I've seen this blog post : Why you should support Linux and Mac? and it kind of changed my mind about the subject. I'm developing an application (something like a SEO tool, to analyse a website and recommend stuff) in VB.NET. Theoretically I can support Linux and Mac users with Mono. Does it really worth it? And how painful is it to ...
I want to write a cocoa application which downloads a file using ftp. I read about the NSURL class which has "NSURLHandle FTP Property Keys". I want to know how do I make use of these constants to provide username and password to the ftp site. ...
For testing purposes I want send mail to my localhost user account rather than my webserver. I am unsure how to do this using mail.app. Any help would be appreciated. ...
I'm using a mac and looking to batch convert a large amount of eps files and create jpg previews of each. I'm looking for preferably a command-line utility, or some type of workflow to easily batch a large number of files. Thanks for any ideas or input ...
Will a MacBook Air have enough horsepower for occasional development in Ruby? Objective C? Cocoa? Are there any other major limitations with doing this? Notes: I hook it up to a large Monitor. I would be hoping to use standard mainstream Mac IDEs. I know a MacBook or Pro would be more appropriate but they are simply not as cool. This...
I know this one is going to be a long-shot, but I thought I'd try. Does anyone know of any automated test anything for the iPhone simulator? I'd love it if there was something like Selenium but for the iPhone simulator. I don't need anything fancy like assertions, just something that can fake out taps on a screen so I can stop abusing...
Hey All, I have an application in which I'm trying to capture the shift key modifier to perform an action, however when I run the program and press and normal key without the shift key modifier I get a beep and the modifier and key are not sent to my keyDown event. The relevant code is: NSString* eventChars = [theEvent charactersIgnori...
I didn't give a lot of info in my last question. I've built llv8call from http://code.google.com/p/llv8call/, v0.4. I've gotten the known dependencies installed, being libxml-2.0 and libreadline. My dev system is Mac OS X 10.5. llv8call is built with Scons. When I attempt to run llv8call via ./llv8call, I get this error: library loadi...
I'm trying to write a program that uses sockets to connect with other instances of itself over the network. Since eventually I'd like to write a Windows version as well, I'm currently using BSD sockets on the OS X side so that I can ensure that it will be compatible with the (eventual) Windows version. The only way that I've been able t...
I've noticed on OSX, installation is frequently a drag and drop one file kinda deal. I assume that file is an archive of all the applications necessary bits and that the application runs directly from it. Where does the application store configuration data, particularly per user settings when there are multiple users? On Windows, this...
Is there any way to automatically launch an application on USB attach or CD insert on Mac OS X? it's easy on Windows, but I found that AutoRun.Inf does not work on the Mac at all. Please help me. Thanks in advace. ...
I just did a clean build and reinstall of lighttpd 1.4.20 on Mac OS X 10.5 and I can't find the configuration file. My goal was to install lighty to a single directory instead of being spread around, so I used the following commands successfully: ./configure --prefix="/usr/local/lighttpd" sudo make clean sudo make This successfully p...
I have a wizard application for MS Windows which is a typical Next-Next-Finish type. The application has a default vendor specific window background theme which persists through all the windows of the application (i.e Vendor logo and background color for each screen). I want to develop a similar application wizard for Mac. I noticed that...
Hi How can I execute a terminal command (like grep) from my Objective-C Cocoa application? Thanks. ...
Often, when I am reading code or debugging, I want the ability to quickly jump around files. I especially want to "go back" to where I was. I know about "Command+T", "Command+Shift+T", and, bookmarks. But, I cannot figure out a way to jump around files quickly. UPDATE: I do not think I my question was clear enough judging by two an...
My job is currently based on Visual Studio (ASP.NET). Looking for experiences using Visual Studio on a Mac. Does it work? ...
I get this fatal error only when I run on a Macintosh, but not on a windows browser, which doesn't make sense since, other than checking for the Browser condition, the conditional loops run the same code: Can someone help me understand how to stop this error in php? The error occurs on the FIRST instance of QEnterKeyEvent...and NOT the ...
Is there something similar to the "Open Command Window Here" Windows Powertoy for Mac OS? I've found a couple plugins through a google search but wanted to see what works best for developers out there. ...
As a developer coming from a Windows background, I'd always find the different Powertoys and Sysinternals apps as invaluable tools in aiding programming. Is there something similar for a developer to watch for in the Mac world? ...
Hi I am developing a Cocoa application which communicates constantly with a web service to get up-to-date data. This considerably reduces the performance of the application. The calls are made to the web service asynchronously but the number of calls is huge. In what ways can I improve the performance of the application? Is there a goo...