Organization of This Book
Each project begins with a duration scale representing how much time the project will likely take to complete, along with difficulty and geekitude scales, as shown here:

Modding Mac OS X offers a hands-on introduction to customizing your Macintosh. Each chapter introduces a piece of the customization puzzle, providing both discussions to read and projects to work through. This do-it-and-learn approach provides the best way to really learn and master the essentials of how to modify and customize Mac OS X and its applications. In these pages, you’ll discover the following topics:
- Chapter 1, Transforming Your Mac
Never disregard the basics. Many of the simplest changes you can make to your Macintosh are the most evident—and the most overlooked. This chapter introduces simple but profound techniques to customize the way your Macintosh looks and behaves.
- Chapter 2, Inside Application Bundles
Hidden within each Mac OS X “application file” is a collection of files and folders that include both the application ...