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A huge collection of Apple TV resources

Poor Apple TV - the iPhone has been outshining the handy little media hub, and Jobs arguably might not have helped matters by calling it a hobby (though, personally, that makes me optimistic for its future). Fortunately, last100 has compiled a very, very thorough list of Apple TV resources that spans reviews from various industry sites, dedicated books, blogs and wikis, how-to tutorials for converting video, podcasts and, of course, the burgeoning hacking industry that has surfaced. If you're looking for a useful springboard into the world of the Apple TV, this is by far the most comprehensive resource I've seen yet.

[via Apple TV Hacks]

iPhone: The Missing Manual available in August, PDF bundle available now

The venerable David Pogue has worked his relentless magic yet again to conjure up yet another manual that apparently should have been in the box with iPhone: The Missing Manual (though one could certainly argue that there would have been no way to fit a typical book in the iPhone's impressively compact packaging anyway). As the promo email that I just received states, Pogue's iPhone coverage is summarized into four primary categories: the phone and organizer, the iPod, the Internet, and the hardware and software. Pogue even tackles such issues as synching an iPhone with multiple machines and ways to solve the iPhone's lack of a spam filter. Heck, Mr. Pogue is so into the iPhone, he even sang about switching to it.

If you're already hooked and itching to both buy and read, O'Reilly is offering a bundle deal right up your alley: though the $20 book doesn't ship until sometime in August, you can purchase a $24.99 bundle to get a PDF copy right now. Either way, you can find out more details at O'Reilly's product page for iPhone: The Missing Manual.

Vista vs. OS X by the books

Tim O'Reilly, he of the animal books (as I like to call them), often posts about how O'Reilly's book sales can be indicative of tech trends in general. Thanks to zealous statistic keeping Tim has a wealth of knowledge about his sales (as as good business man should). The latest trend that Tim has set his sights on is OS adoption, specifically that of Vista/Tiger. Clearly, O'Reilly has sold more Vista related books vs. OS X books (darn marketshare), however, after 6 months Tiger books completely replaced sales of Pather books while XP books are still selling strong (though Vista sales are 50% higher than XP).

What does this tell us? Mac users, at least those that buy tech books, are more likely to upgrade their OS to the latest version while Windows users are taking a wait and see approach with Vista.

How many of you are planning on upgrading to Leopard as soon as it comes out?

TextMate: Power Editing for the Mac

Some people balk at the idea of paying for a text editor. 'Doesn't OS X ship with a pretty good text editor called TextEdit,' they say. That is very true, but if you make your living creating text documents (whether they be code, blog posts, or content of some other kind) TextEdit just won't cut it.

Enter TUAW favorite TextMate. This program is the swiss army knife of text processing. It includes a number of features that make coding and writing a breeze. It is a complex application, and as such the learning curve can be a little steep. The Pragmatic Programmers latest effort, 'TextMate Power Editing for the Mac,' hopes to turn you into a TextMate pro. Author James Edward Gray II shows the reader the ins and outs of TextMate, and teaches you how to get the most out of this great app.

'TextMate Power Editing for the Mac' is available now. The physical book costs $29.95, the PDF version costs $20, and you can grab both for $37.45.

Graham Nash is not just a stoned California hippie



What the heck is one of my favorite guitar-playing, harmony-singing, songwriting hippies, Graham Nash, doing at Macworld?

Most of you probably associate Graham with the folk-rock band, Crosby, Stills & Nash (and sometimes Young). But Graham wasn't at the Peachpit booth this week talking about music... he was talking about photography (his own, which is excellent, and others), as well as fine art digital imaging and printmaking.

Graham, along with R. Mac Holbert (CSN's former road manager), conceived and founded Nash Editions in 1990 in order to develop methods of outputting Nash's digitally manipulated black and white photographs. Starting in the late eighties with a $125,000 IRIS 3047 Graphics Printer, which they heavily modified (warranty be damned!) in order to accommodate a wider range of papers, through their work today with Epson 9800, 7800 and 4800 printers, Nash Editions is now recognized as the premier fine art digital print studio in the country, if not the world. Both Graham and Holbert were on hand after they spoke to sign copies of their new book, Nash Editions: Photography and the Art of Digital Printing.

As a bit of a reformed hippie myself, I was just happy not to have to wade through clouds of pot smoke to get close to Nash here, as I have had to in some other venues.

Review: The Perfect Thing

'The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness' (Simon & Schuster, 284 pages) is the latest work from Steven Levy, available in finer booksellers on October 23rd. You might recall some of his other works: 'Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution,' and 'Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything,' to name a few. We were able to get our hands on an advance copy, and you know what that means! A review just for you, dear TUAW readers.

Mr. Levy is clearly enamored with the concept of 'shuffle.' He mentions it numerous times throughout the pages of this book, but he has also taken it a step further. The book, itself, is composed of a number of stand alone essays. These essays have enabled the publisher to print four different versions of the book, with the chapters 'shuffled.' Only the first and last chapters remain in the same place for each printing. This is a great marketing gimmick, but sadly it negatively impacts the quality of the book.

I sat down and read 'The Perfect Thing' from cover to cover in one sitting. Since each chapter was written to stand alone Mr. Levy couldn't guarantee that you would know a certain tidbit about the iPod that was uncovered in another chapter. He must repeat himself in order to make sure you get the whole story. This is a sensible approach given the shuffled nature of the book but a slightly annoying since one, presumably, is going to be reading the book in the order it is presented in. I would suggest, for the paperback printing, this shuffle idea be abandoned.

Despite the repetition at times, Levy weaves a very good tale about the creation of the iPod, and the impact it has had on us. Levy had access to Jobs, Schiller, and Ive so he can really tell the whole story (and yes, Levy backs up the claim that it was Phil Schiller's idea for the scrollwheel). One of the more amusing stories involves Bill Gates' first encounter with an iPod, but you'll have to read the book for all the details.

I would be remiss if I didn't point out that Levy might go a little overboard in his praise of the iPod. He often fetishizes the device, imparting upon it almost religious signficance. The iPod is an important device, but I'm not sure it is the greatest invention of the 21st century.

Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone who has enjoyed Levy's other books, or anyone looking to get the full story behind the iPod.

iLounge releases The Free iPod Book 2.2

Those iPod-obsessed kids over at iLounge have updated their Free iPod Book to version 2.2 (yes, books can have version point updates too). Four all-new sections are included in this updated version:
  • Nike + iPod Sport Kit
  • Troubleshooting Your iPod
  • U2 iPod + iPod Pack-Ins
  • Backstage at iLounge
You'll also find the typical kinds of updates to previous content you would expect. This 200+ page "free manual on getting the most from your iPod" is available from iLounge's update post, as well as from the iLounge Library. Enjoy.

Essential Tiger Server Admin book canceled

Xserve

If you just recieved an Xserve running Tiger and you were hoping that O'Reilly would be releasing an updated version of their Panther server admin book, you're out of luck. Faced with the choice between canceling the book or making sacrifices for production time, the author decided not to go forward with the project.

O'Reilly doesn't think there is a demand for an OS X server admin book, if you want one let them know!

Take Control of .Mac ebook released

cover_dot_mac.gifAnother Take Control ebook by prolific author Joe Kissel is available for download. This one is Take Control of .Mac. It promises to cover all of .Mac's features -- Mail, iDisk, Sync, Backup, HomePage, and more. You can download a free 31-page excerpt of the book. If you like what you see, download the whole thing for $10. We haven't had a chance to read it yet, but if it's like other Take Control books, it'll be popular.

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Non Stop Mac likes Mac OS X Tiger Pocket Guide

Mac OS X BookNon Stop Mac offers up a review of O'Reilly's pocket size reference book, 'Mac OS X Tiger Pocket Guide.' While the review doesn't discover why a dog is on the cover of a book about an operating system named after a big cat (to be fair all OS X related O'Reilly books have a doggie on the cover, I know not why) it does offer up a resounding huzzah to the book.

Looks like this one will make a great stocking stuffer for that Mac user of yours who might want to get a little more out of Tiger, or who needs a refresher on some of the finer points of the Mac OS.

Update: It looks like the cover of the book was updated to include a tiger, and I didn't notice. I often have trouble telling a tiger and a german shepherd apart, but really who doesn't? Thanks to BrianC for pointing that out.

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Stocking Stuffers: iTunes lists Best Audiobooks of 2005

historianApple has made gift giving a little easier by releasing several "Best Of..." lists in the audiobooks section of the iTunes Music Store [link]. Featured lists include the best of literature and fiction, health, body and mind, mysteries and thrillers and periodicals. Remember that you can send any audiobook as a gift by clicking "Gift this item" in the iTMS. Because you're not going to use that iPod to listen to music all day.

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iPod Garage releases Holiday Nanobook

nanobookThe iPod Garage has produced a free, downloadable eBook that quite thoroughly covers what you're going to want to know about the iPod nano. The Holiday Nanobook features articles, commentary and reviews of third party accessories, plus the winners of their photo contest. If you're giving an iPod nano this year, why not print this out and wrap them up together (It's 159 pages, so use the printer at work)?

The Holiday Nanobook is free and available here.

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OS X for Hackers at Heart

Hackers at heart I've never thought of myself as a 'hacker.' I have never terminaled into a government computer to see what I could see, I have never played tic tac toe with a mainframe at NORAD, nor have I ever called the Pope. All of that might be changing thanks to Syngress Publishing's newest book, 'OS X for Hackers at Heart.'

They say that this book is for anyone who wants to get a little more out of Tiger, and isn't afraid to dig and root around (ha! Get it? That's a little Unix type joke there). I'm sure that shortly after reading this book your friends and family alike will declare you 1337.

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Useful little iPod accessories book

ipodlifecover.gifBrowsing through the newest computer titles at a bookstore this weekend I came across this little gem: Your iPod Life: A Guide to the Best iPod Accessories from Playlist. Author Dan Frakes has put together a truly useful guide to iPod accessories, including cases, portable speakers, home speakers, headphones, car accessories, and general accessories. This little book is chock full of good information. There's a photo of each product, iPod compatibility icons, and down to earth evaluations of each product. The small guide is just the right size to take shopping with you, and the price is small too (currently $10.39 on Amazon). I used it to pick out my partner's Christmas present. (I can't tell you what it is because he's a faithful reader, but it's a goodie.) If you don't want to buy the book, you can get some of the same information by digging through Playlist's online product reviews.


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Book: Mac OS X Tiger in a Nutshell

Mac OS X Tiger in a NutshellO'Reilly's just firing them off this week. Yesterday it was a Missing Manual on iMovie and iDVD, today it's Tiger in a Nutshell, covering all the obvious new Tiger enhancements but focusing on the underlying graphics and Unix technologies, such as new ways to automate all those time-consuming, repetitive and batch tasks. In fact, the book's description claims to include the most complete Unix command reference in print - even more complete than the electronic manuals and documentation shipping with Tiger.

If you're jonesing for a copy, it looks like the book is only available in print ($39.95 USD) and not in O'Reilly's Safari Bookshelf - yet.

[via MacMinute]

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