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How Paul McFedries Gets Under the Hood of Microsoft Products
Dec 10, 2009
Paul McFedries talks about his books, why he decided to take a diversion from the Microsoft path and write about OS X, and why he loves to track new words and phrases as they enter the English language.
How the iPod Will Change the Face of Computer Security
Dec 1, 2005
Apple probably didn't intend it, but the iPod will likely prove to be an important stepping stone into solving a problem that has faced computer scientists for more than 30 years. Bruce Potter explains.
Imaging for Intel Macs Part 1: Why Intel Macs Increase an Administrator's Workload and How Best to Manage Their Deployment
Jul 28, 2006
Deploying Intel Macs can add extra work for administrators because they require completely different Mac OS X releases and system images than Power PC Macs. Although it is possible to cobble a universal Mac OS X image together, is doing so really the best choice? In this first article in a two-part series, Ryan Faas looks at some of the specific challenges that relate to developing deployment strategies for Intel Macs and some of the ongoing issues if you opt to deploy a dual-platform environment using Mac workstations.
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.
iOS Jailbreaking 101 Part 1: Understanding Jailbreaking
Jun 20, 2012
In this first article in a four-part series on jailbreaking, Tim Warner reviews the procedures necessary to ensure the safety of the user-created content that is stored on your iDevice.
iOS Jailbreaking 101 Part 2: Ensuring Your Device's (and Your Data's) Safety
Jun 21, 2012
This second article Tim Warner's iOS jailbreaking series covers the safety precautions with which you need to be familiar before you actually jailbreak your iDevice.
iOS Jailbreaking 101 Part 3: Jailbreaking Your iOS Device
Jun 22, 2012
In this final installment of Tim Warner's iOS jailbreaking series, Tim covers additional terminology and shows you how to perform an iOS jailbreak.
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.
Learning New Skills From Your iOS Mobile Device
Jun 27, 2012
Avid iPhone and iPad user Jason Rich introduces you to the free iTunes U educational content that’s available for the Apple iPhone and iPad, plus explains a handful of others ways you can use your iOS mobile device as a personal enrichment or educational tool.

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