| Modding Mac OS X isn't about cutting up your Power Mac's
case with a saws-all; it's about modifying Mac OS X's user
interface and unlocking secrets and dispelling your fears of
the Unix command line so you can take command of your Mac.
Modding Mac OS X starts out with the very basics of showing
you how to configure your Mac and do simple things like
change Finder views, use an image from iPhoto's library on
your desktop, and how to find and use screen savers. From
there, Modding Mac OS X shows you how to:
Find hidden features in your favorite applications
Dive inside application bundles to find hidden resources
Change application and system-wide keyboard shortcuts
Work with the Property List Editor to read and edit property
list files
Wrap your head around the defaults command to tweak an
application's settings
Hack on NIB files to change an application's interface
Control an application with AppleScript, even if it isn't
scriptable
Each Modding example includes detailed step-by-step
instructions that even a novice Mac user can follow, while
also providing the necessary detail to satisfy the
experienced hacker. The knowledge you gain from tweaking one
application can be easily applied to the next.
So go on, empower your inner Mac geek. You know you want to.
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Biting the hand that feeds IT 
Published by: O'REILLY & ASSOCIATES