Press Release
December 12, 2003
"Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Panther Edition": The Book Panther Users Won't Want to Miss
Sebastopol, CA--What's so ubiquitous in the Mac world that the term
"missing" scarcely applies to it any more? You won't find it in the box
with the computer or shrink-wrapped with the system CDs, but it's the
one item that's least likely to be missing from any Mac user's desk. In
fact, no new release of Mac OS X would be complete without it--the latest
addition to the Missing Manual series. Panther users will be glad to know
that David Pogue has come through once again with Mac OS X: The Missing
Manual, Panther Edition (O'Reilly/Pogue Press, US $29.95).
The latest update of David Pogue's best-selling title offers a wealth of
detail on all of the changes in Apple's Mac OS X 10.3, a.k.a.
"Panther." Written with humor and technical insight characteristic of the
series, the new edition covers everything from the all-new Finder to iChat
AV--Apple's exciting tool for video conferencing. The book also deals with
features under the hood, such as the Terminal and networking tools. Pogue,
the renowned "New York Times" computer columnist, tackles his subject with
scrupulous objectivity--revealing which new features work well and which
do not.
Panther is loaded with 150 new features, many of them quite compelling,
according to Pogue, but one of Panther's chief features is that it is the
un-Windows. That is, it accentuates all the characteristics of the Mac
that have been driving people crazy in Windows lately. For example, Pogue
notes that Mac OS X is, and always has been, virus free. Furthermore, it
never pops up with annoying nags to sign up for this or that database,
never bugs you to clean up your desktop, or do anything else for that
matter. "And particularly in Panther," says Pogue, "Mac OS X is a bastion
of security, featuring government-level encryption for your account, a
password-protected screen saver, an automatic logout timer, and other
features that seem to say: 'You won't find this operating system company
having to release a new security patch every two weeks!'"
As with the previous two editions, Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Panther
Edition is designed to help beginning to intermediate Mac fans--or
Windows switchers--discover the joys of Mac OS X. New in this edition are
mini-manuals on iMovie, iPhoto, iChat, iTunes, Safari, and other programs
included with the system. Readers of previous editions will find changes
on nearly every page reflecting the newer, more streamlined design of the
System Preferences settings program; reassigned keystrokes for efficiency
fans; the overhauled Preview program for reading PDF files, graphic files,
and incoming faxes; the updated Mail program, and much more.
In the coming months, millions of Mac users will encounter Panther either
pre-installed on their new Macs or by installing it themselves on their
current ones. Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Panther Edition will be
their indispensable guide to what is new. As with its predecessors, this
manual is certain to be found wherever Macs are.
Praise for the previous edition:
"The first item on the shopping list of any Mac user should be a copy of
David Pogue's Mac OS X: The Missing Manual. The title sums this book up:
it's the manual that Apple ought to ship in the box with the operating
system."
--"Computer Shopper," July 2003
"I frequently get asked what is the best Mac OS X book. The easy answer is
David Pogue's Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, currently in its second
addition. It's hard to beat the combination of helpful information and
entertaining prose."
--Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, March 2003
"Bless David Pogue. I don't know the guy personally, but after reading his
book Mac OS X: The Missing Manual I consider him my personal angel...the
book comes across as a treasure trove of hidden knowledge. Another
subtitle on the book's cover is 'The book that should have been in the
box,' and it's true...an invaluable resource for the new Mac OS X user.
This book is almost worth its weight in gold."
--David Cooper, MacDirectory, Spring 2003
Additional reviews can be found at:
https://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macosxmm2/reviews.html
Additional Resources:
Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Panther Edition
David Pogue
ISBN 0-596-00615-2, 782 pages, $29.95 US, $43.95 CA
order@oreilly.com
1-800-998-9938; 1-707-827-7000
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