Chapter 2. Solutions in this chapter

  • MacBooks and Desktop Computers
  • iPods
  • iPhones
  • Other Hardware
  • Summary
  • Solutions Fast Track
  • Frequently Asked Questions

Introduction

The Apple Macintosh was not always a popular platform for criminal activity or for computer forensics. Prior to Apple using an Intel processor that is based on the same instruction set used by Microsoft Windows, many programmers thought the highly proprietary way in which the Macintosh communicated with Apple hardware was too difficult to be bothered with. This, combined with the overwhelming popularity of Windows systems, also made it a matter of numbers. There were simply more Windows systems on the market, and the price dropped on PC's to a reasonable cost, which allowed forensic ...

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