The Mac OS X.2 Power User's Book

The Mac OS X.2 Power User's Book uses networking techniques, configurations tips and insight, Unix commands, and AppleScript to show users and networking administrators how to harness the real power of Mac OS X.2 (Jaguar) to setup small networks and automate critical tasks. Best-selling Mac author, Gene Steinberg, has assembled the best Mac power techniques in this highly focused guide.

Focusing on system administration, this book uses both UNIX commands and AppleScript to show readers how to automate tasks, as well as perform tasks that are difficult without knowledge of UNIX commands and scripts.

Focusing on system administration, this book uses both UNIX commands and AppleScript to show readers how to automate tasks, as well as perform tasks that are difficult without knowledge of UNIX commands and scripts.

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.

Paulson is an experienced senior network engineer. He has managed Microsoft MT and Mac OS systems for over six years for several Fortune 100 corporations, including Nike. He has also provided extensive hardware system support to members of America Online, as a community leader in the service's Macintosh Hardware Forum. He has received B.A. degrees in chemistry and English literature.