About This Macintosh

This is an introductory book that explains how to use an Apple Macintosh computer, running Mac OS X. It starts with the very basics of clicking and dragging, and how to use the Finder, as well as what all the System Preferences do. It covers installing software, using various utilities, and it finishes with a chapter on optimising your Mac to make it more efficient. There is also a chapter on how to upgrade the hardware. This book does not cover the UNIX (Darwin) commandline present on the Mac. That information is explained in a second volume, More About this Macintosh.