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The Little Mac Book, Tiger Edition
Robin Williams

ISBN-10: 0321335341
ISBN-13: 9780321335340

Publisher: Peachpit Press
Copyright: 2006
Format: Paper; 216 pp
Published: 07/06/2005

Suggested retail price: $21.99
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Adopting a back-to-the-basics approach, this best-selling little Mac classic has been revised and overhauled to introduce users to Tiger, Apple's newest version of its revolutionary operating system.

In the gentle, friendly, funny style that generations of computer users have come to know and love, author Robin Williams shows readers how to dive in and start working with the Mac and OS X 10.4 Tiger. Readers will learn how to find their way around the interface; use the desktop, Dock, Finder, and icons; control the mouse; manipulate windows; search with Tiger's new Spotlight feature; save and print documents; and more.

Using straightforward, jargon-free explanations delivered in logical, easy-to-follow sections, Robin is a new user's personal guide, coaching and encouraging users as they learn their way around the magic of the Mac.

Robin Williams takes on Tiger in this update to her best-selling Mac book for beginners.

  • With a friendly, gentle style that's a perfect match for Apple's user-friendly OS, Robin is a favorite Mac author, as witnessed by sales of more than 25 bestselling books.
  • Revised to cover all that beginners need to know to start using Mac OS X Tiger, due to release in the first half of 2005.
  • Clear explanations mixed with humor equal a book that's a must have for new Mac users.

Robin Williams is the author of more than 25 best-selling and award-winning books, including The Little Mac Book, The Non-Designer's Design Book, The Non-Designer's Web Book, and Robin Williams Design Workshop, Web Design Workshop, and DVD Design Workshop. Through her writing, teaching, and seminars, Robin has influenced a generation of computer users in the areas of design, typography, desktop publishing, the Mac, and the Web.

Adopting a back-to-the-basics approach, this best-selling little Mac classic has been revised and overhauled to introduce users to Tiger, Apple's newest version of its revolutionary operating system.

In the gentle, friendly, funny style that generations of computer users have come to know and love, author Robin Williams shows readers how to dive in and start working with the Mac and OS X 10.4 Tiger. Readers will learn how to find their way around the interface; use the desktop, Dock, Finder, and icons; control the mouse; manipulate windows; search with Tiger's new Spotlight feature; save and print documents; and more.

Using straightforward, jargon-free explanations delivered in logical, easy-to-follow sections, Robin is a new user's personal guide, coaching and encouraging users as they learn their way around the magic of the Mac.

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