Mac OS X Tiger All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (Paperback)

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Product Description
Mac OS X Tiger is the sum of its parts, and there are a lot of them. What could be easier than to have a handy minibook covering each one, ready to answer your every question?

If you’re venturing into the Mac world for the first time, you’ve chosen a great time to make the move.  And if you’re switching to Tiger from an earlier Mac OS, you’ll be eager to get going as quickly as possible.  Either way, you’ll love the convenience of Mac OS X Tiger All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies. You’ll find sections devoted to

• Basic Mac OS X
• Customizing and sharing your Mac
• Mac’s digital hub—iTunes, iMovie, iPhoto, iDVD, QuickTime, and GarageBand
• The Internet (AppleMail, iChat AV, iDisk, and more)
• Networking, including Bluetooth, AppleTalk, and Airport Extreme
• Expanding your system with cool hardware and software
• Some advanced stuff, like hosting a Web site and building custom applications

Each self-contained chapter discusses a specific feature, application, connection, or cool thing about Mac OS X. You can start at the beginning, or dive right into the things you most want to explore.   For example, you can

• Discover how to find anything, anywhere on your system, with Spotlight
• Set up a wireless network
• Use iDisk to back up your important files
• Edit or create your own DVDs, CDs, and movies
• Keep in touch with others through the cool iChat AV application
• Get step-by-step instructions that make using OS X Tiger as much fun—and as productive—as it’s meant to be

Because everything’s handy and neatly organized, you’ll find Mac OS X Tiger All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies is the reference book you’ll want to keep right next to your Mac. You’ll refer to it many times over, and be glad you did!

From the Back Cover
7 books in 1— your key to success with Tiger!

Your one-stop guide to customizing Tiger, getting online, networking, and going digital

You can make the Tiger perform at your beck and call! Whether you're new to the Mac or switching to Tiger from an older version of Mac OS®, you'll find simple, no-nonsense instructions for everything you want to do in one of these minibooks — including all the cool iLife applications, as well as AirPort®, Safari, AppleScript®, UNIX®, and more.

Discover how to

• Find anything, anywhere on your computer, with Spotlight
• Set up a wireless network
• Work wonders with Dashboard widgets
• Edit or create your own DVDs, CDs, and movies
• Stay in touch using iChat AV

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Product Details

• Paperback: 744 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies (June 3, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764576763
• ISBN-13: 978-0764576768
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #199,395 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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38 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How to Use ALL of OS X, June 5, 2005

By	John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is said to be seven books in one, and with 744 pages, that's seven fairly small books. However, I look at it a bit different. It's really about four books in one.

Book 1 is the operating system itself. Specifically, it's about how to use the operating system as most users will use it, that is, through the Graphical User Interface of GUI. As such, you might think of Book 1 as being a book on Windows if you're familiar with the Microsoft world.

Book 2 is on the applications that come with the basic operating system. OS X ships with a bunch of software. Not as much as with a typical Linux distribution but with more than comes with Windows. In Book 2 I would include things like surfing the web, networking the Apple, and things like that. You might combine this with Book 1 and say that there are only three books in this book. I don't mind if you do that, but I'm the one writing this review, and I put them separate.

Book 3 is on hardware. It talks about adding all kinds of things to the Apple, from cameras and scanners to printers and tape drives. It even includes things like memory and disk drive upgrades.

Finally, there's Book 4. This begins with the chapter ...And Unix Lurks Beneath. It tells you how to get to the underlying guts of the operating system. It is not a Unix book in its own right, but how to get to the familiar (or not so familiar) Unix things like vi and emacs and perhaps most important (for my needs) Apache. It isn't a book on Unix, but enough to serve as a bridge to a Unix book.

There's a lot of material here, well presented. The MAC OS is easy to use, but there's a lot you won't find without a book like this one.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mac OS X Tiger All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies, September 23, 2005

By	Mary J. Oxrieder (Whidbey Island) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Excellent source book! Simply laid out, easy to read. Photo examples really help. VERY glad we purchased this after we bought our new Mac.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great All around book, March 16, 2006

By	Derek Sigmund "Video Editor" (Simi Valley, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have been using macs for about 5 years, and my knowledge doubled after i read this book. It is great for quick tips to be more productive. It also has a good amount of technical information including UNIX, which Mac OS X is based off of. I highly recommend for any mac user, new or not.