Learn Mac OS X Snow Leopard [Paperback]

You're smart and savvy, but also busy. This comprehensive guide to Apple's Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard, gives you everything you need to know to live a happy, productive Mac life. Learn Mac OS X Snow Leopard will have you up and connected lickitysplit. With a minimum of overhead and a maximum of useful information, you'll cover a lot of ground in the time it takes other books to get you plugged in.

If this isn't your first experience with Mac OS X, skip right to the What's New in Snow Leopard sections. You may also find yourself using this book as a quick refresher course or a way to learn new Mac skills you've never tried before.

This book helps users quickly master the basics of the Mac OS X Snow Leopard operation system. It also covers more advanced subjects like managing web sites and scripting, as well as provides an introduction to Mac OS X development.

Whether youre new to the Mac or just new to Snow Leopard, we wrote this book for you. We didnt say new to computers. Thats what makes this book unique. Maybe youre an infrequent upgrader or a programmer from another platform who bought a Mac to write so- ware for the iPhone. We talk to you, without talking down to you. We dont explain to you what a mouse is, but we do tell how using a mouse on a Mac is different from using a mouse on Windows. We give detailed summaries of every part of Mac OS X, from the Finder to Terminal. We give you a tour of the Applications folder, with chapters dedicated to Snow Leopard applications and iLife, Apples digital lifestyle suite. We get you connected, with chapters on Safari, iChat, and MobileMe, as well as on the productivity trio of Mail, Address Book, and iCal. We dont stop at the consumer stuff. We point out the Pro versions and link to the do- mentation. We provide generous screenshots and actual, usable sample code. We talk about the UNIX layer that lives beneath Aquas candy shell. We sl“„