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Mac OS X Server 10.4 Tiger: Visual QuickPro Guide

Schoun Regan

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Offering Apple's legendary ease of use plus everything you would expect from a Unix-based operating system--preemptive multitasking, symmetric multiprocessing, and support for networking and security standards--Mac OS X Server has revolutionized the world of network administration. Mac OS X Tiger server continues that tradition by offering more than 200 new features that make the server even easier to deploy and manage. Here to ensure that you don’t endure a minute of downtime while getting up to speed on it is a thoroughly updated edition of everyone’s favorite Mac OS X Server guide. In these pages, veteran Mac trainer Schoun Regan and Kevin White show you how to manage their local networks, navigate the Unix file system permission architecture (including the brand-new Access Control Lists, which let you set up collaborative environments without compromising security), and manage Internet and Web services. Along the way you’ll also learn about all of Tiger Server’s newest features: improved email services, Internet Gateway Setup Assistant, QuickTime Streaming Server, point to point VPN, and much more.

OS X for Hackers at Heart: The Apple of Every Hacker's Eye

Bruce Potter, Johnny Long, Ken Caruso, Chris Hurley, Tom Owad

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Rediscover Apple and OS X, the Preferred Platform for Discerning Hackers

With sexy hardware, a powerful operating system, and easy-to-use applications, Apple has made OS X the operating system of choice for hackers everywhere. But as great as OS X is out of the box, hackers are eager to push the limits of what it was designed to do (surprise). Tweak and tune both software and hardware to start penetration testing or software development. See how the best and brightest use OS X for cutting-edge research, development, and just plain fooling around.

Add Interfaces to the Mac Add interfaces to create a multi-interface firewall or router, simulate a switch, add 802.3ad interface aggregation, or provide another media type.

Use the Mac as a Router See how a small low-power device such as a Mac Mini or an iBook expanded with USB-based Ethernet ports can push packets between networks.

WarDrive with Your Mac

Configure and use the KisMAC WLAN discovery tool to WarDrive.

Penetration Test with OS X Discover how all the best tools can be run from the Mac: nmap, Nessus, Ethereal, Snort, and more.

Automate Your Mac! Learn how to use Automator, AppleScript, and the bash shell to automate tasks and create slick front ends for command-line favorites!

Discover Juicy Mac Hacking Tools Compile Open Source tools directly on OS X using mainstream compilers and interpreters.

Hack the iPod

Open your iPod, replace the battery, upgrade a 5GB iPod's hard drive, and configure any iPod for Mac or Windows.

Use OS X in a Windows Environment Access file shares on a Windows server, mount network file systems via AppleScript, and connect to a Windows PPTP server.

PowerBook Mac Tricks

Learn cool stunts you can do with the Apple motion sensor, the Apple Remote Desktop, Gestures, Sogudi, and more!

UPDATED TOC

Chapter 1 A Network Admin's Guide to Using Mac OS X

Chapter 2 Automation

Chapter 3 OS X in a Microsoft Environment

Chapter 4 WarDriving and Wireless Penetration Testing with OS X

Chapter 5 Mac OS X for Pen Testers

Chapter 6 Mac Tricks (Stupid Powerbook Stunts

That Make You Look Like a God)

Chapter 7 OS X For the Road Warrior

Appendix A Hacking the iPod

Designer's Guide to Mac OS X Tiger

Jeff Gamet

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what i didn't know... 5 out of 5 stars.
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I considered myself pretty familiar with my Mac. This book has taught me all those things I didn't know; And things I didn't know I knew. Just poking around my Mac, I've seen a lot of the extras Apple includes for the artistic user. The Mac has been a design tool since it's birth and Apple caters to that by putting many useful mini programs, accessories and utilities in to enhance the design performance.
I've seen some of those tools, used some and merely stared at others. That's where this book comes in. The author clearly lays out the what and how of all those tools. So every time I read a new section, I learn something about a tool I'm familiar with or am introduced to something I didn't know. This book is well organized and easy to understand. It's been well worth the price.

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You held off on moving to Mac OS X until your bread-and-butter applications made the jump, and now you're thinking of moving up to Tiger. This book is especially geared toward designers who've become comfortable working under Mac OS X and are ready now to make the Tiger transition. Designer and prepress pro Jeff Gamet focuses on the Mac OS X Tiger features that matter most to illustrators, designers, and other graphic professionals. He explains not only how things work in Mac OS X Tiger, but how Tiger enables users to work efficiently and effectively. In chapters devoted to fonts, printing, PDF, color management, networking, the Mac's built-in design tools, and much more, readers will learn how to:
 
* Solve the nitty-gritty issues designers confront daily
* Improve production workflow and avoid common problems
* Optimize, maintain, and secure your network, whether you work in a complex office environment or a small graphics studio

The Bryce 5 Handbook (Graphics Series)

Shamms Mortier

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Populate barren landscapes with far out vegetation; add clouds, sky, fog, or haze to your world; and learn how to animate environments – these are just some of the creative possibilities you can explore with Bryce 5.

Bryce 5 has evolved into a powerful 3D tool that combines power and ease of use and provides beginning to advanced users with a plethora of creative options. Using the guidance and tutorials found in the Bryce 5 Handbook, you can master the interface and new tools of Bryce, and take your 3D skills to the next level of mastery. You’ll find helpful insights projects, and practice with a variety of topics and tools, including Primitives, Trees, Metaballs, Booleans, Terrain Models and Objects, the Materials Lab, The Deep Texture Editor, Atmospherics, Lights, Animation, and more. With the hands-on tutorials provided in The Bryce 5 Handbook, you’ll increase your 3D skills and learn how to reproduce the awesome power and reality of nature.

HIGHLIGHTS

* Provides a tutorial-based approach to learning the powerful features of Bryce 5

* Teaches materials, infinite planes, animation, and modeling, including detailed coverage of Metaballs

* Provides helpful ideas for handshaking with other popular programs

* Includes and appendix on "undocumented" Bryce features

* Teaches innovative ways to create awesome textures for your Bryce worlds

On the CD!

Demos of Popular Applications

* Amapi 3D 6.1 (Win/Mac Demo)

* BodyPaint 3D (Win/Mac Demo)

* Illusion (Win Demo)

* Poser 4 and ProPack (Win/Mac Demo)

* Xfrog (Win Demo)

* Tutorial project files and images, materials, models, and textures

* Color images from the book

FileMaker Pro 8 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Nolan Hester

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Need to learn FileMaker Pro fast? Try a Visual QuickStart Guide!

If you've recently upgraded to FileMaker Pro 8, teach yourself this powerful database software the quick and easy way! Using pictures rather than lengthy explanations, this Visual QuickStart Guide takes you from working with records and files to creating and designing databases, printing and networking with FileMaker, and Web publishing with FileMaker in no time. Step-by-step tasks show you how to use new features like PDF and Excel makers; fast match, fast send, layout alignment, email merge, and table import tools; and popular features like digital image management to organize digital photos with minimal effort and XML support to easily share and integrate data with other applications--even those not running FileMaker. This affordably priced, reference style book also includes a companion Web site with excerpts, tips, related links, and more. You'll be up and running in no time!

Illustrator 9 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Elaine Weinmann, Peter Lourekas

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Adobe Illustrator is the industry standard in desktop illustration programs. Graphics professionals rely on Illustrator's layered work environment and vector-drawing tools to create artwork, logos, and presentations for print and the Web. Illustrator's intuitive environment, creative tools and superior integration with Adobe's other Web and illustration tools make it a perfect choice for graphics professionals, but it can also be intimidating and complex for new users. The easy-to-use Visual QuickStart format teaches Illustrator in a simple and straightforward method, suitable for users of any level. Illustrator 9's new features include Flash compatibility, a new Transparency Palette, superior vector and raster Web graphics, and tight integration with Adobe's Web and print publishing applications.Illustrator 9 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide is the ideal resource for anyone looking for a practical guide to Illustrator. The step-by-step instructions give readers just what they need to get right to work, without having to wade through a phone book-sized text. The authors, both experienced computer instructors, offer an easy-to-use layout ideal for busy professionals and novices alike. Previous Edition ISBN: 0-201-35388-1

Adobe Acrobat 7 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Jennifer Alspach

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With improved security, tighter integration with Microsoft Office and Outlook, a tool for creating and embedding 3D data, and much more, Adobe Acrobat 7 is the productivity tool you've been dreaming of. This thoroughly updated, task-based guide ensures that you can turn your dream productivity tool into a reality with Acrobat 7. Veteran author Jennifer Alspach steps you through all the Acrobat 7 Professional essentials. From the basics of creating, organizing, and viewing electronic documents; streamlining document reviews; and using the program's editing and reviewing tools to more advanced functions like using digital signatures, creating interactive forms, using Acrobat's engineering and prepress tools, and protecting sensitive documents, this guide's got it covered! Both beginners and more advanced users who are looking for a convenient reference will find what they need here in straightforward language, clear steps, and practical tips peppered by loads of visual aids.

The Animator's Motion Capture Guide: Organizing, Managing, Editing (Charles River Media Game Development)

Matt Liverman

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Character motion is one of the most critical elements in creating a believable look for a video game, animated project, or movie special effect. Good character motion can quickly take the viewer into the imaginary world and help sell the scene, while bad character motion can just as quickly ruin the believability of a game or scene. Without a doubt, motion capture gives you the most realistic synthetic motion possible, and for this reason many companies use motion capture as the source for many of their animations. The Animator's Motion Capture Guide is written for all levels of animators, artists, project managers, and companies who wish to handle their motion capture effectively and efficiently. It is written from a motion coordinator's (lead animator's) point of view and gives a plan for handling motion capture, whether on a single project or multiple projects. It provides you with a complete, start-to-finish plan for dealing with motion capture, hints on selecting a motion capture service bureau, how to cut costs, and how to streamline your process. It also gives you a motion capture glossary and lists of motion capture service bureaus and performers. This book is a "must-have" for animators, managers, and video game companies who want to approach motion capture in a uniform, thorough, professional, and efficient manner.

Key Features

Helps game and animation companies decide whether MOCAP is right for their project

Provides animators and game developers with a complete, start-to-finish professional guide to MOCAP

Teaches new animators key terminology and provides a blueprint for the entire animation process

AppleScript: A Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac OS X

Hanaan Rosenthal

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It's True, This is THEE Book on AppleScript... 5 out of 5 stars.
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Prior to getting this book as a gift I read every printed book and pdf on AppleScript written in the last 10 years, and still my progress hit a wall that I couldn't get past. Seeing as I've only been scripting for a year, that's part of the problem. Most AppleScript books are either severely outdated, poorly written, or both. This book breathed new life into a subject that really needed a fresh perspective. This book is an extremely thorough reference, a challenging and inspiring workbook and a treasure trove of ready-to-use scripts and tools that you can take and make your own in the real world.

Don't expect:
"This is a subroutine, here is what it does. This is a variable, this is what it does."

Instead, expect stuff like this:
"Here is a common problem, here are four ways to solve it. Here is why the first three work. Here is why the last one might not be a great idea. Here is how you can put this to use in the real world."

This book is low on fluff and useless graphics and high on useful tools. It is important to maintain a rhythm and mood when trying to get an audience to make it through 800 pages and Hanaan succeeds in keeping the content fresh and throws in just the right amount of humor. And unlike just about every other technical book I've read, the jokes are actually funny.

And you'll find that the approach to solving a problem doesn't focus on right or wrong, or the good or bad way of doing things. Rather, it shows the better or best way of doing something and backs it up with real world scenarios and in plain english. I could go on and on about this book and how much it has helped me and my business. Bottom line, if you use AppleScript then by this book now and keep it close by.

Editorial Review:

AppleScript is a high level scripting language that resides on the Mac platform – it can be used to add functionality to the Mac operating system, automating tasks, adding functions, making things easier. AppleScript has always been very useful, and with Mac OS X, it can be taken even further than before.

This book goes the extra mile when teaching AppleScript, explaining advanced topics, while not leaving behind the beginner. It starts off with the basics, such, as handing variable, loops, and commands, then goes on to teach higher level concepts such as debugging, AppleScripting with databases, manipulating PDFs with SMILE, and automating media workflow.

If you are a Mac user who wants to know the real meaning of having full control over your machine, get into AppleScripting; this book is the only guide you need to master the art!

Apple Pro Training Series: Getting Started With Motion

Mary Plummer

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It’s not that you didn’t want to create motion graphics for your video or DVD projects: You simply didn’t have the time or money to take on a program like After Effects. Now you don’t need to! With Apple’s $299 Motion and this project-based guide to it, you’ll be animating like a pro in no time! Assuming no prior motion graphics knowledge, this Apple-certified guide (the only one geared to newcomers to the field) starts slow, introducing you to motion graphics aesthetics at the same time you learn the program. From the first chapter, you’ll be playing with the interface, building projects, and adding behaviors as you learn what makes Motion tick and how to use it effectively. Each lesson builds on the last as you learn about the time pane; behavior; particles; working with text, keyframes, Audio Editor, and sprites; importing/exporting and rendering; managing media; creating layered projects; and more. Review questions reinforce the knowledge, and a DVD with lesson files and media lets you work along with the book’s projects.