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A Swiftlier Undo

September 14, 2015 Josh

After struggling to get NSUndoManager to work correctly in a Swift-only app under OS X 10.11 El Capitan, I finally figured it out (and it works the same for iOS

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Programming Technology

Is It A Disk Image?

July 21, 2015 Josh

A comment on an old StackOverflow answer of mine took me to task for a “partial answer” so I decided to improve it. Both posters wanted to know if a

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Programming Technology

An NSURL Category For Adding to Favorites Lists

June 22, 2015 Josh

I encountered a question on StackOverflow today about how to add items to the favorites list in the Finder sidebar (which also appears in the standard Open and Save dialogs’

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Programming Technology

Easy UIFont Bold and Italic Trait Querying

July 31, 2012 Josh

With the arrival of some neat new libraries I can’t talk about yet, I wanted a convenient way to ask a UIFont instance if it was bold or italic*. Although

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Programming Technology

Nib Segregation

November 26, 2011 Josh

Conventional Cocoa wisdom holds that each window in an application should be in its own nib/xib file. The benefits are shorter launch times, better memory usage, and better Xcode project

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Life Programming Technology

Mastering Xcode 4 Available for Preorder

August 16, 2011October 7, 2021 Josh

Well that’s that. The Xcode 4 book is finished and currently being printed (and prepared for digital sale in a number of formats as well). You can preorder it now if

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Programming Technology

The Recessed List Effect

July 21, 2011October 7, 2021 Josh

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted any new Cocoa stuff. Especially anything as widely loved as JLNDragEffectManager. Since I love all that positive attention and am sorely disappointed by the

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Programming Technology

Per-File Compiler Flags in Xcode 4

March 10, 2011October 7, 2021 Josh

I had written previously (twice) about missing debug symbols and strangeness related to compiler optimization in Xcode. I’d specifically mentioned per-file compiler flags. You may be wondering where they went

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Programming Quickies Technology

Another Xcode Debugging Tip

December 28, 2010 Josh

Another quick Xcode debugging tip: If you experience “orange breakpoints” when debugging and have verified you’re in debug mode, and have cleaned and rebuilt your target to no avail, try

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Life Programming Technology

The Author Formerly Known as Josh

October 14, 2010October 7, 2021 Josh

Now that contractual matters are settled and I’m finishing up the first chapter, I can finally announce my good news. Drumroll, please. I’m writing a book on the up-coming Xcode

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Josh lives in Danville, Virginia, USA with his husband and too many cats. You may also admire him on Twitter, LinkedIn, StackOverflow, and GitHub.

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