Customer Reviews

The Mac Tiger Server Black Book: Little Black Book (Little Black Books (Paraglyph Press))

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I had purchased an Xserve to do audio and video file sharing across our network. I found that most other books (Mac OSX server Essentials and Essential Mac OSX Server Administration) tended to be parroting the help menu in the Xserve and really didn't advance my understanding. But with the Little Black Book I had the server up and sharing files the day the book arrived. This book has everything most people need to know without being unnecessarily complex. Many of the other books constantly referred to the terminal to do functions that are easier to do in the GUI. Unix isn't that incredibly difficult but if I don't have to go there, all the better. If you want to get an Xserver up and going fast, BUY THIS BOOK!

I love the books in the Little Black Book series. The text is tight. The material is always relevant. And the examples are good. And this book falls right in line with that. The only place where the book goes wrong is that it's screenshot heavy, which is unusual. That being said, a good resource for Mac OS X users. Definitely worth a look.

This book is a great general introduction to the ins and outs of OSX server. It covers every aspect of OSX server that an admin would need to know and is lovingly sprinkled with real life examples for when the stuff hits the proverbial fan.

It's concise, no nonsense and a great tool to have in my arsenal.

After spending numerous amounts of cash on study materials. I have never found such a purchase like this one. (I had even returned other titles worth much more $$ back to the bookstore.) This "Little Black Book" is a very essential toolkit with in-dept and real-world events with explanations for every situation that any Tiger Server admin may encounter while troubleshooting in the field. If you are looking for a compact, lightweight reference guide that can be thrown into any carry bag look no further.

Are you a user or system administrator that needs to get the most out of Mac networking with Tiger Server? If you are, then this book is for you. Author Charles Edge, has done an outstanding job of writing a cool book that will help you tap the unused potential of your server.

Edge, begins by describing the concepts and terminology of basic network communications. Then, the author takes a look at what requirements are needed to run Tiger Server. Next, the author covers the management utilities that are used in maintaining and working with Tiger server. He also covers the various services that the Tiger X Server can offer to administrators to help in managing networks. The author continues by covering the concepts required to build a good backup plan for any organization. Then, he provides an introduction to many of the command line utilities used in managing a Tiger Server and Mac network environment. Finally, the author explains the various other aspects of managing a long-term Tiger Server and the network the server lives on.

After reading this most excellent book, you should end up with the ability to find your way around an OSX Server. Perhaps more importantly, you'll enjoy the process.

Very good book. It gives you a clear understanding about OS X 10.3 server and its utilities. You need to have a little bit of experience with OS X before you jump into this book, but other than that... this book is great.

As a fellow author and a technical services provider as well as an ACTC four times over, I feel somewhat uniquely qualified to provide perspective on this work. This book doesn't purport to be the proverbial equivalent to "Everything But The Kitchen Sink." It is not one of those literary anachronisms of a book that goes feature by feature, droning on and on, burying any useful content in a sea of verbosity. Rather, this is a task driven book and if you've really done IT support; then you'll know Charles Edge has done it too. The content is original, well balanced and interesting. The style of writing is clear and well edited. In other words, this book is tight and that's how I like to roll.

I read this book after taking the ACHDS because I was interested in setting up Apple Servers in different environments as well as taking the Mac OS X Server Essentials v10.4 Exam (9L0-507). It was one of the easiest reads I've had in a long time. I came from the Microsoft side of IT, and some of the material from that area is dry. This book was helpful, and I enjoyed the real life examples. I still use it on occasion as a guide, and I would recommend it to anyone wanting to know about Mac OS 10.4 Server, and how to apply it in the field.

'Mac Tiger Server: Little Black Book' by Charles Edge is a nice text that will assist all Mac Tiger users in better understanding and using this piece of hardware and software. There are a lot of screenshots but that's never a bad thing in this reviewers opinion, as the more easily I can see how things are laid out, the better!! If I want lines and lines of black text on white paper I will get the Wall Street Journal, if I want a book that I can use and learn from, this is a great one to have on your desk!!

**** RECOMMENDED

While there are some decent tips and explanations in this book, it seems more like a advertisement for the authors firm: whenever things get interesting the chapter ends and the recommendation points to hiring a firm to take care of your system administrative needs. I wanted a book that explains every single setting in the firewall administration panel for instance, what I get here is an instruction on how to close and open ports, which was very obvious in the first place. But maybe I should have looked at the title a little closer, after all it is the little black book, not the big one.