Brilliant Mac OSX Leopard: what you need to know and how to do it - Softcover

Johnson, Mr Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0273714406 ISBN 13: 9780273714408

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2007

Synopsis

The eagerly awaited release of Mac OS X Leopard is set to be the biggest OS X upgrade ever. There are hundreds of new and improved features, such as

Boot Camp – which enables you to run Windows if there’s a PC application you need to use. The Time Machine allows you to go back and recover old documents - it remembers how your system looked on any given day so you can revisit your Mac as it appeared in the past.

Brilliant Mac OS X Leopard offers a unique, task-based approach for power users who want to master the features of Leopard. All the new features of Leopard are covered in detail, as well as instruction on customising and maintaining the Mac, dealing with security, networking and much more - all tobe found in an easy to navigate format that any Mac user will want to keep at their fingertips.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Brilliant Mac OS X Leopard

 

What you need to know and how to do it

 

When you are working on your Mac and come up against a problem that you are unsure how to solve or want to accomplish something in application that you aren’t sure how to do, where do you look ?? Manuals and traditional training guides are too unwieldy and make it hard to get to the info you need right away, and help-lines are rarely that helpful ! Brilliant guides allow you to find the info you need easily and without fuss and guide you through the task using a highly visual, step-by-step approach – providing exactly what you need to know when you need it !!

 

Spend less time reading and more time doing with a simple step-by-step approach to beginner and intermediate level office tasks.

 

Brilliant guides provide with the quick, easy-to-access information that you need, using ....

 

·         Accessible NEW 4 colour design throughout

·         Detailed index and troubleshooting guide to help you find exactly what you need to know

·         Each task is presented on one or two pages

·         Numbered steps guide you through each task or problem

·         Numerous screenshots illustrate each step

·         “See Also ...” boxes point you to related tasks and information in the book

·         “Did you know ?...” sections alert you to relevant expert tips, tricks and advice

 

Brilliant Mac OSX Leopard  will show you how to ....

 

·         Master the Mac OS X Leopard user interface, file management, and applications

·         Create your own movies with iMovie®

·         Edit and organize photos with iPhoto®

·         Manage and play digital music with iTunes® and iPod®

·         Chat online instantly with iChat

·         Explorer the Internet with Safari™ and send e-mail with Mail

·         Customize and fine-tune Mac OS X Leopard

·         Set up multiple users and maintain security

·         Find and use keyboard shortcuts to save time

 

Perspection has written and produced books on a variety of computer software, including Adobe Flash CS3 and 8, Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS2, Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Microsoft Office 2007 and 2003, Microsoft Windows Vista and XP, Microsoft Expression Web, and Apple Mac OS X Panther. Perspection was founded in 1991, and is committed to providing information and training to help people use software more effectively. Perspection has written more than 80 computer books, and sold more than 5 million copies.

 

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About the Author

Andy Anderson

is a graphics designer and illustrator who has worked with the Macintosh OS from the start. He has written more than 17 books including Show me Mac OS X Panther, HTML and Web Design, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Dreamweaver and Macromedia Flash. Andy currently teaches classes and seminars. His clients include designers and trainers from Disneyland, Boeing, the US Government and other Fortune 500 companies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0273714406
• ISBN 13: 9780273714408
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 576