You have the world’s top-of-line laptop, and now you want to know how to get the most from it. MacBook Pro Portable Genius is here to give you the best tips and tricks for taking your MacBook Pro to its full potential. Learn to add more data storage, set up a network, communicate effectively with iChat, run Windows applications on Leopard, and more. With full-color images and insider secrets, the MacBook Pro Portable Genius is your essential guide to getting the most from your state of the art laptop.
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Apple’s new Xcode 3 is the most powerful Mac development suite ever created. In Xcode 3 Unleashed, renowned Mac developer Fritz Anderson has written the definitive guide to making the most of Xcode 3 to build any Macintosh or iPhone application.
Anderson leads you through a simple project that covers the entire Xcode 3.x development lifecycle. You’ll walk through building and debugging command-line tools, creating Mac OS X user interfaces, modeling data, localizing languages, compiling applications, and much more. Along the way, he introduces each of Apple’s remarkable development tools from the latest version of Interface Builder to Instruments—a powerful new tool for analyzing and optimizing your code.
There has never been a iPhone book like this. 100 Need to Know Time Savers is not about the ins and outs of the iPhone. Instead, it answers the top 100 questions that are being asked out there. The 100 things about the iPhone you want to know. Get the low down on the iPhone and know it all, now. This book tells you exactly how to deal with those questions, with tips that have never before been offered in print. This book is also not about how to operate an iPhone. Instead it introduces everything you want to know to be in the know with your new iPhone. CONTENT COVERED: What Do We Need to Know About the 8GB Apple iPhone?, Looking for the Right Accessory iPhone Users Like, iPhone is Apple’s Default Cell phone, Latest Cell Phone: Why you’d want to Buy Apple Inc.’s (more…)

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.
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…)
If you liked this post, buy me a beer. (Suggested: $3 a beer or $7.5 for a pitcher)- 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…)
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