OS X Yosemite: The Missing Manual

by David Pogue

With Yosemite, Apple has unleashed the most innovative version of OS X yet―and once again, David Pogue brings his expertise and humor to the #1 bestselling Mac book. Mac OS X 10.10 includes more innovations from the iPad and adds a variety of new features throughout the operating system. This updated edition covers it all with something new on practically every page.

Genres: Reference, Computers

874 pages, Paperback

First published November 25, 2014

About the author

David Pogue, Yale '85, is the weekly personal-technology columnist for the New York Times and an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. His funny tech videos appear weekly on CNBC. And with 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how- to authors. He wrote or co-wrote seven books in the "For Dummies" series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music). In 1999, he launched his own series of amusing, practical, and user-friendly computer books called Missing Manuals, which now includes 100 titles.

David and his wife, Jennifer Pogue, MD, live in Connecticut with their three young children.

Reviews

[Ann Chan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is well-written, but there are a few things I like to point out:
1. It doesn't cover anything about Pages and Numbers.
2. About Security, it talks about "FileVault," and I personally set it up. However, you cannot log in the system by using your Admin password. There are no tips to troubleshoot anything regarding "FileVault."
3. It's a 900 pages book. I am an avid reader, yet do not have the patience to go through 900 pages to learn about the features. The way Mr. Pogue write about this manual is too lengthy. However, it's a good reference book if you do have tremendous patience.

By reading the above-mentioned points, you might give a 2nd thought before purchasing this book.

[Peter Tillman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pogue always does a good job, but this one didn't seem up to earlier editions for OS-X. Maybe he's getting tired. Or just didn't spend much time on an assistant's draft? He's a busy guy....

Still, the book does the job. A lot easier to have all this stuff in one place, than hunting it up all over the web.

[David Levin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Always love Pogue's books. Friends wonder how I know so much about computer stuff. This is why.

[Kay · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really for beginners--did not find much to help here.

[Delhi Irc]

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[Marcia Haskell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the best OS manual I have read. Adequate