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Mac OS X Power Hound
Rob Griffiths
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Description for Mac OS X Power Hound
Paperback. Creator and editor of the Mac OS X Hints Web site, Rob Griffiths lifts the hood on the Formula-One-powered operating system and delivers over 500 high-octane secrets for finding easier, faster and better ways of using Panther and the programs that come with it. He includes chapters on Unix, the engine under Mac OS X's hood. Num Pages: 552 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ULH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 178 x 34. Weight in Grams: 912.
Mac OS X has captured the attention of consumers and programmers alike with its ability to run existing Mac programs along with Unix and Open Source software. The latest version, Panther, includes more than a hundred new features and improves many of the technologies underlying Mac OS X, including graphics and the Unix-based core. With more than 500 power tips and tricks for Mac aficionados like yourself, Mac OS X Power Hound, Panther Edition helps you unleash the power of Panther. Mac OS X Panther is a complex and powerful operating system with a personality all its own. To make your computing experience with Panther as efficient and enjoyable as possible, you need to learn its secrets, appreciate its idiosyncrasies, and be able to customize it to your needs and wants. Author Rob Griffiths shows you how. Creator and editor of the extremely popular Mac OS X Hints Web site (www macosxhints.com), Griffiths knows Panther inside and out. His Mac OS X Power Hound lifts the hood on the sleek and elegant, Formula-One-powered operating system and delivers over 500 high-octane secrets in every conceivable category, including the Desktop and Finder, iApps, Mac OS X programs, Mastering the system and Terminal, and much more. Consider this book your pit crew, helping you find easier, faster, and better ways of using the Finder, the Dock, the assortment of programs that come with Mac OS X, and a bunch of programs that don't. And if you want to become your own master mechanic, it also includes two rich chapters on Unix, the engine under Mac OS X's hood. With this collection of stand-alone hints, notes, tips, and tricks--every one of them organized, indexed, tested for compatibility with the latest version of Mac OS X 10.3, and, in many cases, illustrated--you'll rapidly progress from an anybody-can-do-this user to a power user.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA United States
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
Number of Pages
552
Place of Publication
Sebastopol, United States
ISBN
9780596008185
SKU
V9780596008185
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About Rob Griffiths
Rob Griffiths is the creator of the Mac OS X Hints site, a database of over 3,500 tips on using OS X.
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