Jonathan Levin eBooks

An in-depth look into Mac OS X and iOS kernelsPowering Macs, iPhones, iPads and more, OS X and iOS are becoming ubiquitous. When it comes to documentation, however, much of them are shrouded in mystery. Cocoa and Carbon, the application frameworks, are neatly described, but system programmers find the rest lacking. This indispensable guide illuminates the darkest corners of those systems, starting with an architectural overview, then drilling all the way to the core.Provides you with a top down view of OS X and iOSWalks you through the phases of system startup-both Mac (EFi) and mobile (iBoot)Explains how processes, threads, virtual memory, and filesystems are maintainedCovers the security architectureReviews the internal Apis used by the system-BSD ...