Comments about oreilly Mac OS 9: The Missing Manual:

This is THE Book to get! It hits home even for a Power user like me. I found a few tidbits I never even thought of, which I now will add to my long term memory. I will recommend this book to all my Mac OS 9 using friends, plus I will recommend it to any "newbie" starting to use Macintosh. Excellent Book!

Comments about oreilly Mac OS 9: The Missing Manual:

I consider myself a Mac power user, having worked with Macs for ten years, and taking the time to look under the hood. Over the years, I never bought a single book describing the Mac System or OS - I always found that (in the old days) the doc was sufficient, or that I could learn enoughfrom magazines and on the net.

I bought this book more out of curiosity, and am extremely glad that I did. While I half-expected it to be a really basic presentation of the Mac OS 9, I was pleasantly surprised. Not only is it an excellent book for newcomers, but David Pogue presents all the tricks and shortcuts that youwould be hard pressed to find in the help files. I learned so many useful things from this book, that I don't even regret the fact that the OS 9 doesn't come with a manual - David Pogue wrote a far better book than any manual Apple could write.

Comments about oreilly Mac OS 9: The Missing Manual:

Once you read Pogue, you're hooked. Not only does this man know all there's to know about the Mac and its OSes, he is an OS himself--operating the snappiest,wittiest, funniest English I know. I run OS 8 on my office Mac and lowly 7 at home, but MM OS 9 is the book of 2000 for me. Don't miss it--even if you're a Wintel user.

Comments about oreilly Mac OS 9: The Missing Manual:

This is the book that makes you glad you splashed out on Mac OS9. If you find you're just using the basics of the Mac OS let David Pogue take you on his magical mystery tour. It's like discovering the joys of the Mac all over again. Better by miles than other manuals. Believe me - I've tried them!

Comments about oreilly Mac OS 9: The Missing Manual:

I've always been intrigued by how little time Mac users spend dealing with "fixing" thier machines, cursing them, and rebooting them several times a day. So, after being a PC user beginning with Dos 1.0, I switched to a Mac. I hated my first iMac because it lacked documentation, manuals, or decent help. And, being a long standing Windows user, I did not find it as intuitive as it was hyped to be. Guess what, I got frustrated and sold it on the big e*bay auction site. Months passed,Y2K came and went.A few days back I saw this book in my local Borders...and it all came together! THIS was what was truly missing! I had hated most Mac OS books on the marketbecause I found them insultingly oversimplified. I can only speak as a Windows convert: This is not a "dummies" book but a very decent, detailed book thatdescribes all the "power tricks" that I knew for the enemy platform! I liked this book

so much that I bought it, read it cover to cover, and decided to buy my second iMac. If you've never used a computer before, then this is not for you. But if you arelooking for a book that is perhaps the most detailed, information-dense, wellindexed, and handy reference to MacOS 9, this is it. Apple should probably bundle this book with the Mac! Highly, heartily, and strongly recommended, especially forthose who have fallen from the Windows empire for the temptation of an iMac.

Comments about oreilly Mac OS 9: The Missing Manual:

I have been using the Mac for more than ten

years, but this book gave me more insight into the system than any other.