Category Archives: Cocoa
Interview with Cinder iPhone Developer Patrick Burleson
I recently wrote about BitBQ’s acquisition of LittleSnapper for iPhone, now Cinder, that was originally developed by Realmac software. Being a very light LittleSnapper user myself, I was interested in who had taken interest in the application and wanted to get to know Patrick just a little better. He agreed to answer [...]
Continue reading...That’s What She Said Jokes 1.0.1 Now Available
- Posted on February 19, 2010
- in Articles, Cocoa, News, That's What She Said Jokes
- by Matt
I’d like to first thank everyone who has purchased a copy of That’s What She Said Jokes from the iTunes App Store this week, it’s been a great launch week. And an even bigger thanks to those who have registered and submitted their own jokes! Version 1.0.1 is now available [...]
Continue reading...EMKeychain 1.0 Released
EMKeychain is a Cocoa class-wrapper for viewing and modifying the Mac OS X Keychain. Very simple interface and would be a great addition to any developer’s toolkit. From ExtendedMac Software: EMKeychain v1.0 is now available. With it comes the following changes: Re-written for Objective-C 2.0 features, like properties. Ability to [...]
Continue reading...CLAlert Class
If you’ve ever used NSAlert in your Cocoa application and wondered why NSInformationalAlertStyle and NSWarningAlertStyle looked exactly the same when using NSAlert, you’re not the only one. CLAlert has been released (MIT license) that uses an information bubble for NSInformationalAlertStyle, caution icon (currently NSCriticalAlertStyle) for NSWarningAlertStyle, and a red stop sign for [...]
Continue reading...NSFileManager Additions
Continuing with providing useful Cocoa snippets, I have posted a few NSFileManager category methods to help easily determine the file size of a single file, directory, or quickly hide a file/directory using the invisibility bit (like using /usr/bin/setfile, ie: setfile -a V somefile). 1 2 3 4 5 @interface NSFileManager [...]
Continue reading...Add Application to Dock – Cocoa NSApplication Category
The need to quickly add my application to a user’s Dock arose while working on a project for a client a few months back. I was intrigued by the code (first encounter with NSAppleScript as the big one) and took some time to sit down and refine what I had [...]
Continue reading...Grand Central Dispatch – Source Posted on MacOSForge
Grand Central Dispatch, introduced in Snow Leopard, brings a C API for effectively managing concurrency in your applications. Apple has now posted the code for the user space implementation online at MacOSForge. The kernel optimizations are linked in the project page, but the API only requires a C compiler supporting [...]
Continue reading...Quick Tip: Compiling for Tiger on Snow Leopard
Just to save someone 3-5 minutes of time, if you install the 10.4u SDK to target Tiger machines with Xcode 3.2 (Snow Leopard), you will have to change a build setting to get Xcode to compile. In the settings for your target, change the compiler option from “System Default – [...]
Continue reading...Snow Leopard Review
I thought I would highlight what I found to be the most interesting points from the Snow Leopard Ars Technica review, for those who couldn’t make it through the 23 page review and provide a few thoughts on the OS overall. Read after the break for a list of UI [...]
Continue reading...Cocoa – Add Application to Dock
Here’s a little snippet of code for placing anything (or your application) in a user’s Dock. Wrote it for a project I’m working on which prompts the user on first launch to place in Dock for them. I know many people disagree with this (as do I), but it’s what [...]
Continue reading...- @ShowKitSDK Neat idea, love RubyMotion support. Your logo on the site could be retina remade tho, stands out on 4S when the rest is so crisp
- @jamonholmgren @mattgreenrocks @HipChat Native Mac app is much better, even if it is a beta. Definitely get it.
- @jamonholmgren @HipChat Use it at one of my clients, love the new native Mac & iOS app. Integrates great with JIRA & bamboo.
- RT @iconoclastlabs: Wrote a short post on how to create Templates in @RubyMotion 2.0! Hope it helps others :) http://t.co/NJVXmKd2Dl
- @frankkany I've used it in a few apps now and contributed quite a bit, highly recommend this gem! Check out my gems on github if u r into RM
- @mattgreenrocks @RubyMotion Use BubbleWrap to eliminate UIApplication calls, refactor AppDelegate CD methods to store SQLite in correct loc
- @mattgreenrocks @RubyMotion Used nitron for several projects, but it's stale. Want to add tests, and needed Mac OSX support :)
- @RubyMotion Check out my CoreData gem improved upon from @mattgreenrocks's Nitron implementation, https://t.co/AaDGiZlV6q
- @dancounsell Always been a RealMac fan and have great Rails & iOS dev experience. Would you guys be up for a remote engineer in the USA?
- RT @dancounsell: Hot on the heals of our @analogcamera announcement, comes a new Clear update for iOS & Mac - http://t.co/Nnd4PtHRyi