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Title: OS X Mountain Lion Pocket Guide
By: Chris Seibold
Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Formats: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online
Print: July 2012
Ebook: July 2012
Pages: 272
Print ISBN: 978-1-4493-3032-3| ISBN 10:1-4493-3032-0
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-4493-3031-6| ISBN 10:1-4493-3031-2

Get the concise information you need to start using OS X Mountain Lion, the latest version of the Mac operating system. This handy guide goes right to the heart of the OS, with details on system preferences, built-in applications, utilities, and other features.

Once you’re familiar with the fundamentals, use this book as a resource for problem-solving on the fly. You get configuration tips, lots of step-by-step instructions, guides for troubleshooting, and other advice—all in an easy-to-read format.

• Learn what’s new, including improved iCloud integration and other iPad-inspired features
• Discover how working with multiple devices is easier and more streamlined with Mountain Lion
• Get a guide to the Finder, Dock, user accounts, and other essentials
• Use Mountain Lion’s system preferences to customize your Mac
• Take advantage of OS X applications, such as FaceTime and Time Machine
• Manage passwords and secure your data
• Work more efficiently with a complete list of keyboard shortcuts

Chris Seibold

Chris Seibold is an engineer, writer, and cartoonist residing in Knoxville, Tennessee. As an engineer, he has tackled such diverse processes as powder coating and hot dog casing manufacture. As a writer, he has focused on computing and written for a variety of online and traditional media, including serving as Senior Contributing Editor for the Apple Matters web site and contributing hacks to iPod and iTunes Hacks, with a talent for making the complex accessible to the interested but harried user. As a cartoonist, he has produced both cartoon strips and editorials. Chris also managed to spend some time working producing radio shows relating to sports. As soon as he hits television, the trifecta will be complete. Chris lives with his wife, young son, and what is quite possibly the world’s dimmest canine. He has a degree in Physics from the University of Tennessee but has yet to find work involving frictionless inclined planes.

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By Michael Wohl, Alexis Van Hurkman, Mark Spencer

Published Apr 9, 2012 by Peachpit Press.

Copyright 2012
Dimensions: 7-3/8″ x 9-1/8″
Pages: 512
Edition: 1st

Book
ISBN-10: 0-321-81022-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-321-81022-9

In this Apple-authorized guide, director and filmmaker Michael Wohl teaches the advanced skills that editing professionals need to know most. Using compelling professional footage, Wohl delivers a comprehensive course on the groundbreaking, entirely new Final Cut Pro X.

·       DVD-ROM includes lesson and media files
·       Focused lessons take you step-by-step through professional, real-world projects
·       Accessible writing style puts an expert instructor at your side
·       Ample illustrations and keyboard shortcuts help you master techniques fast
·       Lesson goals and time estimates help you plan your time
·     Chapter review questions summarize what you’ve learned and prepare you for the  Apple Certified Pro Exam

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Title: Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Mountain Lion Edition
By: David Pogue

Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Formats: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online
Print: September 2012
Ebook: September 2012
Pages: 764
Print ISBN: 978-1-4493-3029-3| ISBN 10:1-4493-3029-0
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-4493-3028-6| ISBN 10:1-4493-3028-2

Ready to move to the Mac? This incomparable guide helps you make a smooth transition. New York Times columnist and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue gets you past three challenges: transferring your stuff, assembling Mac programs so you can do what you did with Windows, and learning your way around OS X.

Learning to use a Mac is not a piece of cake, but once you do, the rewards are oh-so-much better. You won’t find questionable firewalls or inefficient permissions. Just a beautiful machine with a thoroughly reliable system. Whether you’re using Windows XP or Windows 7, we’ve got you covered.

• Transfer your stuff. Moving files from a PC to a Mac is the easy part. This guide gets you through the tricky things: extracting your email, address book, calendar, Web bookmarks, buddy list, desktop pictures, and MP3 files.
• Re-create your software suite. Big-name programs from Microsoft, Adobe, and others are available in both Mac and Windows versions, but hundreds of other programs are Windows-only. Learn the Macintosh equivalents and how to move data to them.
• Learn OS X Mountain Lion. Once you’ve moved into the Macintosh mansion, it’s time to learn your way around. You’re in good hands with the author of Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, the #1 bestselling guide to OS X.

David Pogue

David Pogue, Yale ’85, is the weekly personal-technology columnist for the New York Times and an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. His funny tech videos appear weekly on CNBC. And with 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world’s bestselling how- to authors. In 1999, he launched his own series of amusing, practical, and user-friendly computer books called Missing Manuals, which now includes 100 titles.

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• 143 pages
• Version 1.1
• Updated Aug 23, 2012
• 1.7 MB download
• ISBN: 9781615424085
• Free sample with Table of Contents, Intro, Quick Start, and section starts.

Master Mail in Mountain Lion!

Use Apple Mail in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion more effectively with real-world advice from Joe Kissell! Perhaps you want to understand the basics of receiving, composing, and sending email—Joe has you covered. Or maybe you’re more interested in learning about Mail’s many advanced options, including account setup, employing multiple accounts, formatting, rules, smart mailboxes, and iCloud or Gmail integration.

Joe also explains the new-in-Mountain-Lion VIP feature and how to control which messages become notifications. Plus, Joe has laced the ebook with tips on third-party add-ons that make Mail smarter and more enjoyable to use. Put simply, this ebook is by far the most comprehensive resource about Apple Mail available.

Join Joe as you become confident with how to:

Comprehend account options: Understand the difference between POP and IMAP, plus learn about special aspects of iCloud, Exchange, and Gmail accounts. Discover how to integrate all these types of accounts, and more, into your overall Mail setup, as well as learn how you can manage Gmail’s labels in an IMAP environment.

Read: Learn efficient ways to quickly open, read, process, and file your messages. Build your know-how of Mountain Lion’s new VIP options for identifying important messages and take control of which messages appear as notifications. See how best to use three-pane view (or turn it off if you prefer), and how to follow email threads and conversations. You’ll also get tips for handling incoming attachments, flagging messages, avoiding spam, and using Mail’s built-in RSS feed reader.

Write and send: Discover different methods for quickly addressing your email; how to handle the From, To, Cc, and Bcc lines; and how to create multiple signatures. Find out how to address a single message to a group of recipients, and how to decide whether you should use digital signatures or encryption, plus what to do when you want to send a digitally signed or encrypted message. And, get advice about formatting an email message—and why you might not want to, plus learn how to include URLs, attachments, and quoted text from other messages.

Find your stuff: Keep Mail organized with advice on how to arrange Mail’s sidebar, Favorites bar, and your various mailboxes so you can easily locate messages using a variety of techniques—including search tokens and Boolean expressions. Joe covers simple features, such as making a new mailbox and rearranging your mailboxes, as well as advanced techniques, such as creating rules and smart mailboxes.

Unravel Mail mysteries: Understand the sometimes-present Outbox, sort out the Dock unread count, learn why smart addresses can be stupid, avoid “unsafe” addresses, manage the Previous Recipients list, wrangle attachments, and determine why certain mailboxes appear in particular categories on Mail’s sidebar.

Avoid and fix problems: Get advice on how to back up your email, and find out how to restore it from a backup. Also read the dozen pages of hard-won troubleshooting advice with tips on managing a misbehaving mailbox, fixing sending problems and delays, resolving connection errors, and more.

Joe Kissell has written numerous books about the Macintosh, including many popular Take Control ebooks. He’s also Senior Editor of TidBITS and a Senior Contributor toMacworld, and previously spent ten years in the Mac software industry.

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By Arek Dreyer, Ben Greisler

Published Nov 28, 2011 by Peachpit Press.

Copyright 2012
Dimensions: 7-3/8″ x 9-1/8″
Pages: 504
Edition: 1st

Book
ISBN-10: 0-321-77508-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-321-77508-5

The only Apple-certified book on OS X Lion Server, this comprehensive reference takes support technicians and ardent Mac users deep inside this server operating system, covering everything from networking technologies to service administration, customizing users and groups, and more. Aligned to the learning objectives of the Apple Certified Technical Coordinator certification exam, the lessons in this self-paced volume serves as a perfect supplement to Apple’s own training class and a first-rate primer for computer support personnel who need to support and maintain OS X Lion Server as part of their jobs. Quizzes summarize and reinforce acquired knowledge.

The Apple Pro Training Series serves as both a self-paced learning tool and the official curriculum for the OS X Lion and OS X Lion Server certification programs.

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