a review by Tom Piper
Authors: Robin Williams, John Tollett
Published: July 20, 2011, by Peachpit Press
ISBN-10: 0-321-77701-8
Pages: 480
Book Price: $31.99, eBook Price: $11.20, Book + eBook Bundle: $43.19
The latest update of Robin Williams’ bestselling guide will have you up and runnin in no time with Mac OS X Lion. You can learn in your own way, whether it's working through the lessons from start to finish, jumping straight to step-by-step exercises about new features, or looking up just what you need to know at that moment. There are hundreds of exciting tools and hidden gems in your Mac. And with the gentle, yet expert, hand of Robin Williams guiding you along the way, you will learn to take full advantage of all that OS X Lion has to offer. The Table of Contents (outlined below) is very detailed in the original:
- Lesson 1. Introduction to the Mac OS X Lion Desktop
- Lesson 2. A Bit Beyond the Basics
- Lesson 3. Introduction to OS X
- Lesson 4. Applications
- Lesson 5. Mail for Email and Notes
- Lesson 6. Address Book for Contact Info
- Lesson 7. Safari for Web Browsing and News
- Lesson 8. iCal for Organizing Your Life
- Lesson 9. iChat and FaceTime for Text, Audio, and Video Messaging
- Lesson 10. iTunes for Your Listening Pleasure
- Lesson 11. Preview for Viewing Images, PDFs, and more
- Lesson 12. Miscellaneous Tools on Your Mac
- Lesson 13. Common Tools in OS X Applications
- Lesson 14. Working between OS X Applications
- Lesson 15. Personalize Your Mac to Meet Your Needs
- Lesson 16. Mission Control to Organize Your Space
- Lesson 17. Set Up Printing and Scanning
- Lesson 18. Share One Mac with Multiple Users
- Lesson 19. Find What You Want, Fast—with Spotlight
- Lesson 20. Time Machine Backup
- Lesson 21. Get Connected and Share Files
- Lesson 22. Basic Troubleshooting
- Lesson 23. Secure Your Mac and its Files
- Lesson 24. Upgrade Your Mac and Migrate Your Files
- The End Matters
- Mini-Glossary
- Index
If you are new to Mac OS X, you'll learn to use your Mac with help from a world-renowned teacher. From there, you can move on to customize it to suit the way you work. And if you've been using Mac OS X already, you'll learn to use all of the new features in OS X Lion including Multi-Touch Gestures, Launchpad, Mission Control, the App Store, Mail, and much more.
The readability of this book is wonderful. The standards set long ago by Robin Williams is still pervasive (remember “The Mac is Not a Typewriter”?). The illustrations are colorful, descriptive and easy to follow. I’m reading it as a ebook in iBooks, and am very pleased.
I highly recommend this publication for anyone, novice or expert. You can buy/download your copy at www.peachpit.com/. This is another fine publication from Peachpit.
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