- Objective-C for Java Programmers, Part 2
- Mar 29, 2010
- In the second of a two-part series, David Chisnall looks at the similarities and differences in the syntax of Objective-C and Java.
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- Packaging Your Application for OS X
- Nov 21, 2007
- Marcus Zarra explores some of the more common ways to make a bad first impression when delivering an OS X application.
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- People Problems: Users, Intruders, and the World Around Them
- Jul 11, 2003
- Learn who you're up against in your efforts to secure your Mac OS X. Some of these intruders aren't even actually your enemies, but they can still do plenty of damage to your system if you don't take precautions to protect it against their actions.
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- PhoneGap Development, Testing, and Debugging
- Jul 10, 2012
- In this chapter, you’ll analyze the anatomy of a PhoneGap application, identifying what makes an application a PhoneGap application and then highlighting ways to make a PhoneGap application ... better.
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- Placing Your Bets on Office for Mac 2011
- Jul 9, 2010
- Yvonne Johnson describes Microsoft's strategy for Mac Office 2010: to get Mac Office 2010 caught up with WinOffice 2007 and make it as compatible as possible with the new features introduced in WinOffice 2010.
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- Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Network Infrastructure
- Oct 9, 2006
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- Providing Location Service Using DependencyService in Xamarin.Forms
- Aug 17, 2015
- When your app needs to work with location information, the code that requests and then handles the user's latitude and longitude shouldn't be affected by the platform of that device. Wei-Meng Lee shows how to use Xamarin.Forms to take advantage of each platform's native features to provide location services.
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- PSP vs. iPod: Looking Beyond What's Trendy
- Dec 9, 2005
- Sure, the iPod is a cute and trendy gadget, but why settle? Seth Fogie wants it all: games, music, videos, e-books, and web access. Will the iPod do all this? Nope. But the PSP will! Read on to see how these two devices compare.
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- Recovering from Crashes, Data Loss, and Other Problems in OS X Leopard
- Jun 11, 2008
- In this chapter, you learn ways to react to application and system crashes and ways to be proactive about virus protection.
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- Remote Control Software Solves "Friends and Family" Support Issues
- Jan 10, 2012
- In this lively autobiographical article, Ed Tittel describes his long-distance quest to help his father diagnose and fix computer issues.
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- Running Classic Mac OS Applications
- Jan 10, 2003
- This chapter looks at the OS X Classic environment, how it works, how to configure it, and what to do if you absolutely must boot into Mac OS 9.x.
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- Running Windows on Your Mac
- Nov 28, 2011
- The Mac’s capability to actually run Windows applications is just another reason to love Mac OS X’s versatility. This chapter shows how it's done.
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- Scripting Mac OS X
- Dec 30, 2004
- Use the power of the Terminal to explore your iTunes library! This article by Dave Taylor won't make you a shell scripting maven. Instead, it shows you how to learn more about your music library and iTunes by creating a Unix shell script.
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- Secure Your Mac OS X System Now!
- Nov 15, 2011
- John Traenkenschuh, gives his ideas on good security for your Mac OS X computer. Easy to configure and immediately useful, these ideas will help you secure your expensive device and very valuable information.
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- Setting System Preferences in OS X Mountain Lion
- Oct 1, 2012
- This chapter shows the many settings and controls that let you customize OS X Mountain Lion to best meet your needs.
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- Setting Up iCloud Services and Internet Accounts
- Dec 25, 2013
- In this chapter, you find out how to establish and configure iCloud accounts and get to know some of the basics of using iCloud services.
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- Sharing Data in Apple Watch Applications
- Jul 20, 2015
- Your custom Apple Watch apps and iOS need to share data back and forth constantly. You could create the same code at both ends of the interaction, but why make extra work for yourself? Wei-Meng Lee, author of Learning WatchKit Programming: A Hands-On Guide to Creating Apple Watch Applications, advises sharing code, not just data.
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- Sharing Files, Devices, and Services on Mac OS X (El Capitan Edition)
- Nov 18, 2015
- In this chapter from My OS X (El Capitan Edition), you learn how to use your Mac to share and access resources over a network.
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- Snow Leopard: The Underhyped APIs
- Jan 29, 2010
- David Chisnall takes a look at some of the new APIs in OS X 10.6 that will make life easier for developers but didn't receive much publicity.
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- Steve Kochan on the Evolution of Objective-C
- Jun 5, 2009
- David Chisnall talks with Steve Kochan about Objective-C and the differences between programming for the desktop versus mobile devices.
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