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Imaging for Intel Macs Part 2: How to Efficiently Deploy Windows with Mac OS X on Intel Macs: Aug 4, 2006; Apple's Boot Camp and Parallels Desktop for Mac enable you to run Windows on Intel Macs, which is great for home, business, and education use. But how do you automate and manage mass deployments of Windows on Macs? In part 2 of his series on using disk image deployment techniques for Intel Macs, Ryan Faas shows how to efficiently deploy Windows with Mac OS X.

Improving Photos in iPhoto: May 25, 2009; Brad Miser walks you through how iPhoto’s editing tools enable you to improve photos to correct problems or to make them better.

Installing New OS X Applications: Jan 10, 2003; This lesson talks about how to install additional software in Mac OS X. Even though software installation is not difficult, Mac OS X supports several different methods of doing so.

Interview with Aaron Hillegass: May 28, 2008; Scott Stevenson interviews Aaron Hillegass about the new edition of Aaron's book, programmers' fear of the NIB file, and why there aren't more Macs in corporate America.

Introducing Xcode 4: Aug 20, 2012; In this chapter from Sams Teach Yourself Core Data for Mac and iOS in 24 Hours, 2nd Edition, you'll explore the Xcode workspace window, define projects and workspaces, debug with breakpoints, and care for your source code with repositories and versions.

Introduction to Migration in Apple's Core Data: Mar 7, 2008; Marcus Zarra walks you through the steps required to use the new versioning and migration API that has been added to Core Data in OS X 10.5 Leopard.

Is It Worth It to Upgrade to Mac OS X Lion?: Sep 26, 2011; Yvonne Johnson's short answer is "most definitely"! And her long answer is "How can you resist such a bargain?"

Java Perspective: Advanced Core Data: Dec 16, 2005; Although it is possible to use Core Data with little or no coding on your part, what if you want or need more fine-grained control over the persistence layer in your application? In this third article in his Core Data series from a Java perspective, Marcus Zarra walks you through some of the more advanced features of Core Data. Specifically, you'll learn how to retrieve data from a Core Data repository without having to write full SQL queries and how to access the data in Core Data entities.

Java Perspective: Cocoa Subclasses and Delegates: Nov 4, 2005; Coming from his background in Java development, the concept of using delegates and categories, as opposed to subclassing, was a bit foreign to Marcus Zarra. In Java subclassing, nearly everything was quite common. So common in fact, that Sun provided generic subclasses in quite a few cases. Objective-C and Cocoa, however, have a different approach. Marcus walks you through the different approaches used in Objective-C programming.

Java Perspective: Cocoa-Java Bridge: Dec 1, 2005; What if you could combine Cocoa (that easy-to-use extension to C that is the primary language used for development on the OS X platform) and Java (one of the most widely used languages on the Internet) to create an OS X native application that utilizes the power of Java's libraries? Marcus Zarra does just that in this latest article in his series on Cocoa from the Java developer's perspective.

Java Perspective: Core Data and the Mac OS X Developer: Nov 23, 2005; In this new article from a Java perspective, Marcus Zarra discusses Core Data, which is a new framework that was introduced by Apple with the release of OS X 10.4 Tiger. Core Data replaces the need for building data objects and helps manage storing data in a flat file, XML file or SQLite database. Marcus walks you through some of the basic usages of Core Data and tells you why it is so useful.

Java Perspective: Key-Value Protocols, Behind the Magic of Mac OS X Development: Nov 11, 2005; KVO? KVC? Say what? Key-Value Observing and Key-Value Coding, that's what. As an introduction to Apple's new Cocoa/Objective-C API called Core Data, Marcus Zarra shows you why KVO/KVC is an incredibly useful feature in its own right and deserves the attention of any developer new to the Cocoa/Objective-C arena.

Keeping Things Organized in Mac OS X Tiger: Jun 10, 2005; Mac OS X gives you the ability to manage these documents and folders, to move them around, change their names, create new ones, and get rid of the ones you don't need anymore. In this chapter, you will see how to use the tools that Mac OS X gives you to accomplish these tasks.

Localizing Cocoa: Jan 8, 2010; David Chisnall explains how thinking about localization early on will save a lot of work in the long run.

Mac OS X Basics: Apr 19, 2002; Look at the features that make Mac OS X unique through the eyes of a Unix system administrator.

Mac OS X Panther: Keeping Things Organized: Mar 5, 2004; Brian Tiemann helps you keep your Mac organized by teaching you how to find/create files as well as how to work with CD/DVDs and hard disks.

Making the Most of Reminders and Notes in OS X Mountain Lion: Oct 12, 2012; This chapter walks you though setting up Reminders and Notes, syncing app-specific data with other Macs and iDevices, and optimizing the use of Reminders and Notes.

Managing Your OS X Leopard Desktop with Exposé, Spaces, and Other Tools: May 28, 2008; Brad Miser shows how to take advantage of features designed to help you manage all the clutter on your Leopard desktop.

Master iTunes 4.9’s Advanced Podcasting Features and Make Money with Personalized Podcasts: Sep 9, 2005; With podcasting, Joe Anybody can become a broadcaster. You don't even need sophisticated equipment: just your Mac, iTunes 4.9, and some podcasting software. Matthew David shows you how to use the advanced features in iTunes 4.9 to reach millions of iPod users with your message (and advertising).