Under the Apple 1987
Under the [Apple]: Discover the Power of Macintosh Desk Accessories is a 1987 book by Howard Bornstein, published by Info Books, PO Box 1048, Santa Monica, California. In the title, "[Apple]" is printed as an apple symbol. ISBN 0-931137-06-3; Library of Congress QA76.8.M3B67 1986, card number 86-16110.[1] The Library of Congress record gives the publisher as Info Books and the extent as xviii, 349 pages.[2]
The title refers to the Apple menu. The book is a catalogue of Macintosh desk accessories, commercial and shareware, grouped into ten categories, with chapters on installing them. Bornstein notes that the System file holds at most 15 desk accessories and recommends Lofty Becker's shareware accessory "Other..." for opening more from disk.[3]
Contents
[edit | edit source]Page numbers are from the book's contents list.[4]
- About This Book, p. xi
- Chapter 1: Introducing Desk Accessories, p. 1
- Chapter 2: Installing Desk Accessories, p. 7
- Chapter 3: Desk Accessory Sets, p. 27
- Chapter 4: Word Processing, p. 41
- Chapter 5: Graphics, p. 83
- Chapter 6: Management, p. 105
- Chapter 7: Calculators, p. 149
- Chapter 8: Communications, p. 176
- Chapter 9: General Utilities, p. 199
- Chapter 10: Disk Utilities, p. 249
- Chapter 11: Programmer's Utilities, p. 273
- Chapter 12: Security, p. 297
- Chapter 13: Games, p. 303
- Appendix 1: Macintosh User Groups, p. 323
- Appendix 2: MAUG, p. 328
- Appendix 3: Under the Apple Disks, p. 339
- Indexes (applications by product type, authors, general), p. 341
What this book does not contain
[edit | edit source]It is about software. It has no hardware information or service procedures. The hosted scan is 363 PDF pages, covers included.
Download: Under_the_Apple_1987.pdf (16.1 MB)
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Howard Bornstein, Under the [Apple] (Info Books, 1987), cover, title page and copyright page (PDF pp. 1-3).
- ↑ Open Library, Under the Apple, record OL2722567M, from Library of Congress catalogue data. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ Bornstein, Under the [Apple], About This Book, pp. xi-xvi (PDF pp. 10-15).
- ↑ Bornstein, Under the [Apple], Contents (PDF pp. 5-9).