We ’re very favorable here atMacworld . Both in print and on the entanglement , we ’ve got an amazingly diverse readership . Among our reader are some fabulously geeky , tech - savvy people who could cipher a perl script in their head or disassemble a MacBook Pro with the power of their intellect . And also , some multitude who are relatively novice Mac users , who avidly show what we write in decree to flex and improve their Mac skill .
The belated book in our Superguide series , The Macworld Mac Basics Superguide , is for both kinds of readers . If you ’re someone who ’s struggling with the basics of maneuver a Mac , or someone who ’s a new user of Mac OS X — whether you upgraded from OS 9 recently or you ’ve made the switch from Windows — this novel 78 - page Quran will get you up to speed .
Written in an easy motion - and - reply format , the Mac Basics Superguide will give you elaborate tips and info about using the Finder and the Dock , switching between programs , using Apple ’s Spotlight search tool , opening and saving your files , and position up system preferences and substance abuser explanation . We ’ve chuck out in some introductory security and troubleshooting advice to keep your Mac up and running smoothly . And our own Dan Frakes , who pens ourMac Gemsblog and magazine publisher pillar , has assembled a leaning of 17 great low - cost programs that will raise your Mac experience .
But what about you Mac expert out there ? How in the human beings can a book with the phrase “ Mac Basics ” in the title of respect be correct for you ? The response is simple : it ’s not for you . It ’s for all those mass in your family , all of your friends , who seem to you as the solution to all their Mac problems . Not that you do n’t want to help them , but it sure can take up a lot of meter . This ledger — uncommitted as a$12.95 PDF download(with no digital rights direction of any variety — just register it using Adobe Reader or Apple ’s Preview program program ! ) , or a$15 PDF on CD - ROM , or a$24.99 full - people of color paperback — can help them help themselves . ( I know I ’ll be sending my mom a written matter of this Holy Scripture , that ’s for sure . )
You Mac expert out there might also appreciate the writer we commissioned to put up to this book : Mark H. Anbinder , Christopher Breen , Dan Frakes , Glenn Fleishman , Adam Goldstein , Rob Griffiths , Joe Kissell , Ted Landau , and Kirk McElhearn .
Want to see more before you shell out for this book ? We ’ve created adownloadable sample ( 684K)that includes the book ’s stark table of substance as well as sample pages .
This marks the third Holy Writ in our Superguide series , follow the iPod and iTunes Superguide and the Digital Photography Superguide . We think they ’re really great books , and we hope you do , too .
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