June 2006
Intermediate to advanced
1680 pages
38h 43m
English
Content preview from Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach
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Preface
Although Mac OS X is a relatively new operating system, its lineage is rather colorful, and the history of most of its components is much older. Mac OS X, and Apple in general, has attracted a lot of attention in recent years. Given Apple’s “cult-like” status, and the unique cultural and technical composition of Mac OS X, it is not surprising that people with vastly different backgrounds and interests—both users and non-users of Mac OS X—are curious about the system.
After working on, programming on, and extending several operating systems over the years, I was introduced to Mac OS X on April 1, 2003.[1] I was soon curious about the structure of the system. Despite the availability of several good books on Mac OS X, I was dismayed to ...