Mac OS X Bible, Panther Edition
Written by: Samuel A. Litt, Thomas, Jr. Clancy, Warren G. Gottlieb, Douglas B. Heyman, Craig Zimmerman
Editorial Reviews:
Ready to unleash the power of Mac OS X, but you are still missing your manual? Revised, updated and expanded the Mac OS X Bible Panther edition is the definitive, expanded and enhanced, comprehensive resource for the Mac user.
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating:
Summary: The bigger they are, the harder they fall
Comment: Don't let the size of this monster fool you. I have so far found it to be useless and am returning it and buying Mac OS X Panter (Visual QuickStart Guide) instead. The way I judge books of this kind is to take a real problem and go to the index. If what I want is there, and leads me to the answer, that's a good sign. If not, it's not. For example, as an experienced Mac owner moving from OS 9.2 to X, I needed to know the significance of rebuilding the desktop in 9; I was having problems launching 9 apps from X and thought rebuilding would solve the problem. The hernia inducing "bible" had nothing to say on the subject. This happened repeatly as I tried to wend my way to becoming comfortable with X.
Then I found Mac OS X Panter (Visual QuickStart Guide) in an Apple store. Smaller, cheaper, and yes, complete with a helpful page on the signficance of rebuilding OS 9 applications when moving to OS X. The bottom line: When it comes to the Mac OS X Bible, size is nothing but a pain. Don't say you weren't warned.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Illuminating!
Comment: I picked up this book the other day just to have as a Panther reference and ended up being hooked for a few hours on the living room couch browsing through most of Part IV on "Making the Most of Mac OS X." The best word I can think of to describe the coverage is "illuminating"! Sam Litt and co. obviously have a bead on how Mac users really think and work, and they haven't missed much here. If only all Mac books were this thorough and well written!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Awesome!
Comment: This is by far the best book yet on ANY version of OS X, and lives up to the Bible name. Its combination of reader-friendliness and comprehensiveness in unparalleled as far as I can tell. The writing is straightforward, complete, and extremely well organized, with Unix coverage that seems to be useful rather than "geeky" (which makes me actually want to get into that stuff). I've only had this for a couple of days and it's already saved me time and hassle with setting up my home network. Wow! Nice job, guys!
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.4465
EAN: 9780764543999
ISBN: 0764543997
Label: Visual
Manufacturer: Visual
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 922
Publication Date: 2004-02-06
Publisher: Visual
Studio: Visual
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Editorial Reviews:
Ready to unleash the power of Mac OS X, but you are still missing your manual? Revised, updated and expanded the Mac OS X Bible Panther edition is the definitive, expanded and enhanced, comprehensive resource for the Mac user.
The new edition covers all the latest features of Mac OS 10.3, including the new user-centric Finder, Exposé, Fast User Switching, FileVault, FontBook, and faxing. It includes a brand-new and greatly enhanced UNIX and security section, working with iApplications, .mac and much, much more!
With over 1000 detailed pages of information there can be only one book worthy of being called the Bible.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating:
Summary: The bigger they are, the harder they fall
Comment: Don't let the size of this monster fool you. I have so far found it to be useless and am returning it and buying Mac OS X Panter (Visual QuickStart Guide) instead. The way I judge books of this kind is to take a real problem and go to the index. If what I want is there, and leads me to the answer, that's a good sign. If not, it's not. For example, as an experienced Mac owner moving from OS 9.2 to X, I needed to know the significance of rebuilding the desktop in 9; I was having problems launching 9 apps from X and thought rebuilding would solve the problem. The hernia inducing "bible" had nothing to say on the subject. This happened repeatly as I tried to wend my way to becoming comfortable with X.
Then I found Mac OS X Panter (Visual QuickStart Guide) in an Apple store. Smaller, cheaper, and yes, complete with a helpful page on the signficance of rebuilding OS 9 applications when moving to OS X. The bottom line: When it comes to the Mac OS X Bible, size is nothing but a pain. Don't say you weren't warned.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Illuminating!
Comment: I picked up this book the other day just to have as a Panther reference and ended up being hooked for a few hours on the living room couch browsing through most of Part IV on "Making the Most of Mac OS X." The best word I can think of to describe the coverage is "illuminating"! Sam Litt and co. obviously have a bead on how Mac users really think and work, and they haven't missed much here. If only all Mac books were this thorough and well written!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Awesome!
Comment: This is by far the best book yet on ANY version of OS X, and lives up to the Bible name. Its combination of reader-friendliness and comprehensiveness in unparalleled as far as I can tell. The writing is straightforward, complete, and extremely well organized, with Unix coverage that seems to be useful rather than "geeky" (which makes me actually want to get into that stuff). I've only had this for a couple of days and it's already saved me time and hassle with setting up my home network. Wow! Nice job, guys!
Technical Details
Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 005.4465
EAN: 9780764543999
ISBN: 0764543997
Label: Visual
Manufacturer: Visual
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 922
Publication Date: 2004-02-06
Publisher: Visual
Studio: Visual
