There's no public API for the functionality. Running nm CoreGraphics | grep -i zoom on CoreGraphics reveals some promising functions that could probably do what you want if you fig…

Does anybody know what UPS's are supported by OS X built in UPS software?

Shouldn't they all be?

Any UPS that supports the HID standard -- which is basically all of them. Note that this is NOT a question about OS X, it's a question about UPSes, and thus does not belong here. …

Can anyone guide me with this. I want to be able to write and run perl scripts from XCode. Thanks.

This Apple Developer article discusses perl development on the Mac using xcode. Writing perl scripts in xcode is pretty straight foreward. xcode is perl "aware" and provides syntax…

The latest version of XCode has much improved syntax colouring and formatting, but its indentation does get completely screwed up in a couple of circumnstances. Particularly regul…

I'm not a developer, but I wanted to know if any developers out there feel like taking on a small project? Would anyone want to make a Wikipedia contextual menu plug-in? You know…

I find that Google is faster than Wikipedia's own search engine, so I tend to use the former when I need to use the latter. Maybe you could modify an existing plug-in: you just nee…

There are 5 children in my house and they tend to destroy dvd's frequently! Instead of buying another copy, i want to make backups and keep the orignals. I downloaded MacTheRip…

that's probably because virtually all commercial DVDs are DVD-9 these days, rather than DVD-5. DVD-9 is the code for a dual-layer DVD disk, which can hold up to 9.4GB of data. DV…

Questions about applications go in the Applications forum. tooki

Does anyone know of a 3rd-party app that is similar to Photoshop or Illustrator, but is as easy to use as iWorks Pages? I'm particularly looking for an app that integrates Apple's…

Graphic Convertor? :O

Seashore maybe? http://seashore.sourceforge.net/

GIMP is good. It offers the power of Photoshop, but it's Open Source (and thus free). Check it out.

You don't mention price in your post, but if you're not opposed to spending *some* money, PS Elements is good. It does what most users need Photoshop to do for about $80 USD. Of co…

ArtRage (the free version is not full featured but gives you an idea of what it is capable of) - fantastic app. More Illustrator than Photoshop but even that doesn't describe it ve…

I'm an absolute beginner to development. I don't know a thing about C code and what not. I've done HTML code, that's it. How should I go about learning how to develop apps for the…

Quote: Originally Posted by macintologist I'm an absolute beginner to development. I don't know a thing about C code and what not. I've done HTML code, that's it. How should I …

The Objective-C intro is at developer.apple.com, which doesn't require registration.

Quote: Originally Posted by Chuckit The Objective-C intro is at developer.apple.com, which doesn't require registration. It does, however, assume that you know C.

Well, let me use this thread without starting a new one... If I know a bit of C (still have a hard time with pointers... didn't know how I pass all the Computer Science subjects i…

Quote: Originally Posted by veryniceguy2002 Well, let me use this thread without starting a new one... If I know a bit of C (still have a hard time with pointers... didn't know…

Quote: Originally Posted by Catfish_Man I'd say get the Hillegass book. It's basically targeted right at your skill level, maybe a hair lower. What's the title of the Hille…