The Little Mac Book, Snow Leopard Edition [Paperback]

Robin Williams (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 4, 2009 | ISBN-10: 0321646916 | ISBN-13: 978-0321646910 | Edition: 1

Adopting a back-to-the-basics approach, this bestselling little Mac classic has been revised and overhauled to introduce users to Snow Leopard, Apple's newest version of its operating system. In the gentle, friendly, funny style that generations of computer users have come to know and love, author Robin Williams shows readers how to dive in and start working with the Mac and OS X Snow Leopard. This full-color little book walks readers through all of the key new features in Snow Leopard. Using straightforward, jargon-free explanations delivered in logical, easy-to-follow sections, Robin is a new user's personal guide, coaching and encouraging readers as they learn their way around the magic of the Mac.

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press; 1 edition (September 4, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321646916
• ISBN-13: 978-0321646910
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #228,282 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Robin Williams is the author of dozens of best-selling and award-winning books, including Robin Williams Mac OS X Book, The Little Mac Book, The Non-Designer's Design Book, Robin Williams Design Workshop, and Web Design Workshop. Through her writing, teaching, and seminars, Robin has influenced a generation of computer users in the areas of design, typography, desktop publishing, the Mac, and the World Wide Web.

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56 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars commercial art department always used the newest edition of this book to get their students up and running on a Mac, September 27, 2009

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carol irvin "carol irvin" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Little Mac Book, Snow Leopard Edition (Paperback)

When I took my first commercial art course I had to learn how to use a Mac instead of a PC. I discovered that the commercial art department always used the newest edition of this book to get their students up and running on a Mac. As the head of the department told us, "you will be working on your first art projects in Photoshop on a Mac in two days." He was right. He gave us a test to show we'd all read the book and then we all opened Photoshop on the lab Macs and we were off and running. Not a single student had a problem. There are more complicated books about Macs. There are books with more tricks to use on Macs. But there is no other book which can get you up and running a Mac and creating projects on software running on a Mac this fast. My sister just took a new job and the first day the company handed her a Mac. I told her to get this book and she was up and running fast too. To this day the commercial art department where I learned still starts every new student off with this book.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best for new users, fine for all users, February 1, 2010

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Hartley J. Jackson (Lyndonville, VT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Little Mac Book, Snow Leopard Edition (Paperback)

This is a well designed easy to read book about the very basic things you should know to use a Macintosh computer. It begins by covering things like icons and the visual clues they provide to their meanings. It goes on to the other basics like files, the desktop, the finder window and application windows. If you are new to computers and the Mac, you will learn much faster if this is the first book you read.

If you are not new, and you think you know all this basic stuff, this is still a fun book to read. If you are like me, you will be surprised by how many basic things you do not know, and how many things would improve your work if you practiced them.

I did not know that the fastest way to jump to the Location Box to enter an address in Safari is to type '-L (command-L). I was aware that we do not have to type "http://" in the address. I even knew that to go to [...] all you have to type is "apple" without the quotes. However, do you know in which part of the address you do not have to key in the capital letters, and in which part you do?

Now, try this in Safari. Type "'-L" then "google" without the quotes. Click on Images in the upper left corner, and in the search field key "leopard" and Return. Go ahead, explore, and remember you got the idea from The Little Mac Book: Snow Leopard Edition.

I agree with the back cover which says: "Follow Robin's step-by-step directions, and you will soon feel comfortable, confident, and to do just about anything you want to do on your Mac."

I would add: "if you are already a confident user of your Mac, read The Little Mac Book: Snow Leopard Edition to enjoy the magical little things there that you may have already known but would like to be using."

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very Basic Learning Book, July 22, 2010

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This review is from: The Little Mac Book, Snow Leopard Edition (Paperback)

I bought this book because I am a new Mac owner and wanted to learn how to use it, after being a PC user for many years. At the same time, I bought a couple other books, which turned out to be much better learning sources. I probably misjudged this book. It turned out to be a very basic computing book and most of the information in it I had known for years. It seemed to me that it was better suited for someone who was altogether new to computers. It was not of much use for me. I think it probably is a good and easy book for beginners, but does not address the overall issues in learning to use the Mac.