After having read that QuickSilver was no longer supported by BlackTree and has since gone open source, I noticed more and more people switching to/suggesting other app launchers i.e. Buttler and LaunchBar. Is QuickSilver still relevant? Has anyone experienced any instability since it's gone open source? ...
How can I remove those annoying Mac OS X .DS_Store files from a Git repository? ...
On Mac OS X, you can create a zip archive from the Finder by selecting some files and selecting "Compress" from the contextual menu or the File menu. Unfortunately, the resulting file is not identical to the archive created by the zip command (with the default options). This distinction matters to at least one service operated by Apple...
Is it possible to clone a virtual machine using VMware Fusion on Mac OS X? I'm trying the 30 day evaluation version but there doesn't appear to be a clone feature. I tried using the Finder to copy a VM's package structure but the copy didn't appear in the Virtual Machine Library. ...
Just bought a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac with 2GB of memory and a 320GB hard drive. I plan on doing some .net development on it using a BootCamp/VMWare combo since VMWare grants access to the bootcamp partition. What is a recommended size for a BootCamp partition and how much memory should I give VMWare? Any pitfalls to watch out for?...
What must have tools/apps/utilities are recommended for OS X in general, and for a developer using that platform specifically? ...
I'd like to write some quick scripts to play with bluetooth devices (scan etc…), for the Mac. Under linux I'd probably use hcitool, or the python bluez library. What tools are there for the Mac? ...
My colleagues and I are looking for alternative client tools for Mac OS X. I tend to prefer the text-based interface and we have PHPMyAdmin installed on our development servers (Linux). What are your recommendations? (One recommendation per answer please, so people can up-mod individual recommendations). ...
What's the best way to maintain a multiple databases across several platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris) and keep them in sync with one another? I've tried several different programs and nothing seems to work! ...
I am interested to learn: what are the most common technical causes (from the perspective of operating system programming) of an operating system crash (not limited to Windows crashes)? I'm looking for an answer not like "too many apps open", but what specifically happens when too many apps are open that causes the crash. ...
I want to write a Songbird extension binds the multimedia keys available on all Apple Mac OS X platforms. Unfortunately this isn't an easy google search and I can't find any docs. Can anyone point me resources on accessing these keys or tell me how to do it? I have extensive programming experience, but this will be my first time codin...
I've googled the hell out of it, and it seems like there is no way to install gcc on OS X without installing Xcode (which takes at leats 1.5GB of space). All I need is gcc and none of the other junk that comes with Xcode. And at this point, I'll take any other kind of C compiler. I know I could simply install Xcode, but that is beside t...
Is there a TortoiseSVN equivalent for OS X? I'm looking for an SVN client that will integrate with OS X's Finder and be added as Context menu items. Update: Just found SmartSVN. Anyone with feedback on it? ...
What's the best way for a running C or C++ program that's been launched from the command line to put itself into the background, equivalent to if the user had launched from the unix shell with '&' at the end of the command? (But the user didn't.) It's a GUI app and doesn't need any shell I/O, so there's no reason to tie up the shell af...
When Mac OS X goes to sleep, due to closing a laptop or selecting "Sleep" from the Apple menu, how does it suspend an executing process? I suppose non-windowed processes are simply suspended at an arbitrary point of execution. Is that also true for Cocoa apps, or does the OS wait until control returns to the run loop dispatcher, and go...
I have read that it is possible to build GTK+ on MacOS X. I know that it's possible to create a bundle of a GTK+ application on MacOS. I also know that it's possible to create widgets that look sort of native. However, searching around I am not really clear on how to create a bundle that includes the native theme stuff, and uses Pytho...
How can I open multiple Eclipse workspaces at the same time on the Mac? On other platforms, I can just launch extra Eclipse instances, but the Mac will not let me open the same application twice. Is there a better way than keeping two copies of Eclipse? ...
Tools like 'ps' and 'top' report various kinds of memory usages, such as the VM size and the Resident Set Size. However, none of those are the "real" memory usage: Program code is shared between multiple instances of the same program. Shared library program code is shared between all processes that use that library. Some apps fork off ...
I want to use the macports version of python instead of the one that comes with Leopard. ...
I'd like to be able to determine if a directory such as a '.app' is considered to be a package or bundle from Finder's point of view on the command line. I don't think this would be difficult to do with a small shell program, but I'd rather not re-invent the wheel if I don't have to. ...