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How OS X Executes Applications

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the learning-more-about-it dept.

MacHore writes "0xFE has an excellent tutorial on Mach-O, which is the file format used by OS X executable files and libraries. It goes into great detail about how Mach-O works, and explains what OS X actually does when it loads and runs an application. Subtopics include Universal Binaries, The Dynamic Linker, Using otool, and other goodies."

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  1. Oh this can't be good by 1336.5 · · Score: 0, Troll

    0xFE has an excellent tutorial on Mach-O, which is the file format used by OS X executable files and libraries. It goes into great detail about how Mach-O works, and explains what OS X actually does when it loads and runs an application. Subtopics include Universal Binaries, The Dynamic Linker, Using otool, and other goodies.

    GREAT! Lets tell every wanna-be 1337 h4x0r how to screw with excecutables in OS X only to clog messageboards for help when they screw it up.

    On the other hand I guess it does ensure job security for those of us WITH brains.