November 2002
Beginner to intermediate
160 pages
3h 17m
English
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Mac OS X Pocket Guide
Introduction
As with any operating system, new changes and improvements are welcomed with somewhat skeptical arms. As news about Jaguar, the latest version of Mac OS X (10.2), started to leak out of Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), Apple’s groundbreaking OS took on a fervor of epic proportions. The Mac suddenly became the machine to have for users and developers alike.
This new edition of the Mac OS X Pocket Guide is intended to be a quick reference to Mac OS X Jaguar, and has something for everyone:
If you’re an experienced Mac user, this book may be the only one you’ll need. For Mac users coming to Mac OS X from an earlier version of the Mac OS, some of the material in this book can serve as a refresher, reminding you how to do certain things you’ve always been able to do on the Mac. In addition, you’ll learn more about the Unix side of Mac OS X and how to use its command-line interface, the Terminal application.
If you’re a Unix, Linux, or FreeBSD user who is switching to the Mac, you’ll get a quick summary of how to use Mac OS X’s interface and how to use its Terminal application for issuing Unix commands. If you’re looking for something more hardcore, I recommend that you pick up a copy of Mac OS X for Unix Geeks, which covers such things as Directory Services, use of Mac OS X’s GCC compiler, installing packages with Fink, and running X Windows on top of Mac OS X.
If you’re a Windows user, you’ll get a quick tour of the operating system, along ...
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