Mac OS 8.5 Black Book: The Power User's Guidebook That Picks Up Where Introductory Books Leave Off - Softcover

Bell, Mark R.; Suggs, Debrah D.; Suggs, Deborah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1576103048 ISBN 13: 9781576103043

Publisher: Coriolis Group, 1998

Synopsis

Goes beyond the basics with technical references on practical troubleshooting, administrative tools, networking technologies, and more. Explains step-by-step how to use the tools and features of the latest Mac OS for novices, professionals, and the growing number of power Mac OS users. Gets at the heart of networking issues for system administrators who want to include Mac OS in Windows or Unix environments.

About this title

Review:

Mac OS 8.5 Black Book distinguishes itself from most books for intermediate Mac users by providing a comprehensive picture of the latest version of the Macintosh operating system without descending into wearisome interface documentation or indecipherable jargon.

This book tackles the Mac OS 8.5 one task at a time, devoting chapters to functional areas (such as AppleScript and memory management). Within the chapters, headings describe problems users might want to solve (such as "Sharing Files and Folders" and "How to Determine Your Hardware Configuration"). Explicit procedures--combined with expository prose, plenty of screen shots, and some bulleted lists--tell exactly what the user needs to do to accomplish the stated goal.

Mac OS 8.5 Black Book covers a wide range of Mac OS situations, beginning with those related to customizing the user interface and progressing through performance tuning, networking, and multimedia. The chapter on Java is weak, but the authors make up for it by including tons of reference information on Mac OS error codes, hardware specifications, and shareware recommendations. The book's coverage of connectivity also distinguishes it from its competitors. You'll find very good information on using Macs as Internet, intranet, and extranet servers, plus discussions of some ways to get Mac OS computers to talk to Windows machines over networks. --David Wall

About the Author:

Mark R. Bell (Chapel Hill, NC) is a best-selling author of over 22 computer books, articles, and software manuals, including The Mac Web Server Book, The Mac OS 8 Book, Mac OS 8.5 Black Book, The Mac OS 8.6 Book, and The Mac OS 9 Book. He also is a technical editor, contributing author, and technology forum guest speaker. Mark lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with his wife, Virginia.

Debrah D. Suggs (Durham, NC) is a Macintosh specialist in the Office of Information Technology at Duke University. She has worked behind the scenes in the publication of several books, including researching, compiling software, and technical editing. This is her first book as coauthor.

About this edition

• Publisher: Coriolis Group
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1576103048
• ISBN 13: 9781576103043
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 650