Mac OS X Help Line: Panther Edition - Softcover

Landau, Ted

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321193873 ISBN 13: 9780321193872

Publisher: Peachpit Pr, 2004

Synopsis

Is there a Mac doctor in the house? The answer is yes, and guess what, it's you! With Ted Landau's Mac OS X Help Line, Panther Edition at your side, you'll find all the smart, common-sense solutions and sound advice you need to maintain Apple's latest operating system. In this new volume, Mac doctor extraordinaire (and MacFixIt Web site founder) Ted Landau offers a host of solutions for every Mac OS X glitch under the sun, plus the grounding you need to turn a diagnostic eye on your own Mac setup.

Filled with hundreds of tips, tools, and preventive measures for dealing with Mac OS X, it also includes a chapter on troubleshooting iApps. In-depth coverage of Library directories, file and font maintenance, crash prevention and recovery, Unix commands for Mac OS X, and more complete the doctor's bag of advice contained in this invaluable book. You'll learn:

• How to fix problems specific to the new features of Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther).
• How to diagnose, recover from, and prevent startup crashes, freezes and unexpected quits.
• The smart way to install, reinstall, update and backup Mac OS X.
• How to harness the hidden power in Mac OS X's Get Info windows, invisible files, preferences files, and packages.
• How to master Mac OS X's permissions -- launching, saving, moving and deleting files even when the Finder says you can't.
• Techniques to troubleshoot printing glitches.
• How to set up (and fix problems with) your network--including local file sharing, routers, wireless connections and the Internet.
• How to make sure your Mac is secure from network intruders or other unauthorized access.
• How to take advantage of Mac OS X's high-power UNIX foundation to expand your troubleshooting powers.
• Which third-party utilities you should get to help diagnose and fix problems.
• How to troubleshoot problems with your i-software from iTunes to iSync.

About this title

From the Publisher

Best-selling author and founder of the MacFixIt Web site Ted Landau arms readers with all of the knowledge they need to keep their Mac OS X machines up and running smoothly.

Completely revised, with the latest Mac OS X information integrated throughout and restructured chapters that make it easier to locate information.

Hundreds of new tips and tricks, plus a new chapter on troubleshooting iApps and an expanded discussion of Mac OS X backup.

When Macs stop running, Ted Landau is the man people turn to, and this book illustrates why: Chock-full of easy, understandable advice for maintaining and troubleshooting Mac OS X—including the newest edition of Mac OS X—this is where people turn before they haul their Macs to the repair shop. The founder of the MacFixIt Web site offers smart, common-sense solutions and sound advice for maintaining Apple’s latest operating system, delivered in language the rest of us can understand. In this edition, Ted completely overhauls the book and revises each page with information on troubleshooting the latest version of Mac OS X. The resulting volume offers a host of solutions for every Mac OS X glitch under the sun plus the grounding readers need to turn a diagnostic eye on their own operating systems. Filled with tips, tools, and preventive measures, it includes in-depth coverage of Library directories and folders, file and font maintenance, crash prevention and recovery, Unix commands for Mac OS X, and more.

Noted author and Mac guru Ted Landau is the founder of the MacFixIt Web site and is a contributing editor for Macworld magazine. He is also the author of Sad Macs, Bombs, and Other Disasters.

About the Author

Noted author and Mac guru Ted Landau is the founder of the MacFixIt Web site and is a contributing editor for Macworld magazine. He is also the author of Sad Macs, Bombs, and Other Disasters.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peachpit Pr
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0321193873
• ISBN 13: 9780321193872
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 1144