Mac OS X Hacks

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作者：Rael Dornfest, Kevin Hemenway
副书名：100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tricks
出版日期：March 2003
出版社：O'Reilly
页数：430
ISBN：0596004605
文件格式：CHM


MacOS X is a marvelous confluence of the user-friendly and highlycustomizable Macintosh of yesteryear and the power and flexibility ofUnix under the hood. Those coming to Mac OS X from previousincarnations of the operating system recognize much of the friendlyface of the Macintosh but they are also plunged into a whole new world.Unix converts to Mac OS X find a familiar FreeBSD-like operating systemat the core and many of the command-line applications that they’refamiliar with. This presents a unique opportunity for combiningtraditional Unix hacking and Mac OS know-how. Mac OS X Hacksgoes beyond the peculiar mix of man pages and not-particularly-helpfulHelp Center, pulling the best tips, tricks, and tools from the Macpower users and Unix hackers themselves. The collection reflects thereal-world know how and experience of those well steeped in Unixhistory and expertise, sharing their no-nonsense, sometimesquick-and-dirty solutions to administering and taking full advantage ofeverything a Unix desktop has to offer: Web, Mail, and FTP serving,security services, SSH, Perl and shell scripting, compiling,configuring, scheduling, networking, and hacking. Add to that theexperience of die-hard Macintosh users, customizing and modifying theirhardware and software to meet their needs: System Preferences, GUI modsand tweaks, hardware tips, vital shareware and freeware, AppleScript,AppleTalk and equivalents, keyboard modifiers, and generalMacintosh-style tomfoolery. Each Hack can be read easily in a fewminutes, saving countless hours of searching for the right answer. Mac OS X Hacksprovides direct, hands-on solutions that can be applied to thechallenges facing both those meeting the Mac for the first time andlong-time users delving into Mac OS X and its Unix underpinnings. Mac OS X Hacksis the third in O’Reilly’s new Hacks Serier which aims to beginreclaiming the term “hacking” for the good guys. In recent years, theterm has come to be associated with those nefarious black hats whobreak into computers to snoop, steal information or disrupt Internettraffic. But the term originally had a more benign meaning, and you’llstill hear it used this way whenever developers get together. Our newHacks books are written in the spirit of the true hackers — the peoplewho drive innovation.