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Macworld Mac Secrets
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Author: David Pogue, Joseph Schorr
List Price: $39.99
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ISBN: 0764534157
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (15 June, 2001)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 33,491
Average Customer Rating: 4.74 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 2 out of 5
I need basic info, not cute tricks
I attribute the wide acceptance of these Mac books to the fact that thoroughgoing software manuals are apparently not provided by manufacturers anymore. I bought the 5th edition of this series when I acquired an iBook a couple of years ago. I hoped to learn more about deploying the basic capabilities of my OS 9.1 software than the little help screens provide. In the two years I've had the book, I've found almost nothing I needed to know to solve a real problem. The book seems to try to deal with several versions of Mac software and is actually a grab bag of "look at this cute trick" features, which may not even be achievable by my particular version of the OS. It may be that I bought the wrong book, but it seemed the most likely one on the shelf.A case in point occurred when I recently began to suspect that the MACRO function could be combined with an IF function in a spreadsheet to do some format or color changes on the fly. However, this book offers precious little about macros, let alone other spreadsheet functions or the technique for combining them, if indeed that is possible, as it is in other spreadsheeting software. Perhaps this sort of information is not considered a "secret" and thus not appropriate for this book. Unhappily, I know of no other resource for it, so it remains a secret to me.
Rating: 5 out of 5
The REAL Macintosh Bible
Are you looking for the ultimate guide to all things Macintosh? Then look no further! This is definitely THE BEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN about Macintosh computing. Why?First, there is the wonderful, easy to read writing style of David Pogue (who wrote the hilarious and amazingly informative Desktop Critic Column for Macworld for years) combined with the technical know-how of Joseph Schoor (who wrote the excellent Secrets Column for the same magazine). When you put two computing giants like them on a project like this, you know you're in for something special. Then, there is the actual content of the book. Complete is too insufficient a word. All-encompassing is more like it. This book covers every version of the Macintosh Operating System, Every Macintosh, and every major program ever made for Macintosh Computers. But what kind of information is covered exactly? The good kind. In addition to command references, shortcuts, time-savers, and the like, you will find plenty of weird, funny, or just plain cool secrets. This book should be required reading for Computer Science 101. It covers the basics of pretty much all things computing, from internet and digital video to page-layout and word-processing. You just might learn how to do something completely new that you have never tried before. To summarize: This book is the best available on Mac Secrets, and a definite must have for any serious Macintosh User. It has saved my life numerous times in the past because excellent info it has on what to do when things go wrong. And you know what, this book is a lot of fun to read. Wait...I forgot to mention the cool cd included full of software programs! Well, it's a nice extra, and yet ANOTHER reason to buy the book.
Rating: 5 out of 5
A Good Mac Book
I like this book because of history- every Mac made, every Mac OS made, etc. I also like the comprehensive lists about every system folder, etc. I also like the Unlimited Edition online content. This book is worth your or someone else's money. (Use AOL? Hate pop-up ads? There's a secret on how to trash the pop-up ads.) (Like easter eggs? This book's got a ton of em')
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