Running Mac OS X Panther - Brossura

Davidson, James Duncan

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0596005008 ISBN 13: 9780596005009

Casa editrice: O'Reilly, 2003

Riassunto

Apple® has shown no mercy to the Macintosh® power user---that dedicated individual who knows their Mac® inside and out: what makes it tick, and what makes it tick better. In the rapid evolution of Mac OS® X, there have been three major releases, and each new release challenges the power user to once more stay ahead of the learning curve. Mac OS X Panther is no exception to that rule. With more than 100 new features, including a new Finder, Expos , FileVault, and an improved BSD Unix core, there's plenty here to master. Fortunately, power users have a secret weapon in Running Mac OS X Panther. This book takes readers deep inside Mac OS X's core, revealing the inner workings of Panther for those who want to get the most out of their system.Running Mac OS X Panther is the ultimate Swiss Army Knife™ for power users who want to customize, tweak, and generally rev up their Mac. The easy-to-follow format is organized into three primary parts:

• Getting Started introduces you to Mac OS X--where it came from, how it's put together, and how it works
• Administration Essentials gives you the tools you need to examine how your system is running and adjust all the knobs behind its operation
• Networking and Network Services covers all the ways Mac OS X interfaces with the world around it, including wireless and spontaneous networking

Developer Tools, including Xcode, for Mac OS X are discussed throughout the book where needed to accomplish the task at hand. The appendices that follow include handy quick reference materials for things such as Open Firmware.Written for readers who are inquisitive and confident enough to dig into their Macintosh system, Running Mac OS X Panther doesn't waste time talking about silly Finder tips or glossing over the messier details. This book dives right in and explains how your Mac works. You may not be a Mac guru when you start this book, but once you've read it, you'll be well on your way.

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L'autore

James Duncan Davidson is a freelance author, software developer, and consultant focusing on Mac OS X, Java, XML, and open source technologies. He is the author of Learning Cocoa with Objective-C (published by O'Reilly & Associates) and is a frequent contributor to the O'Reilly Network online website as well as publisher of his own website, x180 (http://www.x180.net), where he keeps his popular weblog. Duncan was the creator of Apache Tomcat and Apache Ant and was instrumental in their donation to the Apache Software Foundation by Sun Microsystems . While working at Sun, he authored two versions of the Java Servlet API specification as well as the Java API for XML Processing. Duncan regularly presents at conferences all over the world on topics ranging from open source and collaborative development to programming Java more effectively. He didn't graduate with a Computer Science degree, but sees that as a benefit in helping explain how software works. His educational background is in Architecture (the bricks and mortar kind), the essence of which he applies to every software problem that finds him. He currently resides in San Francisco, California.

Contenuti

Copyright; Preface; Audience; How This Book Is Organized; How to Use This Book; Compatibility; Conventions Used in This Book; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgments; Part I: Getting Started; Chapter 1: Where It All Came From; 1.1 The Classic Mac OS; 1.2 System 7; 1.3 Copland; 1.4 NEXTSTEP; 1.5 Rhapsody; 1.6 Continued Development of the Classic Mac OS; 1.7 Mac OS X 10.0; 1.8 Mac OS X 10.1; 1.9 Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar; 1.10 Mac OS X Panther; 1.11 What Does the Future Hold?; Chapter 2: Lay of the Land; 2.1 Filesystem Hierarchy; 2.2 The Many Roots of the Finder; 2.3 Filesystem Domains; 2.4 The Library; 2.5 Further Explorations; Chapter 3: The Terminal and Shell; 3.1 Terminal Overview; 3.2 Mac-specific Shell Commands; 3.3 Configuring and Using bash; 3.4 Using Other Shells; 3.5 Shell Scripts; 3.6 Getting Help; 3.7 Editing Text Files; 3.8 Further Explorations; Part PART II: Essentials; Chapter 4: System Startup and Login; 4.1 The Hardware Boot Process; 4.2 The Operating System Boot Process; 4.3 Logging In; 4.4 Monitoring Users; 4.5 Logging Out; 4.6 Shutting Down the System; 4.7 Further Explorations; Chapter 5: Users and Groups; 5.1 What is a User Anyway?; 5.2 Managing Users; 5.3 Nonhuman Users; Chapter 6: Files and Permissions; 6.1 Finding Files; 6.2 File Ownership; 6.3 Type and Creator Codes; 6.4 Further Explorations; Chapter 7: Monitoring the System; 7.1 About This Mac; 7.2 System Profiler; 7.3 Monitoring System Activity; 7.4 Working with Processes; 7.5 Further Explorations; Chapter 8: Scheduling Tasks; 8.1 Setting the Time; 8.2 Using iCal to Schedule Tasks; 8.3 Using periodic; 8.4 cron; 8.5 The System crontab File; 8.6 The User crontab; 8.7 Changing periodic's Execution Time; 8.8 Further Explorations; Chapter 9: Preferences and Defaults; 9.1 Property Lists; 9.2 Where Preferences are Stored; 9.3 Reading and Writing Preferences; 9.4 Determining Preference Keys; 9.5 Further Explorations; Chapter 10: Disks and Filesystems; 10.1 Filesystems; 10.2 Network-based Filesystems; 10.3 Disk Utility; 10.4 Erasing and Formatting Disks; 10.5 Partitioning Disks; 10.6 Disk Images; 10.7 Creating a RAID; 10.8 Further Explorations; Part III: Advanced Topics; Chapter 11: Open Directory; 11.1 Open Directory in Action; 11.2 Directory Services Defined; 11.3 Directory Domains; 11.4 The Local Domain and NetInfo; 11.5 Configuring Shared Domains; 11.6 Kerberos and Single Sign-on; 11.7 Command-Line Open Directory Tools; 11.8 Further Explorations; Chapter 12: Printing; 12.1 Print System Overview; 12.2 Managing Printers; 12.3 Adding and Configuring Printers; 12.4 Anatomy of a Print Job; 12.5 Printing from the Command Line; 12.6 Further Explorations; Chapter 13: Networking; 13.1 The Internet Protocol; 13.2 Configuring IP Addresses; 13.3 Naming and DNS; 13.4 Private Networks and NAT; 13.5 Routing; 13.6 Active Network Connections; 13.7 AppleTalk; 13.8 Locations; 13.9 Using a Dial-Up Connection; 13.10 Virtual Private Networks; 13.11 Firewalls; 13.12 Internet Connection Sharing; 13.13 Further Explorations; Chapter 14: Network Services; 14.1 File Sharing; 14.2 Web Sharing; 14.3 Remote Login; 14.4 FTP Access; 14.5 Sharing Printers; 14.6 Mail; Part IV: Appendixes; Appendix A: Installing From Scratch; A.1 Preparing to Install Panther; A.2 Installing Panther; Appendix B: Boot Command Keys; Appendix C: Other Sources of Information; C.1 Books; C.2 Magazines; C.3 Mailing Lists; C.4 Web Sites; About the Author; Colophon; The Running Mac OS X Panther Lab;

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: O'Reilly
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0596005008
• ISBN 13: 9780596005009
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 306