50 Fast Mac OS X Techniques (Paperback)

by Joe Kissell (Author) "Mac OS X is, as you know, built on a type of UNIX..." (more)
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“…very attractive…an excellent companion website…let the fun begin…” (www.applelinks.com, 17 October 2003)

Product Description

• Includes 50 fast and easy effects for streamlining and customizing Mac OS X that any user can achieve almost instantly.
• Each technique is fully illustrated.
• All techniques are explained with a proven step-by-step format.
• Each professional-level technique takes no more than five minutes to accomplish.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (May 2, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764539116
• ISBN-13: 978-0764539114
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,093,285 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best technical book in many years, August 23, 2003

By	Bjarne Norup (Silkeborg, Denmark) - See all my reviews

This is really a rare book. Not stupid-funny, and so knowledgeable and pedagogic. I had bought my new iMac, the first since my Mac+ nearly 20 years ago. It looked like a modern Mac, and worked as such. Then I got Joe Kissel's book! And discovered all the stuff underneath. The holy grail of UNIX. And how smart the engineers at Apple still are! I was amazed by how many intelligent goodies they have put into the box. And really enjoyed the profound know-how of Joe Kissell, and his many step-by-step guided tours into the heart of the iMac. I learnt to install a firewall- and that I already had a firewall in my box. I was taught GIMP, and file sharing, and all about the iApp's. Backing up, booting and so on. Apache-in-the-box too. Thank you VERY much, Joe!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Kissell magic for 50 Fast MAC OS X Techniques, September 9, 2003

By	Martin Krupitsky (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) - See all my reviews

Joe Kissell writes for both the techie and we "normal" folk. His teaching of UNIX basics leaves you with knowledge, not boredom, and is worth the price of the book by itself. Most of the improvements he describes for both OS X and MAC are useful, and in some cases just plain fun, to any MAC user, and his ability to explain his techniques to the reader is an absolute pleasure. Can't wait for his OS 10.3 version.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book to help one get the most out of Mac OSX, October 21, 2003

By A Customer

This is a wonderful book for all us souls who use OSX. The techniques are almost always a way to either solve a particular problem or learn a particular tool. I have only gone through about 30 of them, but each one has made my life either a little easier or a lot. A couple of examples are that I know understand how to best utilize the Finder and am no longer intimidated by Terminal. The style is breezy and very easy to understand without being condescending or dumbed-down. Strongly recommended