Sad Macs, Bombs, and Other Disasters: And What to Do About Them

by Ted Landau

Ted Landau, Webmaster and editor of the popular Web site MacFixit, offers a new edition of the book used by Apple's technical support staff. He includes new material as well as the basics, covering such topics what's new on Mac OS 9, FireWire, USB, iMacs, iBooks, G4s, Quicktime 4, DVD drives, infrared connections, and cable modems; how to handle memory problems; strategies for managing extension conflicts; and how to untangle printing and Internet connection hurdles. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

955 pages, Paperback

First published July 17, 2000

Reviews

[Jen]

This book was the absolute best for learning about the deep details of the Macintosh back in the pre-OS X, PowerPC days. Last published in 2000, it is of course obsolete at this point. However, I keep it because it's truly the best example of clear technical writing that I've encountered.