Macintosh Systems Books

I am an expert on the Macintosh, and this one book is the reason. Any one who reads through this entertaining and easy-to-understand text will truly become a Macintosh guru.

I bought this book because I wanted to be able to use my PowerBook to access our office resources, which are 100 per cent Windows-centric. I've managed to avoid learning anything about networking in the past--at work, all of that's handled by others and at home, AppleTalk makes having to know anything optional. Lucky for me, I came across this book. It's well-organized and concise; I was able to find what I needed to know and skip over parts that weren't relevent. The book isn't bogged down in details--in many places, it simply points you in the right direction or at the right software solution. Within a week or so of buying this book, I was working almost seamlessly with our Windows stuff using my PowerBook!

This Book for Mac or Windows is Outstanding. It covers just about all the commands in Lingo, And no one knows them better than the person who wrote the Lingo language. Sample movies help explain complex commands in an easy straight forward manner.

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I find this book extremely helpful in providing information about Macs. As an "older" Mac user I needed advise about the capabilities of my computer and how to solve computer issues. This book is it! From the hip good-looking kid on the cover to the last page, I am thoroughly enjoying this book and find it very useful. A must for all Mac users!

I find that "Macworld Mac and PowerMac secrets" shows me the coolest secrets and tricks of the Mac. The typical humor of Pogue and Schorr make this book the best. I have never read anything better than this book. I read it anywhere -- even in bed, lights off, torch on, browsing through the book, and occasionally giggling at the stupendous humor. If I was to go anywhere with only one Mac book, this would surely be it...thank you, David Pogue and Joseph Schorr! This is an excellent book I'd recommend to anyone!

An incredible resource for information on Photoshop. McClelland covers beginning to advanced topics in an easy-to-read, fun and amusing style. He makes even the most advanced topics easy to understand. This book is targeted mainly at the features available within Photoshop rather than the plethora of special effects filters available, although he does mention some of these. This book unleashes the hidden powers within Photoshop and provides ways to experiment with all of the tools in ways you might not have considered prior to reading the book. Unusual for a technical book, this book is entertaining enough that one can sit and read for enjoyment, or search through it for specific information, easy to find with an excellent index and table of contents. The CD-ROM contains three introductory chapters from the previous edition of the book so that more new information could be included in the same size book

The definitive guide to managing SAP R/3 in your corporate environment. The authors managed to present the information in an intelligent format combined with practical application.

I first encountered this book in a masters course at FSU. After reading it I got that excited feeling that I get when I encounter an astounding book. I was sick and tired of computer books that are product driven and programming content crazy. I hadn't seen any books tell you what you could do with this programming you just learned. This book shows you the steps it takes to develop your idea, from knowing your audience to post-production. Now you can learn not only that techie stuff everyone else does now you can know what to do with it.

Hi, I'm Jeff Burger, author of Multimedia for Decision Makers. A special "howdy" to my regular readers in NewMedia magazine! Don't have time for the inch-thick tomes on multimedia? This book is for you! At only 170 pages, it's gives you the technology overview you need, not the gory bits and bytes. More importantly, it answers questsions like: How can it be used in marketing, training, retail, and presentations? How are my peers and competitors using it? Where's it all going? It even has running summaries down the margins, making it even easier to get to the information you need fast. Think of it as an executive brief on multimedia in business! Then if you want more detail, check out my other two books. The Desktop Multimedia Bible (Addison-Wesley) - a best-seller in the field - gives you fundamental info on the technology, tools, and techniques of graphics, audio, video, computers, and interactive technology. My latest book, Multimedia Studio for Windows (Random House), details the top Windows multimedia productions tools and includes a CD-ROM with free test drive versions of the software along with tutorials from yours truly. Enjoy! Jeff Burger

My husband purchased the iPhone for my birthday. I am not a Techie, so I was challenged to learn by reading this book. I have successfully been able to configure my phone, email, and internet, etc... The directions were easy to understand and the pictures are priceless-- very informative and step-by-step procedures are provided. I was able to follow the book and maximize the use of my iPhone. I highly recommend it.

I had been using the basic features on my iPhone intuitively... flipping once in a while through the thin booklet and the PDF file that Apple provides as a user manual. After a month, I decided that to make the most out of my purchase I had to more proactively learn about all the features.

The presentation in this book is clean and stylish. It's also very clear -- THE INSTRUCTIONS are detailed and ACCOMPANIED BY SCREENSHOTS, which are LABELED WITH NUMBERS that correspond to each step. There's no way to get lost.

It's comprehensive. For instance, there's a section on iTunes and iPod, which is especially useful for the complete novice who need step-by-step instructions about building playlists, finding podcasts, etc. (The Dummies book is limited in this area; there's a separate "iPod & iTunes for Dummies" book.)

If you're already familiar with certain features or there are some you're not interested in learning about, the book is arranged in such a way that you can skip ahead or hop from one section to another. There's an index, of course, but the Table of Contents is as helpful because the headings and subheadings are straightforward, instead of cutesy titles.

The only thing that the Dummies book has extra is a list of ten web resources at the end. They probably have more informational nuggets spread around, but I personally found it unencouraging to wade through all the text. In this book (My iPhone), every page has screenshots and you can see every step illustrated -- it's very visual.

I found a typo on page 94 ("Inlcude" for "Include"), and the iPhone seems to have added a few modifications to the map functions since it first came out. You can find out about those on page 81 of Apple's PDF guide. No biggies. The traffic icon is no longer a car, and there's an icon for finding your approximate location on the map you're looking at.

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