Macintosh Research

   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.

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.