Taking Your OS X Lion to the Max [Paperback]

Michael Grothaus (Author), Steve Sande (Author), Dave Caolo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 12, 2011 | ISBN-10: 143023668X | ISBN-13: 978-1430236689 | Edition: 1

The Mac has come a long way, and OS X Lion is the best version yet of Apple's desktop and laptop operating system. Stable, powerful, and versatile, the Mac allows you to do everyday tasks with ease.

Taking Your OS X Lion to the Max walks you through the awesome features and apps standard on the Mac and the new OS X 10.7 Lion to help you become a true power user. You'll discover keyboard shortcuts and gestures to help save time--whether you're on a iMac, Mac mini, Macbook Pro, Air, or other Mac computer.

Beginning with the core of OS X - the Finder - Taking Your OS X Lion to the Max outlines many of the new features and powerful revisions that make Lion the best version of OS X yet. The authors, all bloggers at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (tuaw.com), spent countless hours with Lion to show you how to fully leverage your Mac and the new OS X. And, have some fun, too!

What you'll learn:

• Search your Mac in seconds with customizable Spotlight searches
• Send files securely and quickly to others on your Wi-Fi network with AirDrop
• Find a lost or stolen Mac with Find my Mac
• Browse and purchase useful and fun apps from the Mac App Store
• Keep your documents updated and safe through Lion's AutoSave, Versions, and revised Time Machine capabilities
• Harness the power of Launchpad, Mission Control, and multi-touch gestures to customize your Mac working environment
• Take advantage of conversations, full-screen mode, and search tokens in the revised Mail application
• Make the most of updates to Lion's other built-in apps, including iCal, Address Book, Photo Booth, FaceTime, Preview, and System Preferences
• Use the powerful and inexpensive Lion Server app to create a shared work or home computing environment
• And more...

Who this book is for: Taking Your OS X Lion to the Max is your guide to learning how to tame Apple's Lion for work or pleasure, and a valuable reference for any Mac user.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Michael Grothaus is an American author and journalist living in London. After earning his BA in filmmaking in 2000, Michael wrote and directed several children's films, some airing on PBS. After discovering many of Hollywood's dirty little secrets while working for 20th Century Fox, he left and spent five years with Apple as a consultant where his interest in technology grew.
Since then, Michael moved to London and earned his MA in Creative Writing. His first novel, Epiphany Jones, is a story about sex trafficking and America's addiction to celebrity. Currently, Michael is a staff writer at Aol's popular tech news site The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW.com), where he writes about all things Mac. He's also a contributing writer to the online men's lifestyle magazine, Asylum.com. When not writing, Michael spends his time traveling Europe, Northern Africa, and Asia. You can reach him at michaelgrothaus.com and twitter.com/michaelgrothaus.

Steve Sande has been a loyal fan of Apple technology since buying his first Mac in 1984. Originally trained as a civil engineer, Steve's career as an IT professional blossomed in the 1990s. A longtime blogger, Steve is an editor at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW.com) and the author of three books about Apple's iWeb application. He lives with his wife of 31 years in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.

Dave Caolo spent six years as the IT Director of a Mac-friendly, residential school in rural Massachusetts, and has been writing on the Web since 2001. Today he works for AOL as the Managing Editor at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (tuaw.com), writing about all things Apple. Dave believes that technology has the power to improve our life at its most important moments, and explores that conviction every day. A native of Scranton, Pa, Dave moved to Cape Cod, Ma in 1994. When he's not writing, Dave can be found kayaking, rooting for the Boston Red Sox and spending time with his wife, two kids and Boston Terrier, Batgirl.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (September 12, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 143023668X
• ISBN-13: 978-1430236689
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 0.5 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,266,987 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing ~ ALL Images In B&W! October 1, 2011

By Mr Pickwick

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I had high expectations of this book having read the sample chapter, and whilst the sample chapter was short, the resumes of the three authors sounded impressive. So i decided to purchase it. Having gone straight to the place where the sample chapter left off, I was astonished to find that the first illustration of the new Lion login screen is not only not in colour, but it was crooked, and looked like it has been taking with a mobile phone, and a 0.3mb phone at that by the looks of it!

So I decided to flip through some of the images further into the book, and was annoyed to find that *all* images and illustrations throughout the whole of the book are in black and white. I can see why the sample chapter was incomplete, as it had no illustrations or images, and I probably would not have gone ahead and purchased it.

This is not what I expected for a title that costs nearly $25, when other titles at only a few dollars have full colour images. Its bizarre and quite unacceptable in a title that uses a lot of images to graphically reiterate what the text has just described. I mean come off it, it does not cost anymore to take colour images, and even when printed in paper format, the cost of colour does not add that big a difference, and colour is expected nowadays.

Although I have not read the title from cover to cover, I cannot honestly say that this book was worth the price. And as far as the title stating that this will take "...OS X To The Max..", the advice is no better and no worse than any of the other titles I have purchased for this operating system, so i found it a disappointing book.

4.0 out of 5 stars Gettin most of OS X! February 3, 2013

By markoswea

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

Easy to use. Works like index of features, things I gotta do, or things I WANT to,do!
Versatile , easy to pick up extra hints, specialized tips you would not know if you're not a geek!

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Book! October 26, 2011

By Evan L. Gehring

Format:Paperback

I love these guys, and this book is really amazing. There's so much information and beautiful screenshots for both brand-new and advanced Mac users! They did a really great job, and I highly recommend it!

-evanskis