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Tables of Contents for Mac OS X in a Nutshell
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
Part I. Lay of the Land
Using Mac OS X
3
41
The Mac Desktop
3
1
The Menu Bar
3
15
The Dock
18
10
Windows
28
8
Opening and Saving Documents
36
3
Services
39
1
Logging Out and Shutting Down
40
1
Starting Up and Logging In
41
3
Using the Finder
44
38
Finder Overview
44
3
Finder Views
47
10
Menus and Keyboard Shortcuts
57
5
Files, Folders, and Disks
62
8
Moving, Copying, and Renaming Objects
70
3
The Get Info Window
73
2
Favorites
75
1
Searching for and Locating Files
76
5
Relaunching the Finder
81
1
Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, and Classic
82
17
Changes to Mac OS X from Mac OS 9
82
4
What Is Classic?
86
1
Starting Classic
87
1
Controlling Classic
88
2
Managing Classic Applications
90
2
Using Classic Applications
92
4
Printing from Classic
96
1
Dual-Booting with Mac OS 9
97
2
Task and Setting Index
99
30
Part II. System Configuration
System Preferences
129
59
Using System Preferences
129
3
The System Preference Panels
132
49
Speech Recognition and Speakable Commands
181
5
Adding Panes to System Preferences
186
2
Applications and Utilities
188
21
Applications
189
12
Installing Applications
201
8
Networking
209
21
Networking Basics
209
10
Mounting Network Disks
219
4
Web Browsing
223
3
Using FTP
226
1
Remote Logins
227
1
Virtual Network Computers
228
2
Printer Configuration and Printing
230
16
How Printing Works
230
1
The Print Dialog
231
3
Print Center
234
4
Page Setup
238
1
Alternative Printer Interfaces
239
3
Printer Sharing
242
1
Configuring Cups
242
2
Printer Drivers
244
1
Saving as PDF
244
2
Filesystem Overview
246
18
Mac OS X Filesystems
246
2
Filesystem Organization
248
7
Hidden Files
255
5
The File Permissions System
260
4
Running Java Applications
264
13
How Java Works
264
1
Running Standalone Applications
265
1
Running Applets
265
4
Java on the Command Line
269
1
Building Applications with MRJAppBuilder
270
7
Part III. System and Network Administration
System Administration Overview
277
23
Acting as Root
277
2
Managing Users and Groups
279
4
Network Administration
283
4
NFS
287
9
Single-User Mode
296
2
Cron Tasks
298
2
Directory Services and NetInfo
300
16
Open Directory Overview
300
1
Directory Access
301
2
NetInfo Concepts
303
4
NetInfo User Interfaces
307
6
Exploring Common Directories
313
1
The Machines Directory
314
1
For More Information
315
1
Running Network Services
316
11
Network Services Overview
316
1
Running Services in Mac OS X
316
2
Mail Services
318
2
Web Services
320
1
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
321
1
Remote Login Services
322
1
File Sharing Services
323
1
Configuring Startup Items
323
4
Web Publishing with a DAMP System
327
10
Elements of a DAMP System
327
1
Setting Up DAMP
328
5
Using Web Serving Frameworks
333
4
Part IV. Scripting and Development
Development Tools
337
18
Getting the Developer Tools
337
1
The Developer Folder
338
1
Development Applications
339
2
Project Builder
341
8
Programming Languages
349
2
Interface Builder
351
2
Libraries and Frameworks
353
1
The Info.plist File
354
1
AppleScript
355
11
The Script Menu Extra
355
1
Programming AppleScript
356
9
Scripting the Terminal
365
1
Text Editing on Mac OS X
366
36
Types of Text Files
366
2
Property Lists
368
1
Graphical Text Editors
368
2
Unix Text Editors
370
31
Text Encodings
401
1
Using CVS
402
49
Basic Concepts
403
3
CVS Administrator Reference
406
16
CVS User Reference
422
23
CVS in Project Builder
445
6
Part V. Under Mac OS X's Hood
Using the Terminal
451
12
Using the Terminal
451
6
Process Management
457
4
Terminal Alternatives
461
2
Pattern Matching
463
6
Filenames Versus Patterns
463
1
Metacharacters, Listed by Unix Program
463
2
Metacharacters
465
1
Examples of Searching
466
3
Shells and Shell Programming
469
46
Introduction to the Shell
469
1
Mac OS X Shells
470
3
tcsh in Detail
473
3
Variables
476
10
Expressions
486
3
Command History
489
3
Command-Line Manipulation
492
4
Job Control
496
1
Built-in tcsh Commands
497
18
The Defaults System
515
11
Property Lists
515
4
Viewing and Editing Property Lists
519
7
Running the X Windows System
526
7
Installing the X Windows System
526
1
Running XDarwin
527
1
Desktops and Window Managers
527
1
X11-Based Applications and Libraries
528
1
Aqua-Like X Windows with OroborOSX
528
2
Aqua-X11 Interactions
530
1
Connecting to Other X Window Systems
531
2
Installing Unix Software
533
5
Package Managers
533
3
Installing from Source
536
2
Unix Command Reference
538
225
Alphabetical Summary of Commands
539
224
Resources
763
6
Index
769