Mac OS X Beyond the Manual
by Scott Meyers and Mike Lee
Publisher: Apress
Price: US $34.99
598 pages

With every significant update of Apple’s operating system there’s going to be a slew of manuals to help new and experienced computer users learn about a system’s new features, plus any tips and hacks that make for better and faster computing.

In the past, I’ve always kept a copy of David Pogue’s Mac OS X: The Missing Manual on my computer bookshelf because I can always count on Pogue to address almost any issue I’m having with my computer or a piece of Apple software. Pogue seems to anticipate and address many of the questions that beginning and intermediate users of OS X have for getting into and through the program. His writing is entertaining, well illustrated, and current.

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