Getting StartED with Mac OS X Leopard View Larger Image | Justin Williams
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This book offers a simple to read, fast way to discover all that's new in Mac
OS X Leopard, and how to make the most of it, whether you are new to the Mac,
or simply upgrading from a previous version of Mac OS X.
New additions to the operating system are showcased, including the changes
to the Dock and Finder, and new features such as Stacks, Cover Flow, and Quick
View introduced, before the book moves on to give a basic guide to using the
Mac—creating folders, moving files, installing applications, and burning
CDs, for example.
Communication and organization are covered with chapters on Mail and iChat,
including information on how to get the most of the latest features such as
creating to-do items, and reading RSS feeds in Mail, and sharing screens in
iChat. There are chapters that cover Spaces and Time Machine, perhaps the most
talked about feature in this release of Mac OS X.
iLife is fully dealt with, with discrete chapters on iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie
and iDVD, and GarageBand, followed with a chapter on iWeb showing how to share
your creations, and using Front Row to be entertained by them.
The final chapters of the book give an overview of some more advanced areas
of using a Mac, namely how Mac OS X itself works, and also how to develop for
the Mac. These chapters are intended only to give a glimpse as to the possibilities—the
book is primarily aimed at regular users.
A number of appendices conclude the book, one providing a guide to those users
who are switching from Windows, and another that contains a useful list of recommended
Mac applications for a wide array of uses.
In the authors own words "This book isn't a bible or tome about how to
do anything and everything with Mac OS X, instead its goal is to introduce the
major features of Mac OS X so you can be up and running quickly".
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Mac OS X Leopard's New Features
Chapter 2: Mac Basics
Chapter 3: Spotlight
Chapter 4: Mail
Chapter 5: Safari and iChat
Chapter 6: Dashboard
Chapter 7: Exposé and Spaces
Chapter 8: Time Machine
Chapter 9: iCal
Chapter 10: iTunes
Chapter 11: iPhoto
Chapter 12: iMovie and iDVD
Chapter 13: GarageBand
Chapter 14: iWeb
Chapter 15: Boot Camp
Chapter 16: Front Row and Photo Booth
Chapter 17: Working with Accounts
Chapter 18: Networking Your Mac
Chapter 19: Mac Security
Chapter 20: Under the Hood
Chapter 21: Developer Tools
* Appendix A: Switching from Windows to Mac OS X Software
* Appendix B: The Mac Apps List
About the Author
Justin Williams is the owner of Second Gear LLC, a web application development
firm, and was lead developer of Second Gear's Porchlight issue tracking system
for small development teams. He graduated from Purdue University in West Lafayette,
IN with a degree in Computer & Information Technology. His personal blog
is located at carpeaqua.com
Customer Reviews
Customer Reviews: 1 Average Customer Rating: Feb 10, 2008 Fran Cajia from US
A good book for newbies
This is a good book for PC users or people new to the Mac. The reason I liked it was that it gave the minimum information to do everything I wanted. So it was so efficient that it took me about 10 hours to go through the entire book. No extra worthless junk to weed through. So it lived up to its name.
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