View Review Details


Book:   Mac OS X: The Missing Manual
Subject:   Mac OS X: The Missing Manual Review
Date:   2002-01-30 07:35:45
From:   Neil Faiman
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

Definitely the book that should have been in the box!


I've been using OS X since it was initially released, and reading the Mac web sites and Apple discussion groups all that time. I wouldn't have had to, if I'd had this book available from the start; and even so, I've learned new features from reading it.


The book is worth reading all the way through, and fortunately the writing is readable enough to make that a pleasure rather than a chore. It isn't really comprehensive -- after all, some of the chapters here (such as AppleScript, or using the Unix shell from the terminal) deserve, and have, whole books to themselves -- but it's surprising how much useful information is conveyed even on those subjects.


This comes very close to being a perfect book. It is easily worth the price!


See larger cover


"One of the beauties of the Missing Manuals is that there is always something new to discover and the research is quite thorough...I kept finding snippets of information, in the way of Tips or Notes, that would give just that bit extra."
--Graham K. Rogers, Bangkok Post