Taking Your OS X Lion to the Max
Language: English
Published by Springer, 2011
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- Title
- Taking Your OS X Lion to the Max
- Author
- Dave Caolo Michael Grothaus Steve Sande
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 143023668X
- ISBN 13
- 9781430236689
- Series
- Book 7 of 34: Technology in Action
The Mac has come a long way, and OS X Lion is the best version yet of Apple's desktop and laptop operating system. Stable, powerful, and versatile, the Mac allows you to do everyday tasks with ease.
Taking Your OS X Lion to the Max walks you through the awesome features and apps standard on the Mac and the new OS X 10.7 Lion to help you become a true power user. You'll discover keyboard shortcuts and gestures to help save time--whether you're on a iMac, Mac mini, Macbook Pro, Air, or other Mac computer.
Beginning with the core of OS X - the Finder - Taking Your OS X Lion to the Max outlines many of the new features and powerful revisions that make Lion the best version of OS X yet. The authors, all bloggers at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (tuaw.com), spent countless hours with Lion to show you how to fully leverage your Mac and the new OS X. And, have some fun, too!
What you'll learn:
Taking Your OS X Lion to the Max walks you through the awesome features and apps standard on the Mac and the new OS X 10.7 Lion to help you become a true power user. You'll discover keyboard shortcuts and gestures to help save time--whether you're on a iMac, Mac mini, Macbook Pro, Air, or other Mac computer.
Beginning with the core of OS X - the Finder - Taking Your OS X Lion to the Max outlines many of the new features and powerful revisions that make Lion the best version of OS X yet. The authors, all bloggers at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (tuaw.com), spent countless hours with Lion to show you how to fully leverage your Mac and the new OS X. And, have some fun, too!
What you'll learn:
- Search your Mac in seconds with customizable Spotlight searches
- Send files securely and quickly to others on your Wi-Fi network with AirDrop
- Find a lost or stolen Mac with Find my Mac
- Browse and purchase useful and fun apps from the Mac App Store
- Keep your documents updated and safe through Lion's AutoSave, Versions, and revised Time Machine capabilities
- Harness the power of Launchpad, Mission Control, and multi-touch gestures to customize your Mac working environment
- Take advantage of conversations, full-screen mode, and search tokens in the revised Mail application
- Make the most of updates to Lion's other built-in apps, including iCal, Address Book, Photo Booth, FaceTime, Preview, and System Preferences
- Use the powerful and inexpensive Lion Server app to create a shared work or home computing environment
- And more...
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About the Author
Michael Grothaus is an American author and journalist living in London. After earning his BA in filmmaking in 2000, Michael wrote and directed several children's films, some airing on PBS. After discovering many of Hollywood's dirty little secrets while working for 20th Century Fox, he left and spent five years with Apple as a consultant where his interest in technology grew.
Since then, Michael moved to London and earned his MA in Creative Writing. His first novel, Epiphany Jones, is a story about sex trafficking and America's addiction to celebrity. Currently, Michael is a staff writer at Aol's popular tech news site The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW.com), where he writes about all things Mac. He's also a contributing writer to the online men's lifestyle magazine, Asylum.com. When not writing, Michael spends his time traveling Europe, Northern Africa, and Asia. You can reach him at michaelgrothaus.com and twitter.com/michaelgrothaus.
Steve Sande
has been a loyal fan of Apple technology since buying his first Mac in 1984. Originally trained as a civil engineer, Steve's career as an IT professional blossomed in the 1990s. A longtime blogger, Steve is an editor at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW.com) and the author of three books about Apple's iWeb application. He lives with his wife of 31 years in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
Since then, Michael moved to London and earned his MA in Creative Writing. His first novel, Epiphany Jones, is a story about sex trafficking and America's addiction to celebrity. Currently, Michael is a staff writer at Aol's popular tech news site The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW.com), where he writes about all things Mac. He's also a contributing writer to the online men's lifestyle magazine, Asylum.com. When not writing, Michael spends his time traveling Europe, Northern Africa, and Asia. You can reach him at michaelgrothaus.com and twitter.com/michaelgrothaus.
Dave Caolo spent six years as the IT Director of a Mac-friendly, residential school in rural Massachusetts, and has been writing on the Web since 2001. Today he works for AOL as the Managing Editor at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (tuaw.com), writing about all things Apple. Dave believes that technology has the power to improve our life at its most important moments, and explores that conviction every day. A native of Scranton, Pa, Dave moved to Cape Cod, Ma in 1994. When he's not writing, Dave can be found kayaking, rooting for the Boston Red Sox and spending time with his wife, two kids and Boston Terrier, Batgirl.
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