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In this new edition of her Mac OS X VisualQuickStart guide, a MacAddict contributor with many computer books to her credit, covers the basics and new features (e.g. Web searching with an improved "Sherlock") of the latest version of this Macintosh operating system. Includes highlighted tips.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR


Book Description
Along with a major upgrade to Apple's core operating system comes a comprehensive upgrade to the best-selling Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide. Mac OS X 10.2 promises to offer exciting new features that will change how people use their Macs, such as iChat, improved Unix tools, Bluetooth-enabled contact management software, QuickTime 6, and advanced handwriting recognition. This newest revision to Maria Langer's best-selling book covers all of the new features and more in the familiar step-by-step, task-based approach that millions of readers have come to rely on when they need to quickly and easily master complex, new technologies. Whether you're a newbie or a Mac veteran, getting used to a new operating system can be a frustrating, and at times, frightening experience. Mac OS X 10.2: Visual QuickStart Guide takes the fear out of upgrading for all levels of users. Beginning Mac users can use this book to get up and running on their new system, while seasoned Mac veterans can quickly reference the new features in this new OS release.


From the Back Cover
Along with a major upgrade to Apple's core operating system comes a comprehensive upgrade to the best-selling Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide. Mac OS X 10.x promises to offer exciting new features that will change how people use their Macs, such as iChat, improved Unix tools, Bluetooth-enabled contact management software, QuickTime 6, and advanced handwriting recognition. This newest revision to Maria Langer's best-selling book covers all of the new features and more in the familiar step-by-step, task-based approach that millions of readers have come to rely on when they need to quickly and easily master complex, new technologies. Whether you're a newbie or a Mac veteran, getting used to a new operating system can be a frustrating, and at times, frightening experience. Mac OS X 10.x: Visual QuickStart Guide takes the fear out of upgrading for all levels of users. Beginning Mac users can use this book to get up and running on their new system, while seasoned Mac veterans can quickly reference the new features in this new OS release.


About the Author
Maria Langer has written dozens of computer books, including best-selling Visual QuickStart Guides on Mac OS X, Word, and Excel. A columnist for FileMaker Pro Advisor, she also writes for MacAddict and other publications.

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The Barnes & Noble Review
With Mac OS X 10.2, a.k.a. Jaguar, Apple￯﾿ﾽs new OS has come of age -- and Mac users are adopting it in unprecedented numbers. They￯﾿ﾽll have plenty of practical questions -- about OS X itself, and about version 10.2￯﾿ﾽs impressive new features. Thousands of them know from experience that they can turn to Maria Langer￯﾿ﾽs Visual QuickStart Guides for fast, simple, reliable answers.

Langer has updated Mac OS X 10.2 Visual QuickStart Guide to cover almost everything significant that￯﾿ﾽs new in OS X 10.2. For instance, there￯﾿ﾽs a full chapter on the impressive new Sherlock 3, which can be used to find just about anything -- Web content, pictures, investment information, movie showtimes, dictionary definitions, language translations, even eBay listings. Similarly, she covers the latest versions of most Apple ￯﾿ﾽi-Applications￯﾿ﾽ such as iTunes (now updated with smart playlists), and the brand-new AOL Instant Messaging–compatible iChat. (Bonus chapters on iCal and iSync, released by Apple too late to be covered in the book, can be found at marialanger.com.)

Of course, all the fundamentals are here: the Finder and the Dock; file management; printing; Internet connections; and much more. All of it explained cleanly, quickly, visually. Bill Camarda

Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2000 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks For Dummies®, Second Edition.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Along with a major upgrade to Apple's core operating system comes a comprehensive upgrade to the best-selling Mac OS X 10.1: Visual QuickStart Guide. Mac OS X 10.2 offers exciting new features that will change how people use their Macs, such as iChat, improved Unix tools, Bluetooth-enabled contact management software, QuickTime 6, and advanced handwriting recognition. This newest revision to Maria Langer's best-selling book covers all of the new features and more in the familiar step-by-step, task-based approach that millions of readers have come to rely on when they need to quickly and easily master complex, new technologies. Whether you're a newbie or a Mac veteran, getting used to a new operating system can be a frustrating, and at times, frightening experience. Mac OS X 10.2: Visual QuickStart Guide takes the fear out of upgrading for all levels of users. Beginning Mac users can use this book to get up and running on their new system, while seasoned Mac veterans can quickly reference the new features in this new OS release.

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