MacTech Magazine: Table of Contents

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Want to know what’s covered in MacTech? Take a look at our table of contents for 2008:

	December 2008 Issue Mac in the Shell Learning Python on the Mac All about strings A Dashboard Widget that Supports Drag-and-Drop How to drag-and-drop files and directories between Dashboard Widgets and/or Finder The Road to Code Writing Even Less Code Introduction to Core Data Built for iPhone 2.0 Developing utility applications with the iPhone MacEnterprise Managing Firefox Configuring Firefox for your organization’s environment The MacTech Product Guide Kool Tools Some Great iPhone 3G Accessories Must haves for the iPhone 3G The MacTech Spotlight Mark Dalrymple Google, Borkware LLC
	November 2008 Issue C4 (2) Conference A report on this year’s event Mac in the Shell: Learning Python on the Mac An important, built-in scripting language Integrating OS X With OpenLDAP/Samba, Part 1 Configuring Your Mac To Work With Linux Samba and LDAP Servers The Road to Code: Nobody’s Perfect Document Change Count and Undo Code Signing – Get Used to It! Digitally signed applications and you Geek Guide: Projectors Real World Reviews: NEC NP3151W 52, Da-Lite Deluxe Insta-Theater MacEnterprise MCX: No Excuses, Now! New options for managing workstations in OS X Leopard Advanced CVS Get more out of your CVS Setup Book Review Xcode 3 Unleashed The MacTech Spotlight Blair Yakimovich, Transgaming, Inc.
	October 2008 Issue The Road To Certification: Revisited Increase your knowledge and build credibility on the way Mac in the Shell Customizing the bash Experience Further Changing the bash shell to suit your needs The Road to Code Come Together, Right Now Combining bindings, document-based applications, and table views MacEnterprise Migrating FileVault Moving FileVault-encrypted accounts to a new machine A Dashboard Widget that Reads and Saves its Preferences Create a Dashboard Widget that can save and read data after restarting it Packaging Special Payloads with PackageMaker Bringing drivers, libraries, and plug-ins to the OS X target Kool Tools Microsoft Expression Media 2 Kool Tools Kerio Mail Server MacTech Spotlight Matthew Drayton: Nolobe Pty Ltd.
	September 2008 Issue Mac in the Shell Customizing the bash experience Get comfortable in the bash shell and make the experience your own MacEnterprise FileVault in the Enterprise, Part 2 Data security for OS X administrators Writing Help for man Learn how to write, install and test man help files on Mac OS X A Fresh Perspective On AppleScript: An Interview with an AppleScript Newbie AppleScript insights and thoughts from a newcomer to the language The Road to Code Writing Less Code Introduction to Cocoa bindings Beginning REALbasic: Inside the Application Book Review OS X Exploits and Defense “Own it…Just Like Windows or Linux!” Kool Tools Jawbone 2 Headset MacTech Spotlight Andrew Welch El Presidente, Ambrosia Software, Inc.
	August 2008 Issue Major Releases, Benchmarks, and Feedback Benchmarks and how the community contributes Creating Widgets with Dashcode When to use Dashcode, and other important widget information LBackup Flexible backup for system administrators MacTech Salutes the 2008 Apple Design Award Winners Showcasing the best of the best of 2008 Creating a Backup Policy Design and document an effective backup system for your business AppleScript and BBEdit Extend and enhance your BBEdit experience with AppleScript SNMP Primer for OSX Leopard An article on “Understanding, Configuring, and Customizing SNMP on OS X Leopard” that might change the way you think about your Mac. The Road to Code: Patterns in the Sky The Model-View-Controller Design Pattern Book Review: Take Control of Mac OS X Backups, Take Control of Easy Backup in Leopard Two backup titles in the Take Control of series Kool Tools: Axiotron Modbook MacTech Spotlight: Andy Lee
	July 2008 Issue Beginning REALBasic Designing the application FileVault in the Enterprise, Part 1 Data security for Mac Administrators VBA’s Coming Back. Is it right for you? VBA coming back is great, but it’s not here yet, and even so, it may not be your best solution. The Road to Code: One for the Archives Archiving objects and document-based applications Creating a Dashboard Widget that Processes an RSS Feed What is an RSS feed and how do I process it from within a Dashboard Widget? Enhancing Your Application with NSStatusItem How to Utilize the NSStatusItem API to add functionality Wiki Services in Leopard Server Overview A “fast” introduction to wiki and blog services in OS X Server for the SysAdmin KoolTools DVDxDV, DVDx Pro OmniGraffle Professional MacTech Spotlight: Matt Giger Lunar Software
	June 2008 Issue Mac in the Shell: Packaging and Installing Simplify and scale your install methodology Printing with Leopard in the Enterprise Changes for Mac Administrators Web Development for the iPhone Andy Inhatko: A Helping Hand Packaging for Leopard Introducing the new PackageMaker 3.0 Textmate: Take Your (Text) Editing to the Next Level Or: How to make friends with robot ninjas from Denmark The Road to Code: More Cocoa Bits Interface Builder UI tweaking and introduction to table view MacTech Spotlight: Dave Hayden Panic, Inc.
	May 2008 Issue RubyCocoa A new way to write Cocoa applications–Part 2 Mac in the Shell File Manipulation with PHP … and other tips The Road to Certification–Part 5: ACSA and ACTC Increase your knowledge and build credibility along the way Test-Driven Development Using AppleScript–Part 2 Creating AppleScript applications using ASUnit The iPhone SDK Overview and initial reactions The Road to Code Cocoa Puffs Views, controls, actions, notifications, and delegates Getting Started with REALBasic Learning the ropes Moving Targets Leopard’s new mobile options help you better manage mobile computers Introduction to Core Animation Using Core Animation in your Cocoa applications MacTech Spotlight Alexander Schoen & Peter Maurer Many Tricks
	April 2008 Issue Mac in the Shell: Data Manipulation with PHP PHP provides easy access to MySQL on OS X Test-Driven Development Using AppleScript Using testing frameworks to create more robust AppleScript applications Modularity Continuing our look at creating deployment images, with an intro to InstaDMG RubyCocoa A new way to write Cocoa applications–Part 1 Grokking OS X’s Undo Support How to effectively use the Undo Manager built into Cocoa The Road to Code: Nice and Gooey Writing your first Cocoa GUI interface What’s in Your Target Unit testing and analysis coverage Geoff Perlman on REALbasic Catching up with Geoff and REALbasic 2008 MacTech Spotlight: Eberhard Rensch Founder, Pleasant Software
	March 2008 Issue Office 2008 Benchmarks How well does Office 2008 run compared to Office 2004? The Road To Certification-Part 4: Pro Apps Increase your knowledge and build credibility along the way Mac in the Shell: Scripting with PHP Forget that web stuff, PHP is a great scripting language Sharing with Git Learn how to use Git to share your Xcode projects “Image”ine That! A fresh look at creating deployment images The Road to Code: Building on a Solid Foundation Exploring the Foundation framework What’s in Your Target Unit testing and analysis coverage Geoff Perlman on REALbasic Catching up with Geoff and REALbasic 2008 MacTech Spotlight: Austin Meyer President, Laminar Research
	February 2008 Issue Virtualization Benchmarking How do Boot Camp, Parallels Desktop, and VMWare Fusion stack up? The Road To Certification-Part 3 Increase your knowledge and build credibility along the way Mac in the Shell: What Has Really Changed in Leopard? Some differences for us Unixy scripty people Getting Started with Git Learn how to use Git to manage your project Managed Preferences, Part 2 New options in Workgroup Manager in Leopard The Road to Code: There’s a Hole in Your Bucket Objective-C memory management Adobe CS3 and Apple Script MacTech Spotlight: Marcus S. Zarra Owner, Zarra Studios, LLC
	January 2008 Issue The Road To Certification-Part 2 Increase your knowledge and build credibility along the way Mac in the Shell: Mass Remote Management with dshell Or, mass remote management without ARD Networked Backups Using Time Machine Making easy backups even easier Command Line Goodies New command line tools in Leopard The Road to Code: You Have Your Mother’s Eyes Inheritance and Polymorphism Managing Your Loadset, Post-Deploy How to keep machines up to date from a central location MacTech Spotlight: Peter N. Lewis Stairways Software Pty Ltd.

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