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    Macintosh OS X Interview Questions, Answers, and Explanations: Macintosh OS X Certification Review
    Macintosh OS X Interview Questions, Answers, and Explanations: Macintosh OS X Certification Review
    Macintosh OS X Interview Questions, Answers, and Explanations: Macintosh OS X Certification Review
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    Macintosh OS X Interview Questions, Answers, and Explanations: Macintosh OS X Certification Review

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    The Ultimate Reference & Learning Guide for MAC OS X programmers and enthusiasts!

    Understanding MAC OS X is crucial to having a working understanding of MACs and their capabilities. With this book, the newest improvements are explained such that you will be sure to stay current. Using this guide to prepare for a job interview or brush up in newest features will aid anyone in acquiring new, applicable skills and knowledge. The book covers many common errors, security, standard maintenance, and new features. More than just documentation and sales pitches, this guide explains the features of OS X from the perspective of an administrator/programmer so that you can evaluate a candidate or land a position with ease.

    Key topics include:

    • Overview of system construction
    • Differences between the server edition and the desktop edition
    • New features such as the mail server, samba server, directory server, and domain name server.
    • System monitoring and maintenance
    • Configuration and troubleshooting

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEquity Press
    Release dateJun 3, 2011
    ISBN9781603322294
    Macintosh OS X Interview Questions, Answers, and Explanations: Macintosh OS X Certification Review

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      Mac OS X

      Developer Interview Questions

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      MAC OS X Developer Interview Questions

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      Edited by Emilee Newman Bowles & Farrah Stewart

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      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Compatibility

      Versions

      All-Inclusive Developer Tools

      Best Graphics on a Desktop

      International Recognition

      Easy Server Management

      Conclusion: The Uniquely Powerful Platform

      Intentions

      Part I: Mac OS X

      Question 01: Restrict Process at Start-up

      Question 02: Spotlight Can't Find Files

      Question 03: File Recovery from a Dead Hard Drive

      Question 04: Unable to Drag Files

      Question 05: Recover Deleted Files after Emptying the Trash

      Question 06: Ignore Ownership

      Question 07: Startup Sound

      Question 08: Customize Alert Sound

      Question 09: Applescript to Remove Illegal Characters

      Question 10: Missing Home Directory

      Question 11: Keys Responds Very Slowly

      Question 12: Accelerate Dialog Sheet Delay

      Question 13: Create a Startup Message on a Mac

      Question 14: Login Background

      Question 15: Change the Finder Font

      Question 16: Lost the Only Admin on Machine

      Question 17: Failed to Enable Root via NetInfo Manager

      Question 18: Terminal

      Question 19: Boot Drive

      Question 20: Permissions

      Question 21: Troubleshooting

      Question 22: Uninstall OS X

      Part II: CARBON

      Question 23: Carbon

      Question 24: Getting Started with Carbon

      Question 25: Carbon Application Tools

      Question 26: Invisible Files

      Question 27: Project and File templates

      Question 28: Spotlight Headers

      Question 29: Losing the Character Code when Using the Ctrl Key

      Question 30: Changing the Volume of Audio Devices

      Question 31: Core Audio Overload Warnings

      Question 32: Apple Type Services

      Question 33: Color Matching on Intel Based Macs

      Question 34: Debug

      Question 35: StdLog Like Functionality

      Question 36: Set Control Background

      Question 37: Determine if Application is Bundled

      Question 38: Control Mouse Wheel

      Question 39: CFStringRef Conversions

      Question 40: Automate Window Menu

      Question 41: Detect a Drag to the Trash

      Question 42: Force Application Windows to the Front

      Question 43: Rebuild LaunchServices Database

      Question 44: Add Large Icons

      Question 45: Call a Routine in InterfaceLib

      Question 46: Particular Routine Availability

      Question 47: Log in as root in OSX

      Question 48: Carbon Events on OSX

      Part III: COCOA

      Question 49: Memory Management

      Question 50: Object C

      Question 51: Hide Controls

      Question 52: Create a Cocoa Disclosure Button Control

      Question 53: Alerts

      Question 54: Drawing Strings

      Question 55: NSTextField and NSTextView

      Question 56: Folders and Files

      Question 57: URL

      Question 58: Application Drags and Drop Files

      Question 59: Treat Selected Row as Single String in a Pasteboard Operation

      Question 60: Compression of NSData

      Question 61: Bitmap data

      Question 62: Accelerate Drawing

      Question 63: Calculate Diagonal Size of Text

      Question 64: Pattern an Image without Scrolling

      Question 65: Help Needed in NSSplitView

      Question 66: Combo Box in a Table Column

      Question 67: Change or Hide Color in NSTableView

      Question 68: Drag Color Out of NSView Subclass

      Question 69: Import Header

      Question 70: NSArray Exc_Bad _Access

      Question 71: Strength of a Password

      Question 72: Application Linking Issue

      Question 73: Best Way to Display Dictionary in a Table

      Question 74: Disabling ToolTips

      Question 75: Time Creation and Storage

      Question 76: Copy and Paste

      Question 77: Keeping an NSDocument Open

      Question 78: Updating Minimized Windows

      Question 79: Coordinates of an Object on Screen

      Question 80: Crash Reasons

      Question 81: Find All Subclasses of a Class

      Part IV: JAVA

      Question 82: Detect Mac OS X in Java Code

      Question 83: Identifying an Apple J2SE Release

      Question 84: Bind Several Times to the Same Port in Mac OS X

      Question 85: HTTPS Proxy Settings and Java Applets

      Question 86: Java Home in OSX

      Question 87: Hardware Graphics Acceleration

      Question 88: Cut/Paste Rich Text on Mac/Safari Text Area

      Question 89: Printing java.awt.Images on Max OS X

      Question 90: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError in Mac OS X

      Question 91: Instantiating Errors on PC from Mac

      Question 92: LiveConnect Location

      Question 93: Set Default Look-and-Feel for Swing Applications

      Question 94: Prompting the User with MRJQuitHandler

      Question 95: Unsolicited About Boxes

      Question 96: Hiding Mac File

      Question 97: FileNotFound Exception Mac OS X

      Question 98: Code in Windows to Mac

      Question 99: Text in Mac vs Text in PC

      Question 100: Retail MAC

      Question 101: Include Bin Directory in Classpath

      Question 102: CFBundleIdentifier and User Application Access

      Acknowledgements

      Introduction

      Mac OS X is a radical departure from previous Macintosh operating systems as its underlying code base is completely different from previous versions. Its core, named Darwin, is an open source, Unix-like operating system, built around the XNU kernel with standard Unix facilities available from the command line interface. On top of this core, Apple designed and developed a number of proprietary closed source components, including the Aqua themed Quartz Compositor and the Finder shell.

      Mac OS X included a number of features intended to make the operating system more stable and reliable than Apple's previous operating systems. Pre-emptive multitasking and memory protection, for example, improved the ability of the operating system to run multiple applications simultaneously without their interrupting or corrupting each other. Many aspects of Mac OS X's architecture are derived from OPENSTEP, which was designed with portability in mind, thus easing the transition from one platform to another.

      The most visible expression of Mac OS X's integration and elegance is its Aqua user interface. Aqua incorporates the visual appearance of icons, menus, windows, and controls with high-quality graphics and user-centric design to produce a user experience that is as functional as it is appealing. Consistent with Apple's design philosophy, visual enhancements such as color, transparency, and animation serve not just as beautiful images but also as cues to the user about the functionality and operation of the system and its applications.

      Compatibility

      PowerPC

      PowerPC versions of Mac OS X retain compatibility with older Mac OS applications by providing an emulation environment called Classic, which allows users to run Mac OS 9 as a process within Mac OS X, so that older applications run as they would under the older operating system. In addition, the Carbon APIs for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X were created to permit code to be written to run natively on both systems. The OpenStep APIs are still available, but Apple now calls the technology Cocoa. (This heritage is visible in the Cocoa APIs, in which the class names mostly begin with NS for NEXTSTEP.) A fourth option for developers is to write applications in the Java platform, which Mac OS X has supported as a first class citizen—in practice this means that Java applications fit as neatly into the operating system as possible while still being cross-platform, and that GUIs, although being written in Swing, look almost exactly like native Cocoa interfaces. Traditionally, Cocoa programs have been

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