bofors Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Amit Singh's long-awaited OS X book: "Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach" is now finally available: http://www.osxbook.com/ I am ordering my copy now, and Amazon.com does not have the best price (but offers a PDF eBook version at about half-price). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21720-amit-singhs-os-x-book-released/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Yeah, I saw that was out. Should be a good read, even for a non-programmer (who runs a big forum). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21720-amit-singhs-os-x-book-released/#findComment-143514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted July 15, 2006 Author Share Posted July 15, 2006 My copy of Amit's book was delivered today and it is impressive. With 1641 pages, this is the OS X "bible" for me. It really has little to do with programming, but is rather a detailed analysis of OS X (including historical and comparative aspects). This book should be a perquisite for anyone seriously interested in hacking OS X. It has hundred page chapters on firmware and bootloader, memory and HFS+. About half the book is directly related to the kernel. My only real criticism so far is that the book is a little weak on x86 coverage. Just a ten page appendix is tacked on the back for x86, while Amit's analysis of the G5 Mac gets a full hundred page chapter. The books table of contents are here: http://www.osxbook.com/book/toc/toc.html The reviews at Amazon are unanimous with five stars: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/032127854...1139155?ie=UTF8 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21720-amit-singhs-os-x-book-released/#findComment-145058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 I bet he's been working on this for several years, thus the small place for x86. I bet in a year or so there'll be a revised edition updated for x86. EDIT: Thread cleaned up on request of Addison Wesley, the publisher. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21720-amit-singhs-os-x-book-released/#findComment-151060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted August 8, 2006 Author Share Posted August 8, 2006 OS X Kernel Hacking 101? Amit Singh to hold workshop at San Francisco Apple Store at noon on Thursday: Mac OS X Internals Workshop (San Francisco) FYI: I will be holding a Mac OS X Internals workshop on Thursday, August 10th, 12:00 noon at the San Francisco Apple Store. This is a part of Apple’s “WWDC: Meet the Authors” line of Apple-store events. http://osxbook.com/blog/2006/08/02/mac-os-...-san-francisco/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21720-amit-singhs-os-x-book-released/#findComment-158593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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