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| Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual | 
 enlarge | Author: David Pogue
Publisher: Pogue Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  144 reviews
Sales Rank: 436
Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 912
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7 x 1.9
ISBN: 059652952X
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.4465
EAN: 9780596529529
ASIN: 059652952X
Publication Date: December 15, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Everything You Need to Know about Leopard May 28, 2008
This is really a great book. I bought a few Apple Leopard books from Amazon and this is the best of the three. It has everything you need to know in a quick reference format. Lockups, booting to a command line, Grey Screen, How to's and everything to get you out of a jam etc... If you want to get one Leopard book you can use and get information quickly to solve a problem this is it. There is also a lot of great information that can be used to become a more proficient user or to enhance your computing experience (things you never thought of that are very useful). The book is actually very interesting and makes for good night time reading to get you fired up for tomorrow morning in front of the computer. Highest Recommendation - A++++
Excellent book for those switching to a Mac May 22, 2008
I've been a die-hard PC user for over 20 years now. I'm a DOS guy who remembers Windows 3.0 and who is tied so tightly to the ThinkPad trackpoint that I've bought my own ThinkPads when working at companies that didn't provide them.
But I wanted to see for myself what all the hype was about, so I got my first Mac (a Mini) and started playing around with it. Yeah GarageBand was cool, and iPhoto was nice (though I missed Picasa), but I remember thinking to myself "what's all the fuss about Macs... they're not THAT special".
But then I picked up this book and started reading. It's written in such a clear, casual style that I actually went through cover-to-cover. And now I can't wait to ditch every last PC I own for a Mac.
This book covers it all. Much of it in detail (like Spotlight, Spaces, Time Machine, Expose, and System Preferences). And some of it at just enough detail to get you interested and pointed in the right direction (Automator, AppleScript, and the Terminal).
Without this book, I would have still been thinking to myself, "this is cute, but so what". With this book, I'm a convert. It really is the missing manual, and Apple should ship a copy with every new Mac (though it wouldn't really fit into the neat little Mac Mini box).
Learn and Laugh: A Computer Manual that Cares Enough Not to Bore You May 18, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
David Pogue is a great technical writer - he can take complex subjects and boil them down to their most essential elements. His reviews and commentaries in The New York Times are always useful, clear and incisive. Which isn't surprising - the NY Times doesn't hire slackers.
Even better, Pogue has a sense of humor, and he's not afraid to use it. A minority of reviewers here on Amazon have suggested they'd prefer Pogue never crack a joke, but, for me, his occasional witty asides enliven his work greatly. This book is 912 pages long, but you can sit and read it cover-to-cover, because Pogue imbues his work with personality and humor.
Of course, Pogue brings his gift for instruction along with the funny. This book is overflowing with helpful tips and clear-headed explanations.
I'm coming to the Mac after years of using Windows machines at a pretty high level. But after my second Vista PC in ten months self-destructed, I find I can no longer support the Microsoft empire. This book has helped me tremendously with my transition.
As a podcaster and writer, I depend upon my computer to always be up and running. Macs have a reputation for stability, but they're not perfect either. I bought Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual not only because I wanted to get the most out of the OS, but because I needed a resource to help when things went wrong, as they invariably will.
It's already helped me once. True story: I had a weird thing happen with my Finder where I could no longer see the file structure on the left. That made it very difficult to navigate my folders. I went to the Apple Store with a print-out of what I was seeing on my screen, and they had no idea what the problem was. So, I opened up and had my answer in minutes (turns out there's a "classic Finder mode" you can toggle on and off. Mine was erroneously toggled on).
The people in the Apple Store are experts, but apparently, with this book, you can be expert, too. It's a great resource and I give it my highest recommendation.
Scott Sherman, author, First You Fall: A Kevin Connor Mystery
THE BIBLE FOR MAC NEWBIES!! May 17, 2008
WOW. It's worth every dime! After using Windows computers for decades, I got a MacBook Pro & was totally lost! I got this book & read every page (it took awhile because it's an enormous book). AWESOME information. Funny & informative.
 Nice book, but enough of the PC bashing already. May 15, 2008
9 out of 18 found this review helpful
There is a good quantity of useful info here, but the author never misses an opportunity to take a swipe at Windows. As both a Mac user and an MCSE, that really bugs me. It's unprofessional, silly, childish, demeaning to the majority of computer users and adds no value to the content of the book. This is why Windows users cannot stand Mac snobs. However, I did find quite a bit of the information very useful.
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