Teach Yourself Visually Mac OS X Leopard

by Lynette Kent

Do you prefer instructions that show you how instead of telling you why? This book is packed with easy, visual directions and full-color screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 150 tasks with Mac OS X Leopard, including adding applications to the Dock, color-coding files and folders, viewing windows in Expose, using the QuickTime player, storing files on your iPod, creating your own Web widgets, and more. Succinct explanations walk you...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470101679
• ISBN13: 9780470101674
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

You're gonna like this book

I wasn't aware of these books and found them to be a great read -- fast, useful, and a great reference. My first book in the visually style was Mac OS X Leopard. When you drop $2,000 on a computer I think it's worth it to spend a few bucks in books to help you get the most of the operating system. I liked this one so much I bought the Visually Photoshop CS3 book for a quick primer, overview, and reference guide too. Of course, these are not the "Bible" version of a way to learn a program -- those going into mind boggling detail and 20+ hour time commitment. Instead, they go into a right amount of detail for those wanting a broad based idea of the program, peaking your interest enough to then launch into buying the "Bible." Thumbs up on the Visually book series.

Leopard Teach Visually

Very helpful to see as will as be told how the operating system is suppose to work. Very helpful!

The Perfect Text for New Mac Users

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Mac OS X Leopard (Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech)) Teach Yourself Visually Mac OS X Leopard by Lynette Kent is the perfect text for new Macintosh users. The information is concise and is complimented by step-by-step directions with screenshots. The reader can work through the book in sequence or skip to a section to answer a specific question. Additional information and shortcuts are available in the Tips given in each section. I learned a few new tricks through reading the Tips. Chapter 11 on simplifying tasks and maintenance has lots of good information that I have not see in other Mac OS visual manuals. Most of the suggestions apply to users of Tiger as well. I would recommend this book to new Mac users and anyone who wants to quickly become familiar with Leopard. It would serve as a good textbook for an introductory Macintosh class.

NEW TO THE MAC WORLD

It was a great book for someone who has never had a MAC and I still continue to reference its easy to use visual and written text. A ton of useful stuff to get to know your Apple MacBook Pro Leopard software easily. I would highly recommend it. Sincerely Randy

Great Intro to Leopard

Right up front I have to admit being an Apple Developer at the Select Level. That means I actually pay each year to use the title Developer. Additionally, on the Monday after the Super Bowl 1984 I went down to a nearby Apple Dealer and plopped down $2,495 for the first 128K Macintosh. Do these give me special abilities beyond those of other mortals? No. It just means that I have been on board for a few years. Have seen and tried EVERY system that has come down the road and when System 7 came along I waited till a guru by the name of Jay Nelson, the editor-in-chief of Design Tools Monthly, stated it was ready for prime time. Why? Jay has his finger on the pulse of a lot of Mac users and he is also quite technically savvy. Jay also brought on board Lynette Kent, the author of this book and several other Adobe Photoshop books as a contributing writer. Having read several of her books I decided to see for myself just how well Lynette communicated the basics of the new Leopard operating system. Lynette does quite an admirable job of what she does best - Communicating at a level that everyone can easily understand. That's what Lynette does best. As the introduction to the book stares in the "How to use this Book" under the "Who Needs This Book" -"this book is for a reader who has never used this particular technology or software application." So why am I reading it? Literally every day I am asked which book I recommend to read to learn about Leopard. There are three authors of technical books whom I have learned to trust and Lynette is one of them. Okay, who are the other two? That's easy. Scott Kelby and Robin Williams. This trio writes very clearly and don't waste words with asides of meaningless drivel and they are able to get a point across without side trips of self-aggrandizing blather. I collect the writings of all three. My personal technical library is loaded with the works by all three. Lynette's latest book is about the introduction of Apple's latest Operating System - Leopard. This is the book I recommend for anyone trying a new Apple Computer for the first time. Any new user should read this book and feel quite comfortable with their Macintosh within a few chapters. The book is laid out logically and quite well. The format of using cartoons should help any new user feel at home. Buy this book. It's the beginning of new relationship with a great computer system. Enjoy.