Review – “My New Mac: Snow Leopard Edition”
I received a copy of Wallace Wang’s new book “My New Mac: Snow Leopard Edition”. I’ve gone through this book and it is clearly geared towards new Mac users and switchers. It allows one to scan a detailed list of helpful topics for a quick-fire means to finding answers for your needs, fast.
Additionally, it’s extremely thorough and easy to follow in terms of content format and layout of topics.
There are 5 parts to the book as a whole:
- Part 1: Basic Training
- Part 2: Making Life Easier with Shortcuts
- Part 3: Putting Your Macintosh to Work
- Part 4: Touching the World Through the Internet
- Part 5: Mainting Your Macintosh
Then underneath each part are a number of easy step-by-step projects for a total of 52 projects (see below).
Basic Table of Contents (excerpt)
Introduction
PART I: Basic Training
1. Turning Your Macintosh On and Off Manually or Automatically
2. Learning to Use the Mouse
3. Choosing Commands on the Menu Bar
4. Loading Programs and Files from the Dock
5. Customizing the Dock
6. Manipulating Windows
7. Navigating Through Folders with the Finder
8. Managing and Viewing Your Files and Folder
9. Conserving Energy While Using Your MacintoshPART II: Making Life Easier with Shortcuts
10. Working Faster with Shortcut Commands
11. Learning to Drag and Drop
12. Controlling Your Macintosh with Hot Corners
13. Finding Files Fast
14. Organizing Files and Folders by Color and Weird Words
15. Putting Information at your Fingertips with Dashboard
16. Giving a Macintosh Multiple Personalities with User Accounts
17. Slapping Parental Controls on your Kids
18. Making Your Mac Easier to See, Hear, and Control
Believe it or not the author admittedly states that this book does not cover the gamut of topics for learning about your Mac--and it shouldn't. But believe me when I say that there is more than enough help provided in this book to cover the basics.
Two more things I want to mention are the "Additional Ideas for... *topic goes here*" section. Under this section within each chapter it provides additional fix options, web links, and suggested reads. Secondly, if you look carefully at the image of the front cover (above), you might be able to notice that the smiling Mac is made of paper. In other words, at the back of the book it shows you how to make a paper Mac. I highly recommend this book!
I give it 5 out of 5 M’s! lol
(M stands for “MacDavid”)Stay synced!
Publication Info:
My New Mac Snow Leopard Edition
$29.95 USD
ISBN: 978-1-59327-209-8
Publisher: No Starch Press – www.nostarch.com
