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Resources

This section has information resources for Mac OS X and Mac OS X deployment. It lists web sites, mailing lists, and so forth. There are also links for each software package in the Tools database, so check there if you need info on a specific tool.

Books (back to top)
Hungry Minds, Inc.
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 MacWorld Mac OS X Bible
fatbrain
O'Reilly
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 Apache: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
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 Essential System Administration, 2nd Edition
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 Learning Carbon
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 Learning Cocoa
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 Mac OS X: The Missing Manual
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 Managing & Using MySQL, 2nd Edition
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 Programming Perl, 3rd Edition
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 Unix in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition
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 UNIX Power Tools, 2nd Edition
Prentice Hall
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 UNIX System Administration Handbook, 3/e
Sams Publishing
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 Mac OS X Unleashed

 

Deployment (back to top)
www.macosxlabs.org
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 Pilot Labs
Script Archive
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An archive of login, logout, Idle, iHook, Radmind, RsyncX, Startup and miscellaneous scripts for Mac OS X deployment.

 

Development (back to top)
Apple Computer
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 Cocoa Developer Documents
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Darwin
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 Darwin Bugs
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 Darwin Developer Documentation
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 Mac OS X: An Overview for Developers
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 Mac OS X Development
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 Mac OS X Developer Documents
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 Open Source Databases
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 Sample Code
Cocoa Dev Central
Darwinfo
GNU-Darwin
stepwise.com

 

Documentation (back to top)
AFP548.com
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Articles
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Q & A
Apple Computer
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 Integrating Mac OS X with Active Directory (pdf)
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 Mac OS X Manuals
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 Mac OS X: An Introduction for Support Providers
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 Mac OS X Server v10.1 - Admin Guide
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 Mac OS X System Architecture (pdf)
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 Mac OS X and SMB How To
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 Modifying Mac OS X Login Window
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 Resource Directory
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 Understanding and Using NetInfo (pdf)
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 Viewing and Typing Text in Different Languages
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 What's New
Ars Technica
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 Mac OS X 10.1
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 Metadata, The Mac, and You
Absynte's Pad
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 Mac OS X LDAPv3 Authenticating to Active Directory
La Cité collégiale
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 Mac OS X Integration With Novell Netware 6 And LDAP
Mac FAQs & Tips
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Remote Administration/Backup of Mac OS X Using rsync
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 Backitup: Clone, backup, restore your files in Mac OS X
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 How to make a disk image containing Mac OS X
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 Concepts of backing up Mac OS X disks
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 Carbon Copy Cloner - clone your startup disk to another partition or volume
Mac OS X Hints
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 OS X Guidebook2 v1.1
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 Terminal Basics - v2.0
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 xFree86 Install Guide
MacSlash.com
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 MacGeek: Packages and Bundles
Marcel Bresink Software
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 Integrating Mac OS X in an NIS environment
Ohio State University - Department of Mathematics
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 Keeping a live OSX Server backup
O'Reilly Network
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 An Introduction to AppleScript on Mac OS X
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 Apache Web-Serving with Mac OS X: Part 1
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 Apache Web-Serving with Mac OS X: Part 2
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 Learning the Mac OS X Terminal: Part 1
Penn State University
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 Authenticating and Authorizing Mac OS X Users
Petri Asikainen
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 How to integrate MacOS X with eDirectory
Rice University
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 Mac OS X OS X 10.2 Server Notes For NetInfo
SANS Institute
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 Mac OS X 10.0 Security Essentials
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 Securing FreeBSD under Macintosh OSX
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 Improving the Security of a Default Install of Mac OS X (v10.1)
Shukwit.com
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Mac OS X integration with Active Directory - Scripts, Schema and other items.
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Directory Services Apple Road Show (PDF)
stepwise.com
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 Vermont Recipes - A Cocoa Cookbook for Mac OS X
The AppleScript Sourcebook
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 AppleScript 1.8.1 in Mac OS X 10.1.2
the atomic learning library
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 Mac OS X Orientation
University of Delaware
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 Setting Up NFS Shares/Mounts in Darwin
University of Oslo
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 Mac OS X 10.2 LDAP Configuration
University of Utah
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 ASR Command-line Tool Overview
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 CUPS Overview (Movie)
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 iHook Overview (Movie)
USENIX - The Advanced Computing Systems Association
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 The Challenges of Integrating the Unix and Mac OS Environments
Westwind Computing
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 Mac OS X Hidden Files & Directories
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 Mac OS X: Removing Spurious SLP Entries
www.dan.co.jp
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 MacOS X: Backup and Restore Entire Volume
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 MacOS X: Backup and Restore Entire Volume via MacOS 9
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 MacOS X: /usr/bin/ditto and backup

 

Evangelism (back to top)
Apple Computer
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 Everything easier on a Mac
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 Power of X (Keynote from MacWorld SF 2002 )
BusinessWeek
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 It's Time to Get Ready for OS X
InfoWorld
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 Mac OS X Server: Room to stretch
Network Computing
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 User-friendly UNIX OS
OS News
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 Tales of a BeOS Refugee
USA Today
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 Apple's new Mac OS X is a real peach

 

Forums (back to top)
Apple Computer
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 Mac OS X
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 Mac OS X Server
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 WebOjects
MacAddict
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 Mac OS X: General
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 Mac OS X: Tricks & Hackery
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 Mac OS X: Troubleshooting
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 Mac OS X: Debate
MacFixIt
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 Mac OS X Applications
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 Mac OS X Hardware
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 Mac OS X Talk
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 Mac OS X Tips & Hints
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 Troubleshooting Mac OS X
macosxlabs.org
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 Mac OS X Labs Deployment
MacWorld
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 Operating Systems: OS X
Press 3
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 Mac OS X Forums

 

Higher Education (back to top)
Harvard
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 GSD Mac Group
MIT
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 Kerberos FAQ
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 Mac OS X
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 Mac OS X Release Notebook
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 The Challenges of Integrating the UNIX and Mac OS Environments
Penn State University
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 Authenticating and Authorizing Mac OS X Users
Stanford
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 ITSS Update on Mac OS X
UC Berkley
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 It's time for Mac OS X
UC at Boulder
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 Mac OS X Resource Center
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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 MacWarriors
University of Michigan
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 Mac OS X
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 Mac OS X at the University of Michigan - Impact Statement
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 Xnews
University of Oxford
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 Mac OS X
University of Tennessee
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 Configuring OS X Mail to use LDAP
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 MacVolPlace News
University of Texas, Austin
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 Mac OS X Users Guide
University of Utah
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 ASR Command-line Tool Overview
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 CUPS Overview (Movie)
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 iHook Overview (Movie)
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 Mac OS X Overview


Journals (back to top)
MacNN
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 MacNN - OS X
MacInTouch
MacFixIt
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 Mac OS X Late-Breakers
MacOSX.org
Mac OS X Hints
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 MacOSXHints FAQ
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 OS X Links
Mac Speed Zone
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 The X Files
OS X Guide
ResExcellence
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 ResExcellence for Mac OS X
stepwise.com
WorkingMac

 

Mailing Lists (back to top)
Apple Computer
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 cocoa-dev
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 CDSA
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 darwinos-users
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 macos-x-server
- Security Announcements
The Macintosh Guy
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 Mac OS X Lists
The Omni Group
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 MacOSX-admin
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 MacOSX-dev
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 MacOSX-talk

 

Notable Software (back to top)
BBEdit
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 A high-performance HTML and text editor
BootCD
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 Allows you to create Mac OS X boot CD that has Finder and Dock
BrickHouse
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 Interface for configuring firewalls for gateways & routing
Carbon Copy Cloner
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 Copy Mac OS X installation to another drive/partition
Clone'X
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 Tool to create an exact copy of a Mac OS X
CronniX
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 GUI front end to run shell commands or script.
Drive10
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 Disk repair and maintenance tool
FileXaminer
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 File attribute editing system with batch mode
Kerberos
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 Authentication system
Locator
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 GUI interface for locate database
LDAP Browser/Editor
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 A java interface to LDAP directories w/browsing & editing
LDapper
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 LDAP client for finding e-mail addresses & browsing LDAP servers
LookupManager
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 A graphical front-end to the "lookupd" program
MacJanitor
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 Runs the system's maintenance scripts
ManOpen
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 Browse, search and print UNIX manual pages from the Finder.
NetRestore
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 ASR mass deployment utility with NetBoot option
ManOpen
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 Browse, search and print UNIX manual pages from the Finder.
Open Firmware Password
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 GUI to enable open firmware security features
oXygen
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 GUI XML Editor
Pacifist
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 Extractor/custom installer for .pkg packages
Pacifist
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 Extractor/custom installer for .pkg packages
PsyncX
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 GUI front-end based on the command-line tool psync
Radiator
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 A highly configurable and flexible Radius server.
Radmind
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 A set of client/server tools for file system management
REALbasic
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 Object oriented visual programming environment
Resorcerer
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 Resource & data file editor
RsyncX
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 Implementation of rsync with HFS+ support and GUI
SharePoints
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 Makes it easy to add and delete shared volumes and folders.
Skeleton Key
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 Execute programs & open files as root
Timbuktu Pro
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 Remote control, file transfer and collaboration tool
TinkerTool
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 Utility to access to all sorts of esoteric settings in Mac OS X.
Visage
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 Customize boot panel & strings, login screen, dock poof & transparency
TinkerTool
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 Utility to access to all sorts of esoteric settings in Mac OS X.
XRay
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 Extensive Get Info and file attribute editing tool

 

Security (back to top)
Apple Computer
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 Security and Cryptography
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 Intro to Mac OS X Security
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Product Security
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 Security Updates
CERT
FreeBSD Security
FIRST
MacSecurity.org
Macintosh Security
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 Apple Security Resources
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 Mac OS X Single User Mode Root Access
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Macintosh OS X Security

 

Software Meta-Lists (back to top)
Apple Computer
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 Mac OS X Downloads
Mac Update
stepwise.com
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 Softrak
versiontracker.com

 

Troubleshooting (back to top)
Apple Computer
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 Mac OS X Support
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 Search for Mac OS X Knowledge Base Articles
MacInTouch
MacFixIt
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 Mac OS X Late-Breakers

 

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