Making the Switch
Xcode
Notarizing Disk Images for Developer ID Distribution
Do you distribute your macOS apps as .zip files? That has been quaint since Sierra. You should package your apps as signed and notarized disk images instead. Otherwise Catalina would say that your package is suspicious. However creating disk images is a rather involved process. Read on to find out more.
Selecting iTunes Provider for Notarization
When your Apple ID is also used for as a publisher for Apple Books or Apple Music, you may hit a snag when trying to notarize your Developer ID application. Here is how to fix it.
Invalid Bundle Identifier Error at Notarization
Notarizing your app? Make sure you name your bundles correctly beforehand. This includes the main app, extensions, and any sub-bundles inside it.
Enabling Hardened Runtime on a Sparkle App
Notarization requirements is just around the corner in the coming release of macOS. But the Sparkle updater framework is not yet ready for it. Here’s how you can fix that.
Shared Frameworks in a Hardened Runtime World
macOS Catalina is just around the corner and with it comes mandatory notarization and hardened runtime. If your mac app accepts plugins or otherwise loads 3rd party frameworks and libraries, there are a few caveats that you’ll need to take care.
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Getting Rid of Xcode Command Line Tools
Are you being hunted by Xcode command line tools? Have you uninstalled it only to realize that it came back again? If you already have the Xcode installed and really need the full IDE, don’t waste space by having the command line tools installed as well. Here’s how.
Trying Core ML with Swift Playgrounds
How to safely try out Apple’s new machine learning libraries without bricking your main machine. Goodbye beta blues, hello new ideas!
Touch Bar Programming Tips
It’s high time you update your macOS app to support the Touch Bar. You’ll need to have some strategy on how to design your Touch Bar interface – don’t just pour any buttons into it. Here’s some tips on how to work this new hardware.
Making Cocoapods Play Nice with Xcode Maven Plugin
If you have to use Maven to build your Xcode projects and lusting to move your dependency management to Cocoapods, here is a relief for you. Read on for a tip on how to get Cocoapods work in a Java-dominated enterprise.
Lion "Production" Day One: Xcode snafu
The last (hopefully) last step of my migration to Lion was installing the latest public release of Xcode. Again I hit some snags. On first (and subsequent) launches, Xcode crashes with some undefined references to the iPhone SDK private plugin. The issue was finally resolved by re-installing iTunes 10.5 beta. It was Xcode 4.1.1 and […]
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