With this book, you can learn in your own way—whether it’s working through the lessons from start to finish, jumping straight to step-by-step exercises about new features, or looking up just what you need to know at that moment. There are hundreds of exciting tools and hidden gems in your Macintosh. And with the gentle yet expert hand of Robin Williams guiding you along the way, you will learn to take full advantage of all that Leopard has to offer. If you are new to Mac OS X, you’ll learn to use your Mac with help from a world-renowned teacher. From there, you can move on to customize it to suit the way you work. And if you’ve been using Mac OS X already, you’ll learn to use the new features in Leopard, like Spaces, Quick Look, and Time Machine, and explore all the enhancements to favorites like Mail and iChat.

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Learn all about how to get the most out of Mac OS X Leopard with best-selling Mac author Robin Williams.
The Learning Series lets readers learn the way they want to, whether it’s working through lessons, jumping to exercises, or looking up just what they need to know.
Extremely useful, four-color, course-in-a-book gets readers up to speed quickly on Mac OS X Leopard’s new features.
Written by one of the world’s most renowned Mac experts and bestselling authors, Robin Williams.

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Is Windows giving you pause? Ready to make the leap to the Mac instead?
There has never been a better time to switch from Windows to Mac, and
this incomparable guide will help you make a smooth transition. New York
Times columnist and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue gets you past
three challenges: transferring your stuff, assembling Mac programs so
you can do what you did with Windows, and learning your way around Mac
OS X. Why is this such a good time to switch? Upgrading from one version
of Windows to another used to be simple. But now there’s Windows Vista,
a veritable resource hog that forces you to relearn everything. Learning (more…)

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The Mac has fully embraced OpenGL throughout its visual systems. In fact, Apple’s highly efficient, modern OpenGL implementation makes Mac OS X one of today’s best platforms for OpenGL development. OpenGL® Programming on Mac OS® X is the first comprehensive resource for every graphics programmer who wants to create, port, or optimize OpenGL applications for this high-volume platform.
Leading OpenGL experts Robert Kuehne and J. D. Sullivan thoroughly explain the Mac’s diverse OpenGL APIs, both old and new. They illuminate crucial OpenGL setup, configuration, and performance issues that are unique to the Mac platform. Next, they (more…)

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This book offers a simple to read, fast way to discover all that’s new in Mac OS X Leopard, and how to make the most of it, whether you are new to the Mac, or simply upgrading from a previous version of Mac OS X.

New additions to the operating system are showcased, including the changes to the Dock and Finder, and new features such as Stacks, Cover Flow, and Quick View introduced, before the book moves on to give a basic guide to using the Mac—creating folders, moving files, installing applications, and burning CDs, for example. (more…)

- Eliminates lengthy introductions, detailed explanations, and
sidebars, focusing on what new Mac OS X users want most-clear
instructions on how to accomplish specific tasks
- An easy-to-navigate landscape layout featuring a two-column design
and illustrated step-by-step instructions make it easy to find a
specific task fast and get it done in a flash
- Tasks covered include adjusting system preferences, creating and
managing user accounts, managing files and folders, using the Dashboard,
networking wirelessly with AirPort, using iTunes and iPods, (more…)

Cool and useful tips, full-color screenshots, and savvy advice show you how to get the most out of your iMac. You’ll discover exactly what the Apple remote is capable of, how to set up your iMac so that it’s customized for multiple users, and all there is to know about Mac OS X’s built-in organizational tools. This indispensable guide ramps up the pace and offers you easy-to-access shortcuts so you can start enjoying your iMac to the max.

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Got a new MacBook, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro? Want the scoop on Mac laptop basics, using Mac OS X Leopard, networking a laptop, or connecting your laptop to wireless devices? There’s no better place to find what you need than MacBook For Dummies, 2nd Edition!

With your Mac laptop, you can take your movies, music, documents, e–mail, and Internet wherever the action is. MacBook For Dummies, 2nd Edition provides the lowdown on maintaining and upgrading your MacBook, customizing the Dock and desktop, traveling with a laptop, turning iPhoto into your portable darkroom, and much more. Learn to: (more…)

Mac OS X, Apple’s newest operating system for the Macintosh platform, is profoundly different from its earlier versions because of its similarity to the UNIX operating system. For developers writing software for OS X this means adjusting to two new environments to create applications and to access the enhanced features of the new OS, Cocoa and Carbon. Cocoa is an object-oriented API in which all future OS X programs will be written. Carbon is a transitional technology allowing compatibility of applications written for earlier versions of the Mac OS with Mac OS X.Mac OS X Developer’s Guide focuses equally on Cocoa and Carbon, guiding the reader through these technologies and showing how to write applications in both. It is the first (more…)

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Little is more exciting and unnerving than a major operating system upgrade for your Mac, but thousands of people have upgraded to Panther and Tiger calmly and successfully with the advice in Joe Kissell’s previous hit Take Control of Upgrading… titles. Joe’s expert guidance, developed over innumerable test installations, walks you through the six steps necessary before upgrading, which of Leopard’s three installation options is right for you, how to perform the actual upgrade, and post-installation checking and cleanup.

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