Book details of 'Mac OS X Bible, Jaguar Edition'

Title	Mac OS X Bible, Jaguar Edition
Author(s)	Lon Poole, Dennis R. Cohen, Steve Burnett
ISBN	0764537318
Language	English
Published	February 2003
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons

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Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
This is a huge, fat, book, and one would think that somewhere in it there must be useful information. One would be wrong. Part one is about getting to know Mac OS X. Chapter one outlines the visible changes to the interface. Basic functions (starting up, shutting down, and invoking programs) are in chapter two. The Finder and basic objects (programs, files, directories and so forth) are reviewed in chapter three. Chapter four outlines interface settings and preferences. Chapter five discusses some basic operations with respect to files and applications. Too little information on Internet connections, the Web, and email, is given in chapter six. Chapter seven does not really make clear that Find is for local files, and Sherlock is an Internet application. Chapter eight describes the interface for the help system. Part two deals with basic operations. Chapter nine lists printer and queue management screens. There is a confused amalgam of local and Internet networking and file transfer in chapter ten. Chapter eleven lists some programs that come with the system. A little information about fonts is in chapter twelve. Dialogue boxes for video applications are printed in chapter thirteen and the same for audio is in fourteen. Chapter fifteen notes a number of preferences that can be set. Part three is supposed to cover more advanced topics. Chapter sixteen outlines user account information, but does not deal with the underlying structures or command line utilities. Chapter seventeen talks about speech applications. (Sorry, couldn't help myself.) Both ethernet and wireless networking are assumed to work properly without any trouble in chapter eighteen. (How likely this is to happen is left as an exercise to the reader.) Chapter nineteen tells you how to run on file sharing. Chapter twenty tells you how to enable even more dangerous network services. An introduction to AppleScript is given in chapter twenty one. Part four is *also* supposed to cover more advanced topics. Chapter twenty two lists more programs included with the system. Chapter twenty three lists some shareware. Miscellaneous tips are in chapter twenty four. Chapter twenty five gives you enough information about the underlying system to be dangerous, and recommends that you keep your system clean and backed up. Too little information about UNIX, in too much bloated verbiage, is provided in chapter twenty six. The advice is banal, the text runs in circles and repeats itself, and, overall, this book does not provide much help or assistance to any level of user. copyright Robert M. Slade, 2003
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* Updated and enhanced to cover version 10.2 (Jaguar), including enhanced information on using OS X's powerful Unix features * Offers scores of undocumented tips and secrets on installation; taking advantage of hot new features; setting up OS X on a network; running older applications in emulation mode; and using Sherlock 3, AirPort, iChat, iCal, Address Book, Apple Mail, and QuickTime 6 * Expanded and enhanced troubleshooting tips * Covers exciting new interface changes and includes tricks for multitasking and customizing a system