But particularly when it comes to mastering the Unix side of this operating system, years of study may await you still.. An excellent daily dose of reporting about Mac questions, proble
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If read in a comfortable chair with good lighting, this book can be the foundation of a sturdy Mac OS X education But particularly when it comes to mastering the Unix side of this operating system, years of study may await you still
D.1 Web Sites
The Web is the salvation of the Mac OS X fan, especially considering the information vacuum that marked Mac OS X's early days The Internet was the only place where
people could find out what the heck was going on with their beloved Macs Here are the most notable Web sites for learning the finer points of Mac OS X
D.1.1 Mac OS X
• www.macosxhints.com A gold mine of tips, tricks, and hints
• www.macintouch.com An excellent daily dose of reporting about Mac questions, problems, and news
• www.osxfaq.com Unix tips and techniques, frequently asked questions, and links
to useful sites
• www.resexcellence.com A rich source of information on the underpinnings of Mac OS X, with a focus on changing them
• www.versiontracker.com and www.macupdate.com Massive databases that track, and provide links to, all the latest software for Mac OS X
• www.apple.com/developer Even if you aren't a developer, joining the Developer Connection (Apple's programmers' club) gets you an email newsletter and access
to the discussion boards, which are a great place for hearing Mac news first—all for free (Pay $500 a year to become a Select member, and you get CDs mailed to you containing upcoming versions of Mac OS X.)
• www.macobserver.com A good source for news and commentary about the Mac and related products
• www.macworld.com The discussion boards are an ideal place to find solutions for problems When a bug pops up, the posts here are a great place to look for fixes
• www.macfixit.com The ultimate Mac troubleshooting Web site, complete with a hotbed of Mac OS X discussion
• www.macdevcenter.com O'Reilly's own Mac site Full of tutorials, news, and interesting weblogs (techie diaries)
• www.geekculture.com A hilarious satire site, dedicated to lampooning our tech addiction—especially Apple tech Perhaps best known for the David Pogue's Head icon for Mac OS X (http://geekculture.com/download/davidpogue.html)
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D.1.2 Mac OS X–Style Unix Lessons and Reference
• www.westwind.com/reference/OS-X/commandline A command reference of cd,
ls, rm, and all the other commands you can use in Terminal or the console
• www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix A convenient, free Web-based course in Unix for beginners
Tip: Typing unix for beginners into a search page like Google.com nets dozens of superb
help, tutorial, and reference Web sites If possible, stick to those that feature the bash shell; that way, everything you learn online should be perfectly applicable to navigating Mac OS X via Terminal