Learn Mac OS X Snow Leopard

ISBN-13: 9781430219460 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 632 str.

Scott Meyers; Mike Lee

Opis

Whether you re new to the Mac or just new to Snow Leopard, we wrote this book for you. We didn t say new to computers. That s what makes this book unique. Maybe you re an infrequent upgrader or a programmer from another platform who bought a Mac to write so- ware for the iPhone. We talk to you, without talking down to you. We don t explain to you what a mouse is, but we do tell how using a mouse on a Mac is different from using a mouse on Windows. We give detailed summaries of every part of Mac OS X, from the Finder to Terminal. We give you a tour of the Applications folder, with chapters dedicated to Snow Leopard applications and iLife, Apple s digital lifestyle suite. We get you connected, with chapters on Safari, iChat, and MobileMe, as well as on the productivity trio of Mail, Address Book, and iCal. We don t stop at the consumer stuff. We point out the Pro versions and link to the do- mentation. We provide generous screenshots and actual, usable sample code. We talk about the UNIX layer that lives beneath Aqua s candy shell. We show you how to master your Mac with shell scripts, AppleScripts, and Automator. We show you how to install the Xcode developer tools. We take you on a tour of the Cocoa frameworks and get up close and personal with Objective-C, the native programming language of both Mac OS X and iPhone OS."

Spis treści

1. Working in Snow Leopard: The Aqua interface
2. The File System
3. Using Spotlight, Exposé, Spaces, and Dashboard
4. System Preferences
5. Printing, Peripherals, and Bluetooth in Snow Leopard
6. Common Mac OS X Maintenance
7. Backup, Synchronization, and Recovery of Data
8. Mac OS X Security
9. Connecting to the Internet
10. Browsing the Web with Safari
11. Mail, Address Book, and iCal
12. iChat
13. MobileMe
14. Application Basics
15. Snow Leopard Applications
16. iLife '09
17. Introducing Darwin and the Shell
18. Extending the Power of Darwin
19. Snow Leopard Networking
20. Working with Remote Servers and Networks
21. Snow Leopard As a Web Server
22. Mac OS X Automation with Automator and AppleScript
23. Mac OS X Development: The Application Frameworks
24. Mac OS X Development: The Tools
25. Mac OS X Development: Objective-C
26. Working with Microsoft Windows and Other Operating Systems

O autorze

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.