Mac OS X Tiger: Missing Manual
by David Pogue
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Book Reviews of Mac OS X Tiger: Missing Manual
Book Review: Truly should be packaged with the computer
Summary: 5 Stars
Even Mac geeks will be hard pressed to take advantage of all the new features in Mac OS 10.4 without the help of David Pogue's indispensable manual.
Whether one is trying to make the most of Tiger's new Spotlight search system, optimize one's Dashboard, or get over the learning curve with Automator, The Missing Manual has hints that it would take weeks to figure out on one's own, and is written in the easy style that has made Pogue one of the top technology writers in the world today.
I make a point of buying each of his books as a new Macintosh system comes out, and am never disappointed. This new book surpasses all expectations, and I cannot recommend it more highly.
Book Review: An Excellent Reference Tool
Summary: 5 Stars
"The book that should have been in the box" is absolutely right! I bought this book when I upgraded from my old iMac running OS 9.1 to a PowerMac running OS 10.4. This book has been an invaluable tool in helping me get up to speed on the look and functioning of OS X. It's written with enough humor to keep it interesting, but not so much that it gets in the way of the information. It's very clearly written, easy to understand. I read the first few chapters straight through, but now that I have my bearings in the new system, it's a handy reference that I can pull off the shelf when I want to look up something specific. I would highly recommend this book to anyone upgrading from OS 9 to OS X.Book Review: Great learning tool
Summary: 5 Stars
Back in the early 90's I bought my first Macintosh, and since I'd had no previous computer experience, I bought David Pogue's 'Macs For Dummies' book. That book, written in a humorous, extremely readable format, easily taught me the basics that I've used all through the years with my subsequent Macs. I recently sent an old eMac to my daughter (this will be her first Mac) that I wiped clean and zeroed out, etc., reinstalled the software & OS, which was Tiger. I also ordered this book for her, so she could learn the way I did, and that has already helped her enormously. I highly recommend these books to anyone who really wants to learn to use and take care of their computer and do it well.Book Review: Very nice and complete introduction book
Summary: 5 Stars
It is very nice and compelling guide to OSX. It is really friendly, well written and easy to read. It makes the whole studying process the plain fun. This book covers the pretty part of the system its Aqua environment.
For those who wants to go underneath and try to play with this UNIX that is under the hood try
Linux and UNIX for a beginner complete training suite, 4DVDs + 2CDs ed.2008
I was quite overconfident about what I know about OS X before I picket this book and to my amazement discovered great many ways to do things more efficiently.
Book Review: The Standard
Summary: 5 Stars
David Pogue has been my favorite tech author for 11 years now. Ever since starting with Mac Secrets Second Edition in 1995, I've been hooked. He manages to provide fun to read material that is always useful.
With almost 17 years of Mac experience under my belt, I got this book to sharpen up on the newest version of OS X. The stuff in here is amazing. It's like reading a nice cross between the manual Apple forgot to provide and reading a new version of Mac Secrets. I've learned a lot of new tricks from this book.
By the way, David is a great guy. I had the chance to meet him in February 2006 and he was awesome. Good musician, too.