- Keeping Your Mac from Catching a Bug: Top Choices in Mac OS X Virus Protection
- May 4, 2006
- 2006 has already seen the first dangerous virus threat for Mac OS X, proving that Macs are not immune to viruses. Ryan Faas is your guide to understanding viruses and the potential risks they can pose to Macs and using the tools to keep you Mac virus-free.
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- Liven Up Your Design Through Repetition
- Apr 2, 2008
- Author Robin Williams offers practical, fun advice on creating continuity through repetition to make your design work appear more cohesive and professional.
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- Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Pocket Guide: Applications and the Dock
- Oct 15, 2009
- This chapter covers how to run applications, as well as how to install and update them. And we can't talk about applications without looking at the Dock, Apple's go-to place for accessing applications (and more).
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- Mac OS X Business Tools: There Are More Than You Think
- Apr 20, 2007
- Macs have never been considered business machines and yet record numbers of small and mid-size businesses are running on Mac OS X today. Ryan Faas illustrates why the idea that Macs aren't up to the needs of business computing is indeed a myth by pointing out top business tools that exist for Mac users.
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- Mac OS X Client General Security Practices
- Aug 8, 2003
- In order to make Mac OS X more user friendly, security measures had to be sacrificed by the manufacturers. Learn how to improve the security on your system without completely abandoning usability.
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- Mac OS X Deployment v10.6: Creating System Images
- Jan 5, 2009
- This chapter will show you how to select a system imaging technique that meets your deployment needs, integrate advanced Mac OS X managed preferences with your system image, create a cloned system image using Disk Utility, create basic network disk images using System Image Utility, and build a modular NetRestore image using System Image Utility.
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- Mac OS X Directory Services v10.6: Accessing an Active Directory Service
- Dec 29, 2009
- In this chapter, you will learn how to configure Mac OS X to log in using Active Directory, troubleshoot binding issues, and troubleshoot login issues.
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- Mac OS X Lion Finder Windows
- Aug 10, 2011
- This chapter walks you through a number of short exercises to help you feel comfortable using Finder windows, which are a fundamental element of your Mac.
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- Mac OS X Lion Pocket Guide: Master Your Files
- Aug 17, 2011
- Files are the foundation of working within Mac OS X Lion. Jeff Carlson shows you how to make them work to your advantage.
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- Mac OS X Lion: Visual QuickStart Guide: Window Views
- Aug 18, 2011
- In this chapter, Maria Langer tells you more about how to work with Mac OS X’s window views. By understanding how each view works and what features it offers, you should be able to decide which views work best for the things you need to do.
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- Mac OS X Security and Mobility v10.6: Using a Firewall
- Mar 23, 2010
- This chapter focuses on mitigating and controlling access using Mac OS X firewalls on both the client and server. You’ll learn how to verify when attack attempts and system failures occur, and how to configure firewalls to guard against them.
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- Mac OS X Security Part 1: Investigating Security Breaches and Illegal Use
- Mar 16, 2007
- Knowing how to investigate a security breach, potential crime, or policy violation on a Mac computer or server is crucial for understanding the incident and building a chain of evidence that clearly identifies the culprit. In this article, Ryan Faas describes data forensic methods as they apply to Mac OS X and shows you how to ensure that evidence on a compromised Mac is not contaminated during an investigation.
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- Mac OS X Security Part 2: The Mac Forensic Toolkit
- Mar 23, 2007
- Part 1 of Ryan Faas' security series discussed the processes behind investigating inappropriate or criminal activities using data forensics, including the importance of not contaminating evidence by acquiring and working with forensic-quality disk images of affected hard drives. This article moves from the basic methods for performing a forensic investigation under Mac OS X to profiling the various tools that are available to perform such investigative work.
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- Mac OS X Server for Intel: Should You Make the Switch?
- Dec 8, 2006
- With the release of Intel server hardware, Apple has also provided an Intel-native version of Mac OS X Server. Migrating from a Power PC server to an Intel server poses some unique questions and challenges not encountered with the client version of Mac OS X. In this article, Ryan Faas walks you through such potential pitfalls as choosing an install and configuration method, moving data and services, and deciding whether to make the move to Intel server hardware now or after the release of Leopard, the next generation of Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server.
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- Mac OS X Server Mail Service Boot Camp, Part 1: The Basics
- Oct 6, 2006
- Mac OS X Server includes a robust suite of mail services that make it a powerful solution for organizations looking to host their own email, webmail, and mailing list server. However, understanding how to configure those services properly is crucial to creating a reliable and secure mail server. In the first of three articles covering Mac OS X Server's mail services, Ryan Faas gives you the background and the basics you need to know to implement a Mac OS X mail server.
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- Mac OS X Server Mail Service Boot Camp, Part 2: Advanced Mailing List Features and WebMail
- Oct 13, 2006
- How can you manage mailing lists from a web-based interface? Part 1 of this boot camp series explained the basic steps needed to configure Mac OS X Server as an email server. In this article, Ryan Faas continues that discussion, explaining how to enable and configure a custom web-based email client and advanced mailing list features using the MailMan and SquirrelMail tools that come bundled with Mac OS X Server.
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- Mac OS X Server Mail Service Boot Camp, Part 3: Security, Filtering, and Other Advanced Topics
- Oct 20, 2006
- In the final piece of his three-part series on setting up mail services on Mac OS X Server, Ryan Faas explains how to secure your mail server, prevent spam and viruses from reaching users' mailboxes, and configure your mail server to support email accounts across multiple domain names.
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- Mac OS X Support Essentials: File Systems
- Oct 29, 2009
- In this chapter, you will examine the storage technology used by Mac OS X. Storage hardware like disk drives and RAID will be covered alongside logical storage concepts like partitions and volumes. You will learn how to properly manage and troubleshoot these storage assets and to manage storage security through ownership, permissions, and access control lists (ACLs).
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- Mac OS X Unix 101: Working With File Content
- Mar 3, 2006
- This chapter is all about file content and what you can do with it from the Unix command line. Several projects are featured that will show you how to search the file system for specific content, view files, process them, and compress them.
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- Mac OS X VPN Solutions, Part 1: Connecting to a VPN
- Dec 15, 2006
- Connecting to a remote network using VPN technologies gives users secure and easy access to resources by using the Internet as a conduit for communication. Although the basic technology is the same for Mac OS X, Windows, and many network devices, the actual process of implementing a VPN solution can vary widely between computing platforms and depends on the VPN protocols being used. In this first of three articles covering VPN solutions for Mac OS X, Ryan Faas explains the common VPN protocols and concepts and how to configure the VPN client included in Mac OS X.
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