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LaTeX: It's Not Just for Academia, Part 1
LaTeX is not a word processor. It's a document preparation system that produces typeset-quality output. LaTeX has as much, if not more, utility as commercial word processors. It's rock solid, has a long history of use, a large user base, and best of all, it's free. Kevin O'Malley covers the versions of LaTeX available for Mac OS X.
[MacDevCenter.com]
Smart File Sharing Between Macs and PCs
There are lots of ways to share files between Macs and PCs, and most of them are aggravating at best. Wei Meng Lee shows you a method that's much easier and cleaner than just about every other solution.
[MacDevCenter.com]
Sanitizing Mail on Panther Server
With Mac OS X Server 10.3, Apple has replaced Apple Mail Server with Postfix, which allows you to use common UNIX and open source tools to perform various tasks with your mail. One of these tools, Procmail, lets mail messages be processed with special "recipes," such as the Anomy Sanitizer. Here's how to set it up.
[MacDevCenter.com]
BYOB: Build Your Own Browser
WebKit is a fully functional set of web browsing components that developers can integrate into their Cocoa/Carbon applications. Andrew Anderson shows you how to get your hands dirty with this easy-to-use API.
[MacDevCenter.com]
The Ideal Digital Photographer's Workflow, Part 2
Ken Milburn follows up on suggestions he made in Part 1 of this two-part series about creating a minimally destructive workflow for the work you do inside image-editing software. Here he offers five nondestructive editing steps to take once you've downloaded your images. Then he provides some second-stage editing techniques to enhance the impact your images will have on your clients, or your friends and family. Ken is the author of the upcoming Digital Photography: Expert Techniques.
[Web DevCenter]
How to Set Up Encrypted Mail on Mac OS X
The latest version of Apple's Mail app, included with the Panther upgrade, supports S/MIME security and encryption. But how do you go about getting a certificate and taking advantage of this feature? Fran巽ois Joseph de Kermadec shows you how, step by step.
[MacDevCenter.com]
Using WebObjects: More Practical Tips and Tricks
In this third installment of Josh Paul's WebObjects series, he shows you more tips and techniques for configuring Direct to Web applications.
[MacDevCenter.com]
Programming With Cocoa
Learning Cocoa: Repurposing Variables
You can massage your variable string in many different ways: you can print it, change its contents, reconstruct it, and lots of other things to mutate it from one state into another. Seth Roby shows you some handy ways to get more from your variables when programming in Cocoa.
[MacDevCenter.com]
Dreamweaver MX 2004 for Mac OS X
Dreamweaver has always facilitated web design in the visual graphic art tradition. It's also famous for its accurate HTML code and organic way of letting users alternate between code and design view. Dreamweaver MX 2004 has some improvements that may tempt you to take another look at this application for your work.
[MacDevCenter.com]
Focus on the Rest of Your Life
For a keynote that many reporters claimed "didn't include much," there are many things to discuss and review. Daniel Steinberg dissects Steve Jobs' keynote presentation at Macworld SF 2004 and shows there is more there than initially meets the eye.
[MacDevCenter.com]
Confident Apple for 2004
You can have an entertaining, inspiring keynote without introducing the next big thing. Apple and Steve Jobs did just that at Macworld SF '04, and it bodes well for the year ahead.
[MacDevCenter.com]
Control Your Mac with Your PDA
You bought a Bluetooth Mac, and now you have a Bluetooth PDA, so there must be something cool that the two can do together, right? There is, when you add Salling Software's Clicker to the mix. Clicker lets your Bluetooth devices (phones and PDAs) act as a remote control for your Mac. Dori Smith, coauthor of Mac OS X Unwired, walks you through the install and use of Clicker, then looks at some examples of Clicker in action, using PowerPoint and iPhoto.
[MacDevCenter.com]
O'Reilly Macworld SF 2004
Here are the details for activities at the O'Reilly booth, and related
author sessions, at Macworld SF 2004. Check out our new book releases,
giveaways, and show specials. Page will be updated regularly, so stay
informed right here.
[Mac DevCenter]
Swaine Manor
Expo Speculations
Macworld SF has many of us thinking about how 2004 will unfold for Apple and its customers. Michael Swaine looks at the iPod, Disney, hardware manufacturing, headless iMac, Mac tablet, and more.
[MacDevCenter.com]
Moving Toward the Ideal Digital Photographer's Workflow
Ken Milburn offers a workflow that digital photographers can follow for preparing for a shoot and determining a shooting procedure, and for downloading, cataloguing, tracking, and archiving the image files that result. Ken is the author of the upcoming Digital Photographer's Handbook.
[ Web DevCenter]
Macworld Wish List for Steve
Macworld SF is like a second Christmas for many Mac users. And it all begins with Steve's keynote address. What new goodies are in store for this coming year? Here's a wish list from Mac DevCenter writers.
[MacDevCenter.com]
USB Video Conferencing with Panther
iSights are great for video conferencing ... if you have one, that is. But is there a way to use that old USB webcam with iChat AV? Wei-Meng Lee figured it out and shows you how in this article.
[MacDevCenter.com]
An Unencrypted Look at FileVault
FileVault has generated as much discussion as any of Panther's new features. Is it right for you? Fran巽ois Joseph de Kermadec unlocks this new feature and shows you around.
[MacDevCenter.com]
Securing AirPort Extreme Networks with WPA
With the release of Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, Apple also provided a firmware upgrade for the AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Extreme clients, which support the WPA security standard. WPA is far more secure than WEP. Wei-Meng Lee shows you how to set it up.
[ Wireless DevCenter]
QTJ Audio
QuickTime Java is well-suited to be the engine of audio-only applications, such as MP3 players. This article develops an audio player, QTBebop, that displays song metadata, band levels, and current time, all of which help introduce the useful audio-related tools provided by QuickTime to the Java developer. We also look at QuickTime's "callbacks," which are critical to all kinds of QT apps.
[ONJava.com]
Elementary Computer Graphics: Drawing with Pixels
If you have a promising young developer in the family, you might want to take advantage of the extra time together during the holidays to teach a little programming. Michael Norton wrote this tutorial for his fourth grade son, and offers it to Mac DevCenter readers and their children.
[MacDevCenter.com]
Flexible OmniOutliner
By name alone, an application designed to create outlines doesn't stir the imagination. But OmniOutliner is more than its name implies. With it, you can organize and prepare information for your iPod, iCal, MS Word, and even Keynote. Giles Turnbull gives you the tour.
[MacDevCenter.com]
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 The Mac OS X Command Line -- Chapter 1 of Mac OS X for Unix Geeks will quickly acquaint Unix users with Mac OS X's graphical terminal emulator. You'll learn about the Terminal's capabilities, and get a listing of the Unix tools that developers can find on Mac OS X. Get a free trial to read this and four other O'Reilly books on Safari.
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Panther Delights
Here's a look at Panther from another point of view, not so much its high-flying features, but rather, the subtle refinements that we've come to expect from Apple products. Here are ten things that won't make you buy Panther, but you'll appreciate them once you have it.
[MacDevCenter.com]
Panther and Active Directory
Unlike the LDAPv3-based Jaguar strategies we examined previously, Panther's capabilities have been specifically engineered by Apple to work in much the same way that a Windows client would when joining and participating in an Active Directory. Michael Bartosh takes you inside this world and shows you what's new.
[MacDevCenter.com]
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OpenGL Tools for Serious Graphics Development
Apple Developer Connection -- Mac OS X supports advanced OpenGL features such as programmable shading pipelines, allowing developers to stay on the cutting edge of 3D graphics technology. And Apple's best-of-class OpenGL tools help developers maximize performance and stability. If you have OpenGL applications, or if you are thinking about using OpenGL in your apps, this article guides you through the use of these OpenGL tools and how they can help you better analyze and optimize your application.
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