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"Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life." -Chinese Proverb "This book teaches you how to fish." -Dr. Mac Macintosh guru Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus will help you use your Macintosh better and faster, and will kick-start you on your way to becoming a Power User. Starting with the basics, you'll find tips, hints, tutorials, shortcuts, troubleshooting advice, informative screen shots, timesaving software recommendations, where to do what on the Web, and much more. What is a Power User? According to Dr. Mac's Really Abridged Dictionary, Power User (pou'ar yoo'zer), n. 1. Someone who uses a Macintosh better, faster, or more elegantly than you do. 2. Someone who can answer Macintosh-related questions you can't. This book features hundreds of useful and timesaving tips and hints, and tons of advice - not only from Dr. Mac, but from more than 60 other Mac OS X Power Users. The companion Web site is chock-full of links to the absolute best freeware, shareware, games, demo programs, informative .pdf files, icons, and more - all handpicked by Dr. Mac. Take a look at www.boblevitus.com/xfiles.html for more details. Learn how to: * Diagnose and cure common OS X problems, with a minimum of inconvenience * Find anything and everything your Mac will ever need on the World Wide Web * Impress your friends with your newfound Unix knowledge (and maybe even fix some things too) * Customize your system with more than 100 handpicked programs reviewed throughout the book that make Mac OS X better, more fun, or both Who is this book for? Everyone from beginners to Power Users will benefit from reading this book. Anyone who would like to get more done with Mac OS X in less time and with less effort.

Table of Contents:
PART I: IN THE BEGINNING: THE BASICS. Chapter 1: In the Beginning. Chapter 2: Mastering the OS X Finder. Chapter 3: Hard Disk Organization (and Navigation) Made Easy. Chapter 4: Protecting Your Work. PART II: ON BECOMING A POWER USER. Chapter 5: Getting More Out of the Internet. Chapter 6: The Classic Environment. Chapter 7: Hardware That Makes Your Mac More Powerful. Chapter 8: When Good Macs Go Bad. Chapter 9: Customizing Mac OS X. PART III: THE POWER OF UNIX AND APPLESCRIPT. Chapter 10: More Than Enough Unix to Get By. Chapter 11: More Unix for Power Users. Chapter 12: Users, and Groups, and NetInfo (Oh My!). Chapter 13: AppleScript for OS X. PART IV: THE COOL STUFF IN THE BACK OF THE BOOK. Chapter 14: Highly Recommended Software. Chapter 15: What Our Power Users Think You Should Know About OS X. Chapter 16: MacStyles of the Not-So-Rich-and-Famous (Power Users).

About the Author :
Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus has written 38 popular computer books, including Mac OS X For Dummies, Mac Answers: 2nd Edition, Dr. Macintosh, and Stupid Mac Tricks. His books have sold more than a million copies worldwide. He is also a columnist for the Houston Chronicle, and has been published in more than two dozen computer magazines. Bob lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, children, and a small pack of semi-domesticated animals. Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus has written 38 popular computer books, including Mac OS X For Dummies, Mac Answers: 2nd Edition, Dr. Macintosh, and Stupid Mac Tricks. His books have sold more than a million copies worldwide. He is also a columnist for the Houston Chronicle, and has been published in more than two dozen computer magazines. Bob lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, children, and a small pack of semi-domesticated animals.

Review :
"?packed full of information that makes the transition to OS X, even smoother and easier than it already is?" (Mac Format, December 2002) "?packed full of information that makes the transition to OS X, even smoother and easier than it already is?" (Mac Format, December 2002) "?packed full of information that makes the transition to OS X, even smoother and easier than it already is?" (Mac Format, December 2002) "?packed full of information that makes the transition to OS X, even smoother and easier than it already is?" (Mac Format, December 2002)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780470364505
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The OS X Files
  • ISBN-10: 0470364505
  • Publisher Date: 07 Feb 2008
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 672


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