Constellation Of New Mountain Lion Book Titles Released
OS X Mountain Lion: The Missing Manual – Answers Found Here!
What do you get when you cross a Mac with an iPad? OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Its 200 new features include iPaddish goodies like dictation, Notification Center, and Remindersbut not a single page of instructions. Fortunately, David Pogue is back with the expertise and humor that have made OS X The Missin Manual the #1 bestselling Mac book for over 10 years straight.
In Pogue’s OS X Mountain Lion: The Missing Manual, you’ll learn about:
Big-ticket changes.
Twitter and Facebook intgration
AirPlay TV mirroring
Power Nap
Game Center
Documents in the Cloud
iMessages
Gatekeeper.
Mountain Lion Watch.
This book demystifies the hundreds of smaller enhancements, too, in all 50 programs that come with the Mac: Safari, Mail, Messages, Preview, etc.
Shortcuts. This must be the tippiest, trickiest Mac book ever written. Undocumented surprises await on every page.
Power users. Security, accounts, networking, build-your-own Services, file sharing with Windowsthis one witty, expert guide makes it all crystal clear.
For more information, visit:
http://oreil.ly/Opouv2
OS X Mountain Lion Pocket Guide – The Ultimate Quick Guide to OS X
Get the concise information you need to start using OS X Mountain Lion, the latest version of the Mac operating system. This handy guide by Chris Seibold goes right to the heart of the OS, with details on system preferences, built-in applications, utilities, and other features.
Once you’re familiar with the fundamentals, use this book as a resource for problem-solving on the fly. You get configuration tips, lots of step-by-step instructions, guides for troubleshooting, and other advice – all in an easy-to-read format.
Learn what’s new, including improved iCloud integration and other iPad-inspired features
Discover how working with multiple devices is easier and more streamlined with Mountain Lion
Get a guide to the Finder, Dock, user accounts, and other essentials
Use Mountain Lion’s system preferences to customize your Mac
Take advantage of OS X applications, such as FaceTime and Time Machine
Manage passwords and secure your data
Work more efficiently with a complete list of keyboard shortcuts
For more information, visit:
http://oreil.ly/MLyqkO
Three new Take Control Ebooks Document The Just-Released OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
With Apple’s new OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion operating system now available, Mac users who want more control over the upgrade process and who want to learn how to make the most of Mountain Lion’s new features will be looking for expert assistance. A trio of new Take Control ebooks from TidBITS Publishing Inc. provides that help, with comprehensive upgrade assistance, a complete guide to using Mountain Lion effectively, and a close look at the Apple Mail email application.
* “Take Control of Upgrading to Mountain Lion,” by Joe Kissell:
Readers begin with a compatibility check, learn to make a suitable
pre-upgrade backup, and then follow assorted pre-upgrade advice.
Kissell describes several upgrade options: in-place (easy), clean
install (for control freaks), and over Leopard (a time-saving option), or learn how to move your stuff from an older computer to a new one running Mountain Lion. Kissell also provides key post-installation steps and troubleshooting advice. The ebook is available for $15 at
http://tid.bl.it/tco-upgrading-mountain-lion-press
* “Take Control of Using Mountain Lion,” by Matt Neuburg:
The ebook opens with a look at what’s new in Mountain Lion from both 10.6 Snow Leopard and 10.7 Lion. Next, specific topics delve into OS X features, including Notifications, Gatekeeper, and the new “modern document model” that gives Mac users three ways to save documents: the old way, the new way, or the new way with iCloud. Neuburg also looks deeply at how to locate files and launch applications, and he discusses how to customize the menu bar, Finder windows, the Dock, Launchpad, and much more. The ebook is available for $15 at:
http://tid.bl.it/tco-using-mountain-lion-press
* “Take Control of Apple Mail in Mountain Lion,” by Joe Kissell:
Chockablock with advice and information that goes way beyond Apple’s online help, this ebook explains how to use Apple Mail productively and efficiently, with a look both at email basics and at advanced features like Gmail integration and smart mailboxes. Kissell also covers new-in-Mountain-Lion features, including VIPs and Mail’s integration with Notifications. The ebook is available for $15 at:
http://tid.bl.it/tco-apple-mail-mountain-lion-press
All three ebooks are available individually at the links given above,
but users can also purchase them together in a three-title bundle with a 30% savings by following this coupon-embedded link:
http://tid.bl.it/mountain-lion-trio-press
Book Details:
“Take Control of Upgrading to Mountain Lion” by Joe Kissell
http://tid.bl.it/tco-upgrading-mountain-lion-press
PDF format,
168 pages,
free sample available
Publication date: July 25, 2012
Price: $15.00 (in PDF, EPUB, and Mobipocket formats)
ISBN: 978-1-61542-409-2
“Take Control of Using Mountain Lion” by Matt Neuburg
http://tid.bl.it/tco-using-mountain-lion-press
PDF format,
204 pages, free sample available
Publication date: July 25, 2012
Price: $15.00 (PDF and EPUB, with Mobipocket available shortly)
ISBN: 978-1-61542-410-8
“Take Control of Apple Mail in Mountain Lion” by Joe Kissell
http://tid.bl.it/tco-apple-mail-mountain-lion-press
PDF format,
134 pages, free sample available
Publication date: July 25, 2012
Price: $15.00 (PDF and EPUB, with Mobipocket available shortly)
ISBN: 978-1-61542-408-5
For more information, visit:
http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/faq
and
http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/
Macworld’s Total Mountain Lion Superguide Available
Macworld’s editors have put together a book that walks you through care and feeding of the latest big cat out of Cupertino. Available immediately, right alongside the new OS, Macworld’s new Total Mountain Lion Superguide is available on the iBookstore, Amazon Kindle store, and as a PDF/ePub/MOBI bundle for you to read anywhere you like in one beautifully-constructed package with screenshots optimized for every iOS device including the Retina display iPad.
You can download our new Superguide right away on an iOS device or Kindle by purchasing it from Apple’s iBookstore or from Amazon’s Kindle store for $4.99. A version for Barnes and Noble’s Nook reader, also $4.99, is coming soon.
If you want to have a format for every occasion, check out Macworl’s $5.99 bundle, which includes the book in PDF, iBooks, and Kindle formats.
You can download a free PDF preview of the book here:
http://bit.ly/MZqCIL
For more information, visit:
http://bit.ly/PI0o1E