Levin Jonathan. Mac OS X and iOS Internals. To The Apple's Core

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013. — ISBN: 978-1-11805765-0.An in-depth look into Mac OS X and iOS kernels.
Powering 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.