Chapter 7. Installing and Using Mac OS X Applications

In this chapter

Understanding Applications You Can Run Under Mac OS X

You can run the following types of applications under Mac OS X:

  • Unix applications—Because Mac OS X is based on Unix, you can run many Unix applications on your Mac. Some of these applications have to be recompiled to run on the Mac, but most will work as they are. Of course, you will need to run them from the command line (unless you find and install a ...

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