Product Description

• Includes 50 fast and easy effects for streamlining and customizing Mac OS X that any user can achieve almost instantly.
• Each technique is fully illustrated.
• All techniques are explained with a proven step–by–step format.
• Each professional–level technique takes no more than five minutes to accomplish.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1559104 in Books
• Published on: 2003-04-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 440 pages

Review
“…very attractive…an excellent companion website…let the fun begin…” (www.applelinks.com, 17 October 2003)

From the Back Cover
"Take my advice–you can use Mac OS X more effectively by following Joe’s clever techniques"
—Adam Engst, TidBITS

Whether you’re a first–time Mac user or a savvy veteran, the fast, easy Mac OS X techniques in this book will make you much more productive. Each technique is fully illustrated and explained by veteran Mac developer Joe Kissell, who knows and shares all the ways to make Jaguar purr like a kitten. And each technique can be accomplished in just minutes!

Your Easy Guide to Mac OS X Tricks and Techniques

• Get comfortable with the Terminal application and take advantage of Mac OS X’s Unix power
• Customize the Aqua interface to meet your needs and restore "missing" Classic features to Mac OS X
• Communicate wirelessly using Bluetooth and share files with Windows computers
• Modify the Dock and begin using file launchers
• Turbocharge your mouse and discover hands–free computing with speech recognition
• Set up and use the new digital hub features, including iCal, iPod, iSync, iPhoto, iDVD, and iTunes
• Automate maintenance functions to keep your Mac at peak performance

Companion Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/kissell provides supplemental information, additional insights, updates, and other valuable data for each technique, as well as links to resources and discussion groups.

About the Author
Joe Kissell has worked in the Macintosh software industry for the past nine years. He managed software development for Nisus Software Inc. and Kensington Technology Group, and has written two previous books on Mac software. Joe researches and writes for alt concepts, inc., an Internet publishing company.