Modding Mac OS X

Modding Mac OS X isn't about cutting up your Power Mac's case with a saws-all; it's about modifying Mac OS X's user interface and unlocking secrets and dispelling your fears of the Unix command line so you can take command of your Mac. Modding Mac OS X starts out with the very basics of showing you how to configure your Mac and do simple things like change Finder views, use an image from iPhoto's library on your desktop, and how to find and use screen savers. From there, Modding Mac OS X shows you how to: Find hidden features in your favorite applications; Dive inside application bundles to find hidden resources; Change application and system-wide keyboard shortcuts; Work with the Property List Editor to read and edit property list files; Wrap your head around the defaults command to tweak an application's settings; Hack on NIB files to change an application's interface; Control an application with AppleScript, even if it isn't scriptable. Each Modding example includes detailed step-by-step instructions that even a novice Mac user can follow, while also providing the necessary detail to satisfy the experienced hacker. The knowledge you gain from tweaking one application can be easily applied to the next. So go on, empower your inner Mac geek. You know you want to.

ISBN 0596007094   Pages 280 ISBN13 9780596007096 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA   Weight (grammes) 685 Imprint O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA   Published in Sebastopol Format Paperback   Height (mm) 232 Publication date 08 Oct 2004   Width (mm) 178 Library of Congress QA76.76.O6   Spine width (mm) 18 DEWEY 005.43765   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22

1		Transforming your Mac		1
2		Inside application bundles		31
3		Application dumpster diving		55
4		Changing icons		77
5		Preferences files		99
6		Discovering domains and support files		127
7		Changing interface elements		149
8		Altering keyboard shortcuts		179
9		Basic application scripting		209
10		Scripting the unscriptable		239

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