Mac OS X Tiger: Missing Manual

Mac OS X Tiger Killer Tips (Killer Tips)

Mac OS X Tiger Pocket Guide (Pocket References)

Mac Osx

Mac OS X Bible, Tiger Edition

Format: Paperback
Author: Samuel A. Litt
ReleaseDate: 01 July, 2005
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Rating:

They say bible, they mean bible!!
I really didn't expect the book to be so huge and literally the size of those big ole family bibles on book stands. The book is HUGE!! It is like from the beginning of "time" and covers everything possible--just as you would envision a bible doing. ;-) Seriously, it is packed full of info, and although not the kind of book you would want to take to the beach to peruse, it is one to use for reference time and time again.

Great book for anyone.

Since I work in a retail store where they sell Macs, I always had the opportunity to "get to know" the system, but I knew I wanted more. I recently switched to Macs, being a PC user for the past 15 years.
With very little knowledge of Macs and OS X in general I took the jump and bought a Mac. This book along with it.
What I really like about this book, and one of the main reasons why I bought it, is its 900+ pages. I had seen other Tiger books with many less pages which also covered a lot less.
This book taught me well how to set up a new Mac (even though it's pretty self explanatory), how to work with folder permissions, how to install & remove programs, how to optimize the OS and customize it to the way I work. It also helped me connect my Mac to my Windows network.
I also learned how to create user accounts and do software updates, how to work with iPhoto & iMovie, and also a little bit of troubleshooting so you can help your Mac when it's having a little trouble.
I'm very glad I bought this book. I am now able to enjoy & use my Mac to do things I couldn't or even thought of because I didn't know they existed.
You'll also learn keyboard shortcuts, which are very nice and save you a bit of time.
I highly recommend it to anyone switching from PCs, or any earlier adopter of OS X.

A very good book, there is something here for everyone.
It covers a wide range of topics for the beginner to intermediate to the advanced user. This is a very good book.

For the beginner to intermediate user it covers the MAC OSX Tiger installation, configuration settings, system preferences, login options, security options, keychain access, games and how to play them, networking, Finder, Fonts. Applications that come with MAC OSX Tiger, Dash board, creating widgets, Spotlight, tinker tool, toast titanium 6, subethaedit, Apple remote desktop, Sherlock, MAC utilities, installing printers (local and networked), Bluetooth, UNIX commands, terminal. iTunes, iSync, iChat calculator and weather in your area application with out having to launch the application. The book also covers . Mac, Safari RSS for internet feeds and Automator. For those interested in the technology that drives the MAC like Darwin and those things that Darwin controls like the MACH Microkernel, memory management, Symmetric Multitasking used to support multiprocessors. It also discusses MAC's application environments like Carbon, Java, cocoa and BSD.

For the advanced user it covers repairing system permissions, maintenance scheduling, memory problems, Apple scripting in detail and scriptable applications. It also includes UNIX scripting commands and switches that most advanced users would probably already know. It covers X Windows, Daemons, ProFTPd, system logs and how to view and understand them.

In summary the beginner that is just looking to learn about the applications this is a good book put there are better books that go into greater detail about the applications like Mac OS X 10. 4 Tiger: Peachpit Learning Series by Robin Williams. For the beginner that is looking to see what is under the hood of MAC Tiger this is a very good book. This is also a very good book for the intermediate user that is looking to become an advanced user. For the already advanced user this book is good but not great.

For the beginner this is 5 star book (while it doesn't go into application detail as much as other books go into it it will help the beginner progress to intermediate and advanced topics).
For the intermediate user this is a 4. 5 star book. (Because it does a good job of covering intermediate user topics for the user that is already familiar with the applications). There are a lot of advanced topics here for the intermediate user)
For the Advanced user this is 3. 5 star book (Because the book covers a lot of stuff that the advanced user already knows).
My overall rating for this book is 4 stars. The books stated target audience is the beginner to advanced user.
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