Mac OS X Black Book

This book goes way beyond the basics with technical references and practical troubleshooting, administrative tools, networking technologies, and more. It is especially designed to get to the heart of networking issues for systems administrators who want to include Mac OS in Windows or Unix environments. It shows readers how to automate tasks remotely over TCP/IP using Applescript. Covers support for symmetric multiprocessing and Carbon.

This book goes way beyond the basics with technical references and practical troubleshooting, administrative tools, networking technologies, and more. It is especially designed to get to the heart of networking issues for systems administrators who want to include Mac OS in Windows or Unix environments. It shows readers how to automate tasks remotely over TCP/IP using Applescript. It also covers support for symmetric multiprocessing and Carbon, a set of Mac APIs designed to help software publishers recompile their software to work with the new features of Mac OS X. The book dives into networking and online issues such as Internet access and security, publishing on the Web, Internet applications and utilities. It also explores the new finder and interface enhancements, preemptive multitasking, and protective memory.

Gene Steinberg, author of 30 books and hundreds of articles on computer-related topics, has been involved with the Mac world since 1984. He is a regular columnist for "USAToday.com" and Gannett News Service and a contributing editor for CNET technology news service, and maintains a Mac support Web site at www.macnightowl.com. As a software/systems consultant, Gene's client list included bestselling author Tom Clancy.

Bell is the Webmaster and Macintosh Specialist for the Duke University Office of Information Technology. He married Virginia D. Smith.