Introduction

According to popular legend, a Mac is so easy to use that you don’t need to read books about it. Alas, if only that were true. The fact is, to harness all the power of Mac OS X would take a substantial amount of time of exploring and tinkering. The reality is, not everyone has the time, the inclination, or the patience to devote to the mastery of an operating system. Save your time for having fun with games, surfing the Internet, or perhaps getting some work done. Benefit from the experience of others (in this case, we the authors)! Read this book so that you can leverage the full power of OS X without a lot of ambling around the desktop.

You might be under the impression that you don’t need this book because of Apple’s supplied Mac OS X Getting Started Guide and onscreen help. Though these are good sources of information, the Mac OS X Bible Panther Edition contains a great deal of information and how-to that you won’t find anywhere else.