Mac OS X Tiger Unleashed   Knowledge > Solutions > Mastery reviewed by Robert 

Pritchett 

Authors: John Ray  

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William C. Ray 

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http://www.macosxunleashed.com/

SAMS 

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Booksite: 

http://www.samspublishing.com/title/0672327465

Released: June 29, 2005 

$50 USD, 70 CND,  36 GBP,  44 Euro 

Pages: 1,560 

ISDN: 0672327465 

Requirements: Mc OS X 10.4 Tiger. 

For Intermediate or advanced. 

Strengths: Easy to read and understand approach to both Apple 

and other solutions for using the best OS on the planet today. 

Weaknesses:  Nary a one. 

Mac OS X Tiger Unleashed by John and William C. Ray is a big fat, heavy book the size of a 

Bible. Well, that is exactly what it is. It covers everything, soup to nuts for Mac OS X Tiger, all 

1, 560 pages of it! 

John Ray and William C Ray are not afraid to let you look into the UNIX and FreeBSD side of 

Mac OS X and by the time you get done reading it, you've become an expert in Tiger esoterica, 

just as they have become.  

They didn't just drink the Apple Kool Aid, it is almost as if they invented it. They show the 

strengths and weaknesses, both Apple solutions and 3

rd

 party solutions.  

You'd think a book this thick would be all textbook, but code is interspersed with pictures and 

explanations are well rehearsed.  

  MPN, LLC 2005 macCompanion 

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August 2005, Volume 3 Issue 8