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 2013:
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December 2013
Mac Enterprise
Mavericks Admin Notes
Some changes in OS X 10.9 of interest to system administrators
Developer to Developer
Objective-C and Framework Pitfalls
Look out for these subtle issues
Programming a Drupal Module
How to create a Drupal Module
Mac in the Shell
More Mavericks Command Line Gems
New and updated command line tools in Apple’s latest release
Monoprice 27” IPS LCD
Huge, yet inexpensive — is it worth it?
Operational Excellence
Future Planning
What happens when you aren’t there?
Workflow QuickTips
UI Scripting Changes in Mavericks
The MacTech Spotlight
LeRoy Dennison
http://www.pcm.com
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November 2013
Mac Enterprise
More AutoPkg
Automate finding, downloading and packaging updates for mass deployment
Documenting your technology business
Be the know-it-all
S3 and the Static Web
An Overview of Amazon S3 storage and Static Web Hosting
Creating a Preference Pane for a Mac app
Learn how to create and use a System Preference Pane from a Cocoa Mac App
Workflow QuickTips
Enabling UI Scripting via AppleScript
Mac in the Shell
New Tools in Mavericks
Interesting command line tools for the Mac tech
KoolTools
3D Game Programming for Kids
HiRise for iMac
Audioengine 2+ Speakers
A Theory of Fun for Game Design
Promise Technology’s Pegasus2
3D Game Programming for Kids
The MacTech Spotlight
Per Olofsson
http://www.gu.se
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October 2013
Mac Enterprise
Introducing AutoPkg
Automate finding, downloading and packaging updates for mass deployment
Using Drush
How to use Drupal’s command line interfrace.
Managing Mavericks FileVault 2 with fdsetup
Developer to Developer
Elements of Objective-C Style
The more subjective side of Objective-C
KoolTools
WD Red, iStop Motion for OS X, iOS
The MacTech Spotlight
Tim Sutton
http://macops.ca
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September 2013
Developer to Developer
Developer Essentials
Code improvement by self improvement
Mac in the Shell
How Will I Know? (what machine I’m on)
Command line tools for system investigation
Adopting Dropbox
Supporting Dropbox from the triage project
Introduction to Amazon EC2
An overview of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Workflow Quick Tips
Productivity App Pick
File Juicer
The MacTech Spotlight
Clay Caviness
http://www.google.com
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August 2013
MacEnterprise
Accessing More Frameworks with Python
Using Python, PyObjC, and BridgeSupport to access OS X frameworks.
An introduction to TCP/IP
Getting to know TCP/IP and its protocols
Systematizing your technology business
Make your business hum, with and without you
Diving into AWS
An overview of Philosophy and Tools
Building a Media Center Using Plex
The Missing Piece to Your Home Screening Room
Developer to Developer
Developer Essentials
Code improvement by self improvement
Creating a simple iOS chat client
How to use your iOS device as a chat client
KoolTools
Script Debugger 5
Vigil
The MacTech Spotlight
Ben Waldie
http://www.automatedworkflows.com
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July 2013
MacEnterprise
Mountain Lion loginwindow slideshows
Configuring a slideshow at the loginwindow on Mountain Lion.
An Introduction to Drupal
How to install and use Drupal on a Mac
Developer to Developer
Know Your Key Commands
Becoming an Xcode ninja with four simple modifier keys
Using telnet to troubleshoot TCP/IP services
How to use telnet to solve TCP/IP related problems
Apple Hardware Testing in the Could
Using VirtueMart for Web Payments
Running VirtueMart on a Joomla CMS
The Mac OS X 10.8 Log Files
Understanding and utilizing Mountain Lion log files
Mac in the Shell
Core Storage for Multiple Partitions with Boot Camp
Pushing the bounds of CoreStorage for practical reasons
The MacTech Spotlight
Fritz Anderson
http://www.manoverboard.org
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June 2013
MacEnterprise
Command-line tools via Python and Cocoa
Using Python and the PyObjC bridge to build commandline tools.
Refining the Triage Solution
Completing the medical triage project
Developer to Developer
WWDC 2013 Round-up
What’s new and exciting for the coming months
Migrating OS X VMs to a VMWare ESXi server
KoolTools
Intego Security
KineticCloud
CPU Diving
What’s Going on in There?
The MacTech Spotlight
Samantha John
http://www.gethopscotch.com
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May 2013
MacEnterprise
One Last Round of Cocoa, Python
Using Xcode, Python and the PyObjC bridge to build Mac applications.
Mac In The Shell
Diving Into Memory
How a computer uses memory, for System Administrators
An Introduction to sar
Monitoring your Mac’s performance using sar.
A Triage Solution for iOS
Developing a medical triage app for the iPhone
Take Control of Your Passwords
Overcome password frustration with Joe Kissell’s expert advice!
Using Email to Execute a Command
How to make email work for you.
Developer to Developer
Core Image
Using and writing Core Image filters
The MacTech Spotlight
Jesse Char
http://pacifichelm.com
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April 2013
MacEnterprise
Still More Cocoa, Python
Using Xcode, Python and the PyObjC bridge to build Mac applications.
Mac In The Shell
Troubleshooting with (Hidden) DTrace
DTrace is tucked away is several troubleshooting tools – here’s your guide to them.
Programming iCloud Applications
An introduction to the iCloud API.
Rotating Views in iOS
Responding to orientation events from an iOS app.
Beginning iOS 6 Developement
Exploring the iOS SDK.
Drawing in iOS
Exploring the iOS SDK.
KoolTools
Retrospect, PDFPen, Life Proof Fre, KBar Power Strip
Code Sign Hell
How one solves code sign errors when having multiple Distribution Certificates with the same name.
The MacTech Spotlight
Mike Ash
http://plausible.coop/
http://mikeash.com/
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March 2013
MacEnterprise
Another Round of Cocoa, Python?
Using Xcode, Python and the PyObjC bridge to build Mac applications
Mac In The Shell
Scripts: How Do They Work?
What happens when you run your shell script?
Virtualizing Your Mac Test Environment
Migrating AppleScript Studio Apps to AppleScriptObjC (Cocoa-AppleScript)
AppleScriptObjC Prints a Document
Understanding and implementing a print feature
Developer to Developer
A tour of the many options for reading Apple’s developer docs
KoolTools
DocProtect 3.0, Sonnet PCI Express Network Adapter Cards
Code Sign Hell
How one solves code sign errors when having multiple Distribution Certificates with the same name.
The MacTech Spotlight
Natalie Podrazik
http://29.io
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February 2013
MacEnterprise
More Cocoa, Python?
Using Xcode, Python and the PyObjC bridge to build Mac applications
CES 2013 Hottest New Products
What’s new this year from the best in the business
An Introduction to MRTG
Graphing network traffic with MRTG
An introduction to Cacti
What it is, and how to use it.
Virtualization Benchmarks
Head-to-Head: How do VMware Fusion 5 and Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac compare?
A deep look tells even more.
Code Sign Hell
How one solves code sign errors when having multiple Distribution Certificates with the same name.
Mac In The Shell
Bringing the Command-Line to You
Or, what are my ‘power user’ tools?
Recording A Legend
How we made the videos for MacTech Conference 2012
The MacTech Spotlight
Gwynne Raskind
www.darkrainfall.org
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January 2013
MacEnterprise
Introduction to Cocoa-Python
Using Xcode, Python and the PyObjC bridge to build Mac applications
Developer to Developer
AppCode
A review of JetBrains’s Xcode alternative
An Introduction to MRTG
Graphing network traffic with MRTG
About the Fusion Drive
Create your own on an old or new Mac
Preferences with AppleScript
Exploring and supporting user defaults
Programming a Joomla! Extension
How to program a Joomla module
AppleScripting System Preferences
Mac In The Shell
New to Mountain Lion
My favorite new command-line tools in Mountain Lion
KoolTools
Stellar Volume Repair
Account Edge 2013
Pathfinder
The MacTech Spotlight
Ben Haller
Stick Software http://www.sticksoftware.com
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