Talk:Mac OS X Tiger

Welcome to the Discussion page for the Mac OS X Tiger Wikibook!

This book is designed for users with users with moderate computer experience. This book is mainly for home users, or clientside use on large networks. Write about stuff you want this person to know. It's the same audience as books like "The Missing Manual" or "Mac OS X Tiger for Dummies".

Once you get into large(r) network administration, the Terminal, AppleScript, etc., you should put it into the Advanced Concepts section.

=To-Do List For This Wikibook= The following work needs to be done first:
 * 1) Setting Up Accounts - Needs coverage of basic account management
 * 2) Networking your Mac - Needs coverage of basic networking setup/maintenance
 * 3) Printing and Faxing - Needs coverage of basic printer setup/use
 * 4) Appendix B - Needs lots of content

=To-Do List for This Page=

=Discussion= Use this section to discuss the above guidelines.

Review of work so far
The book has to pick a target audience. Right now, it might be "new Mac users", or "new Computer users", or even "users New to Max OS X Tiger". It explains a bunch of elements, then says If you're familiar with computers, you're familiar with the concept of a dialog box. That depends on the user level. Since the guidelines state users with little to moderate computer experience, we shouldn't assume that they are familiar. Lots of users just click ok until they go away. :(

The graphic of OS X retail box isn't there, although there is an imagebox for it.

Finally, a comment on tone. While I think it's important tone be kept light, it should also be focused. (eg, in Intro to Desktop, If you ever feel tempted to slide the Mac desktop out of your monitor and eat it, you're forgiven. I think the sentence would be better as "If you think the Mac desktop looks good enough to eat, your not alone". Rather than in the intro, it might be better placed as a caption or in a sidebar). Don't get me wrong, I don't think humour/jokes aren't a good learning approach, but you are setting the tone in the intro, and that should be casual. Just MHO.

I inserted your idea to the Intro to Desktop page a few minutes ago, with only one minor typographical change (“your” → “you're”). SupremeUmanu (discuss • contribs) 22:23, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

=Windows vs. Mac Past 'Bias'= -History Module Page After reading this 'book.' I noticed the language was very protective and positive about mac and negative towards microsoft. The point i am trying to make is this 'book' needs more neutral language.

As for the windows 'book' I am sure the windows articles may be the same way. As i intend to read them as well. I will note if it seems that there articles seem to bias the history of the company.

Mac OS X books
Hi all,

The Mac OS X Tiger Server has been nominated for deletion. A contributor merged its content into this book and suggested their edit histories be merged.

It was pointed out that these two books had different intended scopes and suggested that contributors be asked.

Suggestions of trimming the book name(s) to remove the version were also raised.

Please contribute to this discussion at Votes for deletion. Thanks, --Swift (talk) 01:57, 8 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Result was merge. Mac OS X Tiger/Open Directory is now orphaned and needs to be merged or speedy deletion tagged. -- Adrignola talk contribs 05:57, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned pages
The following pages are orphaned and not linked to by this book. Please link to them, merge them into existing content and label them with, or if the are no longer needed mark them with. -- Adrignola talk contribs 03:08, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Mac OS X Tiger/A Quick Look Under the Hood
 * Mac OS X Tiger/Open Directory
 * Mac OS X Tiger/Using your Mac as a Web Server


 * Done... If are so inclined turn the still lingering sections on the top page as sub categories (I didn't do it because of the speedy request for deletion)...  --Panic (talk) 05:15, 3 August 2009 (UTC)


 * All done. It seems that some pages have an old navigational scheme that is only partially working. My opinion is that those things are a bane on books that create more problems that those they address. I'm not going to fix them and I urge anyone that takes to that task to just remove them...
 * PS: IIRC this is mentioned on the How to use this wikibook (or similar chapter) also... --Panic (talk) 08:17, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Use of Appropriate Tense
Which tense should I use for writing this book? I understand that Mac OS X Tiger is now five (soon to be six, once OS X Yosemite is released) major versions out of date. Should I write using past tense, possibly mentioning features in perspective with later versions of Mac OS X, or write in present tense and pretend that later software wasn't released yet?

Thanks — SupremeUmanu (discuss • contribs) 21:49, 9 June 2014 (UTC)