Sad Macs, Bombs, and Other Disasters: And What to Do About Them - Softcover

Ted Landau

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201409585 ISBN 13: 9780201409581

Publisher: Lebanon, Indiana, U.S.A.: Addison-Wesley, 1995

Synopsis

Two Time Winner of BMUG Choice Product Award "Choice Product for 1994 and 1995. The best book for finding out what is wrong with your Mac and dealing with it. A book that every Mac owner will need sooner or later." -BMUG Newsletter Praise for the first edition of Sad Macs, Bombs, and Other Disasters:"I know of no other resource, book, or software that explains system errors, what causes them, and what to do about them as completely and cogently as Sad Macs, Bombs, and Other Disasters. Having saved my bacon several times over, it has earned a permanent place of honor on my bookshelf." - Bob "Dr. Macintosh" LeVitus, Mac book author and MacUser columnist "Everyone should buy this excellent work (and under no circumstances lend it out!)." - MacEasy Magazine Have you ever been stuck at startup, confronted by a disk icon with a blinking question mark inside it? Does your Mac ever freeze, failing to respond to any keyboard input? Or have you been plagued by the infamous system bomb alert box? Maybe it's just that your Mac can't find your printer, or a document won't open, or a file stubbornly refuses to be deleted.Solutions to these and hundreds of other problems--including the very latest ones caused by Power Macs, PowerBooks, and that pesky System 7. 5--are covered in this completely updated edition of Sad Macs, Bombs, and Other Disasters. From fractious fonts to the ominous sad Mac icon, this troubleshooting handbook covers the whole range of Macintosh (R) problems from symptoms to causes and solutions. Symptom by symptom, Macintosh expert Ted Landau comes to the rescue of your malfunctioning Mac, walking you through exactly what can go wrong and how to fix it. Inside, you'll find: *The latest information (almost every page has been rewritten for this edition) about how to diagnose and solve the problems that can occur while using a Mac *Two entirely new chapters that detail problems and solutions specific to PowerBooks, Power Macs, System 7.5, QuickDraw GX, file sharing, and more *A Symptom Index offering a listing of every error message and major symptom discussed in the book *Self-contained Fix-It sections that delve into the details of the most important and useful techniques for solving problems *Tips on how to prevent these problems from happening at all.Using a nontechnical, step-by-step approach, Sad Macs, Bombs, and Other Disasters provides disaster relief at its finest, for all levels of Macintosh users.Whether you've just purchased your first Mac, or you're a seasoned user who devotedly totes around your copy of the first edition, this new book is crammed full of updated and vital fix-it information you can't survive without! 0201409585B04062001

About this title

Review:

Contrary to what a lot of Macintosh aficionados will tell you, Macs crash. And when they do, they crash hard. It's often tough to figure out exactly what the problem is when you get that cute little bomb icon informing you that your system has gone bye-bye.

Ted Landau does an admirable job of explaining what can go wrong with your Mac and what you need to do to prevent it from happening again. Besides offering a few preventive maintenance techniques, Landau thoroughly explains the different types of system crashes and how to resolve them, including recurring system errors that crop up like recurring nightmares.

Sad Macs is well organized, with entire chapters devoted to startup crashes, printing problems, and issues specific to portable Macs. Landau has written the ultimate Mac troubleshooting guide; it should be on the desk of every Mac user. --John Frederick Moore

From the Back Cover:

You don't need to be an expert to fix your Mac--most problems don't require hardware repair skills or advanced technical knowledge. That's the philosophy behind the bestselling Sad Macs, Bombs, and Other Disasters, now in its fourth edition. Newly updated to cover Mac OS 9 and the G4s, it's the premier troubleshooting guide for anyone who owns a Mac and wants to keep frustrating downtime to a minimum.

Not only will this book help you diagnose and fix the most common--and annoying--Mac problems, it will sharpen your diagnostic skills so you can apply them to problems you may not find in the book. Sad Macs gives you the solutions you're looking for in plain English--not technical jargon--which makes it appropriate for everyone who wants to keep their Mac smiling, from near-beginners on up. Platform: MAC

About this edition

• Publisher: Lebanon, Indiana, U.S.A.: Addison-Wesley
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0201409585
• ISBN 13: 9780201409581
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 868