Overview
Apple says that 150 new features debut in Mac OS X 10.2, but for once it undercounted. "Jaguar" is a different animal entirely. It's faster, more powerful, and much more customizable -- but it still comes without a manual. The first edition of Mac OS X: The Missing Manual was the #1 bestselling computer book of 2002, selling 100,000 copies in six months. Now David Pogue brings his humor and expertise to this completely rewritten, greatly expanded edition. As always, Mac OS X: the Missing Manual offers warm, witty writing, and bursts with the shortcuts, surprises, and design touches that make the Mac the most passionately championed computer in the world.Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
Mac OS X 10.2 is ready for prime time -- big time. But one thing’s still missing: a decent manual. David Pogue’s Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Second Edition, is the manual Apple should’ve included. And, like Mac OS X 10.2 itself, Pogue’s Second Edition is a gigantic upgrade.Every page of this Second Edition contains new feature coverage, new tricks, and/or new ways to use features that have been around awhile. Mac OS X 10.2 adds at least 150 new and resurrected features, from big ones (Sherlock 3, iCal, iSync) to little ones (USB printer sharing is back, as is Get Info). We’re hard-pressed to find any Pogue has missed. Moreover, Pogue’s broadened his audience, deliberately writing this time for both Mac upgraders and Windows switchers.
Two things especially make this book stand out. The first is the sheer volume of useful tips. With iPhoto, it’s easy to upload all the photos in your digital camera -- but what if you only want to upload some? Pogue shows how. Want your email read aloud? Pogue shows how to do that, too. He unearths built-in AppleScript to tack on a suffix to all the files in a folder; then shows you secret keyboard shortcuts left over from Steve Jobs’ NeXT operating system. You’ll even learn how to make 10.2’s new AOL-compatible iChat instant messaging coexist with its new built-in firewall (without Pogue's help this might have driven you nuts).
“Big Differentiator #2” is Pogue himself. Knowledgeable, friendly, funny -- and always on your side. (Bill Camarda)
Slashdot.org
As the title implies, Apple documentation tends to be slim to non-existent, and this is by far the most thorough OS X book I've seen yet. It functions exactly as promised -- I keep my copy on the shelf over my desk, and when I have a question about something I remember from OS 9 or why something I know from BSD doesn't work under 10.2, I can just look it up.