Sometimes your Mac can be your best friend and sometimes, your worst enemy. While there's no denying that one of the Mac's greatest strengths is its glimmering Aqua interface, the one thing every Mac user hates is that darn spinning beach ball.

MAC ANNOYANCES gets down to the nitty-gritty, and shows you how to work around the flaws, faults, quirks, and glitches in the Mac's hardware, operating system, and myriad applications. Has the Finder lost its mind? Sick of Safari not opening the sites you need? Excel playing tricks with your data?
MAC ANNOYANCES is here to help.

Here are some of the things you'll finally be able to figure out with the help of MAC ANNOYANCES:

• Hog-tie Mac OS X to make it work the way you want
• Fix network hassles
• Switch to a different web browser or email client if Safari or Mail aren't cutting it
• Get around iLife's many quirks, with hints and tips for iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iTunes, and GarageBand
• Find a replacement battery for your iPod and instructions for replacing it
• Convince Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and even Virtual PC to play nice with your Mac

Packed with helpful tips and tricks and lifesaving utilities, MAC ANNOYANCES can't solve all your problems, but it'll keep you from tossing your shiny Mac against the wall.