The Mac OS X Tiger Book
by Andy Ihnatko
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Author: Andy IhnatkoEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-06-03
ISBN: 0764579576
Number of pages: 522
Publisher: Wiley
Book Reviews of The Mac OS X Tiger Book
Book Review: One computer manual is too many, but better this one (or the next one) than any other.
Summary: 5 Stars
Amazon is currently listing two identically titled pre-orders--"The Mac OS Leopard Book"--one by Kelby and the other by Ihnatko. If you're not afraid to admit you occasionally read instructions for a Mac (my students and my own kids laugh at me); if you actually do occasionally refer to them; if you miss the old puckish Pogue (the refreshingly informative handholder of the Dummies series who later got overly serious about supplying "Missing Manuals" for things you never missed in the first place); then Ihnatko's book is probably your best bet. Admittedly, he seems to write with more ego and attitude than any other writer of computer texts--bordering on churlish Mac megalomania at times--but more often than not his wacky jokes and attempts at humor succeed, not simply providing helpful information but eliciting the reader's trust in the super-confident author (it's like he's constantly reassuring you, "Trust me, it's piece of cake, folks."
Some reviewers refer to the humor as lame, as cute, as overdone. I take issue, especially after reading some of the plain stupid and insulting attempts at being "informal," "chatty," "friendly" in other, truly "smarmy" manuals, including some of Pogue's successors in the Dummies series. Ihnatko, plain and simple, is a good writer--he has a sense of style and proportion and a base of information--from allusions that should be familiar to anyone with a liberal arts degree to a savvy awareness of pop culture--that entitles him to have some fun along the way. Readers who are immediately turned off by the approach either need to address their own knowledge gaps or get beyond the introductory chapter.
How can you dislike a writer who, in one sentence, describes himself as "the world's 42nd most-beloved industry personality," deserving commendations and awards beyond Mother Teresa or any other humanitarian and, in the next, asks those of us who occasionally feel preyed upon by our inscrutable Mac machines and operating systems to see him as our "St. Francis of Assissi"--as our loudest champion and constant friend, working tirelessly on behalf of the needy neophyte.
In those moments when your Tiger or Leopard turns on you, making you feel no less dependent than the author's two goldfish, "Click" and "Drag," you could do worse than have a companion like this at your side. And if his taming of the Tiger is a good indicator, you can rest assured that the impending Leopard's spots are not about to change.
Summary of The Mac OS X Tiger Book
The cat's out of the bag, and Andy Ihnatko gives you a hundred reasons to fall in love with the Tiger. Packed with sage advice -- and plenty of humor -- this beefy volume holds your hand through installing Tiger, helps you diagnose and cure common problems, introduces you to more shortcuts than you ever imagined, and provides tips on everything from using Spotlight to choosing a tattoo. It's not only the greatest Mac OS X guide ever, it's surely the most entertaining.You'll find new chapters on:
- Automator -- your servant for boring-yet-complex tasks.
- Spotlight -- to find anything on your Mac instantly.
- Dashboard -- a pile of useful tools just a keystroke away.
- Troubleshooting step by step?amaze your friends!"Here, I'm going to help you out before you even start leafing through this thing. If you run an $8 FireWire cable between a pair of Macs running Tiger, the OS automatically creates an ultra-high-speed network between the two, with zero help from you. It's one of the easiest and quickest ways to swap files or play network games, and you can even use this mini network to 'share' an Internet connection!
See? Have the other books' authors done so much for you at this stage? Please keep this in mind as you make your purchasing decision."
-- Andy IhnatkoApple Books
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