Mac Tips and Tricks

6/28/2008

The Beginner's Guide to Doing Everything In iTunes

Best-selling authors Robin Williams and John Tollett share their best tips and tricks for working with music, movies, podcasts, Internet radio stations, and more in iTunes 'O8.
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6/20/2008

Dangerous Mac Trojan Horse in the Wild

From Secure Mac

Security Alert: SecureMac has discovered multiple variants of a new Trojan horse in the wild that affects Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5. AppleScript.THT Trojan Horse runs hidden on the system, and allows a malicious user complete remote access to the system, can transmit system and user passwords, and can avoid detection by opening ports in the firewall and turning off system logging. Additionally, the AppleScript.THT Trojan horse can log keystrokes, take pictures with the built-in Apple iSight camera, take screenshots, and turn on file sharing. The Trojan horse exploits a recently discovered vulnerability with the Apple Remote Desktop Agent, which allows it to run as root.
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6/12/2008

Inside iPhone

O'Reilly Digital Media's Inside iPhone. It's a place where all things related to the iPhone platform at O'Reilly can call home. Here you'll find technologists passionate about the iPhone platform offering blogs, articles, code and forum chat about the iPhone SDK, web apps and Dashcode, and cool iPhone related innovations.

"Two of the contributors, Paul Kafasis (CEO, Rogue Amoeba) and Oliver Breidenbach (CEO, Boinx Software), live and breathe the business side of software for the Mac. Their knowledge will help new iPhone developers understand the steps to follow for success in this arena. The writing team also includes respected "under the hood" experts, including Erica Sadun, James Cuff, and Richard Thally. These writers know the programming hurdles that developers will need to clear while creating the new wave of software that will enhance the iPhone," said Derrick Story, O'Reilly's digital media evangelist.

Blogging on Inside iPhone are some of the best known writers and developers in the iPhone community:

Erica Sadun, well known as a lightning rod in the community, who has written, co-written, and contributed to almost two dozen books about technology
James Cuff, regarded as a programming genius
Paul Kafasis, CEO, Rogue Amoeba, a leading independent software company
Oliver Breidenbach, CEO, Boinx Software in Germany, makers of excellent Mac software that's fun to use

"On Inside iPhone, we'll cover the iPhone SDK, web apps and Dashcode, along with other innovations and cool stuff," said Story. "Equally important we'll focus on illuminating how the iPhone interacts at the enterprise level."
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Recovering from Crashes, Data Loss, and Other Problems in OS X Leopard

Learn ways to react to application and system crashes and ways to be proactive about virus protection. You also learn to use your Mac OS X installation DVD to reset your password and, in times of widespread system failure, to reinstall your operating system.
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Unlocking Your Mac's Dashboard: How to Make Your Mac Bring You the Info You Need

Author Scott Kelby takes you tip by tip through Leopard's Dashboard and reveals his top 10 favorite widgets. Can you guess what they are?
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