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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Singh, Amit.
   Mac OS X internals : a systems approach / Amit Singh.
       p. cm.
   Includes bibliographical references and index.
   ISBN 0-321-27854-2 (hardback : alk. paper)
 1. Mac OS. 2. Operating systems (Computers) 3. Macintosh (Computer)--Programming. I. Title.
  QA76.76.O63S5645 2006
  005.4'4682dc22
                                                                       2006014901

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Dedication

To my parents, Sharda and Amar Singh, for teaching me everything I know about learning, for giving me everything that I ever needed (or wanted) from them, and for always being in my way without becoming an obstacle.