Overview
""Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life."" ?Chinese Proverb ""This book teaches you how to fish."" ?Dr. Mac Macintosh guru Bob ""Dr. Mac"" LeVitus will help you use your Macintosh better and faster, and will kick-start you on your way to becoming a Power User. Starting with the basics, you'll find tips, hints, tutorials, shortcuts, troubleshooting advice, informative screen shots, timesaving software recommendations, where to do what on the Web, and much more. What is a Power User?According to Dr. Mac's Really Abridged Dictionary, Power User (pou'ar yoo'zer), n. 1. Someone who uses a Macintosh better, faster, or more elegantly than you do. 2. Someone who can answer Macintosh-related questions you can't. This book features hundreds of useful and timesaving tips and hints, and tons of advice ? not only from Dr. Mac, but from more than 60 other Mac OS X Power Users. The companion Web site is chock-full of links to the absolute best freeware, shareware, games, demo programs, informative .pdf files, icons, and more ? all handpicked by Dr. Mac. Take a look at www boblevitus.com/xfiles.html for more details. Learn how to:Diagnose and cure common OS X problems, with a minimum of inconvenience Find anything and everything your Mac will ever need on the World Wide Web Impress your friends with your newfound Unix knowledge (and maybe even fix some things too) Customize your system with more than 100 handpicked programs reviewed throughout the book that make Mac OS X better, more fun, or bothWho is this book for?Everyone from beginners to Power Users will benefit from reading this book. Anyone who would like to get more done with Mac OS X in less time and with less effort.
Full Product Details
Author: Bob LeVitus
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint: Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
Edition: Abridged edition
Dimensions:
Width: 18.40cm
, Height: 3.80cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.941kg
ISBN: 9780764516801
ISBN 10: 0764516809
Pages: 672
Publication Date: 01 June 2002
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
packed full of information that makes the transition to OS X, even smoother and easier than it already is (Mac Format, December 2002)
Author Information
Bob ""Dr. Mac"" LeVitus has written 38 popular computer books, including Mac OS X For Dummies, Mac Answers: 2nd Edition, Dr. Macintosh, and Stupid Mac Tricks. His books have sold more than a million copies worldwide. He is also a columnist for the Houston Chronicle, and has been published in more than two dozen computer magazines. Bob lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, children, and a small pack of semi--domesticated animals.
