Product Description: The beauty of Leopard is that there is so much more than meets the eye, including over 300 new enhancements and its ability to run on both Intel PCs and PowerPC Macs. This comprehensive reference is your best guide on how to tame this powerful new cat. You'll find the latest technologies, new wireless networking, cool Dashboard widgets, a reflective Dock, and more. Discover secret tips and workarounds that even Apple doesn't know about.
Well written, not for advanced users The book is well written and the material is well presented. I've only been working with Macs for a little over a year and I must say I didn't get much new out of this book.
Only for the inexperienced You would think that the length of this book would contain many technical notes but is simply a colossus of information for those that are new to the Mac OS X environment. Do not buy this if you are an advanced user and are looking for very detailed information.
Everything you need to know about Leopard This book is amazing. I bought MacBook 3 months ago - as well as a couple of my friends and I've been the only one who bought Mac OS X Leopard Bible as well. I must say my skills with OS X are increasing really fast and I teach the other guys how to do tasks they don't know.
It's really a helpful book. I've never seen another manuals for Leopard but this one is very good.
MASTER OF THE X UNIVERSE 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 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!
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