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iPod not showing in Finder or iTunes — #8

i just got a new ibook g4 and all 12gb of my music is on my ipod, nowhere else, so i'm not about to do anything that would require restoring it until that music is safely on my ibo…
MacNN Troubleshooting by bourgeoisie

iPod not showing in Finder or iTunes — #9

well, the same thing happened to me, i switched my battery, updated os x, and now itunes doesnt see the ipod anymore. i tried this, but it doesnt seem to work for me
MacNN Troubleshooting by blackstar

iPod not showing in Finder or iTunes — #10

oh yeah, i have an older ipod 40g i think 3G, when i press menu and center button nothing happens, but when i push menu and play, the apple logo pops up, but still i didnt change m…
MacNN Troubleshooting by blackstar

C++ or Objective-C? — #1

Hi, I'm new to software development so I was wondering, which programming language would be the best for Mac development, C++ or Objective-C. I will be programming in xCode, so whi…
MacNN Development by Spaceman Spiff

C++ or Objective-C? — #2

Where should I go to learn (for the complete noob) about either one? After reading a few web pages, I kinda leaning towards Objective-C, but I can't find any that don't already req…
MacNN Development by Spaceman Spiff

C++ or Objective-C? — #3

In either case you should really learn plain C first. But for Mac-specific programing, Objective-C is the language of choice. It has the best integration with the Mac APIs (eg, C…
MacNN Development by Brass

C++ or Objective-C? — #4

Quote: Originally Posted by Brass In either case you should really learn plain C first. But for Mac-specific programing, Objective-C is the language of choice. It has the best…
MacNN Development by Spaceman Spiff

C++ or Objective-C? — #6

Xcode can compile C++, Objective-C and plain old C. So you've got a compiler no matter which you go with. And yeah, a search would probably turn up better recommendations than you'…
MacNN Development by Chuckit

C++ or Objective-C? — #7

Definitely spend most of your time learning C first. It helps to take a class in it. Then Objective-C will come easily.
MacNN Development by jamil5454

C++ or Objective-C? — #8

Good luck making your decision. Like everyone, I agree that you should try and learn C first (or use the Cocoa bindings from a language like Python if learning C isn't your desire…
MacNN Development by smitty825

C++ or Objective-C? — #9

Quote: Originally Posted by PBG4 User Yes, Xcode will compile ANSI compliant C code. Wow! I thought that there was no way that XCode supported ANSI C, as I can't imagine an…
MacNN Development by smitty825

C++ or Objective-C? — #10

Quote: Originally Posted by smitty825 Wow! I thought that there was no way that XCode supported ANSI C, as I can't imagine anyone has written anything in ANSI C in at least 10 …
MacNN Development by Catfish_Man

C++ or Objective-C? — #11

Quote: Originally Posted by smitty825 Wow! I thought that there was no way that XCode supported ANSI C, as I can't imagine anyone has written anything in ANSI C in at least 10 …
MacNN Development by Chuckit

C++ or Objective-C? — #12

Quote: Originally Posted by smitty825 I personally disagree with Brass' statement that Obj-C syntax is far simpler than C++. IMHO, C++ more closely follows the C language behav…
MacNN Development by Brass

C++ or Objective-C? — #13

Objective-C has more than one syntactic extension to C. It adds keywords such as @implementation…@end and @try, and the <ProtocolName> syntax for indicating conformance to a …
MacNN Development by Chuckit

C++ or Objective-C? — #14

Quote: Originally Posted by smitty825 Good luck making your decision. Like everyone, I agree that you should try and learn C first (or use the Cocoa bindings from a language li…
MacNN Development by Spaceman Spiff

C++ or Objective-C? — #15

Quote: Originally Posted by Spaceman Spiff I will defiantly be writing Mac software 99.9% of the time, but if I want to write a Windows (or Linux) program, does a Obj-C compile…
MacNN Development by Brass

C++ or Objective-C? — #16

Quote: Originally Posted by Spaceman Spiff I will defiantly be writing Mac software 99.9% of the time, but if I want to write a Windows (or Linux) program, does a Obj-C compile…
MacNN Development by Chuckit

C++ or Objective-C? — #17

Quote: Originally Posted by Chuckit You don't think anything has been written in C89 since 1995? What do you reckon all the C programmers were using in 1996? Whoops...I mis…
MacNN Development by smitty825

C++ or Objective-C? — #18

Quote: Originally Posted by Chuckit They do, but it would likely be a lot more than a simple recompile —�but that's true of porting a C++ Mac program as well. The only project…
MacNN Development by Spaceman Spiff

C++ or Objective-C? — #19

Carbon and Cocoa are very different. It's not that one is necessarily less capable than the other, they're just different. To generalize a lot, I would say Cocoa is "easier." Carbo…
MacNN Development by Chuckit

C++ or Objective-C? — #20

I think that Apple originally inteded Carbon to be a "transition" technology from Classic Mac OS to Mac OS X. However, this is certainly not the case now. It is not the poor cous…
MacNN Development by Brass
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