Mac OS X Leopard

Introduction.- Getting to Know Leopard.- What s New in Leopard.- Interface Basics.- Menu Bar.- The Dock.- The Desktop.- The Finder.- The File System.- Users and "Home" Folders.- System Folder.- Library Folders.- Applications Folder.- Hidden Folders.- Nifty Leopard Features.- Finding Anything with Spotlight.- Dashboard Widgets.- Customizing and Administering Leopard.- Configuring System Preferences.-Personal Preferences.- Hardware Preferences.- Networking Preferences.- System Preferences.- Security.- Utilities and Maintenance.- Backup and Recovery.- Time Machine.- Communications and Networking.- Safari.- Mail, Address Book, and iCal.-iChat..- Working with Media and iLife.- iTunes.- iPhoto and Image Capture.- iMovie HD and iDVD.- GarageBand.- QuickTime.- Preview.- Getting to Know Darwin.-Introducing Darwin.- Terminal.app.- Command line Basics.- Darwin s File Structure.-The Shell (bash).- Darwin s Hidden Power.- Shell Scripts.- Perl, Python, Ruby.-Installing Darwin Apps.- DarwinPorts, Fink.- Compiling Applications.- Networking Leopard.- The Basics.- Configuring your Network.- The Sharing System Preference.-Sharing a Folder.- Networking with Windows.- Basic Web Serving.- Your Firewall.-Application Shares.- Working with Remote Servers and Networks.- Connecting to a VPN.- Apple Remote Desktop.- Microsoft s Remote Desktop Connection.- VNC.-Leopard as a web server.- Up and Running with Apache.- Getting PHP and MySQL.-Ruby on Rails.- Leopard Development and Scripting.- Automator and AppleScript.-Development on Leopard.- Cocoa, Java and more.- XCode and Interface Builder.-Darwin Development.- Cross Platform Solutions.- Running other OS s on your Mac.-Solutions.- BootCamp.- Virtualization (Parallels, VMWare).- Other (Codeweavers).-Files, Formats and FileSystems.

Scott Meyers has worked in and around the computer industry for years, beginning as an Apple Sales Specialist and Consultant over 12 years ago, He has since moved on to various other jobs including Web Design and Development, Editing books on Web Development, Open Source and Apple Technology, and Marketing. He is a Select ADC (Apple Developers Connection) Member and a huge fan of Mac OS X which brings together his love of the Apple's traditionally best of class GUI and applications with the unrivaled power of Unix and Open Source technologies and applications.

Scott lives outside of Indianapolis with his Wife, Two kids, and a cat and a dog. When not working or writing he enjoys photography, playing guitar, building tube amplifiers for his guitars, and going for an occasional adventure in the World of Warcraft.