Sams teach yourself Mac OS X Panther all in one

An uncomplicated, easy to understand introduction and guide to successfully using Mac OS X for the first time. Covers the new version of OS X – code-named “Panther” – expected out in early fall of 2003. The authors have extensive Mac OS X experience and are experts at explaining technology to new users. This new edition covers enhancements and new features of Mac OS X Panther. With the release of version 10.2 of Mac OS X in th4e fall of 2002 (Jaguar), the new operating system was finally stable enough for mass distribution on all shipping Macintosh computers. Yet underneath the new colorful interface was a powerful, complicated operating system based on BSD Unix. And Mac users of all kinds needed help both in figuring out how to run OS X and in understand how OS X worked underneath the covers and how to get the most out of it. In late summer 2003 Apple is expected to release a new version of OS X – code-named “Panther” – that will add some performance and interface enhancements, and that will further extend the capabilities of the underlying Unix-based subsystem. The third edition of Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X in 24 Hours helps new users to understand how the new OS (different fr