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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: 461
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:
 Pogue is the Best January 8, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I had Pogue's Missing Manual for Jaguar and thought is was great. When I upgraded to Tiger, I tried a different manual and found it lacking quite a bit of information. Back to Pogue's manual now for Leopard. It is simply the clearest and most complete. I'd recommend this for everyone.
Best Way To Learn OS X Leopard! January 8, 2008
26 out of 27 found this review helpful
'Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual' by David Pogue is another home run of an effort from the Missing Manual series, this one written by David Pogue himself. The thing I love most about the Missing Manual series is how incredibly USABLE these books are. Whether you are an experienced user or new to the topic being discussed, you can pick up a MM book with confidence that you are getting your money's worth and that you WILL learn by reading these books. I can't stress this enough... there are lots of books on the shelves available to readers, but if you want top notch content at one of the fairest price points in the industry, BUY THESE BOOKS!!
Having said that, there is a lot of new features in Mac OS X Leopard that truly deserve a new text to discuss and show them off. From the wonderful main layout to things like the new backup features in Leopard, this is one of the greatest operating systems ever created and now you can learn to do the most with it!
If you are a new Mac user or simply want to find out all the new goodies that you can get out of this OS upgrade, pick up this book. Read it, learn from it, and most of all... SAVOR the contents!!
OK enough of reading this review, go get the book, if you aren't happy with it you can contact me and give me your piece of mind!
***** HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION
iLuv this Mac OS X Leopard Manual January 7, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have owned a Macbook since July 07, and I loved it. It was pre-installed with Tiger and to be honest I didn't know any of the features of that operating system. I just needed it to be functional for work.
Well, for Christmas I got Mac OS X Leopard, and I knew that I needed to learn the features, so I got this book!
OMG, this is the best manual ever! David Pogue writes in such an easy manner, that it is almost like a bedtime story reading every new feature.
I do recommend sitting at your computer while you read it, because every new trick you learn, you will want to immediately test it on your Mac. I found myself walking back and forth from my bedroom to my office wanting to test every new feature.
The simple investment of $21 is super! I have already learned so much from this manual.
Oh, one more tip for you: Buy those little sticky arrows to bookmark pages when you are NOT near your computer. With a book almost 900 pages, and the constant flipping from section to section, you will certainly forget where a great tip was!! The sticky arrows will save you the headache of trying to remember where you read a certain tip!!
That's my fun tip for you all...
Leopard Manual January 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is over 800 pages of detailed instruction in the use of the Leopard OS. For example, it showed how to display a keyboard character palette for different languages. I was able to type Spanish accented characters such a n. It is worth much more than its cost.
An essential for Leopard users January 6, 2008
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
I received a new iMac for Christmas and bought David's book to act as a reference for Leopard. I'm not disappointed. First, I'm a fan of David's iTunes video podcast and especially enjoyed "iPhone, the Musical" and I'm a further fan of the "missing manual" series. I figured I could not go wrong. While Leopard is intuitive, there are some nuances that are best discovered through a book like this. In less than a week with my new iMac, David's book has helped me discover several interesting and important techniques for getting the most from Leopard. The book is well-written, has a detailed index and delivers a lot of bang for the buck. I am enjoying browsing through it and appreciate how quickly I can flip to the index to find a fast answer. I've not had a single question that could not be easily answered by this book in just a minute or two. For these reasons, I'm happy to give the book five stars.
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