Mac OS X Snow Leopard Pocket Guide: The Ultimate Quick Guide to Mac OS X (Pocket ref / guide) [Paperback]

Chris Seibold (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0596802722 | ISBN-13: 978-0596802721 | Publication Date: September 30, 2009 | Edition: 1

Whether you're new to the Mac or a longtime user, this handy book is the quickest way to get up to speed on Snow Leopard. Packed with concise information in an easy-to-read format, Mac OS X Snow Leopard Pocket Guide covers what you need to know and is an ideal resource for problem-solving on the fly.

This book goes right to the heart of Snow Leopard, with details on system preferences, built-in applications, and utilities. You'll also find configuration tips, keyboard shortcuts, guides for troubleshooting, lots of step-by-step instructions, and more.

• Learn about new features and changes since the original Leopard release
• Get quick tips for setting up and customizing your Mac's configuration
• Solve problems with the handy reference to the fundamentals of the Finder, Dock, and more
• Understand how to manage user accounts
• Work more efficiently using keyboard shortcuts
• Take advantage of MobileMe, Apple's online suite of services and tools

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About the Author

Chris Seibold is an engineer, writer, and cartoonist residing in Knoxville, Tennessee. As an engineer, he has tackled such diverse processes as powder coating and hot dog casing manufacture. As a writer, he has focused on computing and written for a variety of online and traditional media, including serving as Senior Contributing Editor for the Apple Matters web site and contributing hacks to iPod and iTunes Hacks, with a talent for making the complex accessible to the interested but harried user. As a cartoonist, he has produced both cartoon strips and editorials. Chris also managed to spend some time working producing radio shows relating to sports. As soon as he hits television, the trifecta will be complete. Chris lives with his wife, young son, and what is quite possibly the world's dimmest canine. He has a degree in Physics from the University of Tennessee but has yet to find work involving frictionless inclined planes.

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (September 30, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0596802722
• ISBN-13: 978-0596802721
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #408,594 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #73 in Books > Computers & Technology > Apple > Mac OS X

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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Information in a small package, October 8, 2009

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Hartley J. Jackson (Lyndonville, VT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mac OS X Snow Leopard Pocket Guide: The Ultimate Quick Guide to Mac OS X (Pocket ref / guide) (Paperback)

Mac OS X Snow Leopard Pocket Guide is as advertised a great guide that is conveniently small to Snow Leopard and its new features. It opens with a quick guide to what is new in Snow Leopard including a new feature in Preview to import images through a scanner. Combining that with improved sharing and we now can, I hope, use our scanner with both of our iMac and our MacBook.

Chapter 2 is provides more information than unsophisticated users need about installing Snow Leopard and migrating data to it.

Chapter 3 is a quick guide to Snow Leopard itself beginning with the Menu bar. Services under the Apple Menu has been redone in Snow Leopard. When you have a new application to drag to the Applications file, just drag it to Applications in the Side Bar. Click and hold on any open application in the Dock to display all the open windows for that application. There is a lot of information that is new in this little book as well as reminders of features I forget to use such as command-tab.

Chapter 4 is a quick guide to troubleshooting the more common problems. Chapter 5 covers what is new and what you want to know about the System Preferences including Sharing. Chapter 6 includes some information about each of the many applications and utilities that come with Snow Leopard. Chapter 7 is about MobileMe which is useful only if you have MobileMe. Chapter 8 is primarily about passwords which I believe is all most people really need to know about Security on a Mac except for using some common sense. The final chapter 9 includes the keyboard commands and how to access the special characters - very useful information in a easy to use format.

This book provides a look at what is new in Leopard and a concise reference for information when you need it. A lot of book in a compact package for a small price.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Concise, Useful, Clear, November 21, 2009

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This review is from: Mac OS X Snow Leopard Pocket Guide: The Ultimate Quick Guide to Mac OS X (Pocket ref / guide) (Paperback)

Has all the essentials. Not as comprehensive as the The Missing Manual, but that's too big to read through. This book is great for anyone new to Mac as a thorough introduction and is great for anyone except a Mac expert for a quick reference.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Can't find things in the index..., January 25, 2010

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Q. Wang "Q.Q." (Logan, UT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mac OS X Snow Leopard Pocket Guide: The Ultimate Quick Guide to Mac OS X (Pocket ref / guide) (Paperback)

A great book, but it's difficult to find things using its index... the page numbers in the index are not correct, sometimes they are 10's of pages off! I can't give this many stars because of that. Sorry. I've spent hours trying to find what I'm looking for because of this.