By Rob Griffiths
May 2003
Pages: 478
Series: The Missing Manuals
ISBN 10: 0-596-00451-6 |
ISBN 13: 9780596004514
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Both Mac and Windows fans have spent years collecting bits of lore-a keyboard shortcut here, an undocumented double-click there-and then Mac OS X 10.2 came along. It may be the world's best operating system, but it has a personality all its own.
As it turns out, Mac OS X harbors just as many delicious secrets as any system that came before. You just have to know where to find them. And Mac OS X Hints: Jaguar Edition is the guide you need. Inside, you'll find 560 high-octane secrets in every conceivable category including: the Desktop and Finder, iApps, Mac OS X programs, Mastering the system and Terminal,and more.
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- Desktop and Finder. How to shut down using only the keyboard; use an animated screen saver as a desktop picture; and jump to System Preferences with a keystroke.
- iApps. How to burn six hours of iTunes music onto a single CD; merge calendars in iCal; and prevent iMovie 3 from applying the Ken Burns effect.
- Mac OS X programs. How unlock 32,000 secret Unicode symbols in each font; rename the System Preferences panels; add an "Email this page" button to Safari; and make Mail announce, in a cute British accent: "Mail has arrived, O all-wise master."
- Mastering the system. How to share Web bookmarks between Mac OS X and Classic; connect to your Mac from the road; and make your iDisk work ten times faster; and.
- Terminal. Unix fiends have never seen anything like the 105 pages of Terminal brilliance in this book. They explain how to save Terminal commands as Finder icons; put background programs to sleep; wake a sleeping Mac via the Internet; unearth the secret emacs adventure game; set up a message board on your Apache-based Web site; and more.
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Book details
First Edition: May 2003
Series:
The Missing Manuals
ISBN: 0-596-00451-6
Pages: 478
Average Customer Reviews: (Based on 3 Reviews)
Featured customer reviews
Mac OS X Hints: Jaguar Edition Review, June 26 2003
This book is the greatest! I have to say I was impressed with all of the great hints for making your Mac your own. The one thing I hear from people about OS X is it is not as customizable as the old OS was. With this book Rob Griffiths has settled that argument once and for all. I admit there are some things that are a bit risky if you don't pay attention, but, with this book you can do it all. You may have to get your hands dirty with UNIX once and awhile, but if you take the plunge you wont be disappointed.
He has taken a lot of the fear out of UNIX with this book. I have recommended this book to everyone in our User Group and would do the same to everyone else. Great job!
Mac OS X Hints: Jaguar Edition Review, June 01 2003
As a long time Unix user, OS X devotee, and one who reads sites and forums like macosxhints.com every day, I didn't think I would learn much from Mac OS X Hints: The Book. I was wrong. Even for a know-it-all such as myself, a third of the hints (190) were new and interesting (I skipped entire sections like tips on editors and browsers I don't use). The aha to uh-huh ratio is very high.
You'll start using the hints as soon as you read them and it makes a great reference book. If you're like me you'll come across a situation after you finish the book and remember "there was a way to do that in OS X Hints". And you'll be able to find it easily because every hint is listed in the table of contents and the index is first rate.
On top of the excellent technical content the prose is fun to read -- thanks no doubt to The David Pogue Factor. The whole tone of the book seems to credit the reader with some intelligence. The jokes are subtle and the hints are straight to the point.
This book is a must-have for everyone with a Mac.
Mac OS X Hints: Jaguar Edition Review, May 17 2003
I have not purchased this book yet but from the look of
the sample chapter it looks like a total winner!
How were we supposed to learn about the wonderful
features of OS X without the great books from O'Reilly?
I find the on-line help difficult to maneuver around.
Thanks!
Media reviews
"As it turns out, Mac OS X harbors just as many delicious secrets as any sys- tem that came before. You just have to know where to find them. And Mac OS X Hints: Jaguar Edition is the guide you need. Inside, you?ll find 560 high-octane secrets in every conceivable category: With authority, humor, and 440 illustrations, Mac OS X Hints: Jaguar Edition brings you insight, surprise, and delight at every turn. And that, after all, is what the Mac is all about."
--Sid Pevear, Macintosh Chico User Group, September 2003
"Overall I had so many 'Ah-haas' and 'I gotta try that!' experiences with
this book that after I had finished reading, I realized I had dog-eared
almost every other page! This one¹s highly recommended if you¹re a tips and
tricks addict like me!"
--Brian Weber, Southern WI Macintosh Computer Society, September 2003
"'Mac OS X Hints, Jaguar Edition' provides 560 tips on everything from the Destop and Finder to Unicode, to popular third party applications. For those interested in the Unix command line, the book devotes two chapters (and 100 [ages) to the terminal, shell, and other Unix hints."
--Vicki Brown, "MacTech," September 2003
"Each hint is a stand-alone item with all the information necessary to use it. The style is not terse, but there are no hand-holding explanations. That is not to suggest the language is overly technical or difficult. To the contrary, the writing is of an excellent standard. Information is well organized with a good index and a most comprehensive table of contents...[This book] is of particular value to users who want to master the OS X terminal."
--Major Keary, AUSOM News, September 2003
"Published by Pogue Press and O'Reilly, featuring 500 of the most amazing power tips for OS X...this invaluable book brings together some of the best hints ever for getting more from OS X."
--"MacFormat," September 2003
"Every new operating system is something of a puzzle at first and often longer. This one for Mac users teaches them how to unlock 32,000 secret unicode symbols in each type font, add an 'email this page' button to Safari, burn six hours of music into a single CD, and hundreds of other tricks and tips."
--Bob Schwabach, On Computers, June 2003
"This book from Pogue Press/O'Reilly is another gem...Excellent."
--Space Port Users Group, August 2003
"Great things come in small packages. This is a worthy description of 'Mac OS X Hints: Jaguar Edition' by Rob Griffiths. He writes about the over five hundred powertips in tight, succinct and easily understandable style. This easy to read style allows both the novice and expert to expand their appreciation of the versatility of the OS X system...'OS X Hints' makes any Macintosh user discover the joys of geekdom while showing it on the world's most advanced and innovated operating system."
--Brad Hoffman, Macintosh Business Users Society, July 2003
"'Mac OS X Hints' is an enjoyable and very highly recommended supplementary resource for Mac OS X users."
--Bookwatch, July 2003
"Rob Griffiths' new 'Mac OS X Hints Jaguar Edition: The 500 Most Amazing Power Tips,' which just happens to be edited and co-published by David Pogue, carries on the tradition of the 'Mac Secrets' tomes, delivering more than it advertises (there are actually 560 tips included) in a book that will help the neophyte OS X user become more proficient, and help turn proficient users into power users."
--Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, June 2003
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"I knew from his macosxhints web site Rob Griffiths was an honest, hard working, modest, and generous guy with an eye for quality and esthetics...I didn't know until I read 'Mac OS X Hints.' the book, that he was a literary genius... The writing is entertaining while the hints are novel and valuable...I've just placed an Amazon order of a dozen copies for my family and closest (geographically) friends. If you're not among them get your own copy. You won't be disappointed."
--Lower East Side Mac Unix Users Group, June 2003
