Finally, members of the Windows, Linux, BSD, and other Unix communities will find the book valuable in comparing and contrasting Mac OS X with their respective systems.Mac OS X Internals focuses on the technical aspects of OS X and is so full of extremely useful information and programming examples that it will definitely become a mandatory tool for every Mac OS X programmer. System administrators and power users can use the book to harness the power of the rich environment offered by Mac OS X. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) Xserve (Early 2009) Any Mac that shipped with Mac OS X Mavericks or later will not be compatible with this installer. Application programmers can gain a deeper understanding of how their applications interact with the system. System programmers can use the book as a reference and to construct a better picture of how the core system works. Macworld: Leopard Apple demoed the developer-centric features of Leopard back at WWDC, including virtual desktops in Spaces, Spotlight searching, Time Machine backups, and new voice synthesis features. The book also covers several key areas of the Intel-based Macintosh computers.A solid understanding of system internals is immensely useful in design, development, and debugging for programmers of various skill levels. Macworld 2006 - Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger for Intel Macs released, brief mention of Leopard in 2007. You will learn how these pieces connect and work internally, where they originated, and how they evolved. For example, you will learn the roles of the firmware, the bootloader, the Mach and BSD kernel components (including the process, virtual memory, IPC, and file system layers), the object-oriented I/O Kit driver framework, user libraries, and other core pieces of software. Understanding the design, implementation, and workings of Mac OS X requires examination of several technologies that differ in their age, origins, philosophies, and roles.Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach is the first book that dissects the internals of the system, presenting a detailed picture that grows incrementally as you read. This is the eBook version of the printed book.Mac OS X was released in March 2001, but many components, such as Mach and BSD, are considerably older. Many programs have a Zoom menu item that you can use to make everything on.