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Mac OS X Help Line, Panther Edition
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by Ted Landau
Sales Rank: 714486
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List Price: $39.99
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Paperback: 1184 pages
Publisher: Peachpit Press June 6, 2004
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0321193873
ISBN-13: 978-0321193872
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.6 x 2.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
Product Description
Is there a Mac doctor in the house? The answer is yes, and guess what, it's you! With Ted Landau's Mac OS X Help Line, Panther Edition at your side, you'll find all the smart, common-sense solutions and sound advice you need to maintain Apple's latest operating system. In this new volume, Mac doctor extraordinaire (and MacFixIt Web site founder) Ted Landau offers a host of solutions for every Mac OS X glitch under the sun, plus the grounding you need to turn a diagnostic eye on your own Mac setup.
Filled with hundreds of tips, tools, and preventive measures for dealing with Mac OS X, it also includes a chapter on troubleshooting iApps. In-depth coverage of Library directories, file and font maintenance, crash prevention and recovery, Unix commands for Mac OS X, and more complete the doctor's bag of advice contained in this invaluable book. You'll learn: - How to fix problems specific to the new features of Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther).
- How to diagnose, recover from, and prevent startup crashes, freezes and unexpected quits.
- The smart way to install, reinstall, update and backup Mac OS X.
- How to harness the hidden power in Mac OS X's Get Info windows, invisible files, preferences files, and packages.
- How to master Mac OS X's permissions -- launching, saving, moving and deleting files even when the Finder says you can't.
- Techniques to troubleshoot printing glitches.
- How to set up (and fix problems with) your network--including local file sharing, routers, wireless connections and the Internet.
- How to make sure your Mac is secure from network intruders or other unauthorized access.
- How to take advantage of Mac OS X's high-power UNIX foundation to expand your troubleshooting powers.
- Which third-party utilities you should get to help diagnose and fix problems.
- How to troubleshoot problems with your i-software from iTunes to iSync.
Publisher Description
Best-selling author and founder of the MacFixIt Web site Ted Landau arms readers with all of the knowledge they need to keep their Mac OS X machines up and running smoothly.
Completely revised, with the latest Mac OS X information integrated throughout and restructured chapters that make it easier to locate information.
Hundreds of new tips and tricks, plus a new chapter on troubleshooting iApps and an expanded discussion of Mac OS X backup.
When Macs stop running, Ted Landau is the man people turn to, and this book illustrates why: Chock-full of easy, understandable advice for maintaining and troubleshooting Mac OS Xincluding the newest edition of Mac OS Xthis is where people turn before they haul their Macs to the repair shop. The founder of the MacFixIt Web site offers smart, common-sense solutions and sound advice for maintaining Apples latest operating system, delivered in language the rest of us can understand. In this edition, Ted completely overhauls the book and revises each page with information on troubleshooting the latest version of Mac OS X. The resulting volume offers a host of solutions for every Mac OS X glitch under the sun plus the grounding readers need to turn a diagnostic eye on their own operating systems. Filled with tips, tools, and preventive measures, it includes in-depth coverage of Library directories and folders, file and font maintenance, crash prevention and recovery, Unix commands for Mac OS X, and more.
Noted author and Mac guru Ted Landau is the founder of the MacFixIt Web site and is a contributing editor for Macworld magazine. He is also the author of Sad Macs, Bombs, and Other Disasters.
Customer Reviews & Comments
MacFixit web site founder and author Ted Landau's newest book, Mac OS X Help Line, Panther Edition, has joined the ranks of David Weeks' favorite OS X books. Until now, I've recommended David Pogue's OS X The Missing Manual for beginners and intermediate Mac users. The nod for best advanced/expert level book has gone to Mac OS X Unleashed, penned by John and William Ray. I've got to add Mac OS X Help Line (Help Line for short) to the canon of best OS X books. The Ray brothers' Unleashed is geared more toward the Unix-oriented sysadmin/expert user. In contrast, Landau's Help Line is written for the sophisticated OS X end user; someone who doesn't need the plumb the Uniy depths of OS X, yet needs detailed information on complex topics. Landau has found the right balance: he provides 1144 pages of OS X depth and detail that "normal" people can use. Help Line does sit firmly in the "boat anchor" category (try holding it out at arm's length for a minute or so), but if there's an OS X question that you or I could pose, it'll most probably have the answer. I could easily list the sections I found most interesting, but this review would swell to three or four pages. Suffice to say that you can find detailed information on fonts (one of OS X's least intuitive areas), printing, permissions, and the OS X startup sequence. Each section has plenty of "Technically Speaking" or "Take Note" sidebars to add even more detail to particular topics. Like almost all OS X books, Help Line covers the basics on the iApps that ship with OS X. Don't buy Help Line for the cursory coverage it provides on Safari, for example. Buy it for the detailed background information and troubleshooting tips for networking, instead. Help Line's production values are very good: the screen shots are clear and legible. Sidebars are set off with background colors that don't get in the way of legibility. The binding has to hold 1144 pages together; I hope it lasts more than a year or two! Now, Ted may object to my characterization of Help Line not being a newbie book, saying that he's written a book accessible to all. I beg to differ. The Mac newbie will probably be scared off by the pages of detail on complex subjects, as she pages through Help Line trying to find out how to just rename a file. Pogue's Missing Manual will better serve the beginner. Even so, I can't speak highly enough of this book. If you want the best work for advanced/expert Mac users who seek to learn more about the guts of OS X, but not from a systems administrator's standpoint, buy Landau's Mac OS X Help Line Panther Edition. MyMac rating 5 out of 5
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