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With Lion, Apple has unleashed the most innovative version of Mac OS X yet—and once again, David Pogue brings his humor and expertise to the #1 bestselling Mac book. Mac OS X 10.7 completely transforms the Mac user interface with multi-touch gestures borrowed from the iPhone and iPad, and includes more than 250 brand-new features. This book reveals them all with a wealth of insight and detail--and even does a deep dive into iCloud, Apple's wireless, free syncing service for Macs, PCs, iPhones, and iPads.
- Perfect for newcomers. Get crystal-clear, jargon-free introduction to the Dock, the Mac OS X folder structure, Safari, Mail, and iCloud.
- Go in-depth. Learn how use key new features such as full-screen apps, Mission Control, the new Mac App Store, Launchpad, Resume, Auto Save, Versions, AirDrop, and more. Are you even more of a power user? Learn to set up a network, make a Lion flash drive, and even learn the basics of Lion's underlying Unix.
There's something new on practically every page of this new edition, and David Pogue brings his celebrated wit and expertise to every one of them. Apple's brought a new cat to town, and Mac OS X Lion: The Missing Manual is the best way to tame it.
About the Author
David Pogue, Yale '85, is the weekly personal-technology columnist for the New York Times and an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. His funny tech videos appear weekly on CNBC. And with 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how- to authors. In 1999, he launched his own series of amusing, practical, and user-friendly computer books called Missing Manuals, which now includes 100 titles.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Seems rushed to print...,
By Don (Toronto, ON Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mac OS X Lion: The Missing Manual (Paperback)
Seems rushed to print. One of the unfortunate things about the increasing rate at which updates are erupting is that authors have to slap something together and rush it to print before the next upgrade comes out. This book suffers from that syndrome. It seems to be an update to a book about Snow Leopard, and assumes a familiarity with OS X. Not written for those new to Macs, let alone for the first-time computer user. For example, with Windows, when you connect an external HD via USB, you plug it in, and then there is a little message that tells you if it is safe to unplug it. The Mac is totally different. You have to "eject" the hd on-screen by some method (e.g. Dragging the icon to trash), before you unplug it. Fine. But the word "eject" is not even in the index! In fairness, there is a useful section near the end for Windows users (e.g. on how to see where files are without the handy MyComputer option that OS X lacks), but generally it takes a long time to locate stuff. I was thinking 3 stars because the index is lacking and the book isn't newbie-friendly, but I understand the necessity of rushing a book that will become obsolete with the next OS update, so 4 stars.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Informative, but severely misleading,
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This review is from: Mac OS X Lion: The Missing Manual (Paperback)
More of a "how-to" guide rather than a definitive resource, this book focuses more on heaping praise onto the Mac OS, and Mac computers in general, instead of providing a truly unbiased and informative set of principles. The author doesn't touch on OSX's notorious history of being the world's most insecure and easily exploitable operating system, refusing to even glance at hardline data from third-party (ie: non-Apple) sources. This is especially disturbing in 2012, with Mac viruses growing at rate of 10% per month (source: McAfee), as well as FileVault's 40-minute exploit, Safari's 60+ vulnerabilities in 2011 (which prompted Apple to adopt sandboxing technologies), or ROOT-bypassing worms, trojans, and rootkits. Granted, some of this has been dealt with in Lion thanks to Apple finally adopting basic ASLR and DEP protocols (which have been used extensively since 2005) to combat these exploits.It is true that this book wasn't meant to be a security guide, but rather a walkthrough to Lion and OSX in general. It is however, another prime example of a computing subculture which continues to perpetuate the myth of Macintosh superiority in both security and performance areas. When industry experts and professionals are declaring Windows 7 as a more secure operating system, no author should refuse to add in chapters that deal with glaring security issues. This is Responsible Teaching 101. Those who read this book should also read "Enterprise Mac Security: OSX Snow Leopard," written by Apple's own network infrastructure employees, which goes in-depth as to the risks faced by Mac owners. Although Apple has moved on to Lion, it's lukewarm reception by the Mac community means that many users have not.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mac OS X Lion,
This review is from: Mac OS X Lion: The Missing Manual (Paperback)
This book is very informative and a 'must have' item for using Mac OS X Lion. It has lots of information. I'm still not finished reading it and I refer to the book often. I bought 2 copies -one for my grandson and one for myself.
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