Programming Tutorials

macos Tutorials

21. bg in Mac OS X

By: Strauss K : 2011-02-03

Description: Send to background


22. History of Mac OS X

By: Strauss K : 2011-02-03

Description: Mac OS X is based upon the Mach kernel. Certain parts from FreeBSD's and NetBSD's implementation of Unix were incorporated in NeXTSTEP, the core of Mac OS X. NeXTSTEP was the object-oriented operating system developed by Steve Jobs' company NeXT after he left Apple in 1985. While Jobs was away from Apple, Apple tried to create a "next-generation" OS through the Taligent, Copland and Gershwin projects, with little success.


23. Major features of Mac OS X

By: Strauss K : 2011-02-03

Description: One of the major differences between the previous versions of Mac OS and OS X was the addition of the Aqua GUI, a graphical user interface with water-like elements. Every window element, text, graphic, or widget is drawn on-screen using anti-aliasing technology. ColorSync, a technology introduced many years before, was improved and built into the core drawing engine, to provide color matching for printing and multimedia professionals. Also, drop shadows were added around windows and isolated text elements to provide a sense of depth. New interface elements were integrated, including sheets (document modal dialog boxes attached to specific windows) and drawers.


24. What is new in Mac OS X Snow Leopard

By: Strauss K : 2011-02-03

Description: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard innovates with new technologies that improve performance throughout the system. As a developer, you will want to employ Snow Leopard's newest capabilities within your application to make it faster, more responsive, and able to take advantage of the latest Mac hardware.


25. alias, unalias in Mac OS X

By: Strauss K : 2011-02-03

Description: Create an alias. Aliases allow a string to be substituted for a word. An alias may be used as the first word of any simple command.


26. apropos in Mac OS X

By: Strauss K : 2011-02-03

Description: Search the whatis database for strings.


27. awk in Mac OS X

By: Strauss K : 2011-02-03

Description: Find and Replace text within file(s). Pattern-directed scanning and processing language.


28. basename in Mac OS X

By: Strauss K : 2011-02-03

Description: Strip directory and suffix from filenames


29. bash in Mac OS X

By: Strauss K : 2011-02-03

Description: bash - Launches the Bourne-Again SHell, an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from the Korn and C shells (ksh and csh).


30. What is Mac OS X?

By: Strauss K : 2011-02-03

Description: Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, Mac OS X has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems. It is the successor to Mac OS 9, released in 1999, the final release of the "classic" Mac OS, which had been Apple's primary operating system since 1984.