Tag: macOS

All the articles with the tag "macOS".

• Code Signing and Notarization: Sparkle and Tears

  Published: 5 Jun, 2025

  • 10 min read

  The brutal truth about implementing Sparkle auto-updates in sandboxed macOS apps - from 40 failed releases to enlightenment.

• Vibe Meter: Monitor Your AI Costs

  Published: 4 Jun, 2025

  • 7 min read

  Building Vibe Meter, a macOS menu bar app to track AI spending in real-time - from workshop demo to shipped product in three days.

• Top-Level Menu Visibility in SwiftUI for macOS

  Published: 9 Apr, 2021

  • 3 min read

  Working around SwiftUI's CommandsBuilder limitations to conditionally show top-level menus on macOS using direct AppKit integration.

• Fixing keyboardShortcut in SwiftUI

  Published: 31 Jan, 2021

  • 7 min read

  Debugging and fixing a SwiftUI keyboardShortcut bug that fails when mixing SwiftUI with UIKit through reverse engineering and LLDB analysis.

• Supporting Both Tap and Long Press on a Button in SwiftUI

  Published: 27 Jan, 2021

  • 6 min read

  Creating a SwiftUI button that supports both tap and long-press gestures by bridging to UIKit when SwiftUI's gesture system fails on Catalyst.

• On Using Apple Silicon Mac Mini for Continuous Integration

  Published: 14 Dec, 2020

  • 9 min read

  Documenting the challenges and solutions for integrating Apple Silicon M1 Mac minis into a continuous integration system, including automation fixes and performance comparisons.

• Apple Silicon M1: A Developer's Perspective

  Published: 28 Nov, 2020

  • 8 min read

  A comprehensive evaluation of the M1 MacBook Air as a development machine, covering Xcode performance, compatibility issues, and the transition challenges for developers.

• Forbidden Controls in Catalyst: Optimize Interface for Mac

  Published: 22 Sep, 2020

  • 7 min read

  Investigating why certain UIKit controls throw runtime exceptions in Catalyst's 'Optimize Interface for Mac' mode and discovering which controls are forbidden.

• The State of SwiftUI

  Published: 13 Sep, 2020

  • 7 min read

  Testing SwiftUI's production readiness in iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur through Apple's Fruta sample app, revealing performance issues and platform-specific limitations.

• Logging in Swift

  Published: 24 Aug, 2020

  • 15 min read

  An in-depth exploration of Apple's unified logging system and the promising OSLogStore API that Apple removed from iOS 14 at the last minute.