Posts Tagged ‘Mac’

Mac OS X System Admin

Monday, August 16th, 2010

book coverMac OS X System Administration, Guy Hart-Davis, McGraw-Hill, 2010

This is for Mac admins. 500 pages.

MacBook Pro

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

book coverMacBook Pro, Brad Miser, Wiley, 2009

A user guide for the Apple Mac. Lots of screenshots, 400 pages.

Mac

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

book coverMac, Dwight Spivey, McGraw-Hill, 2010

A user guide for the Apple Mac which makes me want to buy one. 500 pages.

Cocoa Design Patterns

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

book coverCocoa Design Patterns, Erik M. Buck, Addison-Wesley, 2010

Mac and iPhone programmers will want to read this. It also applies to the open source GNUstep project, used on Linux and Windows. You need to know Objective C. 400 pages.

Objective-C

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

book coverObjective-C / Steven Holzner, Peachpit, 2010

Programmers will find this flavour of C quite different from C++. You can use it on Linux or Windows, but it is mostly used for the Mac or iPhone. This very readable book will help a beginner succeed at writing useful programs. 200 pages.

Mac OS X UNIX

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

clMac OS X UNIX Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for Mac OS X Power Users
/ Thomas Myer, Wiley, 2009

This is a guide for Mac users and admins who will be venturing beyond the friendly configuration windows and using the command line. The book is a re-spin of the book BSD Unix Toolbox by Christopher Negus. 200 pages.

Mac bible

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Mac bible / Dwight Spivey, Wiley, 2009

A user manual for your Mac. You probably know all this stuff. 500 pages.

The Mac Hacker’s Handbook

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

The Mac Hacker’s Handbook / Charles Miller, Wiley, 2009

This book will be useful to programmers responsible for web app security, and penetration testers. It will also interest Mac owners who want to know how the OS works. 350 pages.

Mac OS X

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Mac OS X Leopard / Nicolas Boudier-Ducloy, Micro Application, 2008

A user guide for the Mac, en Francais, with glossy color screen shots of all dialogs.

Cocoa programming for Mac OS X for dummies

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Cocoa programming for Mac OS X for dummies / by Erick Tejkowski, Wiley, 2009

If you don’t mind using Objective C then Apple has good tools for developing user interfaces. Here is a book which will help beginner to intermediate programmers.