If you want to tame Mac OS X Tiger, but you want to do so in the comfort of your own home, this guide makes it possible! Robin Williams uses her trademark friendly teaching style to reveal exactly what you want to know: What's new in Tiger, what's great about it, and how can you get the most out of it fast! Focused lessons take you step-by-step through practical, real-world projects that teach Mac OS X Tiger inside and out. Covers everything from upgrading your Mac to Tiger and customizing and troubleshooting your system to all of Tiger's new goodies: configuring the spoken-user interface, audio and video messaging with multiple people at once, a Dashboard full of Widgets, the innovative Spotlight Search system, the enhanced Safari RSS browser, and more.

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Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) is packed with goodies, big and small. In 17 full-color lessons, legendary Mac author Robin Williams helps you unearth those goodies -- and make the most of them.

If you¿¿¿ve just bought a new Mac, she¿¿¿ll show how to migrate your files. If you¿¿¿re upgrading an old Mac, she walks you through that, too. You¿¿¿ll tour Tiger¿¿¿s applications, from Safari to iChat, and learn how to personalize your Mac to your heart¿¿¿s content. Williams uncovers new features everywhere, from iCal automated email notifications to private browsing in Safari and PDF annotations in Preview. (Did you know TextEdit can now read Word files?)

There¿¿¿s a full section on the big things that are new in Tiger. To begin with: Spotlight, for finding what you need in a hurry (and then keeping your search results handy and up-to-date, using Smart Folders). There¿¿¿s Dashboard, for placing important information and tools at your fingertips (know the weather in London at all times, or when your significant other¿¿¿s flight is landing). There¿¿¿s iChat AV, which now lets you run audio chats with up to 10 people at once (and video chats with up to four). There are Safari RSS newsfeeds.

Then, our favorite: the Automator. In just 20 pages, Williams will teach you how to quickly build automated workflows to get work done faster, even when you¿¿¿re not there. (No programming: not even AppleScripting!) For instance, you could set up Automator to automatically send out birthday greetings to your friends and colleagues, using information you¿¿¿ve already stored in Address Book and Mail. Elegant, efficient, fun: Ain¿¿¿t that a Mac? Bill Camarda, from the July 2005 Read Only

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If you want to tame Mac OS X Tiger, but you want to do so in the comfort of your own home, this Apple-certified guide makes it possible! Now you can use the same curriculum that Apple uses at its own stores and training centers, but at your own pace and in front of your own computer! Best-selling author Robin Williams uses her trademark friendly teaching style to reveal exactly what you want to know: What's new in Tiger, what's great about it, and how can you get the most out of it fast! Focused lessons take you step-by-step through practical, real-world projects that teach Mac OS X Tiger inside and out. Covers everything from upgrading your Mac to Tiger and customizing and troubleshooting your system to all of Tiger's new goodies: configuring the spoken-user interface, audio and video messaging with multiple people at once, a Dashboard full of Widgets, the innovative Spotlight Search system, the enhanced Safari RSS browser, and more.