The Mac OS X Lion Project Book
Author: Scott McNulty
Publisher: Peachpit Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-321-78851-1, 240 pages
Price: Paperback US$24.99, Book + eBook Bundle US$31.99, eBook only US$15.99
The Mac OS X Lion Project Book takes a look at stuff you can do on your Mac. It explores the new operating system along with additional popular software and hardware to further enhance your user experience.
The most common projects you would be likely to undertake are explored within this book. Projects ranging from managing the files on your Mac to creating a Podcast are explored in detail.
Each project is presented with the idea of achieving a specific task. It is assumed that you will have a basic knowledge of computing but the author does his best to simplify the process for new users to the Mac platform.
With Mac OS X 10.5 (a.k.a. Leopard) Apple has introduced a very nice new feature called “back to my mac”. For those with a .mac account, you can now setup a secure way of accessing your Mac from on the road. Useful? Oh yes it is.
However as usual there are two problems, firstly you need Mac OS X 10.5, which many of us haven’t purchased yet. Secondly, you need a .mac subscription, which I am being told is very useful, but so far I haven’t had a need for.
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