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…

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…

Cocoa(R) Programming for Mac(R) OS X (2nd Edition)

Have you considered using a RAD tool like Runtime Revolution? If you are looking to create fast solutions then its quite easy. Of course if your objective is Objective-C then you'l…

completely different set of features... here what will they think of next??

uhhh...thats a game...not a theme changing program....

Quote: Originally Posted by lesman uhhh...thats a game...not a theme changing program.... that explains why i can't change my theme with it.. i know... just thought it w…

Right now I'm playing N64 games on MUPEN universal binary and it doesn't support mapping controls to a USB gamepad. I was wondering if there is something like Gamepad Companion ou…

im not sure if this is the right forum or not, but i'll soon find out.. what is a droplet and what are they used for?? is it something different than a contextual menu? i've bee…

A Droplet is an AppleScript app (or now Automator, also) that launches when an item is dropped onto it's icon in the Finder. It then does it's thing to said item and promises to gi…

I have an old osx box that records video of motion in the driveway. The hard drive will fill up, and the app(evocam) will stop recording. Is there some app that can email me when…

It's been a while since I tried it, but doesn't Evocam have a setting that does this automatically? Otherwise maybe an applescript that temporarily checks free space on the drive a…

Thanks for the reply. Quote: Originally Posted by The Milkman It's been a while since I tried it, but doesn't Evocam have a setting that does this automatically? If it do…

The world's biggest softdrink company, Coca-Cola learning the advertising ropes from the popular digital music player, the iPod. The company really knows how to reach their consum…

You know, your threads don't get any better if you keep referring to articles but DON'T POST THE LINK. Of course, I assume you're expecting people to ask, so you can spam your ow…

I feel like I'll get in trouble for replying after each an everyone of your warning posts... Anyway, I think it's a good thing.

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