Mac 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 / Dwight Spivey, Wiley, 2009
A user manual for your Mac. You probably know all this stuff. 500 pages.
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 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 / 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.
Cocoa programming for Mac OS X / Aaron Hillegass, Addison-Wesley, 2008.
Here’s a good book for Mac GUI programmers. 400 pages.
Mac OS X for Unix geeks / Brian Jepson, O’Reilly, 2008
Here is a book that will be really useful with my next Mac. Though there are 400 pages, this feels like a compact book because it is printed and bound nicely.
Cocoa programming for Mac OS X for dummies / by Erick Tejkowski, Wiley, 2009
Here is GUI application programming for the MAC. Learn the Cocoa IDE and a bit about programming in Objective C. The author gives lots of practical advice and some code examples in 375 pages.