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Mac 911

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As of fall 2005, this book is now way outdated unless you are still running Classic. Less than half of this is about system X and then it's the earliest versions. Things have changed.

You seen the commercials. The new Mac Switchers tell why they bought their new Macintosh computers. Now there is the book for them - 911 (Emergency Help) and 411 (Information) in one readable book.

Mac 911 is the wonderful book that provides troubleshooting tips for both Mac OS 9 Classic and Mac OS X operating systems. Mac 911 book is divided into three main sections that offers quick fixes for what annoys your Macintosh computer. The 911 book also includes projects that show you how to get the most out of your Mac.

The first section of Mac 911 focuses on troubleshooting startup problems and Finder mishaps. 911 book give you the tools and techniques you need when applications go bad in either OS 9 or OS X systems . In section two, author Chris Breen explores the potential of the Mac.

Special Topics include:

* Upgrading your RAM, hard drive and processor
* Upgrading graphics cards and adapters
* Recording LPs and Cassettes
* Making a video CD
* Making better iMovies

The final section of Mac 911 contains Breen's favorite tips and tricks, as well as a list of useful resources.

About the Author

Chris Breen is and was a contributor to Macworld, MacUser, and MacWEEK. Chris currently writes for Macworld's popular troubleshooting column, Mac 911.

Interesting Pages that I booked marked:

ER 1 - ER 15 Error pages were better then calling Apple Tech. Support.

Page 9 - Mac OS X - Let's Get Organized

Page 11 - "Kernel Panic" Restarting Your Mac

Page 22 - Important Reset Power Manager for Powerbooks and iBooks.

Page 29 - Troubleshooting SCSI.

Page 90 - Uninstaller Utilities

Page 104 - Creating Emergency Start-up CD.

Page 143 - Chapter 6, Mac OS X - Trouble Shooting with Trouble Free Mac OS.

Page 146 - Where X has no influence, Bad Ram, Funky cable or corrupt Hard Drive, your computer will suffer regardless of which OS you installed.

Page 147 - Be Prepared, OS X not completely baked. Get religion, back up your data.

Page 154 - Create a bootable disc with Mac OS X.

Page 163 - Lost Password, Use installed Mac OS X original CD.

Page 178 - IDE Drives and SCSI Drives

Page 184 - iMac, 2 body types (original Bondi-Blue and Fruit flavored iMacs that are tray loading CD-ROM Drives). Slot loading media drives (example iMac DVD SE).

Page 190 - Upgrading slot loading iMacs and Tray-loadng iMacs.

Page 210 - Sharing USB Printers

Page 245 - No sound input on your Mac

Pro Reaction

Mac 911 Book's Emergency Pages provide fixes for a unhappy Mac computer users.

The first part of Mac 911 presents a concise approach to trouble shooting and repairing your Mac. The second part of Mac 911 is for upgrading the Mac OS and networking.

The final section of Mac 911 contains Breen's tips and tricks, as well as a list of useful resources.

Con Reaction

The author is addicted to two many "UH-OHs" comments. There is no quick indexes for main index nor for Emergency Pages Errors.

Final Notes

Mac 911 Book Rating: A + for contents and B - for navigating throughout the book. This book is still worth buying for Mac Switchers from the Windows environment and for Mac computer users at all levels of experiences.

Simply outstanding!!
Not only very VERY helpful and packed with useful stuff from cover to end but also you will laugh like crazy reading it.
Chris' sense of humour makes the most boring of subjects a funny and easy to read text.
The only drawbacks that I can think of is the fact that the book is mainly Os 9 oriented.
We'll just have to wait for the new version.