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"Macworld" Mac Upgrade and Repair Bible (Bible (Wiley))
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Product Description
The Mac Upgrade and Repair Bible, 2nd Edition addresses the changes in the Mac market, offering coverage of new Macs and new Macintosh technologies. Specifically, the book has been enlarged and expanded to cover the iMac line, from the original iMac through the iMac DV series, the iBook line, the PowerBook G3 series and the Power Macintosh G3 and G4 machines that have been introduced since the first edition. All of these machines offer new ways to expand and upgrade storage, processing and input/output tasks. Likewise, they offer new troubleshooting and repair issues. Includes a CD–ROM packed with powerful utilities.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1794590 in Books
- Published on: 2000-09-26
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 1120 pages
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.co.uk Review
I like Todd Stauffer's writing, and boy this book has a lot of it: 1,000-plus pages. Egads! Right away, the personality in the book jumped off the page at me. I was expecting this, being familiar with Todd's work, primarily his writing with David Pogue on MacWorld Mac Secrets and other books.
Unbeknown to most PC users, there are many makes and models of the Macintosh, some of which were specifically designed never to be upgraded. Yet this book covers them all. Like other good books in this category, background and historical information is provided in addition to data on upgrades, maintenance and troubleshooting. Todd washes the whole engine here, not skimping on anything and often telling a good story along the way.
My only complaint has to do with the photographs. While the line art illustrations are done nicely, nearly all the photographs are too dark and contrast-y. This makes them useless in a book where such photographs are almost crucial to getting a point across. Ignoring that single thorn in this elephant's foot, however, I was completely satisfied and enjoyed the book. It's a valuable, useful reference I plan on keeping. --Dan Gookin
From the Back Cover
Keep your Mac® smiling
Does your Mac crash a lot? Does it choke on big media files? Or limp along on the Web? Are you overdue for an upgrade? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you've come to the right place. Now revised to cover all of the latest Mac operating systems, models, and technologies including Mac OS 9, an overview of Mac OS X, iMacs, iBooks, USB, FireWire®, and DVD this comprehensive do–it–yourself reference is just what you need to get a handle on problems, analyze annoyances, and implement the right repair or upgrade solution. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Mac repairs and upgrades
- Refurbish an old Mac II or fine–tune the latest models
- Identify the most common Mac problems and what to do about them
- Understand your Mac's innards, from chips and cards to slots and ports
- Get hands–on advice for upgrading sound, networking, storage, and other subsystems
- Get the scoop on 3D graphics, digital video editing, and other cutting–edge upgrade options
- Troubleshoot problems and resolve Sad Mac and compatibility issues
- Optimize and manage the Mac OS, including backups and reinstallation
- Aladdin Flashback and Shrinkwrap demo versions
- BBEdit demo from Bare Bones Software, Inc.
- TechTool® and Extension Overload evaluation versions
- And more
About the Author
About the Author Todd Stauffer is the author or coauthor of over 20 books, including Upgrading and Fixing Macs and iMacs for Dummies, the first edition of Macworld Mac Upgrade and Repair Bible, and Macworld Mac OS 9 Bible, cowritten with Lon Poole. He's also a magazine columnist and contributing writer for various publications including Publish, MacAddict, Silicon Alley Reporter, and CMP's PlanetIT. Todd is the "Upgrade Guy" columnist at MacCentral.com. Todd has worked as a magazine editor, radio host, TV host, and advertising copywriter, all in technical fields. He received a B.A. in English Literature from Texas A&M University. He lives in New York City.
Customer Reviews
Out of date
If you're looking for a guide on how to replace hard disks, optical drives, add extra memory,etc, you're going to be sadly disappointed with this book if you own any Mac hardware from 2002 onwards. I have a 2002 iMac 15" flat panel out of service warranty with a dead optical drive. I keenly unpacked this book thinking it should help me through my first DIY job on my iMac. I didn't find anything on my iMac, and not much about optical drives in particular, so 5 minutes after unpacking the book it went straight back into the box and it was onto Google for some handy links on taking apart an iMac.
Given the burgeoning popularity of Apple Mac computers, why hasn't this book been updated since 2003? And why is there almost a complete absence of books on maintaining Apple Macs?
On the upside, this book will be a useful resource for Macheads maintaining G3 machines from 2002 and earlier. Otherwise, if you've got lots of shiny new Mac kit, steer well clear of this book and buy Apple Care to sort out your hardware problems.
Wonderful reference text--good for all users.
As someone who is the default tech support for her family and friends, I find this book to be an invaluable reference. If I can't draw the information from memory, it's there and easy to find. A must have for the upgrade addicts and low end mac users of the world!
Excellent trouble shooting guide for Macs
I work doing technical support for virtually all facets of computing (Macs, IBM's, e-mail, Internet access, basic LAN, software and hardware problems, general "how to" questions in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PageMaker, Photoshop, Illustrator, Mac OS 8, Windows 95, etc..). This book, "Mac Upgrade and Repair Bible" has already been a very useful tool in assisting in troubleshooting basic Mac problems that I run into on a daily basis. After one reading session of reading this extensive book, I was able to successfully troubleshoot one of the problems that I run into on a daily basis. The problem was that a person was having a problem with their Macs booting up to a question mark on the screen. This sometimes denotes that the driver or software that tells the Mac how to access the hard drive has become corrupt, in which case the user can boot off the system software CD, go into the utilities folder and select drive setup and perform a drive update. I never would have known this had I not read this book. I continue to learn new things each and every day I read this wonderful resource guide for troubleshooting and just overall general personal knowledge. I also own the Mac OS 8 Bible which has been very helpful as well. I recommend this book and all books that IDG Books publish. My next book will probably be Photoshop 4 Bible by the same publishers. Well done!!
