Get the concise information you need to start using OS X Mountain Lion, the latest version of the Mac operating system. This handy guide 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.
Does a fairly good job as a whistle stop tour, but felt it could have done with a bit more detail, for example, in File Vault encryption, and could have felt less like an Apple sales manual. I buy from OReilly because their books tend to treat the reader more honestly than the vendor sponsored ones, but that wasn't my feeling here; he skipped over a lot of the privacy concerns of iCloud, and why you might want to be more reticent in using it..