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Mastering Mac OS X

Mastering Mac OS X


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Mac OS X combines the power/stability of Unix with the simplicity of the Mac. The new Aqua interface makes everything even more intuitive. At the foundation of Mac OS X lies an Unix-based operating system that delivers stability and performance providing advanced features such as protected memory, preemptive multitasking, advanced memory management, and symmetric multiprocessing. It includes easy-to-use tools for making movies, managing music, capturing digital camera photos, burning music and data CDs, playing DVD movies, and even authoring DVDs. The Classic technology runs thousands of existing Mac OS 9-compatible applications.

Table of Contents:
Part I The Mac OS X basics: what is Mac OS X and what's new?; the fundamentals of Mac X; the finder; using native and classic applications; personalize Mac OS X; getting help and searching your files; printing in Mac OS X; PDFs, fonts and colour; built-in accessory and security applications; being the administrator - privileges, settings and adding users. Part II On the Internet: configuring Internet access; the Web, iTools and online security; remote access and FTP; manage mail with Apple mail. Part III Multimedia - images, sound, video: QuickTime and QuickTime Pro; CDs, DVDs and speech; working with digital images. Part IV Networking, connectivity and portables: accessing network volumes; building a network and sharing files; PowerBooks, iBooks and Mac OS X; Mac OS X and other platforms. Part V Hardware, troubleshooting and maintenance: peripherals, Internet upgrades and disks; fixing applications and managing classic; solving system-level problems; typical problems and solutions; hard disk care, security and data recovery. Part VI Advanced Mac OS X topics: AppleScript and AppleScript Studio; terminal and the Darwin command line; Darwin applications and command-line magic; Web serving and net security; adding Internet and network services; back matter. Appendices: getting installed and set up; differences between Mac OS 9 and OS X; overview of Mac OS X server.

About the Author :
Todd Stauffer is the Macintosh columnist for Peak Computing Magazine and co-host of the Emmy-winning television show Disk Doctors, airing nationally on JEC Knowledge TV. His column "Happy Endings" appears weekly on the Mac news Web site Webintosh. Todd has written several books on the Macintosh, including Mac Upgrade and Repair Bible and Using the Internet With Your Mac.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780782141184
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Sybex Inc.,U.S.
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 1482 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0782141188
  • Publisher Date: 01 Sep 2002
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 229 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 191 mm


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