Mike Lee, the world's toughest programmer, is the founder and chief executive officer of United Lemur, a philanthropic revolution disguised as a software company. Mike has had a role in creating many popular iPhone applications, including Obama '08, Tap Tap Revenge, Twinkle, and Jott. Prior to iPhone, Mike cut his teeth and won an Apple Design Award at Seattle-based Delicious Monster Software. Mike is a popular blogger and occasional pundit, and has been seen on Twitter as [...] Mike and his wife are originally from Honolulu, but live in Silicon Valley, where they are raising two cats. Mike's hobbies include weightlifting, single malts, and fire. Mike can be contacted at [...]

While this book does not assume a background on the Mac, it assumes computer experience and is written to keep the reader on the edge of their seat. Learning as much as you can as fast as you can is the goal of the book. Emphasis is given to topics that are not treated well in online forums; that need deep but clear explanations. So topics like scripting, web creation, networking and programming are tackled aggressively.

Getting to Know Leopard.- Working in Leopard: The Aqua Interface.- The File System.- Using Spotlight, Exposé, Spaces, and Dashboard.- Customizing and Administering Leopard.- System Preferences.- Connecting Peripherals to Your Mac.- Common Leopard Maintenance.- Backup, Synchronization, and Recovery of Data.- Leopard Security.- Communications and the Internet.- Connecting to the Internet.- Browsing the Web with Safari.- Mail, Address Book, and iCal.- iChat.- Working with Applications.- Application Basics.- Apple Apps Included with Leopard.- .Mac.- iLife '08.- iWork '08.- Getting to Know Darwin.- Introducing Darwin and the Shell.- Extending the Power of Darwin.- Networking Leopard.- Leopard Networking.- Working with Remote Servers and Networks.- Leopard As a Web Server.- Leopard Development and Scripting.- Mac OS X Automation with Automator and AppleScript.- Mac OS X Development: The Application Frameworks.- Mac OS X Development: The Tools.- Mac OS X Development: Objective-C.- Cross-Platform Solutions.- Working with Microsoft Windows and Other Operating Systems.