Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual by David Pogue
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Book Reviews of Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual
Book Review: Best computer technical manual I have ever purchased
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a computer professional and have many different certifications that I have pursued for the pure enjoyment and accomplishment of of learning new things. Over the years I have acquired A+, Network+, MCSE, CNA, and CCA and for all of these certifications I have purchased books for self study.
I don't give you this information to brag, since many people have done far more than I, but to let you know that I have read quite a few technical books. I have probably read 40-50 computer books over the years and this book is the best that I have ever read. The author (David Pogue) is very thorough. He covers the OS in very great detail from What's new in Leopard, Folders and Windows, Unix command line, the iLife apps, and Hacking the Mac, amongst others. Every topic that I needed to learn regarding OS X was readily available and easy to find.
Mr. Pogue has included historical information that provides background about the development of the MAC OS, but it is more than just history, he uses it to explain design choices as well. This really helps know the WHY's as well as the hows. I really appreciate that and it helps to understand the reasoning behind Apple's design choices.
This book is great for new computer users, but also for people that really like to get "under the hood" of the OS and learn the nitty gritty details. I highly recommend this book.
Book Review: Best Way To Learn OS X Leopard!
Summary: 5 Stars
'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
Book Review: Great Training Wheels
Summary: 5 Stars
My review won't be as thorough as some other reviewers; however, I write to you all today simply to say this book broke me into the Mac World. Formerly a die-hard Windows Vista fan and user, this book gently and logically walked me through all of the mac nuances, idiosyncrasies, and programing logic, which helps the new mac-user understand how and why things look and act the way they do on a mac os 10.5 platform.
Bar-none, one of the best qualities this book pushes and explains, are the use of short cut keys, which has dramatically increased my workflow 200%, compared to my Windows Vista experience. In addition, Mr. Pogue gives adequate attention to every program and user-feature pre-installed with your copy of mac os 10.5 Leopard.
With that being said, this book does not have overly complex or technical prose, if anything it's written for the "american idiot"! Mr. Pogue tries his best to make the book light-hearted with his somewhat bizzaro, border-line blasphemous humor (for all you bible-thumpers out there), but it does not detract from the juicy instruction that is dripping off of each page.
Overall, this is a fine purchase, as this should compliment any geek's or first-timer's computer/tech. library! Happy reading; and remember, once you go mac, you never go back!!!
Book Review: Excellent book for those switching to a Mac
Summary: 5 Stars
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).
Book Review: Pogue is a great explainer
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the fourth OS X Missing Manual that I've read and like OS X itself they seem to get better with each version. David Pogue is one of the top explainers of technical subjects around and he doesn't disappoint with this book. In a past version I complained that the Missing Manual rambled a bit. I'm glad to say that the subject progression seems tighter. It's as good a one volume reference as I've seen on any complex subject, offering a pretty complete foundation, written in an easy to understand style.
As the president of a Mac User Group (MUG) I am often called upon to answer Mac questions. If I don't know the answer off the top of my head I turn first to my copy of the Missing Manual. It covers a wide range of basics from upgrading from earlier systems to moving to Macs from Windows as well as offering a logical progression of OS X instructions.
And it goes beyond the basics to cover, keyboard shortcuts, little known and somewhat hidden features as well as a bit of Unix command line and using Leopard's greatly improved Automator. Obviously, no one book can cover every aspect of something as complex as an operating system and the Apple installed programs, but Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual is a great place to start.