I initialized NSCalendarDate *now. A new NSCalendarDate iWeeksFromNow = [now dateByAdding...]. Why didn't I have to allocate and initialize iWeeksFromNow? [more inside]
posted by neilkod on Feb 4, 2009 - 4 answers

Multiple sources credit this Hivelogic post as the definitive guide to getting MySQL up and running on a Mac OS X. But I can't get past the first few steps. [more inside]
posted by metajc on Aug 20, 2008 - 12 answers

Ignoramus wants to make games for his Mac. Adobe Actionscript, Cocoa... What choices do I have? [more inside]
posted by popcassady on Jun 25, 2008 - 10 answers

My new Intel iMac is coming in the mail in a day or two, and I'd really like to learn how to program software for OS X and for my iPod Touch. Where can I learn how to do this? [more inside]
posted by DMan on Jun 22, 2008 - 6 answers

Easy way to turn my medical calculations website into an iPhone app? I tried fooling around with Xcode... [more inside]
posted by gramcracker on Mar 10, 2008 - 7 answers

I have a OSX Program idea (solution.) Where can I find people interested in it (if I were to give the idea away) or pay for development? [more inside]
posted by filmgeek on Feb 22, 2008 - 9 answers

I'm developing in Actionscript 3, and I hate (hate, hate, hate) Flex Builder 2. What are some other good options for as3 development on OS X? [more inside]
posted by Tlogmer on May 14, 2007 - 4 answers

I'm an experienced programmer that wants to start using XCode create some GUI applications. I am looking for a good book (or books) to get me started. Look for [more inside]
posted by cftarnas on May 1, 2007 - 4 answers

I want the Java application I'm writing to put an icon in the menu bar (next to the system clock, airport status icon, iChat icon, battery icon, etc), a la Quicksilver and Gmail Notifier, but I have no idea how. Help! [more inside]
posted by Alterscape on Nov 11, 2006 - 7 answers

I've got a couple of ideas for useful computer applications, and having moved over to Mac, would like to develop them for OS X. However, I'm completely unfamiliar with developing stand alone programs (I pretty much only work in PHP, though occasionally Perl and have grazed Ruby and Python). Where would I start to learn how to create my own complied apps? C? C++? Any book or artcle repositories you all would suggest?
posted by Ikazuchi on Oct 2, 2006 - 8 answers

Tearing my hair out over automator and applescript. [more inside]
posted by Tlogmer on Jun 30, 2006 - 8 answers

A little while ago, before my last reformat, I had just found a really slick tool for generating interfaces/skeleton implementations for Objective-C classes. I can't recall the name, but it (I think) integrated with Xcode, and made programming easier. My google-fu has failed me, here. Help me, Askme, you're my only hope! [more inside]
posted by ChrisR on Jun 2, 2006 - 4 answers

How do I get a cross platform (Mac/PC) application developed? [more inside]
posted by Turtles all the way down on May 26, 2006 - 23 answers

When compiling gcc-3.4.4 on OS X 10.4.5 I get an error about an undefined symbol, _fprintf$LDBLStub. How do I make this go away? [more inside]
posted by mto on Mar 4, 2006 - 7 answers

I'm looking for some kind of library for reading and writing from the iTunes database. [more inside]
posted by ChrisR on Feb 4, 2006 - 7 answers

I've done some programming in my time (Basic & Turbo Pascal way back when), shifted more to the web side of everything about 8 years ago (procedural PHP server-side and HTML&JS&CSS client-side). Having recently purchased a mac mini, and hearing the gospel of how easy it is to program with carbon & cocoa, does anybody have any recommendations (books) on where to start? [more inside]
posted by slater on Mar 18, 2005 - 5 answers

What do people use for a cheap or free programmer's text editor on OS X? I know that BBEdit rules the school, but I'm loath to spend that much money when I'm (almost) happy with vim. I do web programming so I'm mostly working with PHP/Perl/Python/XHTML/CSS, but I'd like a program that could handle heavier work if I decided to move in that direction. Is there an OS X equivalent of Textpad, both in features and price?
posted by amery on Jan 24, 2004 - 18 answers