Good Mac OS X reading material?

lanceomni · #1 12-11-2008, 04:48 PM

Apart from Apple's Dev site can anyone give me some recommendations on books or articles regarding OSX. I am thirsty for knowledge.

nfoav8or · #2 12-11-2008, 07:07 PM

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Big...6529826/?itm=1

I took my mac to barnes and noble and sat down and read it for a while and found it pretty helpful. its 627 pages and there's lots of helpful coding as well.

The Synopsis from the site is as follows:

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Bigger in size, longer in length, broader in scope, and even more useful than our original Mac OS X Hacks, the new Big Book of Apple Hacks offers a grab bag of tips, tricks and hacks to get the most out of Mac OS X Leopard, as well as the new line of iPods, iPhone, and Apple TV. With 125 entirely new hacks presented in step-by-step fashion, this practical book is for serious Apple computer and gadget users who really want to take control of these systems. Many of the hacks take you under the hood and show you how to tweak system preferences, alter or add keyboard shortcuts, mount drives and devices, and generally do things with your operating system and gadgets that Apple doesn't expect you to do. The Big Book of Apple Hacks gives you: Hacks for both Mac OS X Leopard and Tiger, their related applications, and the hardware they run on or connect to Expanded tutorials and lots of background material, including informative sidebars "Quick Hacks" for tweaking system and gadget settings in minutes Full-blown hacks for adjusting Mac OS X applications such as Mail, Safari, iCal, Front Row, or the iLife suite Plenty of hacks and tips for the Mac mini, the MacBook laptops, and new Intel desktops Tricks for running Windows on the Mac, under emulation in Parallels or as a standalone OS with Bootcamp The Big Book of Apple Hacks is not only perfect for Mac fans and power users, but also for recent -- and aspiring -- "switchers" new to the Apple experience. Hacks are arranged by topic for quick and easy lookup, and each one stands on its own so you can jump around and tweak whatever system or gadget strikes your fancy. Pick up this book and take control of Mac OS X and your favorite Applegadgettoday!

lanceomni · #3 12-11-2008, 07:20 PM

Thanks Ill check it out.

Puttabong · #4 12-11-2008, 07:42 PM

Hi lanceomni,

If you're interested in developing applications for Mac OS X, I'd like to recommend Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X by Aaron Hillegas.

lanceomni · #5 12-11-2008, 07:49 PM

Ill take a peak at this one too. Ive dabbled with php, ajax, sql and other web related scripting languages even some Basic for programming microcontrollers but this might be over my head. Ill check it out though. Thank You

zuz242 · #6 12-12-2008, 08:30 PM

an interesting piece of information, but not as hardcopy, can be found here:
http://pcwizcomputer.com/index.php?o...d=83&Itemid=45
these flowcharts demonstrated the concept of "kext" to me quite well

lanceomni · #7 12-12-2008, 08:36 PM

Those are great I was just looking at them recently. Thanks for the info!

Keep it coming.

erick2red · #8 04-17-2009, 01:54 PM

can u recommend some free documentation, like some free replacement for Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X