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Testing for OS X vs iOS

by Erica Sadun (Dec 26th, 2012)

Yesterday, I was messing around building shared NSLayoutConstraint code to be used across iOS and OS X. I put in a few #if TARGET_OS_MAC directives, assuming they'd just work. They didn't. Turns out that you should always check for TARGET_OS_IPHONE first, before TARGET_OS_MAC because the ...

Dev Juice: Help me fix my UIView animations

by Erica Sadun (Jun 21st, 2011)

Dear Dev Juice, I'm having an issue with UIView animations, that I'm struggling to describe in keywords, so I can't find anything helpful with Google. The problem is that I can't seem to work out how to make a UIButton move relative to the bottom of the parent view, as I shrink the parent ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Installing new betas borks my production Xcode

by Erica Sadun (Jun 20th, 2011)

Dear Aunt TUAW, Every time I install a new Xcode beta these days, it kills my production Xcode and I can't submit to App Store. What gives? I thought you said that Xcode installs could live side-by-side in separate folders! Your loving nephew, Scott McA. Dear Scott, Although you can ...

Apple releases Xcode 4.0.2 (4A2002a) to developers

by Erica Sadun (Apr 14th, 2011)

How doth Apple's Xcode 4 Improve each shining Hour, And offer enhancements every day For every Developer! How skilfully Apple builds its tools! How neat it I.D.E's And labours hard to make it well With the sweet SDKs she releases. In Works of Labour or of Skill I would be busy ...

Apple releases Xcode 4 GM. Again!

by Erica Sadun (Mar 3rd, 2011)

Apple has just posted another GM seed (number 2 if you're keeping count) of Xcode 4. Build 4A304a is ready for you to download, install, use and love. You need to be a paid member of either the iOS or the Mac dev programs to access this build. Now, if Apple would only get around to, you know, ...

Apple releases iOS 4.3 GM seed to devs

by Erica Sadun (Mar 3rd, 2011)

iOS 4.3 will be released to the general public next Friday, on March 11. Today, Apple uploaded the gold master seed for developers. The release remains under the NDA umbrella until next Friday, however, with details outside of those publicly discussed by Apple remaining off limits. The new 4.3 ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: How do I install a Lion partition on my MacBook Air?

by Erica Sadun (Feb 25th, 2011)

Dear Aunt TUAW, I'm in the Mac Developer program and I'd really like to be able to install Lion on my MacBook Air as a second OS. What are the best strategies to do this? Is it worth going out and buying a second SSD drive and swapping that out with my primary Snow Leopard system? Thanks for ...

iTunes adds international promo codes, push notification security upgraded

by Erica Sadun (Dec 8th, 2010)

A couple of big changes occurred today in the iOS ecosystem. First, application promo codes may now be used internationally instead of being limited to US store customers only. Second, the push notification system has been upgraded to use more secure 2048-bit TLS/SSL certificates. International ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Can I AirPlay to my Mac?

by Erica Sadun (Dec 8th, 2010)

Dear Aunt TUAW, Do you think a Mac will be able to accept an AirPlay feed in the future? Here's why I ask -- I'm considering getting a Mac mini for my home theater. But I realized that a great feature of AppleTV is the AirPlay functionality. It seems strange that the mini (that costs 7x more) ...

Why the Mac App Store rocks for developers

by Erica Sadun (Oct 20th, 2010)

No matter how good your application is, no matter how novel, how brilliant, how special -- none of it matters if you don't have anyone to use it. The iOS App Store changed the way developers work by providing a streamlined channel between software developers and potential customers. Consider my ...

iOS 4.2 SDK beta 3 available for download

by Erica Sadun (Oct 12th, 2010)

Apple has posted an updated beta for the iOS 4.2 SDK. iOS 4.2 is expected to debut "in November" for general consumption. If you are part of the developer program, you can head on over to the dev center now, authenticate with your credentials and download the newest release. As always, beta SDKs ...

New iOS developer betas posted

by Erica Sadun (Sep 28th, 2010)

Apple has posted several new betas for members of the paid iOS developer program. Point your browser to the developer site, and use your credentials to log in. You'll find new betas for iOS 4.2 as well as several other items that we're not sure we can specifically mention without breaking NDAs. ...

Apple TV Lowtide (Front Row) running on iPod touch

by Erica Sadun (Sep 28th, 2010)

It's been Apple TV-palooza here at TUAW today. Shortly after discovering that the Apple TV iOS firmware could be downloaded and unpacked, we took our first peek under the hood and saw just how similar the new Apple TV, with its Lowtide software, was to previous Apple TV releases. Soon after, we ...

More on Apple TV: Playback services may extend to iPad

by Erica Sadun (Sep 28th, 2010)

Could Lowtide be targeted towards playback on the iPad? That's what indications in the application's Info.plist property list seem to hint at. As TUAW continues to explore the new Apple TV iOS disk image, all kinds of interesting hints keep bubbling out. The property list in question lists two ...

Apple TV under the hood: first look

by Erica Sadun (Sep 28th, 2010)

As TUAW posted earlier, the iOS 4.1 firmware distribution for Apple TV has just gone live on Apple's Phobos web server. TUAW downloaded a copy and used the dev-team's decrypt keys to peek under the hood. Here's what we found about the "Mojave" Apple TV distribution. First, as expected, there's ...