The Little Mac Book, Leopard Edition (Little Book)
In this book?now in full color for the first time?Robin returns to one of her favorite things: teaching new computer users how to use and enjoy the Macintosh!
Sit down at your Mac and let Robin introduce you to its basic features. Follow Robin?s step-by-step directions, and you?ll soon feel comfortable, confident, and able to do just about anything you want to do on your Mac. From using the mouse to surfing the web, from menu commands to keyboard shortcuts, you?ll acquire exciting new computer skills?and you?ll have fun in the process.
A classic returns, this time updated to include Mac OS 8.6, the iMac, and more Internet material. The Little Mac Book will fit your needs extraordinarily well if you've chosen to get into personal computing by way of a Macintosh computer and want a friendly and thorough guide. Robin Williams--no, not the comic actor--assumes her readers have no computer experience at all. She provides explanations of all the essentials as well as the perennial stumper for all Mac novices--how to get the floppy disk out of its drive! She also explains why hooking Macs together in a network is easier than you might think and shows how to use Sherlock to extract the information you need from the Internet. Since she focuses on Mac OS 8.6 in general, her approach is suitable for users of all Macs who use that system, including the iMac and iBook. Throughout, her love for the Mac and its community of users is obvious. A lot of effort has gone into this book's design too--there are few slapped-in screen shots and lots of carefully trimmed and laid-out illustrations. Not enough publishers put this kind of care into their books' production. As a result of the collaboration between Williams and her publisher, The Little Mac Book is a joy to look at, hold, read, and use. --David Wall Topics covered: The Mac OS 8.6 system; the mouse, the keyboard, file management, Mac text editing, and Internet tips.
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The Little Mac Book, Leopard Edition (Little Book) Reviews
I haven't yet used this book extensively, but did have an earlier edition and it was invaluable. Explanations anyone over the age of 12 can readily understand. It's the first book I reach for when having a difficulty w/my Mac or when I want to learn something new. Anyone under the age of 12 doesn't need a manual.
This is book is like an introductry to computer, if you have never used any computer and just bought MAC, then this is the one for your, other than that, dont' buy it, waste money.
That said, if you ARE new to the Mac (especially if it's your first computer), there's absolutely no better starting point or more companionable guide. Get something with more meat on the bones. I love Robin Williams, and own a number of her books, but was expecting something something a little more in-depth from this offering. Essentially, it's a re-working of her previous Little Mac Books aimed (as those were) a newcomers to the Mac OS. Robin's very folksy, down-to-earth conversational style has a way of taking the technical and making it accessible. If you've read previous versions of The Little Mac Book, don't bother with this one.
Excellent for learning the basics of computers and the MAC. Written in very understandable language for the beginner. I started with the PC but changed to the MAC and found the book to be an excellent introduction to basic use of the computer as well as MAC in particular. If I could have found a book like this one, I probably wouldn't have gotten the MAC.
It's one of my favorites. There is so much information in this one little book.
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