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This book unlocks the fun of OS X. I bought three other books which have proven useful (though redundant) but have overlooked virtually all of the "tips" that this book offers. After having worked my way through 3 or 4 of the first of its 13 chapters, I was convinced it was worth the money. I've marked items on nearly every page that I didn't know were "available" until finding these gems. Many are keyboard "shortcuts" that really are not any faster and would be hard to remember. There are many other tips that enhance the system's operation. I wonder how one would find these out as the "traditional" books seem too busy with the mundane aspects of the system. It's major shortcoming is its limited index. This book is for moderately experienced OS X users and would not be as useful for beginners.

Scott Kelby is an absolute master at pretty much anything he touches. I have enjoyed reading many of his PhotoShop books, but this Mac OS X book is great. As it is not a cover to cover book where you MUST read everything to continue, it is more of a how to in a page or two or less. He gave me tons of great idea's on pranks and things to do to coworkers as well as how to manage a better system and where to find things. A+ on this book... if you're just transitioning over to Jaguar or are interested in learning more in a fun and exciting way, buy this book!

I purchased this book a while ago, and was disappointed with it ever since. Regardless of what Amazon's Editorial says; it is a NEWBIE book. All of the tips and tricks in this book are common knowledge among the Mac community. I'd say out of the entire book only 5 of the tips are useful. The book uses its design and layout to padd out the size so that it looks worth it. Its not.

If you want more knowledge help books look else where. If you need help with Jaguar or Panther check out sites like <http://www.macosxhints.com> or the others.

I'm sorry but this book left me disappointed and wanting my money back.