Mac OS X Unleashed

By John Ray and William C. Ray

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • Tell Us What You Think!
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Introduction to Mac OS X
  • Chapter 1. Mac OS X Component Architecture
  • Chapter 2. Installing Mac OS X
  • Chapter 3. Mac OS X Basics
  • Chapter 4. The Finder: Working with Files and Applications
  • Chapter 5. Running Classic Mac OS Applications
  • Part II: Inside Mac OS X
  • Chapter 6. Native Utilities and Applications
  • Chapter 7. Internet Communications
    • Internet Software
    • Mail
    • Address Book
    • Sherlock
    • QuickTime 5
    • iTunes
    • Keychain Access
    • Third-Party Utilities
    • Summary
  • Chapter 8. Installing Third-Party Applications
  • Part III: User-Level OS X Configuration
  • Chapter 9. Network Setup
  • Chapter 10. Printer and Font Management
  • Chapter 11. Additional System Components
  • Part IV: Introduction to BSD Applications
  • Chapter 12. Introducing the BSD Subsystem
  • Chapter 13. Common Unix Shell Commands: File Operations
  • Part V: Advanced Command-Line Concepts
  • Chapter 14. Advanced Shell Concepts and Commands
  • Chapter 15. Command-Line Applications and Application Suites
  • Chapter 16. Command-Line Software Installation
  • Chapter 17. Troubleshooting Software Installs, and Compiling and Debugging Manually
  • Chapter 18. Advanced Unix Shell Use: Configuration and Programming (Shell Scripting)
  • Part VI: Server/Network Administration
  • Chapter 19. X Window System Applications
  • Chapter 20. Command-Line Configuration and Administration
  • Chapter 21. AppleScript
  • Chapter 22. Perl Scripting and SQL Connectivity
  • Chapter 23. File and Resource Sharing with NetInfo
  • Chapter 24. User Management and Machine Clustering
  • Chapter 25. FTP Serving
  • Chapter 26. Remote Access and Administration
  • Chapter 27. Web Serving
  • Part VII: Server Health
  • Chapter 28. Web Programming
  • Chapter 29. Creating a Mail Server
  • Chapter 30. Accessing and Serving a Windows Network
  • Chapter 31. Server Security and Advanced Network Configuration
  • Chapter 32. System Maintenance
  • Appendix A. Command-Line Reference
  • Appendix B. Administration Reference

Internet Software

Mac OS X comes with a number of network-enabled programs. This chapter covers six applications that work specifically with the Internet to gather information, messages, and make your online life easier:

• Mail— (Path: /Applications/Mail)—Apple's first e-mail offering since the delightful (and deceased) Cyberdog project (unless you count Claris Emailer). This e-mail application features IMAP/POP3 support, HTML/RTF e-mail, dynamic filtering, and a frightfully modern interface.
• Address Book— (Path: /Applications/Address Book)—A companion application to Mail, the Address Book stores contact data, including images. Address Book can also query LDAP servers to locate addresses.
• Sherlock— (Path: /Applications/Sherlock)—Sherlock allows both local (disk) searches as well as multi-search engine queries on popular e-commerce, news, and entertainment sites.
• QuickTime Player— (Path: /Applications/QuickTime Player)—The QuickTime Player provides access to digital media, either on your local drives or streamed via the Internet. QuickTime is more than just movies—it's MP3 files, WAV files, images, and interactive applications.
• iTunes— (Path: /Applications/iTunes)—Introduced in early 2000, iTunes can tune hundreds of Internet radio stations. For those with MP3 collections, iTunes can be used to rip songs from CDs, connect to MP3 players, and burn your own music CDs.
• Keychain Access— (Path: /Applications/Utilities/Keychain A c cess)—Keychain Access is both an application and an API that users and programmers can employ to store system passwords and other information. Keychain Access encrypts all stored data within a file called a keychain and provides easy global access to it by unlocking the keychain when needed.

As with the previous chapters, the applications in this chapter will be presented with basic use information, followed by configuration and menu options. The goal is to provide information for beginners as well as useful reference for advanced users.

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