Modding Mac OS X

Erica Sadun is the bestselling author of iMovie 3 Solutions, DVD Studio Pro 2 Solutions, Digital Video Essentials: Shoot, Transfer, Edit, Share and Digital Photography Essentials: Point, Shoot; Transfer, Share. In addition, she is a contributor to O'Reilly's Missing Manual series. Erica has a Ph. D. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech's Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center. A geek, a programmer, and an author, she's never met a gadget she didn't love.

Preface 1. Transforming Your Mac Desktops Screensavers Altering the Dock Changing the Look of Finder Windows Customizing Standard Icons Custom Themes Changing the Boot Panel Final Thoughts 2. Diving into Applications Application Bundles Understanding Bundle Structure Building Bundles Exploring the Resources Folder Understanding Localizations Plug-ins Property Lists Shrinking Applications Final Thoughts 3. Application Dumpster Diving Preparing to Dive The Xcode Tools Finding Goodies Changing Sounds Searching Through Alternate Locations Finding and Changing Images Peeking at (and Playing with) String Files Final Thoughts 4. Changing Icons Mac OS X Icon Files Viewing Icons Creating Custom Icons Changing Icons Creating a Pseudo-Application Final Thoughts 5. Preferences Files Preferences Files Managing Property Lists Real-World Preferences Files Discovering Undocumented Preferences Final Thoughts 6. Discovering Domains and Support Files. Folders Libraries and the Applications That Use Them Preference Domains Recovering Preferences Settings by Domain Final Thoughts 7. Changing Interface Elements Making Alterations Getting Ready to Hack Meeting Interface Builder Changing Window Styles Adding a Tool Tip Adding an Item to the Contextual Menu Adding a New Button Adding a Custom Drawer Adding Objects from Another NIB File Changing Object Classes Restoring the Terminal Application Final Thoughts 8. Altering Keyboard Shortcuts Philosophy of Keyboard Shortcuts Panther's New Keyboard Shortcuts Preferences Pane Changing the Keyboard Shortcuts Adding Application Keyboard Shortcuts Keyboard Shortcut Equivalents New Ways to Define Keyboard Shortcuts Speakable Items Viewing Keyboard Shortcuts Final Thoughts 9. Basic Application Scripting Discovering Scriptable Applications Getting Ready to Script Talking to Applications User Interface Scripting General Application Scripting Final Thoughts 10. Scripting the Unscriptable Activating Application Scriptability Expanding Suite Possibilities Updating the Core Suite Reverting to the Original NSCoreSuite Files Final Thoughts