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Book on Dummies for Mac OS X Tiger

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abhishek

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Jun 21, 2006
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Hi All,

Any idea where I could find some free tutorial/basics of how to get started and work on Mac OS X Tiger. My MacBook is going to be shipped in less than a week and being a total MS guy until now, i'm kinda skeptical (even though EXCITED:D ) about the switch .

Any inputs would be great.

Regards,
Abhi
 
Start here. Let us know when you're done reading, and we'll give you more homework. ;) :D
 
One book that I found useful waaay back in the Jaguar days was David Pogue's Missing Manual book for OSX. In particular, there's a section that deals with the "What is the Mac equivalent of X" questions that are bound to pop up when switching.
 
abhishek said:
Hi All,

Any idea where I could find some free tutorial/basics of how to get started and work on Mac OS X Tiger. My MacBook is going to be shipped in less than a week and being a total MS guy until now, i'm kinda skeptical (even though EXCITED:D ) about the switch .

Any inputs would be great.

Regards,
Abhi
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Not free, but :
Mac OS X Tiger: Missing Manual (Paperback) by David Pogue

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/05...598785/ref=sr_1_1/102-7195623-4541769?ie=UTF8

18 Bucks
 
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Why not.. I'll chip in my vote for Pogue's book too. I bought it the day I got my first mac and it has always been helpful. I've looked at the 'dummies' books, but they really aren't as good.

yt
 
to be honest, you don't need a book. OS X is very intuitive. still, if you have any questions, (and I'm sure you won't have many) feel free to ask them here, and they will be answered:)
 
yojitani said:
BTW am I the only one who finds the syntax of this thread slightly amusing... as if OSX needed a book on how to deal with dummies...:D
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I also found it odd, but felt as though I'd already criticized the grammar of enough threads for one day:)
 
yojitani said:
BTW am I the only one who finds the syntax of this thread slightly amusing... as if OSX needed a book on how to deal with dummies...:D
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i certainly did. only reason i even clicked to read.
 
hahaha!! I shouldn't be laughin, should I?!

I also found it odd, but felt as though I'd already criticized the grammar of enough threads for one day
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oopsie dicey!! hehe..Just realised it now!! sigh..next time on, shall make sure!! unless you guys want to have a nice time at my expense! sigh:( hehe

Thanks guys for all the help. THink the guides out here at macrumors should be enough for now :D
 
IJ Reilly said:
Another vote for Pogue. "Missing Manual" is one of the top-selling computer books on any subject, and for good reason.
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Second or third that. That's what I bought for Tiger and Jaguar, very easy to follow. Also try the iMovie and iDVD book by him as well. Those are the two best books as a consumer I'd buy to learn as much as you are able to :) I think the main reason for getting these books is that if you are coming from a windows world you may need to untrain yourself from multiple steps and just learn that it "is" easier to use/learn a computer ;)
 
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