Learn OS X Lion [Paperback]

Scott Meyers (Author), Mike Lee (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 17, 2011 | ISBN-10: 1430237627 | ISBN-13: 978-1430237624 | Edition: 2

You’re smart and savvy, but you're also busy. This comprehensive guide to Apple's latest version of OS X, Lion, gives you everything you need to know to live a happy, productive Mac life. Learn OS X Lion will have you up and connected right away. With a minimum of overhead and a maximum of useful information, you’ll cover a lot of ground in the time it takes other books to get you plugged in.

If this isn’t your first experience with OS X, skip right to the "What’s New in Lion" sections. You may also find yourself using this book as a quick refresher course or a way to learn new Mac skills you’ve never tried before.

What you’ll learn

• Lion's new features and how to put them to work
• How to work with documents
• Managing email with Mail
• How to enhance your life with iLife
• Customizing your Lion environment
• How to get things done at the command line

Who this book is for

New Mac users, existing Mac users upgrading from older versions of OS X, and PC users making the switch to Macs. These people share a common desire to learn stuff fast and keep learning! Because this book goes into greater depth than your average OS X guide, it is also excellent for small business owners, user support personnel, and system administrators.

Table of Contents

1. Welcome to Lion
2. Using the Finder
3. OS X’s File System
4. Nifty Tools in Lion
5. Application Basics
6. Managing Applications
7. Lion's included applications
8. Connecting to the network / Internet
9. Learn to browse the web
10. Learn to master email
11. Contact management with Address Book
12. Time management with iCal
13. Chatting and communication
14. iCloud and MobileMe 
15. iPhoto
16. iMovie
17. GarageBand
18. Exploring the System Preferences
19. Printing & Peripherals
20. Time Machine Backup and Recovery
21. General Lion Care and Feeding
22. What you need to know about Security
23. Introducing Darwin, Terminal, and the Shell
24. Extending Lion with Darwin
25. Networking with Lion
26. Remote access and sharing
27. Lion as a web server
28. Working with your MS Windows friends
29. Running Other OSs on your Mac
30. An overview of Lion scripting and development
31. AppleScript and Automator
32. Xcode tools for Lion Development
33. Cocoa App Development 101

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Scott Meyers has worked in and around the computer industry, beginning as an Apple sales specialist and consultant over 12 years ago, and he has since moved on to various other jobs including web design and development, editing books on web development, open source and Apple technology, and marketing. He is a Select ADC (Apple Developers Connection) Member and a huge fan of Mac OS X, which brings together his love of the Apple's traditionally best-of-class GUI and applications with the unrivaled power of Unix and open source technologies and applications. Scott lives outside of Indianapolis with his wife, two kids, and a cat and a dog. When not working or writing, he enjoys photography, playing guitar, and building amplifiers.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 736 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 2 edition (October 17, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430237627
• ISBN-13: 978-1430237624
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #448,094 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #70 in Books > Computers & Technology > Apple > Mac OS X

More About the Author

Scott Meyers has worked in and around the computer industry, beginning as an Apple Sales Specialist and Consultant over 12 years ago, he has since moved on to various other jobs including Web Design and Development, Editing books on Web Development, Open Source and Apple Technology, and Marketing.

Scott lives outside of Indianapolis, Indiana with his wife, two kids, and a cat and a dog. When not working or writing he enjoys photography, playing guitar, and building amplifiers.