Mac OS X Leopard Pocket Guide: The Ultimate Mac OS X Quick Reference Guide

The Mac OS X Leopard Pocket Guide is designed to be a quick overview of the "gotta know" features of OS X. This is not a how-to guide or a step-by-step book; it is what we call in the biz "quick and dirty," give me what I need to know as quickly as possible. This book answers the typical questions an intermediate to advanced user needs to know when switching over to or supporting Leopard. There is no fluff in this book and very few pictures or illustrations. This is not a beginners book, but an ideal book for support technicians or people who don't want to have to contact a support technician. The book assumes a strong background in Mac fundamentals. Primarly, Toperoek takes you through key functions of the UI such as the Finder, Dock, System Preferences, and the Leopard apps that had signficant changes. He briefly describes each function in Leopard and all the options related to it. This book helps you answer the question of "How do I" and "What does this function do?" Short, sweet and to the point. It's includes the 20% of the Leopard functions you'll use 80% of the time If you ever wanted to know the keyboard shortcut to any command in Leopard, it's in this book. The index is almost as powerful as Apple's Spotlight function and quickly allows you to hone on the questions you need answered. A short review for a short 200 page half-sized book, but like the magna carta it is short yet very valuable! Pros: Excellent overview of key Leopard functions geared towards intermediate and advanced users Cons: No tutorials or pictures, but the technical Illuminati don't need such things. 5 out of 5 dogcows

the best "in hand" tool for the switcher, simple yet direct to the point in assisting you in dealing with MAC BOOK. Highly recommend this for the beginner and the long-term user.

This book is really good for anyone with a Mac. You can learn the basics if you are a new Mac user, and you can learn the important functions of the new Leopard operating system without all of the unnecessary technical details.

Great little book for reference when you are on the road...It packs snugly with your laptop...

I have been an Apple/Mac user for over 20 years and I have to say I have gone through the various upgrades wo looking at them and without really exploring all the new features. I never learned how to use "smart folders" and other such features. I just upgraded my eMac to Leopard and purchased a MacBook with Leopard installed and when I started seeing that there were hundreds of new features and such features as "Time Machine," "Photobooth," (is that new?), "Spaces," "Stacks" etc. I thought it is time to bring myself into the 21st century.So I purchased this book, something which I find to be short and sweet, very helpful and well worth the $10 and cents.