Switching to mac: The missing manual

kilo15 · kilo15 #1 (**permalink**)

01-11-2007, 09:30 PM

I saw this and Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition at the apple store. Are they worth buying?

cwa107 · cwa107 #2 (**permalink**)

01-11-2007, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by kilo15

I saw this and Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition at the apple store. Are they worth buying?

I picked it up at Waldenbooks (which is closing most of their stores) at a 25% discount for $25 (w/ tax). It's very thorough, but it doesn't get into the nuts and bolts. But if you want a good overview of the OS X, iLife and the other assorted applications, it's a good read.

kilo15 · kilo15 #3 (**permalink**)

01-11-2007, 09:48 PM

thanks....What do you mean by nuts and bolts.

cwa107 · cwa107 #4 (**permalink**)

01-11-2007, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by kilo15

thanks....What do you mean by nuts and bolts.

You're not going to learn about the behind the scenes things like the kernal, BSD and development tools for example. It's not a "power users guide". It's exactly what the name implies... the missing manual. It covers everything the user would see on a day-to-day basis.

Sachsr1 · Sachsr1 #5 (**permalink**)

01-11-2007, 10:24 PM

I found a book at barnes & noble called mac os x in easy steps or something like that it was $1.99 very basic but hey for $2...

kilo15 · kilo15 #6 (**permalink**)

01-11-2007, 11:15 PM

Thanks again.

mac57 · mac57 #7 (**permalink**)

01-12-2007, 12:09 AM

Mac OS X The Missing Manaual is an extremely worthwhile book to get and read. I got it shortly after I switched and it has repaid me the time I spent with it abundantly. I can't recommend it enough.

kilo15 · kilo15 #8 (**permalink**)

01-12-2007, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by mac57

Mac OS X The Missing Manaual is an extremely worthwhile book to get and read. I got it shortly after I switched and it has repaid me the time I spent with it abundantly. I can't recommend it enough.

Great to hear. Going to buy it tomorrow.

Kash · Kash #9 (**permalink**)

01-12-2007, 02:17 AM

I agree with mac57. I bought the Tiger Missing Manual on Amazon and the thing is a beast. Chock full of useful information. I haven't gone through most of it (then again, I'm using it for reference, not a full read through) but I've already learned a ton, especially small things like shortcuts and eye candy. I would highly recommend it to every switcher

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Member Since: Apr 29, 2006 Location: St. Somewhere Posts: 4,547 Mac Specs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, 120 GB SSD, 500 GB HDD	01-12-2007, 12:09 AM Mac OS X The Missing Manaual is an extremely worthwhile book to get and read. I got it shortly after I switched and it has repaid me the time I spent with it abundantly. I can't recommend it enough. My Macs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, Mac Pro, 3.2 GHz 8 Core, Power Macintosh 7500/100 My iStuff: 32 GB iPhone 4, 30 GB iPod Video, 16 GB iPod Touch My OS': Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS 8.6, openSUSE 10.3, Win XP I was on the Mac-Forums honor roll for September 2007
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kilo15 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 06, 2007 Posts: 470	01-11-2007, 09:30 PM I saw this and Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition at the apple store. Are they worth buying?
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Sachsr1 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 25, 2006 Posts: 199	01-11-2007, 10:24 PM I found a book at barnes & noble called mac os x in easy steps or something like that it was $1.99 very basic but hey for $2...
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kilo15 #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 06, 2007 Posts: 470	01-11-2007, 11:15 PM Thanks again.
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Kash #9 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 03, 2006 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 9,385 Mac Specs: Black Macbook C2D 2GHz 3GB RAM 250GB HD iPhone 4 iPad 3G	01-12-2007, 02:17 AM I agree with mac57. I bought the Tiger Missing Manual on Amazon and the thing is a beast. Chock full of useful information. I haven't gone through most of it (then again, I'm using it for reference, not a full read through) but I've already learned a ton, especially small things like shortcuts and eye candy. I would highly recommend it to every switcher
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