Table of Contents

Running Mac OS X Tiger
By James Duncan Davidson, Jason Deraleau
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Publisher: O'Reilly
Pub Date: December 2005
ISBN: 0-596-00913-5
Pages: 392

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		Preface
			Audience
			How This Book Is Organized
			How to Use This Book
			Compatibility
			Conventions Used in This Book
			Using Code Examples
			Safari® Enabled
			How to Contact Us
			Acknowledgments
			Acknowledgments from the First Edition
		Chapter 1.  Where It All Came From
			Section 1.1.  The Classic Mac OS
			Section 1.2.  System 7
			Section 1.3.  Copland
			Section 1.4.  NEXTSTEP
			Section 1.5.  Rhapsody
			Section 1.6.  Continued Development of the Classic Mac OS
			Section 1.7.  Mac OS X 10.0
			Section 1.8.  Mac OS X 10.1
			Section 1.9.  Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
			Section 1.10.  Mac OS X Panther
			Section 1.11.  Mac OS X Tiger
			Section 1.12.  What Does the Future Hold?
		Chapter 2.  Installing the System and Software
			Section 2.1.  Preparing to Install Tiger
			Section 2.2.  Installing Tiger
			Section 2.3.  The Software of Mac OS X
			Section 2.4.  Staying Up-to-Date
			Section 2.5.  Further Explorations
		Chapter 3.  Lay of the Land
			Section 3.1.  The World's Most Advanced Operating System
			Section 3.2.  Filesystem Hierarchy
			Section 3.3.  The Many Roots of the Finder
			Section 3.4.  Filesystem Domains
			Section 3.5.  The Library
			Section 3.6.  Bundles
			Section 3.7.  Further Explorations
		Chapter 4.  The Terminal and Shell
			Section 4.1.  Terminal Overview
			Section 4.2.  Configuring and Using bash
			Section 4.3.  Using Other Shells
			Section 4.4.  Getting Help
			Section 4.5.  Editing Text Files
			Section 4.6.  Further Explorations
		Chapter 5.  System Startup and Login
			Section 5.1.  The Hardware Boot Process
			Section 5.2.  The Operating System Boot Process
			Section 5.3.  Logging In
			Section 5.4.  Logging Out
			Section 5.5.  Shutting Down the System
			Section 5.6.  Energy Preferences
			Section 5.7.  Further Explorations
		Chapter 6.  Users and Groups
			Section 6.1.  What Is a User Anyway?
			Section 6.2.  Managing Users
			Section 6.3.  Nonhuman Users
			Section 6.4.  Further Explorations
		Chapter 7.  Open Directory
			Section 7.1.  Open Directory in Action
			Section 7.2.  Directory Services Defined
			Section 7.3.  Directory Domains
			Section 7.4.  The Local Domain and NetInfo
			Section 7.5.  Configuring Shared Domains
			Section 7.6.  Kerberos and Single Sign-on
			Section 7.7.  Command-Line Open Directory Tools
			Section 7.8.  Further Explorations
		Chapter 8.  Files and Permissions
			Section 8.1.  Finding Files
			Section 8.2.  Owners and Access
			Section 8.3.  Metadata and File Attributes
			Section 8.4.  Further Explorations
		Chapter 9.  Disks and Filesystems
			Section 9.1.  Filesystems
			Section 9.2.  Network-Based Filesystems
			Section 9.3.  Disk Utility
			Section 9.4.  Erasing and Formatting Disks
			Section 9.5.  Partitioning Disks
			Section 9.6.  RAID
			Section 9.7.  Disk Images
			Section 9.8.  Further Explorations
		Chapter 10.  Printing
			Section 10.1.  Print System Overview
			Section 10.2.  Managing Printers
			Section 10.3.  Adding and Configuring Printers
			Section 10.4.  Anatomy of a Print Job
			Section 10.5.  PDF Services
			Section 10.6.  Printing from the Command Line
			Section 10.7.  Print Sharing
			Section 10.8.  Further Explorations
		Chapter 11.  Networking
			Section 11.1.  The Internet Protocol
			Section 11.2.  Configuring IP Addresses
			Section 11.3.  Naming and DNS
			Section 11.4.  Private Networks and NAT
			Section 11.5.  Routing
			Section 11.6.  Active Network Connections
			Section 11.7.  AppleTalk
			Section 11.8.  Locations
			Section 11.9.  Using a Dial-Up Connection
			Section 11.10.  FireWire Networking
			Section 11.11.  Virtual Private Networks
			Section 11.12.  Firewalls
			Section 11.13.  Internet Connection Sharing
			Section 11.14.  Further Explorations
		Chapter 12.  Monitoring the System
			Section 12.1.  About This Mac
			Section 12.2.  System Profiler
			Section 12.3.  Monitoring System Activity
			Section 12.4.  Monitoring Users
			Section 12.5.  Working with Processes
			Section 12.6.  Remote Maintenance
			Section 12.7.  Further Explorations
		Chapter 13.  Automating Tasks
			Section 13.1.  The Importance of Time
			Section 13.2.  Using iCal to Schedule Tasks
			Section 13.3.  cron
			Section 13.4.  Automator
			Section 13.5.  Scripting
			Section 13.6.  Further Explorations
		Chapter 14.  Preferences and Defaults
			Section 14.1.  Property Lists
			Section 14.2.  Where Preferences Are Stored
			Section 14.3.  Reading and Writing Preferences
			Section 14.4.  Determining Preference Keys
			Section 14.5.  Further Explorations
		Appendix A.  Boot Command Keys
		Appendix B.  Other Sources of Information
			Section B.1.  Books
			Section B.2.  Magazines
			Section B.3.  Mailing Lists
			Section B.4.  Web Sites
		About the Authors
		Colophon
		Index