Mach-O Runtime Architecture (Mach-O Header Details)
Mac OS X ABI Dynamic Loader Reference (dyld Manual)
Mac OS X Internals (Mac OS X System Internals)
Mac OS X Debugging Magics ( Mac OS X Debugging Tricks)
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Category Archives: Mac OS X
Some Mac OS X References
December 29, 2007 – 12:26 pm
The Most Versatile Carrier Logo Patch (Revised)
December 27, 2007 – 4:02 pm
UPDATE: this patch will not modify a single byte of your current SpringBoard binary, it just interposes a library to override a method named operatorIconForName:, which is the method to retrieve the carrier logo. This patch can be applied to a patched or un-patched SpringBoard, it will not affect anything except will allow you to [...]
Simulate iPhone Safari (MobileSafari) on PC/Mac
December 14, 2007 – 12:38 pm
The method introduced here is illustrated on a Linux box, you may do the same on BSD, OS X, or any other OS’es as long as wget is installed.
Why Simulate MobileSafari ?
Because I’d like to download the applications using PC/Mac, then transfer to iPhone through SSH, this is much faster than installing directly on iPhone [...]
Installing Leopard 9A581 GM on a Hackintosh
October 28, 2007 – 3:36 pm
INTEL ONLY!
Complete Guide on How to Patch your 9A581 (GM) DVD to Work on a HackinTosh.
FILES FOR THIS GUIDE: Leopard 9a581 Patch
Thanks to a lot of people in the forums and IRC that made this happen! This is a guide to help you all in getting your Leopard Unpatched DVD to run on your hack.
First, [...]
Booting a Different Kernel
July 11, 2007 – 1:37 pm
To boot a different kernel, press F8 before boot, this enters the boot loader shell, enter the following to go on:
/your_kernel_file
you may also add other kernel options (as like ‘-v’) after it.
Mac OS X 10.4.9 with 8.9.1 Update Guide
June 10, 2007 – 12:01 pm
Notice: you need to have SSE3 system for it
1) Download kernel
got to irc channel #1049 at irc.osx86.hu read topic, hpet/sse3 kernel - for systems with ich4 ich5 ich6 ich7 ich8 chipset ( most intel chipsets based modern mobos), for other intel proc system - download nohpet/sse3 kernel.
for amd single core systems - AMD/SSE3/1Core, for amd [...]
Setting up the corrent FSB for OS X
June 10, 2007 – 12:01 pm
Sometimes, the FSB detection in OS X (especially prior to 10.4.8) could be wrong, you may need to set the correct value manually.To get the correct value, in the Terminal:
$ sysctl hw.busfrequency
this returns the bus frequency, you need to convert it to speed by:
<frequency> / 4000000
After you get the FSB value, open the file:
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist
edit the [...]
Display Simplified Chinese in Mac OS X 10.4 Shell
March 21, 2007 – 10:06 am
Displaying and edititing Simplified Chinese in Mac OS X shell can be a pain, the following show the correct way to make this possible.
1. Edit ~/.profile, add:
export LANG=zh_CN
export LC_ALL=zh_CN
2. Set terminal encoding to:
EUC_CN
3. Edit ~/.inputrc, add:
set meta-flag on
set input-meta on
set output-meta on
set convert-meta off
3. While in VI, enter following commands:
:set encoding
:set fileencoding