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Mac OS X Hands-On Training

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I became a Mac convert in 1986 while editing a magazine (Living Among Nature Daringly) but overseas work forced me to switch to a Windows-driven PC 18 months ago. At that time I was using Mac OS 9.

Thus, I had to learn more complicated procedures for getting my prime writing and editing done.

During that 18 months I went bonkers with almost daily freeze-ups and system crashes. Finally, exasperated, I surrendered and bought a Mac iBook in Cairo, Egypt, even though almost no individual in this country uses one.

This iBook is running on Jaguar. In other words, it runs on system 9 (of which I am well-experienced), and system X in which I have not a clue! To make a long story short, I bought Mac OS X Jaguar Hands-on Training because I was having troubles trying to re-learn 9 and to learn to use X in a manner similar to 9.

The explanation of the differences between 9 and X helped bail me out of deep schisms I was falling towards.

The training in iLife programs, especially iTunes, iPhoto and iCalendar has given a deep appreciation for Apple - the corporation that knows how to provide a real system and computer for people who want to get a mission accomplished instead of impressing folks with how computer literate they are. In other words, engineers will use Windows, managers, writers and editors will use Mac.

This book is a quick read despite its 800-plus pages. The included lessons and examples on the accompanying CD are extremely helpful, especially for my wife, Dina, who has never used a MAC!

Allow me to use a metaphor. God made man in His image. Eventually, man made computers in his image - that is the MAC.

Mac is a Godsend. Mac OS X Hands-On Training is my first choice for learning to use a computer that acts like a human.

Bottom line: buy the best book for most easily learning the best computer operating system!

I've been a Mac guy for years, running good old dependable, only crashes sometimes, System 9. But I finally broke down (after my aging PowerBook did) and bought an iBook 700 with a fast (when I bought it) G3 processor, running System X, Jaguar. And after a couple weeks stumbling through the new, but not as intuitive could have been, operating system, I bought a couple books. Fortunately, this was one of them. If you are running Jaguar, this is the only book you'll need. You'll find simple exercises here, some a little more complicated. You'll find a little humor and you'll find all the help you'll ever need. As far as I'm concerned, among all of the Jaguar books out there, this book is the best of the bunch. A terrific two thumbs up from me.