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Take Control of Mac OS X Backups, Fourth Edition $28.99 Joe Kissell Book

Take Control of Mac OS X Backups, Fourth Edition $28.99 Joe Kissell Book Set up a rock-solid backup strategy so that you can restore quickly and completely, no matter what catastrophe arises. In this comprehensive book, backup guru Joe Kissell helps you pick the best backup strategy for your needs and understand the whys and hows of what you are doing, helping you go far beyond the false security of turning on Time Machine or copying a few files to CD. You'll find an at-a-glance comparison of different backup strategies (low-cost, easy, safest), along with advice for backing up digital photos and massive video projects. You'll learn the pros and cons of many types of backup media; discover how to pick the best backup software for your needs; and find time-tested recommendations for setting up, testing, and maintaining backups, complete with the essential instructions on how to restore after a crash. Free online appendixes compare almost 100 backup products. Bonus! Includes coupons worth $30 off Data Backup and 10% off CrashPlan. Covers Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, as well as Leopard and Tiger! Find answers to questions such as these:

Should I use an online backup service to back up to a different location?
How do I minimize the downtime I might suffer if my boot drive fails?
How can I maximize the benefits of using Time Machine?
What's a hard link, and how does it relate to Time Machine?
What are the important gotchas relating to Time Machine?
How do I migrate an existing backup system to Time Capsule?
How can I back up easily and safely while traveling?
How can I create my own command-line-based backups?
Is the Drobo a useful device?
How do I deduplicate my backups?
Which hard drive should I buy for my backups?
What are the pros and cons of running Retrospect 8?
I'm running Windows on my Mac—how do I back up my Windows files?

Take Control of Upgrading to Snow Leopard $19.99 Joe Kissell Book

Take Control of Upgrading to Snow Leopard $19.99 Joe Kissell Book Installing a major new version of Mac OS X should be exciting and fun, but without proper guidance you may find it nerve-wracking or even lose valuable files. Fortunately, many thousands of people have upgraded Mac OS X calmly and successfully with Joe Kissell's previous best-selling Take Control of Upgrading... titles. Joe's friendly, expert steps—developed over innumerable test installations—help you to avoid trouble, understand what's going on when you install Snow Leopard, and easily recover from problems that might arise. The ebook will help you:

Evaluate if your Mac is ready to run Snow Leopard.
Complete crucial pre-upgrade steps that help you avoid trouble.
Make a bootable duplicate in case Joe's easy Plan A doesn't work for you.
Understand just what you need to know about what the installer will do.
Successfully install Snow Leopard on an Intel-based Mac.
Perform a few important post-installation tasks and tweaks.
Solve problems that might arise after installing—such as a Mac that won't boot.

You should buy this ebook if one—or both—of the following describes your situation:

You want to ensure a calm, successful update with no data loss or other unpleasant surprises.
You could run the Snow Leopard installer on your own, but you want to know the ins and outs of what's new with the Snow Leopard installer because you are a Mac consultant, because friends and relatives rely on you for tech support, so you can wow everyone at your next MUG meeting, or simply because you like knowing exactly how things work behind the scenes.

Specific questions answered in this ebook include:

Is my Mac ready for a Leopard installation?
What's new in the Snow Leopard installer?
What's the deal with QuickTime and Snow Leopard?
What's Rosetta, why should I care, and what should I do about it?
Under what circumstances should I partition my startup drive?
How can I check if I need to run a firmware update before installing?
What are smart ways to free disk space to make more room for Snow Leopard?
How do I back up Boot Camp before upgrading, just in case something goes horribly wrong?
I just installed Snow Leopard and my Mac won't boot. Help!
What should I do if Time Machine wants to start backing up?
Now that I've clicked Customize in the installer, how do I figure out which checkboxes to select?
How can I do what was previously called an "Archive and Install"? I know it's fussy, but I like it.

Take Control of MobileMe $20.99 Joe Kissell Book

Take Control of MobileMe $20.99 Joe Kissell Book MobileMe has become a Swiss-army knife of online services, offering not only a whizzy "push" data syncing service for tracking calendar, contact, and bookmark info on a variety of devices, but also email services, online storage and file sharing, Web hosting, and more. Take Control of MobileMe helps you understand the features and get set up, and then it dives into the details of real-life projects. Take Control of MobileMe covers syncing - what to expect, what kinds of data besides calendar and contact information sync, handling problems, and more. The ebook also examines various ways to use an iDisk for storing and sharing files; setting up a MobileMe email account; accessing and updating calendar and contact data on the MobileMe site; using the Gallery feature along with iLife '09 to put photos and movies online with an attractive layout and interface; publishing a Web site to MobileMe's servers; and how to use Back to My Mac to get at the files and screen of one of your Macs while using another. Back to My Mac: This book devotes six pages to Back to My Mac. However, fully covering this feature would take another book, so we wrote Take Control of Back to My Mac. "Kissell cuts through [the syncing] thicket cleanly, with clear step-by-step instructions, with key caveats included. The book also provides great detail—good for peace of mind..." —The Cherry Creek News Read this book to learn the answers to questions such as:

What are the primary features available in the MobileMe service?
How do I set up MobileMe syncing on my iPhone or iPod touch?
How quickly should I expect MobileMe to sync my data?
What types of data can sync only with Macs versus with Macs, Windows PCs, and the iPhone/iPod touch?
How do I configure my MobileMe email account in my email software?
How do I access my iDisk from Windows XP and Vista?
How do I add movies and photos to my Web Gallery?
Where in my MobileMe account does my iWeb-created site go? What if I want to host a non-iWeb site in my MobileMe account?
How can I configure my AirPort Extreme so it will work with Back to My Mac?
How do I set up and use Find My iPhone?

Take Control of Passwords in Mac OS X, Second Edition $20.99 Joe Kissell Book

Take Control of Passwords in Mac OS X, Second Edition $20.99 Joe Kissell Book Suffering from password overload or anxiety? Set your mind at ease with friendly assistance from Mac expert Joe Kissell! You'll learn how to match your personality type and risk factors to a personal plan for choosing and managing your Mac, Web, and iPhone/iPod touch passwords efficiently and securely. You'll also learn how to handle:

Passwords on your Mac (login, master, root, firmware, email, AirPort, keychains)
Interactions between your Web browser and your stored passwords
Syncing passwords between Macs, and to your iPhone or iPod touch
Use Apple's Keychain Access password manager
Getting started with a third-party password manager
Planning for what to do if your software (or your brain) forgets key passwords
Solving password-related problems

Read this ebook for advice on these password-related issues:

Coming up with secure passwords that are easily remembered and typed
Keeping track of impossible-to-remember passwords
Setting up sensible passwords that control access to your Mac
Reducing hassle by making your Mac automatically log you in to Web sites
Balancing security with the annoyance of frequent password entry
Understanding the purpose of the common Mac keychains
Finding and viewing the passwords that your Mac has tracked for you
Syncing passwords between different Macs (or with an iPhone/iPod touch)
Planning for disaster—what if you're injured and someone else needs your passwords?
Deciding whether you should memorize your passwords, write them down, or have your Mac store them

Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac, Second Edition $19.99 Joe Kissell Book

Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac, Second Edition $19.99 Joe Kissell Book Regular maintenance is necessary to avoid problems and to ensure your Mac runs at peak performance, but it's hard to know what to do and when to do it. Best-selling author Joe Kissell has now applied his commonsense approach to the task of maintaining your Mac, whether you use Tiger or Leopard! Learn how to start on the right foot; what you should do daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly; and how to prepare for Mac OS X updates. Joe even explains how to monitor your Mac's health and debunks common panaceas.
Read this book to learn the answers to questions such as:

How can I tell if my Mac is likely to have trouble?
How can I find out which unnecessary files are taking up space on my disk?
Should I defragment my hard disk and repair permissions regularly?
What are the safest ways to clean dust and crud from my Mac?
What is the best way to keep my software up to date?

Take Control of Troubleshooting Your Mac $19.99 Joe Kissell Book

Take Control of Troubleshooting Your Mac $19.99 Joe Kissell Book We may love our Macs, but they can still suffer significant problems. In this essential guide from best-selling author Joe Kissell, you'll learn 17 basic troubleshooting procedures and how to solve 9 common problems, along with an easy-to-follow way to troubleshoot novel problems. Whether your Mac won't turn on, experiences kernel panics repeatedly, or is glacially slow, this book has the calm, friendly advice you need to find a solution. Following in the footsteps of his critically acclaimed books Take Control of Mac OS X Backups and Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac, Joe starts by helping you prepare for trouble. You'll learn how to prevent problems from occurring, what tools you'll need to diagnose and fix problems, and the key troubleshooting techniques and solutions for common problems. You'll also learn how to handle problems that include:

Your Mac won't turn on.
Repeated kernel panics.
Abnormal slowdowns.
Emptying the Trash when the Finder balks.
An application grinds to a halt.
An application crashes.
Recalcitrant keyboards and mice.
A dead Internet connection.
Printing doesn't work.

Take Control of the Mac Command Line with Terminal $20.99 Joe Kissell Book

Take Control of the Mac Command Line with Terminal $20.99 Joe Kissell Book If you've ever thought you should learn how to use the Unix command line that underlies Mac OS X, or felt at sea when typing commands into Terminal, Joe Kissell is here to help! This 111-page book will help you become comfortable working on the Mac's command line, starting with the fundamentals and walking you through more advanced topics as your knowledge increases. And if you're uncertain how to put your new-found skills to use, Joe includes numerous real-life "recipes" for tasks that are best done from the command line. The book begins by teaching you these core concepts:

The differences between Unix, a command line, a shell, and Terminal
Exactly how commands, arguments, and flags work
The basics of Terminal's interface and how to customize it

Next, it's on to the command line, where you'll learn:

How to navigate your Mac's file system
Basic file management: creating, copying, moving, renaming, opening, viewing, and deleting files
The types of command-line programs
How to edit a text file in nano (even if you are not named Mork)
What a profile is, why it's cool, and how to customize yours
The importance of your PATH and how to change it, if you need to
How to get help (Joe goes way beyond telling you to consult the man pages)

You'll extend your skills as you discover how to:

Create and run scripts to automate repetitive tasks.
See which programs are running and what system resources they're consuming.
Quit programs that refuse to quit normally.
Enable the command line to interact with the Finder.
Control another Mac via its command line using ssh.
Understand and change an item's permissions, owner, and group.
Run commands as the root user using sudo.

Questions answered include:

Which shell am I using, and how can I change my default shell?
How do I quickly figure out the path to an item on my Mac?
How can I customize my Terminal window so I can see man pages behind it?
How can I make a shortcut to avoid retyping the same long command?
Is there a trick for entering a long path quickly?
What should I say when someone asks if I know how to use vi?
How do I change my prompt to suit my mood or needs?

Finally, to help you put it all together, the book showcases 40 real-world "recipes" that combine commands you've learned to perform useful tasks, such as listing users who've logged in recently, figuring out why a disk won't eject, changing filename extensions, copying the source code of a Web page, downloading a file via FTP, determing which programs have open connections to the Internet, learning details about a domain name, and deleting stubborn items from the Trash.

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