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	December 2009 Issue Mac in the Shell Tweaking Vim Or, How I learned to love the shell MacEnterprise Packages, Receipts, and Snow... Snow Leopard's changes to package receipts and updates 25 Years of MacTech Mac Memories CSI: Crash Scene Investigation Examining crashes to catch the culprit New Tools for Collaboration Alternatives for Exchange "Exchange for change," or, "Implementing Exchange Server services without the Exchange Server price." The Road to Code Needling the Thread An introduction to threads 2010 Buyers' Guide The MacTech Spotlight Björn Winckler, MacVim
	November 2009 Issue Mac in the Shell Debugging Python Stepping through code with pdb Unlocking Podcast Producer 2 Second in a series on the ins and outs of Podcast Producer MacEnterprise Snow Leopard Scavenger Hunt Changes in OS 10.6 of interest to systems administrators C4[3] in Retrospect Apple, Meet Ruby A gentle introduction Find Seven Samurai All we know about starting an Apple business, from the idea, to product launch, and beyond Advanced MySQL Administration How to use some more advanced MySQL features Kool Tools JustMobile Xtand & iDowell's iBox Kool Tools Nutritional Products: BrainToniq and Gamer Grub Real World Review Chairs: The Other Essential Tool The MacTech Spotlight Alan Oppenheimer, Open Door Networks, Inc.
	October 2009 Issue Mac in the Shell: Snow Leopard in the Shell: Changes to the shell environment in OS 10.6 Humane Project Planning All we know about starting an Apple business, from the idea, to product launch, and beyond Unlocking Podcast Producer v2 MacEnterprise: Snow Leopard, Launchd, and Lunch More launchd recipes, and a look at changes in Snow Leopard Apple Script in Snow Leopard The Road to Code: Look What the Cat Dragged in What's new in Snow Leopard MacEnterprise: Packaging for Enterprise Deployment Building Installer packages for mass unattended distribution Kool Tools: BookEndz Kool Tools: Catching Up with Screen Capturing Camtasia for Mac, Voila, ScreenFlow, and SnapzPro The MacTech Spotlight: Jesse Grosjean, Hog Bay Software
	September 2009 Issue Mac in the Shell: Reading and Writing plist Files with Python Tame those pesky plists Using Sassafras' KeyServer to Manage Licenses The Road to Code: The Glue that Binds Copy and paste MacEnterprise: Launchd for Lunch Recipes for using launchd for systems administration Extending the Casper Suite with Dummy Packages Adding custom management hooks New Tools for Collaboration: Introducing Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007 An indispensable tool on any Sharepoint Website Demystifying PKI: Enterprise Environments - Part 4 A Series of Articles and How-Tos about PKI technology in the OS X environment The MacTech Spotlight: Jeff Vogel, Spiderweb Software
	August 2009 Issue Mac in the Shell: Accessing AddressBook with PyObjC Using a specific Cocoa API from Python Demystifying PKI: Enterprise Environments A Series of Articles and How-Tos about PKI technology in the OS X environment - Part 3 Getting Started with Automator Scripting PackageMaker: Checking Requirements Learn how to validate a target for installation The Business: The Workshop, The Sales, and The Fun All we know about starting an Apple business, from the idea,to product launch and beyond MacEnterprise System Framework Scripting Using system frameworks in scripts for systems administration JAMF Software's Casper Suite for Imaging Client Image Deployment and Maintenance - Part 2 The MacTech Spotlight: Arek Dreyer Dreyer Network Consultants
	July 2009 Issue Mac in the Shell: Python Text Parsing Automating entries through keyword searching MacEnterprise Scripting Opportunities for System Administrators, Part Two Running administrative scripts at login and logout, and more New Tools for Collaboration Introducing Microsoft Document Connection "SharePoint parity for Macs?," or, "What users need to know about Microsoft's newest collaboration tool." The Road to Code An Interview with Brad Cox The man behind Objective-C JAMF Software's Casper Suite for Imaging Client Image Deployment and Maintenance - Part 1 Demystifying PKI Part two in a Series of Articles and How-Tos about PKI technology in the OS X environment The MacTech Spotlight: Simone Manganelli, Simx
	June 2009 Issue Mac in the Shell Python on the Mac: PyObjC Writing native Cocoa apps using Python Everything that can be invented has been invented All we know about starting an Apple business, from the idea, to product launch and beyond. Simple Call Stack Logging Who called NSLog()? Demystifying PKI Part One in a Series of Articles and How-Tos about PKI technology in the OS X environment New Tools for Collaboration: Sharepoint 101 "This ain't your mother's file server," or, "What administrators need to know about Microsoft's webified tool for working together" The Road to Code: Chips or Fries? Handling user preferences MacEnterprise: Scripting Opportunities for System Administrators, Part One When, where, why, and how you should run administrative scripts Installer Plugins Build a basic installer plug-in using Xcode Real World Review Small Tree Edge-CorE ES4548D Switch Kool Tools Etymotic EtyBLU Headset The MacTech Spotlight: Philip Goward and Greg Scown SmileOnMyMac
	May 2009 Issue Mac in the Shell: Learn Python on the Mac: Classes Building a Basic Class MacEnterprise: Pain Management Dealing with Apple firmware updates in an enterprise environment Packagemaker: Delivering Applications Learn how to build an application installer for OS X 10.5 New Tools for Collaboration: Supporting Entourage with Exchange "Be prepared!" or,"What administrators need to know about installing, deploying, and maintaining Microsoft's Mac mail solution" Getting Set to Start Out Right as a Start-up All we know about starting an Apple business, from the idea, to product launch and beyond. by Michael Gobel and Oliver Pospisil, Inspired By Life The Road to Code Windows to the World Windows, Panels, and Sheets Kool Tools: Pulse Smartpen and Livescribe Desktop The MacTech Spotlight: Jean-Daniel Dupas Ninsight - http://www.ninsight.fr/UK/
	April 2009 Issue Macintosh Data Encryption Protecting data at rest through disk encryption Mac in the Shell: Python: Getting OOPy with it Or, delving into the real Object-Oriented Programming Features of Python Collaborative Methods: Exchange Web Services "Finally, we can all get along," or, "What administrators need to know about Microsoft's newest E-mail protocol" MacEnterprise: Integrating with Active Directory A look at third-party tools for leveraging your AD infrastructure Introducing Unity: The Little Engine that can Your first step into games development needn't start with a C++ handbook The Road to Code: A Window with a View Custom NSViews HEAD-TO-HEAD: Parallels Desktop vs. VMware Fusion How do VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop for Mac stack up? The MacTech Spotlight: Robert Kuilman http://halfduplex.net
	March 2009 Issue Mac in the Shell: Learning Python on the Mac: Modules Organize code into reusable entities Core Data Versioning How to migrate your Core Data persistent store MacEnterprise: Packaging for System Administrators Building Installer packages for software distribution Integrating OS X With OpenLDAP/Samba,Part 3 Configuring Your Mac To Work With Linux Samba and LDAP Servers iPhone Productivity Applications, Part I Developing applications that manage complex data The Road to Code: Passing the Test Automated Unit Testing Kool Tools MacSpeech Dictate Kool Tools Rumpus 6 The MacTech Spotlight: Laurent Marteau Intego
	February 2009 Issue Creation Go make something - it'll make you a better tech, no matter your specialty Mac in the Shell: Learning Python on the Mac: Functions Modularizing and simplifying your code MacEnterprise: Loco for Local MCX Using Apple's client-management settings on the Local machine. Following up on MCX Macworld 2009: The Best of the Show See what MacTech and MacsimumNews saw as some of the best from the Expo floor. Python Cocoa - Delicious! Creating Mac OS X applications using Python instead of Objective C Torque it to the Macs Get up and running with the Torque Game Engine The Road to Code: Quit Bugging Me Debugging on Mac OS X iPhone Productivity Applications, Part 2 Developing applications that manage complex data The MacTech Spotlight: Cortis Clark Sol Robots, L.L.C.
	January 2009 Issue Mac in the Shell Learning Python on the Mac: Code Blocks Aka: the big indent Getting Started with REALBasic - Part 4 Designing the Application MacEnterprise Packaging for Distribution Building Installer packages for software distribution GPS and Your Photos How location-based data in your photos can help you organize them The Road to Code Play it Again, Sam A review of the last year and a half (Avoiding) Subversion Troubles On Mac OS X A few simple steps can help dodge big Subversion headaches An Introduction to Graphviz What is Graphviz and how to use it? Integrating OS X With OpenLDAP/Samba,Part 2 An article in a series, on "Configuring Your Mac to Work With Linux Samba and LDAP Servers." Geek Guide Printers 101 Real World Review HP Printers The MacTech Spotlight Rich Siegel Bare Bones Software, Inc.
	December 2008 Issue Mac in the Shell Learning Python on the Mac All about strings A Dashboard Widget that Supports Drag-and-Drop How to drag-and-drop files and directories between Dashboard Widgets and/or Finder The Road to Code Writing Even Less Code Introduction to Core Data Built for iPhone 2.0 Developing utility applications with the iPhone MacEnterprise Managing Firefox Configuring Firefox for your organization's environment The MacTech Product Guide Kool Tools Some Great iPhone 3G Accessories Must haves for the iPhone 3G The MacTech Spotlight Mark Dalrymple Google, Borkware LLC
	November 2008 Issue C4 (2) Conference A report on this year's event Mac in the Shell: Learning Python on the Mac An important, built-in scripting language Integrating OS X With OpenLDAP/Samba, Part 1 Configuring Your Mac To Work With Linux Samba and LDAP Servers The Road to Code: Nobody's Perfect Document Change Count and Undo Code Signing - Get Used to It! Digitally signed applications and you Geek Guide: Projectors Real World Reviews: NEC NP3151W 52, Da-Lite Deluxe Insta-Theater MacEnterprise MCX: No Excuses, Now! New options for managing workstations in OS X Leopard Advanced CVS Get more out of your CVS Setup Book Review Xcode 3 Unleashed The MacTech Spotlight Blair Yakimovich, Transgaming, Inc.
	October 2008 Issue The Road To Certification: Revisited Increase your knowledge and build credibility on the way Mac in the Shell Customizing the bash Experience Further Changing the bash shell to suit your needs The Road to Code Come Together, Right Now Combining bindings, document-based applications, and table views MacEnterprise Migrating FileVault Moving FileVault-encrypted accounts to a new machine A Dashboard Widget that Reads and Saves its Preferences Create a Dashboard Widget that can save and read data after restarting it Packaging Special Payloads with PackageMaker Bringing drivers, libraries, and plug-ins to the OS X target Kool Tools Microsoft Expression Media 2 Kool Tools Kerio Mail Server MacTech Spotlight Matthew Drayton: Nolobe Pty Ltd.
	September 2008 Issue Mac in the Shell Customizing the bash experience Get comfortable in the bash shell and make the experience your own MacEnterprise FileVault in the Enterprise, Part 2 Data security for OS X administrators Writing Help for man Learn how to write, install and test man help files on Mac OS X A Fresh Perspective On AppleScript: An Interview with an AppleScript Newbie AppleScript insights and thoughts from a newcomer to the language The Road to Code Writing Less Code Introduction to Cocoa bindings Beginning REALbasic: Inside the Application Book Review OS X Exploits and Defense "Own it...Just Like Windows or Linux!" Kool Tools Jawbone 2 Headset MacTech Spotlight Andrew Welch El Presidente, Ambrosia Software, Inc.
	August 2008 Issue Major Releases, Benchmarks, and Feedback Benchmarks and how the community contributes Creating Widgets with Dashcode When to use Dashcode, and other important widget information LBackup Flexible backup for system administrators MacTech Salutes the 2008 Apple Design Award Winners Showcasing the best of the best of 2008 Creating a Backup Policy Design and document an effective backup system for your business AppleScript and BBEdit Extend and enhance your BBEdit experience with AppleScript SNMP Primer for OSX Leopard An article on "Understanding, Configuring, and Customizing SNMP on OS X Leopard" that might change the way you think about your Mac. The Road to Code: Patterns in the Sky The Model-View-Controller Design Pattern Book Review: Take Control of Mac OS X Backups, Take Control of Easy Backup in Leopard Two backup titles in the Take Control of series Kool Tools: Axiotron Modbook MacTech Spotlight: Andy Lee
	July 2008 Issue Beginning REALBasic Designing the application FileVault in the Enterprise, Part 1 Data security for Mac Administrators VBA's Coming Back. Is it right for you? VBA coming back is great, but it's not here yet, and even so, it may not be your best solution. The Road to Code: One for the Archives Archiving objects and document-based applications Creating a Dashboard Widget that Processes an RSS Feed What is an RSS feed and how do I process it from within a Dashboard Widget? Enhancing Your Application with NSStatusItem How to Utilize the NSStatusItem API to add functionality Wiki Services in Leopard Server Overview A "fast" introduction to wiki and blog services in OS X Server for the SysAdmin KoolTools DVDxDV, DVDx Pro OmniGraffle Professional MacTech Spotlight: Matt Giger Lunar Software
	June 2008 Issue Mac in the Shell: Packaging and Installing Simplify and scale your install methodology Printing with Leopard in the Enterprise Changes for Mac Administrators Web Development for the iPhone Andy Inhatko: A Helping Hand Packaging for Leopard Introducing the new PackageMaker 3.0 Textmate: Take Your (Text) Editing to the Next Level Or: How to make friends with robot ninjas from Denmark The Road to Code: More Cocoa Bits Interface Builder UI tweaking and introduction to table view MacTech Spotlight: Dave Hayden Panic, Inc.
	May 2008 Issue RubyCocoa A new way to write Cocoa applications--Part 2 Mac in the Shell File Manipulation with PHP ... and other tips The Road to Certification--Part 5: ACSA and ACTC Increase your knowledge and build credibility along the way Test-Driven Development Using AppleScript--Part 2 Creating AppleScript applications using ASUnit The iPhone SDK Overview and initial reactions The Road to Code Cocoa Puffs Views, controls, actions, notifications, and delegates Getting Started with REALBasic Learning the ropes Moving Targets Leopard's new mobile options help you better manage mobile computers Introduction to Core Animation Using Core Animation in your Cocoa applications MacTech Spotlight Alexander Schoen & Peter Maurer Many Tricks
	April 2008 Issue Mac in the Shell: Data Manipulation with PHP PHP provides easy access to MySQL on OS X Test-Driven Development Using AppleScript Using testing frameworks to create more robust AppleScript applications Modularity Continuing our look at creating deployment images, with an intro to InstaDMG RubyCocoa A new way to write Cocoa applications--Part 1 Grokking OS X's Undo Support How to effectively use the Undo Manager built into Cocoa The Road to Code: Nice and Gooey Writing your first Cocoa GUI interface What's in Your Target Unit testing and analysis coverage Geoff Perlman on REALbasic Catching up with Geoff and REALbasic 2008 MacTech Spotlight: Eberhard Rensch Founder, Pleasant Software
	March 2008 Issue Office 2008 Benchmarks How well does Office 2008 run compared to Office 2004? The Road To Certification-Part 4: Pro Apps Increase your knowledge and build credibility along the way Mac in the Shell: Scripting with PHP Forget that web stuff, PHP is a great scripting language Sharing with Git Learn how to use Git to share your Xcode projects "Image"ine That! A fresh look at creating deployment images The Road to Code: Building on a Solid Foundation Exploring the Foundation framework What's in Your Target Unit testing and analysis coverage Geoff Perlman on REALbasic Catching up with Geoff and REALbasic 2008 MacTech Spotlight: Austin Meyer President, Laminar Research
	February 2008 Issue Virtualization Benchmarking How do Boot Camp, Parallels Desktop, and VMWare Fusion stack up? The Road To Certification-Part 3 Increase your knowledge and build credibility along the way Mac in the Shell: What Has Really Changed in Leopard? Some differences for us Unixy scripty people Getting Started with Git Learn how to use Git to manage your project Managed Preferences, Part 2 New options in Workgroup Manager in Leopard The Road to Code: There's a Hole in Your Bucket Objective-C memory management Adobe CS3 and Apple Script MacTech Spotlight: Marcus S. Zarra Owner, Zarra Studios, LLC
	January 2008 Issue The Road To Certification-Part 2 Increase your knowledge and build credibility along the way Mac in the Shell: Mass Remote Management with dshell Or, mass remote management without ARD Networked Backups Using Time Machine Making easy backups even easier Command Line Goodies New command line tools in Leopard The Road to Code: You Have Your Mother's Eyes Inheritance and Polymorphism Managing Your Loadset, Post-Deploy How to keep machines up to date from a central location MacTech Spotlight: Peter N. Lewis Stairways Software Pty Ltd.
	December 2007 Issue Mac in the Shell: Pashua: Helping the GUI Crowd Give your shell scripts a GUI The Road To Certification Increase your knowledge and build credibility along the way DIY: OpenVPN Server How to turn OS X client into an OpenVPN server Leopard's New Toolbox What's new for the system administrator in OS X 10.5 The Road to Code: Primary Objective Introduction to Objective-C Data Overflow: What's Your Back-up Plan? Why you must protect an ever-increasing volume of valuable data Product Guide Our annual guide to advertisers and their products MacTech Spotlight Dr. Michael Watson, Freeverse, Inc.
	November 2007 Issue 5 Leopard Features To Make Your Sys Admin Happier Here are a few features that will make your life as a systems administrator easier Mac in the Shell: Leopard Terminal.app: Create Your Workspace Have all the comforts of ~ The Road to Code: Leopard Detour What's new for developers in Leopard Changing Spots New ways of manipulating Directory Services in Leopard Using the RADIUS Service in OSX 10.5 Aimed at Airports, but flexible under the hood Affordable NAS Integrating FreeNAS appliance software into a Mac environment Exploring Leopard with DTrace How to use DTrace for debugging and exploration Easily Capture video from any VGA or DVI device Discover how to grab raw video frames and stream them to your preferred utility MacTech Spotlight: Kent Sutherland Independent Developer/Student
	October 2007 Issue Demystifying Windows network browsing A behind the scenes look at how it really works Strangers in a foreign land Integrating OS X with Active Directory The Road to Code: Getting Oriented Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming Mac in the Shell: ssh Basics and More Is there anything ssh can't do?! Archiving with Tar Learn how to use the tar tool MacTech Spotlight: David Sinclair Owner, Dejal Systems LLC
	September 2007 Issue More ftp I've got a fever, and the only cure is more ftp! The Mac Consultant's Guide to Managing Windows Product Keys Do your customers (and yourself) a favor with our best practices The Road to Code: Bits and Bytes and Everything Nice More Memory Topics FTP Clients for Mac OS X Roundup of some popular FTP client apps Quoting in the shell Dealing with interesting characters in shell programming My Sojourn Through Cocoa Boot Camp Or What It's Like Getting Back Into The Trenches... MacTech Spotlight: Brian Webster Fat Cat Software
	August 2007 Issue USENIX != WWDC An impressionistic report on two very different technical conferences Mac in the Shell: Plumbing the Depths Finding hidden gems in application bundles Backups on a Budget Build your own backup utility with AppleScript Studio Developing for the iPhone OR: how I learned to stop worrying and love Web 2.0 The Road to Code: Pointing the Way Game on! Understanding SMB in OS X There are many more pieces than you may realize Real World Review: REALbasic 2007r2 KoolTools: MacCase Premium Leather Collection MacTech Spotlight Dave Schroeder, U. of Wisconsin-Madison
	July 2007 Issue AppleScript and Apple Remote Desktop Automating an automation tool More from the Unknown More shell tools that typically go unnoticed DIY: BIND DNS Server How to turn OS X client into a full-featured DNS server The Courage to Start Take the first step toward programming for Mac OS X Environment Variables What they are and how to use them Advanced Tables with AppleScript Studio Learn how to support editable tables and drag-and-drops Using NetBooting on the Mac OS X Server for delivery of mass client deployment MacTech Spotlight Steve Modica, CEO, Small Tree Communications
	June 2007 Issue Automation Potpourri Shell and GUI scripting come together MSX: Client Wrangling 101 How to gain and keep control of your clients The MacTech 25, 2007 Troubleshooting Directory Services The basics Open Source Options for Mac OS X How to leverage open source applications in Mac OS X 10.4 Copy That Why you need a clipboard manager MacTech Spotlight Eric Schwiebert, Microsoft Corporation
	May 2007 Issue Introduction to AppleScripting Microsoft Entourage Learn F-Script in 20 Minutes And have fun playing with Core Image The man Show Learning shell utilities with and without man Perl 6 on XCode Bringing the power of Perl 6 to the OS X environment Apple's Transition from Open Firmware to Extensible Firmware Interface Uninstalling with AppleScript Building an uninstaller with AppleScript Studio Real World Reviews: AMCC 3Ware Sidecar Kit When it's time to step up to more and better MacTech Spotlight Paul Kafasis, CEO, Rogue Amoeba Software
	April 2007 Issue Remotely Control Your Mac Without a Computer Use the world, and your location, to control and manipulate your home Lego NXT on the Mac Lego's next generation Mindstorm kits play nice with the Mac. Using "Parallels Desktop" with Bootcamp to run Windows XP KoolTools: Maxtor Shared Storage Drives MacTech Spotlight Jonathan "Wolf" Rentszch, Founder, Red Shed Software Company SPECIAL SECTION: Moving from Microsoft Office VBA to AppleScript MacTech's Guide to Making the Transition
	March 2007 Issue Introduction to Scripting Microsoft PowerPoint OS X Failover - Part 1 A beginner's guide Apple's Transition: Apple Partition Map to the GUID Partition Table The Source Hound: MacFUSE: The Man Behind the Mask Open Source Strikes Again Which Log? Following up on which log shows you what Virtual Reality Which solution is right for me? Local File Transfer on the Easy Your clients, and their mail server, will love it Real World Review: MyVu Personal Media Viewer MacTech Spotlight Tim Standing, VP Engineering, SoftRAID, LLC
	February 2007 Issue Introduction to Scripting Microsoft Excel Virtual Choices on the Mac VMWare brings their wares to Intel Macs Pwn your Tab Key Mice are for wimps Automate Your Place, Part 2 Have your Mac brew your coffee and take care of the lights on your way out More on Logs Watching log files without really watching them Matching satellite Altec Lansing FX 6021 speakers with Apple Display Camping in OS X A file sharing primer Real World Reviews: BravoPro Disc Publishing System DiskWarrior 4 KoolTools: RadTech Sleevz and Krussell Music Series Cases iSkin Claro and eVo3 Cases Newer Technology's TRAFFICJamz and NuPower ViDEO+ MacTech at Macworld 2007 ...a gathering not quite like any other MacTech Spotlight Michael Clark, VP Engineering, Marketcircle
	January 2007 Issue Introduction to Scripting Microsoft Word Can RAID be used for Backup? Creating and installing Xcode menu scripts using Xcode The R statistics package Automate Your Place, part 1 Real-world Integration On Logs Everything you need to know about your system Jumbo Frame Networks Tap into extra Ethernet Speed Laptop Hard Drive Speed 4200, 5400, 7200 RPMs... does it really matter? Focus Review: Juniper/Netscreen Protection Sound Studio 3 Height and Angle FootRester MacTech Spotlight Featuring: Christoph Nadig and Pascal Freiburghaus
	December 2006 Issue AppleScript Code Libraries Creating a Dashboard Widget that uses a plugin Rolling out Microsoft Office Updates Distributing with PackageMaker Building a distribution installer packages I Heart vi Text editing in a shell Xsan, Part 2: Planning Your SAN Sorting Product Guide
	November 2006 Issue Introduction to Scripting InDesign Python Power Tools Tools Available for Python Developers Running OS X Directory Service Recipes Virtual Computing With Parallels Desktop How to leverage Parallels Desktop for Mac to run Windows and Linux VMs Spam Graphing and Logging for SpamAssassin Rule Optimization Triple boot a Mac with Windows and Linux Subversion and XCode A Look at Apple's Xsan
	October 2006 Issue Introduction to Scripting QuarkXPress Version Control on a Budget A Non-Developers Introduction to CVS Sharing Information Between Outlook & Entourage Web Performance Tuning Supercharge your Web Sites in Minutes! Easing Into dscl Manipulating Directory Services via the Command Line My CUPS Runneth Over Taking the power of printing to the next level in Mac OS X Ajax on Rails miniStack CompuRover AW Bag PDF Shrink 4.0
	September 2006 Issue MacTech at WWDC 2006 Back to the Shell Revisiting the basics in an advanced kind of way Externals and Internals of Styles on Word 2004 Parallel Programming With the Intel Core Duo Processor Automator for Administrators Using your scripting prowess in a new way! Introduction to Scripting GraphicConverter Introduction to Ruby on Rails Plantronics CS50 and CS50-USB FAST DVD COPY 4 Brenthaven Fusion MB Messenger Bag NEC Multisync 20WMGX2
	August 2006 Issue Introduction to Scripting Photoshop To Tune, or Not to Tune Windows SharePoint Services (version 3) on the Mac The MacTech 25 GUI-up your Script Digital Media Boost With the Intel Core Duo Processor How to make your applications run faster! Are you copying all the information that you need? Using a Mac OS X client with a Linux L2TP/IPSec VPN Server
	July 2006 Issue Taking Advantage of The Intel Core Duo Processor-Based iMac How to make your applications run faster! OS X Investigation and Troubleshooting - Part 3 The Secrets to OS X success Entourage Exchange Account Configuration White Paper: Lasso & PHP A Closer Look at Two OS X Scripting Languages Network Layer Security (Part 2) Script Software's iClock More Scriptable Access to Remote Directories Solar Star Attic Fans KILL A WATT Small Server Room Air Conditioning Portable Cooling Units for Server Rooms
	June 2006 Issue OS X Investigation and Troubleshooting, Part 2 The Secrets to OS X success Apple Remote Desktop 3: The latest and greatest in remote control for Macs SharePoint and Macs How to make the most of the experience "Web 2.0" on the Desktop Replacing AppKit with the New Web Fu Mouse Round Up: RadTech's BT500 Rechargeable Mobile Mouse Razer Pro Mouse and Razer ProPad Logitech MX 1000 Laser Cordless Mouse Script Software's iClock Installing and Using a Wiki What are Wikis and how to use TWiki An Introduction to Scripting Transmit
	May 2006 Issue OS X Investigation and Troubleshooting The Secrets to OS X success Entourage 2004 Spotlight Support How Microsoft Entourage 2004 now takes advantage of Spotlight Office 2004 Benchmarks on Intel-based Macs Found in Transition: Windows and Mac, sitting in a tree... Tweak Tiger's TFTP Review: ATEN's MasterView Max (CS1758) KVM Switch An Introduction to Scripting Fetch
	April 2006 Issue awk for Data Processing: Part 2 Revving up the engine. Very Precious Network Security Safeguarding "sensitive data" using encrypted disk images A guide to stress testing your website with ApacheBench and JMeter TextMate 1.5 Review Introduction to Scripting FileMaker Pro Building a Backup System on the Mac ATTO ExpressPCI UL4S and ExpressPCI UL4D SCSI Adapters Daystar's G-Celerator G4 CPU upgrade Maxell's Super DLTtape II Navicat: More Than Just Backing up MySQL Quantum's SDLT 600 Tape Drive System Expansion Options from Sonnet
	March 2006 Issue AppleScript's Variable Types and You Storing and Accessing Data with AppleScript awk for Data Processing: The Complementary Pattern Processor to sed. Get Your Growl ON: Making The BIG Cat Really ROAR! Book Review: Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks Implementing Five PRNG Algorithms in Cocoa. Review: Web Surveys, Quick and Easy Review: Snapz Pro X 2.0 Review: Klear Screen The Right Way to Clean Your Screen, iPods, and More Desktop Systems Engineer and Analyst
	February 2006 Issue An Inside Look at the Inner-workings of the Original OS X-Based Supercomputer MacEnterprise, and Behind the Macs at Yale Mapping the Evolution of QuickTime Programming Introduction to Core Data, Part IV: Storing Fetch Requests in your Data Model CRYPTOCard's CRYPTO-Server 6.3 for OS X: Eliminate Insecure Static Passwords Not CurSED, BlesSED! But sometimes, the keys to sed can be disguised. Nagios on OS X, Part 2: Setting Up Nagios 2.0 Writing a Menulet Extension Introduction to Database Events Book Review: Learning Unix for Mac OS X Tiger
	January 2006 Issue Make eBay Work for You Instead of You Working for It MacTech's Fearless Predictions for '06 ... and Beyond! The Apple - Intel Transition: Your Options for Windows Software on the Mac Build Your Own Supercomputer From Your Macs Laying Around Providing Progress Feedback During Script Execution Unix Underpinnings on The Mac: What To Use and What to Avoid Adding Ajax to a Website Choosing A Java Scripting Language
	December 2005 Issue Deconstructing RSS 2.0 Understanding How RSS Feeds Work Nagios on OS X, Part 1: Installing and Setting Up One of the Best Net Monitoring Tools Around XRackPro2: Noise Reduction Rack Mount Cabinet Building a Table View Project in AppleScript Studio What's Rattling Around in my sed: Automating edits. "Why Am I The Only Woman At This Table?" State Property 2: Opening QuickTime Movies using Properties MacTech 2005 High-Tech Gift Guide Sonos Digital Music System EyeTv and EyeHome One for the Kids: The Mac Mini Lift and Separate: The XStand Gigs on the Go: The StoreJet 1.8 Carry On: Laptop Cases Lots of Fun: Video Games GooBall and Jammin' Racer The Unofficial Lego Builder's Guide Nice Dreams: Pzizz Musical Digerati: Get Digital iPod Shuffle Accessories Look Ma, No Hands: Phone Headsets More Free Sound: iCombi The National Geographic Back Roads Explorer It Came Inside A Midnight Beer Waterproof Camera Housings
	November 2005 Issue Vodcasting: Exploring the Future of Syndicated Media Using Open Source Tools to Filter Email on Mac OS X Server Configuring and Running X11 Applications on Mac OS X Introduction to Core Data, Part III: Fetch, Clarus, Fetch In The Trenches: Talking With One Man on the Front Lines of Mac IT Bonjour, Mon ami: Automatic Service Discovery in Tiger State Property: Working with QuickTime Properties and Property Listeners Back to bash Basics: Part 2 Time to Advance Ourselves Introduction To Scripting iCal Making The Invisible Files Visible
	October 2005 Issue Bluetooth: The Basics and How Apple Implemented it in OS X An Open Source Primer: A Practical Guide to Using Open Source Software for the Non-Developer Creating Interface Builder Palettes with Bindings Support The Informer: Using the QuickTime Metadata Functions Introduction To Scripting Address Book Back to bash Basics: Following Up on the bash Presented Thus Far Knock Knock Knocking on LDAP's Door, Part 2 Tips and Tidbits: A Step-by-Step Guide to Making and Promoting Your Own Podcast
	September 2005 Issue A MacMini Robot: Building A Vision Capable Robot Using A Mac Mini ADHOC 2005 (aka MacHack): A Much Loved Mac Institution Comes To An End iPod - Linux: Get Your Geek-On With This Amazingly Feature Rich Companion OS Storage Interconnect Technologies: A Quick Reference Guide Introduction to Core Data, Part II: Diving More Deeply Into Apple's New Persistence Framework Enterprise Backup and Recovery: Practices for Streamlining Large-scale Backup and Recovery Implementations Playing With A Mac and A PSP Screen: Living In A Virtual World Introduction To Scripting Mail Knock Knock Knocking on LDAP's Door Kool Tools:Must Have iPod Accessories Tips & TidBits: Centralized Device Logging with Tiger and Syslodg
	August 2005 Issue Building An AppleScript-Based Automator Action PHP, MySQL, And Forms DNS And E-Mail Part 2: Troubleshooting Part 2 of Mac OS X Server 10.4: An Overview QuickTime Toolkit: Threads Nuts About SquirrelMail Securing Mail With GPG: A Graphical Tutorial Palm On OS X: Dissecting the PDB File Exclusive File Access In Mac OS X Mac OS X Programming: Mineralogy 101- Use The Quartz (2D), Luke!
	July 2005 Issue iClip And Advanced UNIX Programming Developing Applications with the QuickTime for Cocoa Kit, Part III Tips From Big Nerd Ranch: Style For Cocoa Programmers Mac OS X Server 10.4, An Overview AppleScript Essentials: Working With Text DNS And E-Mail, Did You Know They're Related? Using Tiger's New Persistence Framework and Modeling Tool Save Our Screens -102- How To Write A Mac OS X Screen Saver, Part II REALbasic Development: What's New In REALbasic 2005? KoolTools: Game Controllers KoolTools: Final Cut Express HD KoolTools: Vendetta Online KoolTools: Point-and-Click Astronomy With A Mac
	June 2005 Issue Itanium, And Pentium, And MacTel, Oh My PHP And MySQL, Together At Last The Source Hound: Business Unusual. Open-Source With Teeth Developing Applications With The QuickTime For Cocoa Kit Tips From Big Nerd Ranch: Life With SQLite AppleScript Essentials: User Interface Scripting launchd: Judge, Jury, Executioner Journaling Bits: A Look At The OS X "Personal Diary" Indexing Darwin Files. Extending Spotlight's Reach Mac OS X Programming: Save Our Screens 101 Serving From Home: Running A Mac Web Server With A Dynamic IP Address Cocoa's New Tree-Based XML Parser Using NSXML To Parse, Edit, And Write XML
	May 2005 Issue Tiger. Automator QuickTime Toolkit: Back To The Future Tips From Big Nerd Ranch: Tiger Time ACLs: Finer Grained Permissions What's New With AppleScript In Tiger Outside The Web-Safe Palette. New Software Gives Designers A New Way To Look At Color Fun With Quartz Composer The Source Hound, Ghost In The Machine Enterprise Information Systems On Mac OS X KoolTools: Business Card Composer KoolTools: DeskMount G5 KoolTools: Skin Tight Armbands KoolTools: Pro Pack For GarageBand KoolTools: Digital Satellite KoolTools: PostWorx Speedball KoolTools: ScreensavRZ KoolTools: Tron 2.0
	April 2005 Issue Combining Two Faces Of OS X: AppleScript and Java FileMaker's 7 "Biggest" Change The iPod Mobile Challenge: How Hard Is It To Get An iPod To Sound Great In A Car? What's New For Developers In FileMaker 7? Smarter Playlists: Getting More Out Of iTunes With Smart Playlists An Introduction To Builds: Creating And Using Builds In Mac OS X Improve PDF Search By Making HTML Clones Getting Started with MySQL, Part Deux Introduction To AppleScript Studio The Source Hound: Coneheads At The Gate The Shell: Automation, Doing Something Useful KoolTools: Huge Systems Media Vault U320-R KoolTools: iPod Fan Book KoolTools: eMedia Rock Guitar Method The Motorola RAZR Is Cool, But I Want To Use Bluetooth!
	March 2005 Issue MySQL: PHP's Perfect Partner Enterprise Information Systems on Mac OS X AppleScript Essentials: Performing Basic Image Manipulation Quicktime Toolkit: The Incredibles Virtual Private Networks: Secure E-Commuting The Shell: What? Programming Python The Source hound: A Smart World After All Focus Review: Near-Time's Flow Basic Admin Skills: Cron and Crontab In-Depth Patch Panel: Movable Type on Panther Halo: Combat Evolved
	February 2005 Issue BBEdit: Somehow, It Still Doesn't Suck! New technology: Podcasting 101 The Source Hound: Betting on The Dark Horse Matchmaking with Regular Expressions Quicktime Toolkit: Terminal Velocity Mac in the Shell: The Terminal Why? Securing Mac OS X AppleScript Essentials: An Introduction to Handlers Imaging in Forensics Software Marketing: Broadcast Your News with RSS Patach Panel: An Introduction to Kerberos and Single Sign-on iBoom from Digital Lifestyle Outfitters AXIO Swift hardpack
	January 2005 Issue The 2005 Apple Sysadmin's Wishlist Creating a Cocoa AppController Class Mac OS X Server's Print and File Services for Mixed Networks Quicktime Toolkit: Black Hawk Down Database Applications in REALbasic AppleScript Essentials: Thinking Logically Software Marketing: Choosing an E-Commerce Partner - part 2 KoolTools: Round-Up of a big Show! Starting an on-Line Business The Application Formerly Known As... The Web Server in OS X MySQL -vs- PostgreSQL
	December 2004 Issue BZFlag: A SourceForge Open Source Project Zero-Day Exploit MacAlly USB Combo Kit Belkin Digital Camera Link LetterRip Professional 4.0 Mailing List Server STM large Loop Backpack Griffin GarageBand Guitar Cable Quicktime Toolkit: The Terminal Backup! Backup! Backup! When Disaster Strikes AppleScript Essentials: Should I Repeat Myself? NeoOffice: J Walks into Aqualand Software Marketing: Choosing an E-Commerce Partner - part 1 All Keyed Up In Focus: Mac OS X Services Patch Panel: An Apple remote Desktop Critique Using Entourage and Mail with an Exchange Server Remote Control It's Not Just for Your TV Business Processes... they're good for you... No, Really Unix in OS X- Getting More From OS X
	November 2004 Issue Getting Started with PHP Becoming a Blogger with iBlog Software Marketing: Serial Number Politics Fill Online PDF Forms Using HTML Forms Java versus .Net ADHOC/MacHack: I Love the Nightlife Active Directory and Mac OS X Focus review: Archos AV420 Altec Lansing AHS602 Gaming Headset EarJams or In-Ear Headphones? BlueTake i-Phone BT420 EX Belkin Digital Camera Link Macally BT Mouse Jr. Transpod FM Applescript Essentials: More Finder Scripting Conference Report: WWDC, Steve, and Tiger Looking for Open Directory Using SOAP with PHP Python for AppleScripters Patch Panel: Kerio Mail Server

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