Mac Os X Panther Hacks

by Dornfest, Rael

• ISBN13: 9780596007188
• ISBN10: 0596007183
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-30
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

This new book contains the best tips, tools, and scripts from Unix hackers and Mac power users that readers won't find anywhere else. First, Mac OS X Panther Hacks reveals the real-world experience of those well steeped in Unix history and expertise-their no-nonsense, sometimes quick- and-dirty solutions that take full advantage of everything a Unix desktop has to offer. Mac OS X Panther Hacks provides direct, hands-on solutions that can be applied to the challenges facing both those meeting the Mac for the first time and long-time users delving into Mac OS X Panther and its Unix underpinnings.

Author Biography

Rael Dornfest is a Researcher at the O'Reilly & Associates focusing on technologies just beyond the pale. He assesses, experiments, programs, and writes for the O'Reilly network and O'Reilly publications. Dornfest is Program Chair of the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, Chair of the RSS-DEV Working Group, and developer of Meerkat: An Open Wire Service. In his copious free time, he develops bits and bobs of Open Source software and maintains his raelity bytes Weblog.

James Duncan Davidson is a freelance author, software developer, and consultant focusing on Mac OS X, Java, XML, and open source technologies. He is the author of Learning Cocoa with Objective-C (published by O'Reilly & Associates) and is a frequent contributor to the O'Reilly Network online website as well as publisher of his own website, x180 (http://www.x180.net), where he keeps his popular weblog. Duncan was the creator of Apache Tomcat and Apache Ant and was instrumental in their donation to the Apache Software Foundation by Sun Microsystems . While working at Sun, he authored two versions of the Java Servlet API specification as well as the Java API for XML Processing. Duncan regularly presents at conferences all over the world on topics ranging from open source and collaborative development to programming Java more effectively. He didn't graduate with a Computer Science degree, but sees that as a benefit in helping explain how software works. His educational background is in Architecture (the bricks and mortar kind), the essence of which he applies to every software problem that finds him. He currently resides in San Francisco, California.

Table of Contents

Credits	ix
Preface	xvii
GUI	1	(57)
Enjoy the Animations	1	(3)
Spice Up Your Desktop	4	(3)
Use Labels Effectively	7	(5)
Launchers, or, Dial Space M for Mail	12	(10)
Wear Multiple Hats, Run Multiple Desktops	22	(6)
Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts	28	(4)
Tweak Menu Extras	32	(3)
Incorporate Services into Your Workflow	35	(7)
Autocomplete Your Words	42	(2)
Get Sidetracked	44	(3)
eMac, Meet eBook	47	(2)
Build Your Own Konfabulator Widget	49	(9)
Scripting	58	(93)
A Hacker's Introduction to AppleScript	58	(6)
AppleScript the GUI	64	(7)
Fulfill Wishes with Address Book	71	(3)
Fetch the Paper, AppleScript Style	74	(3)
Batch-Convert Screenshots to JPEGs	77	(3)
Build AppleScript Apps with FaceSpan	80	(12)
Mac::Glue Your Perl	92	(5)
Update iChat Status with Mac::Glue	97	(5)
Hack Your Address Book with Perl	102	(4)
Manipulate Images on the Command Line	106	(3)
Script CoreGraphics with Python	109	(9)
Tap RSS with Shell Scripts	118	(6)
Add a Dab of GUI to Unix Scripts	124	(18)
Automatically Dim Your Laptop Screen	142	(9)
Web, Chat, and Mail	151	(82)
Hack Safari	151	(7)
Browse Different	158	(8)
Avoid the Ads	166	(7)
Read Syndicated Online Content	173	(10)
Breathe Life into Your Staid Buddy List	183	(4)
Better iChat Transcripts	187	(7)
Gather Ye Buddies While Ye May	194	(2)
USB Videoconferencing	196	(4)
Provide Remote Support	200	(2)
IRC: Chatrooms for Hackers	202	(8)
Label Your Mail	210	(3)
Search Your Mail with ZOE	213	(8)
Encrypt and Sign Your Mail	221	(7)
Interleave Mail and Pine	228	(5)
Multimedia	233	(55)
Build a Household MP3 Server	233	(5)
Clutter Your Desktop with Music	238	(3)
Feed Streaming Audio to Your iPod	241	(11)
Autofeed Text to your iPod	252	(6)
Automate a Web Photo Gallery with iPhoto and Perl	258	(12)
Keep a Digital Diary	270	(5)
Rendezvous Picture Transfer	275	(7)
Rotate Your Movie from Horizontal to Vertical	282	(3)
Store Pictures and Movies in Your iPod	285	(3)
Gadgets and Hardware	288	(64)
Expand Your Screen Real Estate	288	(7)
iPod Tips and Tricks	295	(2)
Build an Emergency iPod Boot Volume	297	(3)
Pair and iSync with Bluetooth Devices	300	(11)
Use Your Cellphone as a Bluetooth Modem	311	(6)
Share Your Mac's Net Connection with a Bluetooth Phone	317	(9)
Control Your Mac with a PDA	326	(7)
Listen to Bluetooth	333	(6)
Print Without Wires	339	(4)
Zip, Zap, and Sync Your Gizmos	343	(5)
iOscillate	348	(4)
Networking and Network Apps	352	(50)
Share Your Address Book and iCal	352	(6)
Collaborative Editing with Rendezvous	358	(9)
See Spike Share His Clipboard	367	(4)
Detect Wireless Networks	371	(4)
Secure Your AirPort Network with WPA	375	(6)
Manage Multiple AirPort Base Stations	381	(3)
Access Remote Desktops	384	(18)
Servers	402	(32)
Apache Behind the Scenes	402	(4)
Turn on WebDAV	406	(4)
Turn on PHP	410	(1)
Advertise Web Sites with Rendezvous	411	(3)
Set Up a Postfix Mail Server	414	(6)
Relay Mail with Postfix	420	(7)
Set Up Secondary Mail Servers	427	(2)
Create Mail Aliases	429	(1)
Set Up 1MAP and POP Mail Servers	430	(4)
Files and Backup	434	(53)
Synchronize Your Files	434	(6)
Edit Special Unix Files	440	(6)
Find and Unerase Misplaced and Deleted Files	446	(3)
Store and Search Your Records as PDF	449	(1)
Flex OmniOutliner	450	(12)
Decide What to Back Up	462	(2)
Automate Backups with Existing Tools	464	(3)
Back Up Your Digital Music Collection	467	(4)
Make a Carbon Copy	471	(11)
Bluetooth File Exchange and Browsing	482	(2)
Secure File Sharing with SSH	484	(3)
System Administration	487	(60)
Become an Administrator for a Moment	487	(3)
Understand Your User Account	490	(4)
Rename a User Account	494	(2)
Use the Terminal	496	(9)
Set Shell Environment Variables	505	(2)
A Security Primer	507	(16)
Stash Data in the Keychain	523	(3)
Panther Maintenance	526	(7)
Use iCal to Schedule Tasks	533	(1)
Use periodic to Schedule Tasks	534	(2)
Use cron to Schedule Tasks	536	(5)
Reinstall Mac OS X	541	(4)
Bypass the GUI	545	(2)
Index	547