ISBN
0321278542 | 9780321278548
Book Description
Mac OS X was released in March 2001, but
many components, such as Mach and BSD, are considerably older.
Understanding the design, implementation, and workings of Mac OS X
requires examination of several technologies that differ in their age,
origins, philosophies, and roles.
Mac OS X Internals: A Systems
Approach is the first book that dissects the internals of the system,
presenting a detailed picture that grows incrementally as you read. For
example, you will learn the roles of the firmware, the bootloader, the
kernel, the object-oriented driver framework, user libraries, and other
core pieces of software. You will learn how these pieces connect and
work internally, where they originated, and how they evolved. The book
also covers several key areas of the Intel-based Macintosh computers.
A
solid understanding of system internals is immensely useful in design,
development, and debugging for programmers of various skill levels.
System programmers can use the book as a reference and to construct a
better picture of how the core system works. Application programmers
can gain a deeper understanding of how their applications interact with
the system. System administrators and power users can use the book to
harness the power of the rich environment offered by Mac OS X. Finally,
members of the Windows, Linux, BSD, and other Unix communities will
find the book valuable in comparing and contrasting Mac OS X with their
respective systems.
Mac OS X Internals focuses on the technical
aspects of OS X and is so full of extremely useful information and
programming examples that it will definitely become a mandatory tool
for every Mac OS X programmer.
