And/or: do I need one? I've recently started using FogBugz for my hobby projects, and I'm very happy with things so far. Having read more about it, especially the evidence-based scheduling, I'd like to start using it for my PhD as well. (Heh; something tells me my supervisors won't be opening tickets for me, though.) Last night I stumb...
I often program outside away from power, how can I extend the battery life in my laptop to let me program longer without having to "return to base" Specifically for a MacBook Pro. ...
Does anyone know of a similar product to Citrix Server that'll run on the Mac OS? Essentially, I'm looking to allow multiple remote users to log in to the same OSX Server at the same time (with full visual desktop, not SSH). ...
When do you recommend integrating a custom view into Interface Builder with a plug-in? When skimming through Apple's Interface Builder Plug-In Programming Guide I found: Are your custom objects going to be used by only one application? Do your custom objects rely on state information found only in your application? Would it be...
Which files should I include in .gitignore when using Git in conjunction with Xcode? ...
I am looking to expand my development into the realm of Mac OS X and am trying to determine the minimum system I need to do some proof of concept apps for the Mac desktop as well as for the iPhone. I would like to spend as little money as possible at this stage, so I am trying to determine the minimum hardware that one can get away with...
I am trying to join together several audio files into one mp4/m4a file containing chapter metadata. I am currently using QTKit to do this but unfortunately when QTKit exports to m4a format the metadata is all stripped out (this has been confirmed as a bug by Apple) see sample code. I think this rules QTKit out for this job, but would be...
Is there a keyboard shortcut to restore a minimised application window from the Dock? Almost all Apple Mac OSX applications respond to the Apple+M command which minimises the current application window to the Dock, which is fine. I can then use Alt+Tab to cycle through my running applications - including the minimised application, but ...
I want to test the web pages I create in all the modern versions of Internet Explorer (6, 7 and 8 beta) but I work mainly on a Mac and often don't have direct access to a PC. ...
I'm trying to send messages to Objective-C objects in gdb. (gdb) p $esi $2 = (void *) 0x1268160 (gdb) po $esi <NSArray: 0x1359c0> (gdb) po [$esi count] Target does not respond to this message selector. I can't send any message to it. Am i missing something? Do I really need the symbols, or something else? Thanks in advance! ...
I use a MacBook, but I've got a usual keyboard attached to it. The problem is that the keys don't exactly map 1-to-1. One thing is the APPLE and ALT keys. They map to WIN and ALT, but they are usually physically inverted, so if you want to use them with the same layout you have to invert them in the OS. The Function keys work differentl...
I'd like to use the camera in my Macbook in a program. I'm fairly language agnostic - C, Java, Python etc are all fine. Could anyone suggest the best place to look for documents or "Hello world" type code? ...
I am about to buy a notebook and I am between the MB or the MBPro any recomendation? Other Stuff is Presentations and Word Processing ...
Hi, I love the way Mac OS beautifully renders fonts (not just browsers). I was wondering if we could somehow get the same rendering in browsers running on Windows? Someone recommended sIFR but I guess that's useful when I need to use non-standard fonts? -- Swap ...
How can I get PDO to work on my mac (os x 10.5)? I'm using the built in php and php in Zend/Eclipse. Can't seem to find useful drivers for it at all. ...
If Java application requires certain JRE version - how can I check its availability on Mac OS X during installation? ...
Emacs: C-U (79) # a pretty 79 character length divider VIM: 79-i-# see above Textmate: ???? Or is it just assumed that we'll make a Ruby call or have a snippet somewhere? ...
I have breakpoints set but Xcode appears to ignore them. ...
During the load of my cocoa application, my program crashes with the messsage EXC_BAD_ACCESS. The stack trace is not helpful. Any clues to how I can find the problem? ...
From time to time am I working in a completely disconnected environment with a Macbook Pro. For testing purposes I need to run a local DNS server in a VMWare session. I've configured the lookup system to use the DNS server (/etc/resolve.conf and through the network configuration panel, which is using configd underneath), and commands lik...