Hacking Mac OS X Tiger

Serious Hacks, Mods and Customizations

Scott Knaster - Collection ExtremeTech

390 pages, parution le 02/08/2005

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Résumé

This serious-but-fun, down-and-dirty book dives into default system settings, unlocks hidden gems, and includes original Mac OS X programs with full source listings and explanations.
Heavyweight hackers will learn the tricks and modes of OS X booting, tweaks for login screens, and how to customize or even kill the Dock. Find out the inside scoop on Dashboard and Spotlight, including two sample widgets and one Spotlight importer, all with fully annotated source listings.
With tips to make Tiger purr, this book concentrates on tweaking the appearance, speed, usability, and security settings of Mac OS X to get your Mac working the way you want.
Speed it up, lock it down, or pull back the curtains. Find out how to install and use Unix and X11 applications on your Mac, take advantage of command line tools, and create system services and active Dock badges.

L'auteur - Scott Knaster

Scott Knaster is the author of How to Write Macintosh Software and Macintosh Programming Secrets, long required reading for Mac programmers. Scott owns every issue of Mad Magazine, which offers some insight into his personal philosophy.

Sommaire

Tips
- Finder
- Dashboard and Dock
- Preferences and System Stuff
- User Interface
- Startup
- iTunes
- Nifty Utilities
- Running Unix Applications
- Terminal
- Shell Commands
Mods
- Inside Application Bundles
- Preferences and Property Lists
- Automator
- Xcode and Other Tools
Hacks
- Badger
- Word of the Day
- Top Tunes
- Video Desktop
- TextFilter
- Spotlight for XML
- Commando
- mach_override and mach_inject

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Scott Knaster
Collection	ExtremeTech
Parution	02/08/2005
Nb. de pages	390
Format	19 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	605g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780764583452
ISBN13	978-0-7645-8345-2