Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: Peachpit Learning Series
Robin Williams (no, not the one from Mork and Mindy) is an industry standard when it comes to writing about the Mac. She wrote the best book on managing your fonts, How to Boss Your Fonts Aroundand the preeminent book on design, The Mac Is Not A Typewriter.
Recently, she’s been writing more technical books, but with the style that is Robin’s hallmark:great explanations that are personalized in such a way with real world examples that you end up viewing her more as a friend than a Mac expert. The book is visually stunning.
This book should be read from cover to cover to really help you understand Tiger. Each chapter connects with other chapters, strongly focusing on the interconnection between Tiger functions that can make you more productive.
This book assumes basic knowledge of OS X and focuses more on the tips and tricks that work in Tiger. For example,I never knew there was a “Web Receipts” folder that you can create when you choose to print to PDF.
Pros: Very well written and laid out. Focuses on Tiger’s integration among the included applications and iLife.
Cons: Focuses on introducing functions, without going into great details. Difficult to look up how to do a specific task.
4 out of 5 dog cows
