Mac OS X Leopard (eBook)

Beyond the Manual

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2008 | 1st ed.
598 Seiten
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978-1-4302-0255-4 (ISBN)

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Mac OS X Leopard - Mike Lee, Scott Meyers
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Mac OS X Leopard: Beyond the Manual is written for the sophisticated computer user who would find an introductory manual tedious. Features new to Leopard are emphasized, as are complex features that, though available in earlier versions of OS X, were not readily accessible. The narrative is fast-paced, concise, and respectful of the reader's familiarity with earlier versions of the program.



Mike Lee, the world's toughest programmer, is the founder and chief executive officer of United Lemur, a philanthropic revolution disguised as a software company. Mike has had a role in creating many popular iPhone applications, including Obama '08, Tap Tap Revenge, Twinkle, and Jott. Prior to iPhone, Mike cut his teeth and won an Apple Design Award at Seattle-based Delicious Monster Software. Mike is a popular blogger and occasional pundit, and has been seen on Twitter as @bmf. Mike and his wife are originally from Honolulu, but live in Silicon Valley, where they are raising two cats. Mike's hobbies include weightlifting, single malts, and fire. Mike can be contacted at mike@unitedlemur.org.
Good computer books make assumptions about the reader: what they do and don't know when they pick up the book, and what they want to know when they put it down. For each reader this could be very different; therefore, a book that suits one person may not be the best for another. Mac OS X Leopard: Beyond the Manual makes some assumptions too, ones that tend to differ from other Mac OS X books.First of all, we assume that you have used a computer in that past: that you know how to use a mouse and you know the proper place to stick a DVD to get it to play in your computer. We won't be showing you these things. (We will, however, demonstrate to our Mac converts how to right click on a trackpad with only one button!).Second, we assume you know what you want to do with your computer. We won't waste your time showing you specifically, step by step how to order a pizza from Pizza Galaxy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with Safari (though, when you're done with this book we think you'll be able to do this just fine if such a place exists, anyway).Finally, we assume that you are a reasonably intelligent person who realizes the value of such phrases as Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime and can imagine how that might apply to a computer book.If this sounds like you, then we think you'll find this book rewarding.Inside you will find everything you need to get up to speed with Mac OS X Leopard including: Using the standard included Leopard applications including Mail, Safari, Preview, and more Taking advantage of the Darwin subsystem in Leopard Learning all the ins and outs of the Finder and Leopards improved interface Administering your computer for yourself and for others Working with other computers and operating systems from you Mac Configuring the network to take full advantageof the powerful networking capabilities in Leopard Working with add on devices via USB,Firewire, and Bluetooth Effectively implementing data backup, recovery and security Getting started with OS X development in Leopard

Mike Lee, the world's toughest programmer, is the founder and chief executive officer of United Lemur, a philanthropic revolution disguised as a software company. Mike has had a role in creating many popular iPhone applications, including Obama '08, Tap Tap Revenge, Twinkle, and Jott. Prior to iPhone, Mike cut his teeth and won an Apple Design Award at Seattle-based Delicious Monster Software. Mike is a popular blogger and occasional pundit, and has been seen on Twitter as @bmf. Mike and his wife are originally from Honolulu, but live in Silicon Valley, where they are raising two cats. Mike's hobbies include weightlifting, single malts, and fire. Mike can be contacted at mike@unitedlemur.org.

Contents at a Glance 4
Contents 6
About the Authors 20
Acknowledgments 21
Introduction 22
Getting to Know Leopard 23
Working in Leopard: The Aqua Interface 24
The File System 48
Using Spotlight, Expose, Spaces, and Dashboard 58
Customizing and Administering Leopard 70
System Preferences 71
Connecting Peripherals to Your Mac 119
Common Leopard Maintenance 140
Backup, Synchronization, and Recovery of Data 154
Leopard Security 162
Communications and the Internet 174
Connecting to the Internet 175
Browsing the Web with Safari 189
Mail, Address Book, and iCal 215
iChat 247
Working with Applications 263
Application Basics 264
Apple Apps Included with Leopard 272
.Mac 282
iLife ' 08 287
iWork ' 08 297
Getting to Know Darwin 303
Introducing Darwin and the Shell 304
Extending the Power of Darwin 344
Networking Leopard 364
Leopard Networking 365
Working with Remote Servers and Networks 378
Leopard As a Web Server 395
Leopard Development and Scripting 411
Mac OS X Automation with Automator and AppleScript 412
Mac OS X Development: The Application Frameworks 431
Mac OS X Development: The Tools 456
Mac OS X Development: Objective-C 490
Cross-Platform Solutions 522
Working with Microsoft Windows and Other Operating Systems 523
Appendixes 531
What' s New with Leopard? 532
Installing Mac OS X Leopard 550
Index 561

Erscheint lt. Verlag 14.5.2008
Zusatzinfo 598 p.
Verlagsort Berkeley
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Informatik Betriebssysteme / Server Macintosh / Mac OS X
Informatik Programmiersprachen / -werkzeuge Mac / Cocoa Programmierung
Schlagworte Development • Java • Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) • operating system • WINDOWS
ISBN-10 1-4302-0255-6 / 1430202556
ISBN-13 978-1-4302-0255-4 / 9781430202554
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