook Pro stands aside and I just didn't know from which side to come to it. But now (finally) Mac OS X Leopard is launched and I glad I have this book.
For all 11 years I found nothing then Bible's, so I always stick to it. It's always handy to have good reference on last version you work with and, personally, I like to stay updated. To this moment I already went through half of "Mac OS X Leopard Bible" and I stay positive about it. I'm going to study it all from cover to cover to find everything to the last peace. Even if I will not use it, I can at least compare it with Windows analogs.
If you're looking for a good Mac Leopard reference - this book is your best friend. It covers also new 64-bit universal OS.
I believe that best way to study the things you need - is to get it from a several number of writers and on this book worked whole crew of writers. From myself would like to say "Thank you".
In book you will meat proper amount of screenshots, so in some way you can call it Visual Bible (or Visual Reference, that also a plus). Bible has a lot of information for anybody, but it's also very technical. Personally, I don't believe there're too advanced book (but believe in opposite). And with this book there is much information to catch up with.
More detailed?
Part I: Getting to Know Mac OS X (that part is for beginners as me I guess)
-Chapter 1: Introduction and Installation of Mac OS X
-Chapter 2: Exploring the GUI and Personalizing your workspace
-Chapter 3: Searching your Spotlight
-Chapter 4: Transitioning to Intel Architecture and Universal/ Binary Apps (I guess this chapter will be useful for everybody; you know as they say: "There're only 10 types of people in the world: those who do understand binary and those who don't")
-Chapter 5: Working with Applications and Documents
-Chapter 6: Working with Included Applications
-Chapter 7: Working with QuickTime and Included Media Applications
Part II:
-Chapter 8: Getting Help
-Chapter 9: Utilizing Services
-Chapter 10: Getting on the internet
-Chapter 11: Setting Up a Local Network
-Chapter 12: Sharing Files and Network Services
-Chapter 13: Deploying More Network Services
-Chapter 14: Harnessing .Mac
-Chapter 15: Managing Fonts
Part III:
-Chapter 16: Printing and Faxing
-Chapter 17: Managing System Preferences
-Chapter 18: Managing User Accounts and Privileges
-Chapter 19: Integrating in a Windows World
Part IV:
-Chapter 20: Enhancing with Utilities
-Chapter 21: Maintaining Mac OS X
-Chapter 22: Automating and AppleScript
-Chapter 23: Commanding UNIX
-Chapter 24: Securing Mac OS X (of cause will not make you security guru, but at least for Mac there almost no viruses while for Windows they appear every hour)
I, of cause, can't stay without attention the one of the most painful question for many readers as paper quality. I will be honest - I'm a perfectionist. To tell you the truth - if 5 is the maximum, paper quality is 3,5. Cover - soft - as 95% of all existing computer books. BUT this or other Bible book - price/quality - buyer always wins. That is without any doubt, because the information - is what really matters, the information is what you pay for.
If you go for more - you can ask to put this book into hard cover, to make 5-star paper, but then price will increase minimum for 30% and in place for 23$ it will be 40$ - does it really worth it? As for me, I better get the information, as it is, then pay extra bucks for fancy extras.
The only improvement I would really consider: Troubleshooting. Just to make small chapter with the most recent users problems (maybe even make a small forum/ blog and then add it to Bible). Why I say it, cause recently I had a problem with writing DVD on Vista and then put it in MacBook Pro. And Mac just didn't see it. Usual eject don't help. So, just reboot and hold "eject" - really helps!
Great coverage of Apple's newest OS. April 24, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As with any good guide or informative book, Sam Litt and coauthors start with basics and work their way up. Yes, it is a big book because there is a lot to know. Leopard is the biggest update to Apple's operating system in a long time, so there was plenty of ground to cover. The authors were very extensive and covered whatever you would need to know.
The Best Book on Leopard April 17, 2008
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
The Mac OS X Leopard Bible is simply the best book available on Mac OS 10.5. Yes, it's better than Pogue's Missing Manual; the Bible is far more comprehensive, with more detailed information, and is therefore more useful in the real world.
As a computer consultant specializing in Macs, I'm a Mac expert, but no one can know everything. I often have to find fast answers to questions that come up in the course of troubleshooting Macs for my clients, so I own pretty much every book on Leopard. This is the one I reach for first, because I have found it the most likely to have the answer I'm looking for. Maybe because it is written by New York-based Mac consultants who understand how Macs are used in the real world, by both home users and in the business world. So, to me, the scope and content of this book is superior.
I find the writing style in this book to be direct, clear, and concise. I become impatient with Pogue's more conversational style, which some may prefer. But who reads one of these books cover-to-cover? Mostly, these are reference books you dive into to look something up, or maybe read a section to gain an overview, or to find a procedure to follow; the Bible seems designed to get you to what you need FAST. And despite the technical subject, it's quite readable, with light touches of subtle humor here and there.
I noticed a few reviews here that complain this book has thin paper, light printing, small fonts. These comments seem like weird nit-picks to me. This book offers a VAST amount of information -- much more than Pogue's book -- for the same price. To achieve this, I guess the publisher made some adjustments that might be unpopular with the more aesthetically sensitive. I say, look beyond these things -- this is a technical book, not a coffee-table book. The Bible is the best value for your money, and the content is unsurpassed.
Thank You! April 17, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I would like to thank Sam Litt and co-authors for writing another Mac OSX Bible. I have purchased all Mac OSX Bibles prior to Leopard and was looking forward to this release. I feel this book gives me an in-depth view of Leopard and I continue to reference this book to find out about Leopards new features. If you are new user or a veteran to the Mac, you will feel the same way I do when it comes to a well written book. This version like previous versions of the Mac OSX Bible gets right to the point from beginning to end. I will continue to buy books that are written by Sam Litt, so keep them coming.
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