📚 The Macintosh

The 1984 machine that made the graphical interface ordinary, and the book-shelf of culture built around it.

Below are the 30 works carrying the subject macintosh (computer) in the Open Library catalogue with the most editions in print. Author and first year are as the record states them; a missing year means the record does not carry one, not that the book is undated. Novels set in the subject are left out, because a list of historical fiction is not a list of history. Where one author dominates the reprint counts, no more than two of their titles appear.

Cover	Title	Author	First published	Editions
	Inside Macintosh	Apple Computer Inc.	1986	18
	iPad for dummies	Edward C. Baig	2011	18
	MacBook for dummies	Mark L. Chambers	2010	15
	Apple Pro Training Series	Diana Weynand	2003	13
	Apple Training Series	Peachpit Press	2004	12
	Macs for seniors for dummies	Mark L. Chambers	2011	12
	The little Mac book	Robin Williams	1990	11
	The analytical engine	Rick Decker	1990	8
	Complex variables and applications	James Ward Brown	1995	8
	Macs for Dummies	David Pogue	2001	8
	Macs	Paul McFedries	2008	8
	MacBook Pro Portable Genius	Brad Miser	2009	8
	Macintosh revealed	Stephen Chernicoff	1900	7
	Macs for dummies	David Pogue	1992	7
	Macs for Dummies	Edward C. Baig	2008	7
	MacBook Pro Portable Genius	Brad Miser	2009	7
	Macs All-In-One for Dummies	Joe Hutsko	2010	7
	The Mac is not a typewriter	Robin Williams	1989	6
	The Macintosh bible, "what do I do now?" book	Charles Rubin	1990	6
	The complete scanner handbook for desktop publishing	David D. Busch	1990	6
	Insanely Great	Steven Levy	1994	6
	Web development with the Mac	Aaron Vegh	2010	6
	Selling the Dream	Guy Kawasaki	1991	5
	Programming primer for the Macintosh	John C. May	1994	5
	Cheap & Easy Internet Access	Bob LeVitus	1996	5
	Switching to a Mac for dummies	Arnold Reinhold	2007	5
	Mac OS X advanced system administration v10.5	Edward R. Marczak	2009	5
	Macs All-in-One for Dummies	Joe Hutsko	2010	5
	The Macintosh font book	Erfert Fenton	1989	4
	Learn C on the Macintosh	Dave Mark	1991	4

List built from Open Library (CC0 metadata) · retrieved 03 Nov 2026 UTC · capped at 30 works per subject.

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