Product Description

This title offers detail on the all of the changes in Apple's Mac OS X 10. 3, aka "Panther". This edition covers everything from the all-new Finder to iChat AV-Apple's exciting tool for video conferencing. The book also deals with features under the hood, such as the Terminal and networking tools. Pogue tackles his subject with scrupulous objectivity - revealing which new features work well and which do not. An authoritative book that should appeal to novices and experienced users alike.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #295494 in Books
• Published on: 2003-12-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 728 pages

Review
"This is a good book! Of course it includes lots of information you won't find in the help files. So, order this book, a copy of Mac OS X Panther, and a Powerbook - it will change your life forever by bringing you a huge step closer to what personal computing should be all about." Information Security Bulletin, February 2004

About the Author
David Pogue, Yale '85, is the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times. With nearly 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how-to authors, having written or co-written seven books in the "for Dummies" series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music), along with several computer-humor books and a technothriller, "Hard Drive" (a New York Times "notable book of the year"). Pogue is also the creator and primary author of the Missing Manual series of complete, funny computer books, a joint venture with O'Reilly & Associates. Titles in the series include Mac OS X, Windows XP, iPod, Microsoft Office, iPhoto, Dreamweaver, iMovie 2, and many others. His Web page is www.davidpogue.com, and his email address is david@pogueman.com.

Customer Reviews

Pogue does it again
Hmmm - it's hard not to feel in two minds about David Pogue. On the one hand is the crippling disability he's suffering, which has curtailed his Broadway career, but which has obviously not affected his brain, or his ability to write consisely, accurately or wittily. One part of me wishes he'd settle down, take things easy, recover a bit; the other thanks him for the bursts of energy which makes him produce great books like this. I bought the original Missing Manual for OSX, which taught me a hell of a lot, but didn't bother with the Jaguar edition because it didn't seem that much of an upgrade. Panther, though, is a whole new ballgame, and Pogue has treated it as such. What I particularly like about this book is that it addresses newbies, mid-range (like myself) and techies. I'm a Mac user who, while I'm aware of the unix underpinnings of Mac OSX and all the benefts that ensue, is not interested in dropping into the terminal to type cal 11 2004, cal -y to call up a calendar for last November. But if I was, this book tells me how to do it.
If you have Panther, buy this book.

Exactly right if you need a book at all...
The real problem with an OS as powerful as 10.3 that comes without a manual is having any idea what it can do.
This book doesn't just tell you how to do everything already you know you want to do. It also reveals the wide range of stuff you can do with 10.3 that you might not have realised is even possible.
How to connect your Mac seamlessly to a Windows/PC local network. How to use the built-in Apache web server as your web presence. How to get at the "unix innards" to make the OS do things it "isn't supposed to". And so forth.
This book is also perfect for those moving up from OS9, where there is a big change to the hows and whys things are done, or across from Windows, to speed up you easy movement around the new-found World Of Mac.
Hardcore Unix freaks should, however, skip straight to a book intended for them, like "Mac OS X Panther for Unix Geeks", "Programming Mac OS X: A Guide for Unix Developers" or similar. Similarly, hardcore Mac freaks wanting to become Unix gurus would be better off with something like "Learning Unix for Mac OS X Panther".

Just what I was looking for!
When I got my iBook I thought, "how hard can Macs be?" but honestly you need this book to get the most out of Mac OS X whether you are new to computers, Macs or even this version of the operating system.

This book is exactly what I needed - it's easy to read (even, dare I say it, entertaining), has just the right level of detail, repeats key points subtly to reinforce them later on, has the things you actually need to know rather than being too obvious or too geeky, plus lots of tips and honest opinions. I came to the iBook with dim memories of Macs and a lot of Windows habits, and this book has made me much more comfortable with my new machine.

I think this book is a great investment and that I will refer back to it again and again.

Highly recommended!