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book to learn Mac osX

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Eeden

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Oct 7, 2008
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I just bought my first Mac, a 2.4 ghz macbook pro:D

Since this is my first Mac I would like to get to know the OS. Can someone recommend me a good book to do this?

Thx
 
Definitely go to Barnes & Noble! In the computer section there are tons of these books like Portable Genius: Mac OSX, OXS Leopard for Dummies, and so on. I have thought about buying one, but I either taught myself or asked a friend lol :p
 
I'm sure the Dummies series on Mac OS X is pretty good. If you dont want to spend any money, Google is amazing source for anything :D
 
I would really consider getting One-To-One; you will learn a lot if you ask the right questions.
 
I have always liked Maria Langer's Visual Quickstart Guides from Peachpit Press: there are both Basic and Medium/Advanced levels, although for my needs the Basic has always been enough.
Don't forget your fellow Mac users are always ready to help!
Good Luck!
 
save your money. use it for two weeks and you will learn almost all you need to know about it. and use the online guides on this site. between those two things you'll be fine.;)
 
A good book is the missing manual by david pogue,covers every thing in osx leopard. easyily the best i have it :D
 
I bought the book for the quick reference card for all of the keyboard shortchuts, but you can find the list online here.

Save your money. It'll just take a little time to unlearn the bad habits you developed using windows. I switched over in March too!

:D
 
ipodtoucher said:
Definitely go to Barnes & Noble! In the computer section there are tons of these books like Portable Genius: Mac OSX, OXS Leopard for Dummies, and so on. I have thought about buying one, but I either taught myself or asked a friend lol :p
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Yeah, their computer series are very good, especially when it comes to programming.
 
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