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Even long-time Mac afficianados will benefit from this guide to Apple's latest release of its revolutionary operating system and its 150 added features. Following an introduction to the most basic skills (such as how to click the mouse), the author covers desktop elements, file organization, accounts and file sharing, Panther's built-in programs such as iDVD and iPhoto, basic troubleshooting, using email and the Internet, exploring Panther's Unix innards from the command line, and new features such as the Sidebar which makes using the finder much easier. He also shares tips such as how to make Safari emulate Internet Explorer and how graphic designers can gray desktop elements that might throw off their color judgement. Mac OS 9 and Windows expatriates will appreciate the "where'd it go?" dictionaries in Appendices C and D.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Description
Apple says that Mac OS X 10.3 introduces 150 new features--but that's not really true. In fact, "Panther" includes many more than that. It's faster, more polished, and much more efficient. But it still comes without a manual.With 300,000 copies in print, the first two versions of this book became industry bestsellers. Now David Pogue brings his humor and expertise to this completely rewritten, greatly expanded edition. It covers:Getting started. The early chapters demystify the Dock, windows, and the unfamiliar Mac OS X folder structure--an ideal introduction.New technologies. Mac OS X 10.3 brings breakthroughs in window management (Expose, the Sidebar); security (File Vault, Secure Empty Trash); and productivity (faxing, Fast User Switching).Bonus software. Panther comes with over 50 free programs--and this book gives you expertise in all of them. This beefed-up edition includes all-new mini-manuals on iMovie, iDVD, iPhoto, iChat AV, and Safari.Basics of Unix. You can completely ignore Panther's Unix core. But if the command line intrigues you, this book offers a gentle introduction.Finding familiar features. Two "Where'd It Go?" Dictionaries make it easy for Mac OS 9 and Windows refugees to look up a traditional feature--and find out where it went in Mac OS X 10.3.As always, Mac OS X: The Missing Manual offers warm, witty writing, and bursts with the shortcuts, surprises, and design touches that make the Mac the most passionately championed computer in the world.

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The Barnes & Noble Review
Mac OS X 10.3 is the fourth major upgrade to Mac OS X in three years. To get you to pony up your $129, Apple￯﾿ﾽs added more than 150 new features and innovations. But there is one thing they forgot (again): a decent manual.

David Pogue￯﾿ﾽs Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Panther Edition is the manual Apple should￯﾿ﾽve included. And, like Mac OS X 10.3 itself, Pogue￯﾿ﾽs Panther Edition is a major upgrade: loads of new feature coverage, new tricks, and/or new ways to use features that have been around awhile.

What￯﾿ﾽs new in Mac OS X 10.3 runs the gamut from major improvements (Expos￯﾿ﾽ, iChat AV video conferencing, FileVault Safe) to smaller ones (super-quick PDF and incoming fax viewing, one-button font installation). If a new feature matters, you can bet it￯﾿ﾽs covered here.

Pogue, who￯﾿ﾽs also weekly computer columnist for The New York Times, knows how to speak to you regardless of your technical experience (or lack thereof). He￯﾿ﾽs also one of the world￯﾿ﾽs premier Mac experts -- and it shows. This book contains scores of tips and timesavers you￯﾿ﾽre just not likely to find anywhere else.

For instance, you￯﾿ﾽll learn how to ￯﾿ﾽGoogle-search￯﾿ﾽ text you￯﾿ﾽve selected in any application, via a single keyboard shortcut. How to instantly show and adjust your display settings on any Mac notebook. How to jump to your Home folder from wherever you are. Or quickly drag one file into another folder that￯﾿ﾽs not currently visible, and is in an entirely different path. Or make ￯﾿ﾽreal￯﾿ﾽ pop-up windows in Mac OS X (Apple hid this feature, figuring the Dock took care of this).

That￯﾿ﾽs just scratching the surface. You￯﾿ﾽll learn how to print a list of files, now that OS X doesn￯﾿ﾽt let you print a Finder window (Pogue offers both a workaround and a complete solution: Print Window, handy shareware that￯﾿ﾽll let you do what you really want to do) And how to Force Quit your frontmost program, so you can get back to the desktop even when a full-screen program hangs. And more, and more, and more...

Pogue starts with a knowledgeable walkthrough of the Mac desktop: logins, folders and windows, file organization, the Dock, toolbars, and more. Next, he discusses running programs in the Mac OS X environment. (Remember when you were told not to upgrade until most of your key tools ran native in OS X? Now, they do: Photoshop, AppleWorks, FileMaker, Illustrator, even Microsoft Office and QuarkXPress.)

You￯﾿ﾽll find solid, knowing coverage of system preferences, and of all the free programs that come with your copy of OS X -- including iTunes and Apple￯﾿ﾽs other digital media software. There￯﾿ﾽs an entire section on the Internet (from mail and address book to .Mac and security). And in an era where many folks have more than one computer, you￯﾿ﾽll welcome Pogue￯﾿ﾽs practical guidance on networking -- including coexistence with Windows boxes.

The appendices in this book are anything but aftersights. In two ￯﾿ﾽWhere￯﾿ﾽd it Go?￯﾿ﾽ appendices, Pogue tells you where to find features that were elsewhere in Mac OS 9 -- or are elsewhere in Windows. There￯﾿ﾽs a complete troubleshooting chapter. And there￯﾿ﾽs a great list of keyboard shortcuts for getting things done faster than mice can run.

Bottom line: What really makes this book special is Pogue himself. He's knowledgeable, friendly, funny -- and always on your side. 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

Apple says that Mac OS X 10.3 introduces 150 new features -- but that's not really true. In fact, "Panther" includes many more than that. It's faster, more polished, and much more efficient. But it still comes without a manual. With 300,000 copies in print, the first two versions of this book became industry bestsellers. Now David Pogue brings his humor and expertise to this completely rewritten, greatly expanded edition. As always, Mac OS X: The Missing Manual offers warm, witty writing, and bursts with the shortcuts, surprises, and design touches that make the Mac the most passionately championed computer in the world.

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