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Two new Snow Leopard titles from Take Control Books -- and a giveaway
Do you have a few hours to kill while you're waiting in line at the Apple Store for your Snow Leopard upgrade? Take Control Books has just the thing to help fill your time and your mind!Two new Snow Leopard titles have been released today in both ebook and print format. The first, "Take Control of Upgrading to Snow Leopard" is author Joe Kissell's take on how to perform a flawless upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6. Kissell, a long-time contributor to TidBITS and Macworld, did many installations of Snow Leopard beta versions to create a process you can follow to insure a flawless upgrade. He describes how to make a bootable duplicate of your existing machine in case the upgrade doesn't work out as planned, and has tips and tricks for optimizing Snow Leopard or troubleshooting issues after the install. This 81-page ebook is available today for US$10 from Take Control Books, or you can order a printed copy for US$19.99.
The second title is Matt Neuberg's mammoth "Take Control of Exploring and Customizing Snow Leopard." Neuberg, a TidBITS contributing editor and Apple development author, has written an ebook all about tweaking Snow Leopard to work and look the way you want. Matt covers literally dozens of topics in the book, so I recommend looking at the web page for the book if you are interested in learning more about what you can customize. The ebook is a whopping 165 pages long and is available today for US$15 (US$27.99 for the printed version) from Take Control Books. You can also purchase both Snow Leopard ebooks for only US$20.
As part of our Snow Leopard celebration, we're also giving away copies of both books to two lucky TUAW readers. To enter the giveaway, just leave a comment with your most perplexing Snow Leopard question. Here are the legal minutiae for the giveaway:
- Open to legal US residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, and to legal residents of Canada (excluding Quebec), who are 18 and older.
- To enter leave a comment below with your most perplexing Snow Leopard question.
- The comment must be left before August 28, 11:59PM Eastern Daylight Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Two winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- Prize: One copy each of Take Control of Exploring & Customizing Snow Leopard and Take Control of Upgrading to Snow Leopard (Value: US$20.00)
- Click Here for complete Official Rules.
Disclaimer: Steve Sande has written several books for the Take Control series.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
Levi Breederland said 8:11PM on 8-27-2009
Why won't Apple Stores have it on the computers they are selling tomorrow!?
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Peter said 8:11PM on 8-27-2009
First to comment? I am perplexed!
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HLeibov said 8:20PM on 8-27-2009
My MacBook Pro runs a little warm... Will Snow Leopard make it run cooler, or only in the winter?
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Steve said 2:51AM on 8-28-2009
Yeah, I'd like to know too. I know for a fact that my Windows box runs cooler in the winter.
Zane said 8:21PM on 8-27-2009
I've never done a major OS X upgrade!
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Robert in SF said 8:21PM on 8-27-2009
I am wondering if my upgrade to Snow Leopard will affect my already unstalled/slimmed languages in my apps...I don't want to screw up my installed apps and all their customizations, if Snow Leopard will be eliminating (i.e., not installing) all those unneeded languages as well...
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Patrick Doyle said 9:36PM on 8-27-2009
Am I the only one to notice that "Snow Leopard" is an anagram for "Weapons Lord"? I think I've finally figured out why Apple is only charging $29 for their secret to world domination.
--wpd
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puhsitch said 8:31PM on 8-27-2009
I don't live in a cold and mountainous environment, so should I be worried about overheating during the summer months?
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fred said 8:34PM on 8-27-2009
I just want to do a clean install and start from scratch. Is there a way to do this using the upgrade disk?
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leftnotracks said 8:38PM on 8-27-2009
You want to buy a crappy book? Buy a software book that's for sale on or before the software is available. That way you're sure to get a product that was rushed to take advantage of new buyer hype.
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Justin said 11:13PM on 8-27-2009
What are the best new features in Finder?
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benyaimin said 8:41PM on 8-27-2009
Why don't you just give away Snow Leopard instead of pointless books?
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dyuscavitch said 9:04PM on 8-27-2009
Is it true that snow leopard has built-in support for msft exchange and windows does not!? The irony is amazing.
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aardivark said 8:49PM on 8-27-2009
20 bucks for an 80 page book? That's 5 cents per (double sided) sheet. What did they use a xerox machine to print this?
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John said 9:02PM on 8-27-2009
Will snow leopard fix the issue video resolution issue when you switch from using a dvi to hdmi adapter to an analog adapter?
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Terry said 8:57PM on 8-27-2009
If I complete a Time Machine Backup and things go awry, will I be able to restore?
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Steve said 8:57PM on 8-27-2009
Will the Snow Leopard Upgrade disk allow you to perform a clean install? Or would I need to reinstall leopard first?
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jb.seymour said 9:07PM on 8-27-2009
I am thinking of removing the optical drive from my MBP and replacing it with a hard drive. Can you upgrade to 10.6 w/o an optical drive or should I buy an enclosure an install via USB or firewire?
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JayCee said 9:14PM on 8-27-2009
Will Adobe InDesign CS3 run on Snow Leopard? All I've heard are conflicting reports about Photoshop CS3.
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alecksjaycubs said 9:18PM on 8-27-2009
What the heck happened to Quicktime 8 and 9????!!!!!
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