Mac OS X Bible, Tiger Edition
by Alejandro Prado, Craig Zimmerman, Douglas B. Heyman, Samuel A. Litt, Thomas Clancy Jr., Warren G. Gottlieb
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Author: Alejandro Prado, Craig Zimmerman, Douglas B. Heyman, Samuel A. Litt, Thomas Clancy Jr., Warren G. GottliebEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-07-01
ISBN: 0764579177
Number of pages: 984
Publisher: Wiley
Book Reviews of Mac OS X Bible, Tiger Edition
Book Review: A very good book, there is something here for everyone.
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a very good book. It covers a wide range of topics for the beginner to intermediate to the advanced user.
For the beginner to intermediate user it covers the MAC OSX Tiger installation, configuration settings, system preferences, login options, security options, keychain access, games and how to play them, networking, Finder, Fonts. Applications that come with MAC OSX Tiger, Dash board, creating widgets, Spotlight, tinker tool, toast titanium 6, subethaedit, Apple remote desktop, Sherlock, MAC utilities, installing printers (local and networked), Bluetooth, UNIX commands, terminal. iTunes, iSync, iChat calculator and weather in your area application with out having to launch the application. The book also covers .Mac, Safari RSS for internet feeds and Automator. For those interested in the technology that drives the MAC like Darwin and those things that Darwin controls like the MACH Microkernel, memory management, Symmetric Multitasking used to support multiprocessors. It also discusses MAC's application environments like Carbon, Java, cocoa and BSD.
For the advanced user it covers repairing system permissions, maintenance scheduling, memory problems, Apple scripting in detail and scriptable applications. It also includes UNIX scripting commands and switches that most advanced users would probably already know. It covers X Windows, Daemons, ProFTPd, system logs and how to view and understand them.
In summary the beginner that is just looking to learn about the applications this is a good book put there are better books that go into greater detail about the applications like Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: Peachpit Learning Series by Robin Williams. For the beginner that is looking to see what is under the hood of MAC Tiger this is a very good book. This is also a very good book for the intermediate user that is looking to become an advanced user. For the already advanced user this book is good but not great.
For the beginner this is 5 star book (while it doesn't go into application detail as much as other books go into it it will help the beginner progress to intermediate and advanced topics).
For the intermediate user this is a 4.5 star book. (Because it does a good job of covering intermediate user topics for the user that is already familiar with the applications). There are a lot of advanced topics here for the intermediate user)
For the Advanced user this is 3.5 star book (Because the book covers a lot of stuff that the advanced user already knows).
My overall rating for this book is 4 stars. The books stated target audience is the beginner to advanced user.
Summary of Mac OS X Bible, Tiger Edition
* The definitive, 100% complete handbook and reference for the more than 12 million Mac OS X users has been improved and expanded to include essential expert guidance and advice on all of Tiger's new features* Tiger boasts more than 150 new features including Spotlight, the new system-wide search tool; Dashboard, which provides instant access to accessory programs; and iChatAV, which allows users to videoconference with up to three additional people
* Packed with useful tips and secrets on installation, taking advantage of hot new features, setting up OS X on a network, running older apps in emulation mode, using Sherlock "X," AirPort, iChat, iCal, Address Book, Mail, QuickTime "X", and other Tiger features
* Includes updates to iLife and the latest built-in Tiger apps
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