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Book:   iPhoto: The Missing Manual
Subject:   iPhoto: The Missing Manual Review
Date:   2002-08-11 23:02:45
From:   Mark Reibman
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

When the iPhoto application was first released I downloaded it and began using it for my new digital camera pics. I had just bought the Missing Manual for Mac OS X and recognized that it was published before the release of iPhoto so I wasn't going to get any help from that Missing Manual. I wrote to David Pogue and asked him if he was going to write anything on iPhoto. His reply was 'yes' and that it would come out some time later in 2002. He was true to his word. I bought a copy as soon as I found out it was available in August. I've had it for a few weeks and even though I've learned a lot about iPhoto on my own over the past few months, the book is still a treasure of information I had not previously discovered. If you are a digital camera maniac like myself or soon to be one and if you are fortunate to own a Mac that accomodates iPhoto, you're going to appreciate this book and get even more fun and benefit from your camera, your Mac and iPhoto. I find the Missing Manuals to be so well done that I can't say enough good things about them and iPhoto is no exception. If you're really interested in getting the most from your digital photography experience I highly recommend the iPhoto Missing Manual.


I do have a difference of opinion about the kind of battery that seems to work best with a digital camera. I find the rechargeable Nicad block battery with a second back up to be the most convenient and economical. That's my only gripe about the book,and I guess my two cents. Take the camera buying advice in iPhoto along with other sources of advice before you make your investment.


Great book. Lucky for us that David Pogue and friends love the Mac.


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"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