The Mac OS X Leopard Book
by Scott Kelby

How to do the things you want to do on your Mac

Scott Kelby, author of the smash worldwide bestseller The iPod Book, takes that same casual award-winning style and layout to show you how to do the things you want to do with your Mac, and he does it without all the technical explanations and techno-jargon. Now learning the Mac is as much fun as using one.

This book truly has a brilliant premise, and here's how Scott describes it: "If you came over to my house with your new Mac, and you said, 'Hey Scott, how can I delete a file from my Mac and make darn sure nobody else can retrieve it?' I wouldn't give you a lecture about file encryption algorithms, or 128-bit decryption protocols. In real life, I'd just turn to you and say, 'Just drag the file down to your Mac's Trash, and then go under the Finder menu and choose Secure Empty Trash.' I'd tell you just like that—short and sweet, right to the point—so that's what I tried to do throughout the entire book."

Scott wrote the book as though you brought your Mac over to his house, and he's giving you tips, advice, and sharing the secrets he's learned over the years, just like he would with a friend, in his casual signature style—without all the technical explanations and techno-babble.

Each page covers just a single topic—just one single thing you might need to do, like how to connect to a printer, or set up your email, or back up your Mac, and so on. That way, you can turn to the page for the thing you need to do, and learn how to do just that one thing, quickly and easily.

Scott Kelby is the world's #1 best-selling author of computer books (every year since 2004), as well as Editor and Publisher of Photoshop User magazine, and President of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP). He's the co-host of the highly acclaimed Photoshop User TV, and teaches digital photo and imaging workshops around the world. Scott is an award-winning author of more than 40 books, including The iPhone Book, The Digital Photography Book (volumes 1 and 2), and Mac OS X Killer Tips.