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 2012:


Note: To align with Apple’s policies and expectations for iOS Newsstand for the iPad edition of MacTech, at the end of this volume (Volume 28), MacTech realigned the numbering/naming of issues. It is a numbering change only — subscriber get the same number of issues monthly from MacTech (e.g., similar to changing from an accounting calendar year to a fiscal year).

	Fall 2012 Special Issue MacEnterprise Drinking Adobe RUM Automating Adobe CS updates via the command line. With a side trip into using pkgbuild. Developer to Developer Adopting Quick Look Enabling the user to quickly examine items within your application MacEnterprise Creating Deployment Images with FileWave Lightning Using a new tool to build modular images An Introduction to Squid The Squid proxy server. Essential Guide to Html5 and Css3 Web Design Chapter 1 – An Intro to Web Design OpenBSM: Your Mac’s Unseen Auditor Introduction to AppleScriptObjC (Cocoa-AppleScript) What’s Been Missing The Need for Categories in Technology Network Protection in Mountain Lion Options for deflecting attacks and staying healthy The MacTech Spotlight Charles S. Edge, Jr. http://www.krypted.com, http://www.318.com

	August 2012 Issue MacEnterprise Investing in Infrastructure Building reusable frameworks for systems administration tasks Developer to Developer Fresh Bits in Mountain Lion The shiny new things Apple has added in the new version of OS X Understanding AppleScript Dictionaries Introducing RubyMotion Developing iOS apps using RubyMotion An introduction to gdb How to use the GNU debugger The tcpdump network utility How to capture network data using tcpdump Installing an SSD drive on an iMac Replacing the HD of a late 2009 27-inch iMac with a SSD. The MacTech Spotlight Vincent Bénony http://www.cryptic-apps.com

	July 2012 Issue MacEnterprise Automating Mountain Lion Installs Upgrade to or install OS X Mountain Lion by installing a package Developer to Developer Exploring Grand Central Dispatch Part 2 Responding Responsively Managing Mountain Lion’s FileVault 2 with fdesetup Automation and App Usage in Mountain Lion An Introduction to Moodle Installing and using Moodle on a Mac running Lion Anatomy of an upgrade My experience moving users from Microsoft Messenger to Lync for Mac Running a cache DNS server on Lion How to use BIND to run a cache DNS server Kool Tools Matias – Tactile One Keyboard Bento 4 for iPad Default Folder X The MacTech Spotlight Miso Antonic and Peter Krajcik

	June 2012 Issue MacEnterprise Managing Local Accounts – Now Even Easier! Using a new Cocoa tool to build packages to create and maintain local accounts Developer to Developer Exploring Grand Central Dispatch Going Beyond Queues Mac in the Shell Cauliflower Vest Unusual Name, Serious Security A Better Editor with AppleScriptObjC Improving the Basic Text Editor Selecting Photos in iOS How to Select a Photo from the Photo Library in an iOS Application Dragging On with AppleScriptObjC Exploring the Drag-and-Drop Mechanism Consultant Cowboy Projects: Reducing the Project Ante Tools to manage projects The MacTech Spotlight Dana Morgan TheMelodyBook.com

	May 2012 Issue Mac Enterprise Managing Local Admin Accounts Using packages to create and maintain local administrative accounts Kool Tools Elgato – Thunderbolt SSD Houdah Software – Snip Edges Developer to Developer Developer Tools and More Developer Tools Beyond XCode Mac in the Shell iCloud for the SysAdmin Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the cloud Getting Started with Cauliflower Vest Kool Tools Insider Software – Font Agent Pro Autrix – Black Book FileTrek Consultant Cowboy Projects: Tools in your Project Workflow Tools to manage projects The MacTech spotlight Kevin Kachikian Amuse, Inc

	April 2012 Issue MacEnterprise Managing Firefox 10 ESR Managing Firefox 10 settings in enterprise environments Developer to Developer Blocks in Cocoa and Cocoa Touch Going Beyond Methods An Introduction to WordPress Installing WordPress on a Lion system Virtualization and the Mac Why you would want to virtualize and how to get started Mac in the Shell Connecting with Others – Machines, That Is Options for testing connectivity and transferring files The find UNIX command How to use the find UNIX command The MacTech Spotlight Justin Ficorrotta Dojotron

	March 2012 Issue MacEnterprise Creating “Power-Users” in Lion Allow your non-administrative users additional privileges under Lion Developer to Developer Minding the Store A developer’s look at selling on the Mac app store Setting Warning Banners in Lion Letting users know where you stand Mountain Lion Preview Plus a mountain of new tools Encrypting Beyond the Boot Drive Protecting your Mac’s other drives with FileVault 2’s encryption Consultant Cowboy Projects: Estimate Practices Make your estimates better Wireshark Display Filters What they are and how to use them The MacTech Spotlight Seth Willits, Araelium Group

	February 2012 Issue Mac in the Shell: Bandwidth Management in the Shell Or, proving your point… with data! Developer to Developer: Operational Concurrency Using NSOperationQueue to do multiple things at once Creating a Working Mac Museum Saving memories and putting old computers to use AppleScript Makes Documents Building a basic text editor with AppleScript ObjC “What Do You Mean, It’s Gone?!?” Safeguarding your Mac’s data when the Mac is lost or stolen MacEnterprise: Software Update for Non-Administrators Allow your non-administrative users to run Software Update under Lion The MacTech Spotlight: Steven Troughton-Smith, High Caffeine Content

	January 2012 Issue Mac in the Shell Setting Up the Network–Shell Style Automating your way to happiness MacEnterprise Modular Imaging with Lion Building a Lion image for mass deployment Internet Safety Basics with the Mac Keeping children safe with Parental Controls and other basic tools Object Orientation Touring the Frameworks The objects that Apple equips you with for free Developer to Developer The Joy of Frameworks Take your reusable software components to the next level with custom frameworks Stringing Up with AppleScript Learn how AppleScript and AppleScriptObjC handle text data