Macintosh Research

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Macintosh Research

Research notes relating to the Macintosh Computer.

Applescript

• AppleScript: Control your Mac with an e-mail — TUAW tutorial to shut down, restart, and open Mac applications remotely with AppleScript and Mail.

Backup

Local and online backup services. The best easiest is probably .Mac.

• Apple .Mac: Backup — probably the easiest solution. Freeware version is useless as limited to 100mb of data. Paid is £120 .Mac annual subscription.
• Super Duper — simple and easy to use local backup system. Freeware basic, $27.99 advanced which give you incremental backups (save time). Excellent user guide with detailed instructions. Does full system or User settings/docs only backups of entire volumes. NEED TO TEST DRIVE THIS.
• iBackup — simple to use backup/restore utility. Shareware $25. Allows for WebDAV backups to remote servers. Online Help Pages. NEED TO TEST DRIVE THIS.
• Crashplan — automatic remote backup to their servers or to another computer. One off fee or monthly subscription.

See Also

• Mac Zealots Backup — excellent article with Top 3 recommended solutions.
• Bingo Disk — remote disk space at bargain prices. 100gb $199/yr, 50gb $99/yr, 25gb $49/yr, 15gb $29/yr, 10gb $19/yr.

Subversion

Subversion is an open-source version control system that was developed to extend the functionality provided by Concurrent Version Systems (CVS), and is particularly well supported in Mac OS X. Using this cutting-edge version control system can help you code more efficiently and effectively, allowing you to focus on what the Mac developer community is famous for: great applications. NEED TO INSTALL THIS!

• Subversion — project home page.
• Subversion Book — what it's all about.
• Mac Dev Center Subversion — how to install on Mac OSX.
• Apple Developer Subversion xCode — how to guide.
• WikiHow Install Subversion on Mac OSX — installation guide.
• Installing SVN on OSX — hivelogic step-by-step tutorial.
• Setting up the Subversion Client on Mac OS X — joshbuhler step-by-step tutorial.
• Subversion on Mac (for developers) — DHIS documentation must-have's for subversion.

Suversion Interfaces

• ZigVersion — easy to use interface for Subversion with a graphical interface and typical workflows of professional programmers.

Apple Research Resources

• Google Search — remember that typing 'google' before your search word will get you business directory listings.
• .Mac Discussion Groups — official user groups for .Mac advice and support.

Macintosh Links

Official Apple Resources

• apple.com — Apple's UK website.
• discussions.apple.com — Apple Discussions community forums.
• selfsolve.apple.com — use Apple's Online Service Assistant to enter a serial number and get warranty info.

Unofficial Mac Resources

• applelinks.com — Apple Links Macintosh news, reviews and how-to guides.
• iusethis.com OSX — I Use This digg style site for sharing info on the best applications for your computer.
• macblogger.net — Mac Blogger rumours and reviews of what's coming out from Apple.
• maczealots.com — Mac Zealots community site with excellent Articles, Reviews, Tutorials and User Requests about Mac hardware and software.
• versiontracker.com — download the latest Mac OSX software.

Mac User Guides & Tutorials

• radmind Mac OSX Manual — exhaustive reference guide.
• tuaw.com Mac Blog — excellent guides to getting the most out of your Mac. Geared towards Mac tech professionals.
• macsc.jthree.co.uk — free video tutorials to Mac OSX users, both experienced and switchers.
• russellbrown.com Tech Tips — great site full of video tutorials by Russell Brown.
• macdevcenter.com — Web Apps with Tiger — tutorial on installing a web server for OSX.
• ksdd.com Mac OSX Server — very good explanation of how the OSX web server works.
• macinstruct.com — Mac Instruct tutorials on a range of Mac related topics.