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Mac OS X 10.2 (Visual QuickStart Guide)
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by Maria Langer
Sales Rank: 941939
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Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Peachpit Press; 1st edition September 17, 2002
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0321158016
ISBN-13: 978-0321158017
Product Dimensions:
9 x 7 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
Book Description
Along with a major upgrade to Apple's core operating system comes a comprehensive upgrade to the best-selling Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide. Mac OS X 10.2 promises to offer exciting new features that will change how people use their Macs, such as iChat, improved Unix tools, Bluetooth-enabled contact management software, QuickTime 6, and advanced handwriting recognition. This newest revision to Maria Langer's best-selling book covers all of the new features and more in the familiar step-by-step, task-based approach that millions of readers have come to rely on when they need to quickly and easily master complex, new technologies. Whether you're a newbie or a Mac veteran, getting used to a new operating system can be a frustrating, and at times, frightening experience. Mac OS X 10.2: Visual QuickStart Guide takes the fear out of upgrading for all levels of users. Beginning Mac users can use this book to get up and running on their new system, while seasoned Mac veterans can quickly reference the new features in this new OS release.
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Along with a major upgrade to Apple's core operating system comes a comprehensive upgrade to the best-selling Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide. Mac OS X 10.x promises to offer exciting new features that will change how people use their Macs, such as iChat, improved Unix tools, Bluetooth-enabled contact management software, QuickTime 6, and advanced handwriting recognition. This newest revision to Maria Langer's best-selling book covers all of the new features and more in the familiar step-by-step, task-based approach that millions of readers have come to rely on when they need to quickly and easily master complex, new technologies. Whether you're a newbie or a Mac veteran, getting used to a new operating system can be a frustrating, and at times, frightening experience. Mac OS X 10.x: Visual QuickStart Guide takes the fear out of upgrading for all levels of users. Beginning Mac users can use this book to get up and running on their new system, while seasoned Mac veterans can quickly reference the new features in this new OS release.
Customer Reviews & Comments
Contrary to her usual standards, normally very high, Maria Langer gave us a practically useless book this time. It doesn't even mention (forget about covering them in detail) all of the official features of 10.2. The whole book is a great disappointment. It is so superficial, it barely takes you through the minimum basic information. For instance, it doesn't even mention the Location settings, despite the fact that, being such a fundamental feature, it is one of the few still to appear in the apple menu. In a chapter called "Advanced Finder Techniques" such 'advanced' features are described as "Making an alias", "Use the file info window", or "Use spring-loaded folders". Sorry, but I can't find a single reason why this book should be purchased. As others mentioned, if you need a really good book about Mac OS X 10.2, buy David Pogue's The Missing Manual (Second Edition), which is packed with really useful information, and in depth coverage of every known and unknown feature of OS 10.2. By the way, Pogue's book is 714 pages packed with useful info and costs USD 29.95. Langer's useless book is only 354 pages, at USD 21.99.
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