Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger [Paperback]

Maria Langer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 6, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0321305264 | ISBN-13: 978-0321305268

So you're finally ready to find out what all the fuss is about. Whether you're switching from Windows or upgrading from an older Mac OS, this task-based guide represents the surest way to go from 0 to 60 in no time flat with Apple's much anticipated Mac OS X Tiger--more mature, powerfully enhanced, and with more than 200 new features that will knock your socks off. In this thoroughly revised bestseller, Maria Langer walks readers through the process of installing and configuring Tiger, then introduces the Mac OS desktop, including the Dock and the Sidebar, before moving on to more advanced Finder techniques, application basics, printing and faxing, connecting to the Internet, account management, configuring your Mac for multiple users, and more. Weighing in at over 700 pages, this new edition also offers plenty of coverage on what's new in Mac OS X Tiger, including Spotlight, the search tool that helps you find anything on your Mac instantly; multi-way video in iChat AV; the enhanced Mail application; Automator, which lets you automate repetitive manual tasks; Tiger's ultra-useful mini-applications (known as "Dashboard Widgets"); and more. Rounded out with plenty of tips, tricks, and sage advice, this book is equally useful for Macintosh novices as well as early adopters looking for a comprehensive reference on what's new in this much-talked-about Mac OS upgrade.

Product Details

• Paperback: 720 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press (May 6, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321305264
• ISBN-13: 978-0321305268
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,219,136 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Maria Langer has been a freelance writer since 1990. She has written more than 75 books and hundreds of articles about using computers, software, and online services. She provides support for her work, as well as new content, on the Maria's Guides website. These days, she also writes about aviation and travel for a variety of print and online publications.

Maria is also a commercial helicopter pilot and owner of Flying M Air, a helicopter tour and charter company based in Arizona. Her company offers tours, day trips, multi-day excursions, and aerial photography services throughout the southwest.

And if that's not enough to keep her busy and out of trouble, she's also a serious amateur photographer. She shows off her best work on her photo gallery, Flying M Photos.

Maria blogs at Eclectic Mind, her personal journal of thoughts and experiences.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

86 of 86 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book for the new MAC user, May 24, 2005

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M. A. Filippelli "Marc12074" (Roseville, CA, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger (Paperback)

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger : Visual QuickStart Guide (Visual Quickstart Guides)

This Is a good book for beginners. It covers everything that the newbie MAC user is going to need to know to install MAC OS X Tiger, using and exploring the MAC, installation, configuration settings, system preferences, login options, security options, keychain access, games and how to play them, networking, Finder, Fonts, Dash board, creating widgets, Spotlight, Sherlock, MAC utilities, installing printers (local and networked), Bluetooth, UNIX commands, terminal. You name it covers it in basic terms designed for the beginner MAC user. It does a very good job of covering all the basics of MAC OS X system including the applications that come with Tiger.

The book does not go into the technical aspects of what drives Tiger, it is solely for the beginner to intermediate user.

As with most Peachpit press books there are ample graphical images in each section to guide you through the chapter. This book does have everything for the beginner. I would rate this book 4.5 stars for the beginner , 3 stars for the intermediate user (there is some stuff here for the intermediate users with regard to the new applications) and 1 star for the advanced user. Because this books stated audience is the beginner to intermediate user I would rate this book at an overall rating of 4 stars.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well worth having in your library, April 1, 2007

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Phillip E. Hunt (Decatur, Alabama) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger (Paperback)

This is an excellent how to book for both beginners and intermediate users
of Macintosh OSx Tiger. It covers most of the required information in an
easy to understand and use fashion. Explanations are detailed enough to get
the job done without being too technically heavy.
It would be very suitable as well for anyone switching from using Windows
All things considerwed this book is a good investment and a good way to get
into using OSx Tiger.
to using OSx.

4.0 out of 5 stars Mac OS X, May 30, 2010

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R. Hagen (Anacortes, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger (Paperback)

I found this book to be helpful in finding solutions to some of my questions and relatively easy to use.