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Summary: The REAL Macintosh Bible
Review: Are you looking for the ultimate guide to all things Macintosh? Then look no further! This is definitely THE BEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN about Macintosh computing. Why?First, there is the wonderful, easy to read writing style of David Pogue (who wrote the hilarious and amazingly informative Desktop Critic Column for Macworld for years) combined with the technical know-how of Joseph Schoor (who wrote the excellent Secrets Column for the same magazine). When you put two computing giants like them on a project like this, you know you're in for something special. Then, there is the actual content of the book. Complete is too insufficient a word. All-encompassing is more like it. This book covers every version of the Macintosh Operating System, Every Macintosh, and every major program ever made for Macintosh Computers. But what kind of information is covered exactly? The good kind. In addition to command references, shortcuts, time-savers, and the like, you will find plenty of weird, funny, or just plain cool secrets. This book should be required reading for Computer Science 101. It covers the basics of pretty much all things computing, from internet and digital video to page-layout and word-processing. You just might learn how to do something completely new that you have never tried before. To summarize: This book is the best available on Mac Secrets, and a definite must have for any serious Macintosh User. It has saved my life numerous times in the past because excellent info it has on what to do when things go wrong. And you know what, this book is a lot of fun to read. Wait...I forgot to mention the cool cd included full of software programs! Well, it's a nice extra, and yet ANOTHER reason to buy the book.
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Summary: Extremely handy reference!
Review: As a teacher who is the computer support person at our school, I use "Mac Secrets" constantly in supporting our eclectic herd of Macs. Just getting a working copy of the MacLink translators made the book worthwhile, not to mention all the great trouble-shooting tips and other software. It was a wonderful idea to put the text of the 4th edition on the CD-ROM as well, for those of us with older Macs, who need information on System 7.5 and earlier.
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Summary: The Best Mac Book I Have Ever Encountered
Review: Barring none, MACWORLD MAC SECRETS is the best Macintosh book I have ever read, and there have been many: •Macs for Dummies •The Little Mac Book •My iMac •iMacs for Dummies •Programming the Macintosh for Dummies •The Mac is not a Typewriter.... Yet this book combines the information in all these books and adds some more. Some of the book's secrets aren't secrets just plain old useful knowledge. It goes through each item in the Apple Menu, the Control Panel, and the System Folder and tells what each is for (and what you can Trash). But it does contain secrets. Lots of secrets never before printed. It also contains a plentiful amount of Easter eggs, and highlights some computer of Macs programing anomalies. It also contains a CD which is worth the purchase price alone. While some of programs included on the CD are well known to veteran Mac users (the Ambrosia Software shareware games), others are not and some like author David Pogue's Holiday Spoofs are to be found only on the CD. I regret to say that I would not order the previous editions because MacWorld Mac Secrets is a tad bit pricy & I am extremely frugal. Oh, alright, I'm a tight-fisted cheapskate. But after being told by so many people that I HAD to have the book, and with the overwhelming customer endorsements on amazon.com, I bought the book. I don't regret it.
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Summary: The Best Mac Book I Have Ever Encountered
Review: Barring none, MACWORLD MAC SECRETS is the best Macintosh book I have ever read, and there have been many: •Macs for Dummies •The Little Mac Book •My iMac •iMacs for Dummies •Programming the Macintosh for Dummies •The Mac is not a Typewriter.... Yet this book combines the information in all these books and adds some more. Some of the book's secrets aren't secrets just plain old useful knowledge. It goes through each item in the Apple Menu, the Control Panel, and the System Folder and tells what each is for (and what you can Trash). But it does contain secrets. Lots of secrets never before printed. It also contains a plentiful amount of Easter eggs, and highlights some computer of Macs programing anomalies. It also contains a CD which is worth the purchase price alone. While some of programs included on the CD are well known to veteran Mac users (the Ambrosia Software shareware games), others are not and some like author David Pogue's Holiday Spoofs are to be found only on the CD. I regret to say that I would not order the previous editions because MacWorld Mac Secrets is a tad bit pricy & I am extremely frugal. Oh, alright, I'm a tight-fisted cheapskate. But after being told by so many people that I HAD to have the book, and with the overwhelming customer endorsements on amazon.com, I bought the book. I don't regret it.
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Summary: My favorite Mac book
Review: Complete coverage of the less-known sides of Mac hardware and programs together with a light, humorous writing style make this a winner for anyone already possessing basic Mac skills. As a power user I like the useful tips, and as an 18-year old I like the fun stuff. The only reason it doesn't get a 10 from me is because 1200 pages aren't enough! Tonio Tejada
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Summary: Keep Your Mac Smiling
Review: Completely revised and updated, this new edition of the international Macintosh best-seller brings you authoritative, thorough coverage of Mac OS 8.5, the red-hot iMac, USB, G3 Macs and PowerBooks, Office 98, and the Internet explosion--all with the expertise and humor you've come to expect from Pogue and Schorr! Overhauled and fatter than ever, this new editon packs over 650 new tips, productivity pointers, and troubleshooting techniques. Complete with a CD-ROM crammed with over 500MB of software and shareware, "Macworld Mac Secrets, 5th Edition" will keep you--and your Mac--smiling! 100s of Mac Secrets Revealed and Mac Myths Debunked *Double your Web surfing speed *Make any icon, file, or folder invisible *Create a high-speed Ethernet network for $8 *Identify anything in your System Folder *Keep your e-mail spam free *Make a PowerBook battery charge last 4 hours *Marvel at Photshop 5's secret keystroke list *Automate your tedious tasks with AppleScript *Exchange disks, files, and peripherals with Windows *Use your fax machine as a scanner *Troubleshoot almost anything *Conversational AppleSpeak: USB, AutoStart worm, MacsBug, AppleScript, AOL 4, HTML, and much more!
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Summary: 1100-page, award-winning Mac bestseller even better!
Review: Completely updated for 1997-98, including Mac OS 8.0, Cyberdog,OpenDoc, Mac clones, and more: it's the ultimate Mac reference for theintermediate-to-advanced Mac fan. Includes 550 megs of incredible shareware and fully functional COMMERCIAL programs...now includes Claris Emailer, the full Now Utilities, Color It, CanOpener, fonts, sounds, and much more! Send email to the authors, Pogue@aol.com and Schorr@earthlink.net, for questions or details.
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Summary: The best Mac Secrets Book ever.
Review: David Pogue and Joseph Schorr again did it - write the best Mac Secrets book I could possibly recommend! The 5th Edition's new elements that Pogue and Schorr added in is invaluable. Their humor, their tricks, their tips - it's all so valuable, so fantastic. Just simply put: I love this book. It has everything it needs - the right authors, the right tips, the right secrets to make it the best I'd recommend. You will want this book if you do Macintosh!
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Summary: a little bit disappointed
Review: Eventhough it's a truely excellent book, I was a little disappointed about how little it adds to previous editions. In other words, would I have stuck with edition 5, I wouldn't have missed out on much.
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Summary: warning! No OS 8 or G3 info in this version!
Review: I am a loyal reader of the authors of this book and own previous editions. However, the label "includes coverage of Mac OS 8" was misleading. "Coverage" means in this case a short preview of the Copland version, which is NOT on my or any other machine. Therefore, I do not know which of the Secrets described in this book apply to my system, which makes the entire thing useless. Finally, the CD included seems very difficult for my Mac G3 to operate, I assume because of a conflict with a feature OS 8. This purchase was a great dissappointment. If you own a G3 or use system 8.0 or later, wait for the next edition.
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