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Is there a way to make Lion's scrollbars visible on mouseover them?
I have started trying the "Jump to the spot that's clicked" option under General System Preferences because I'm pleased by Lion's vanishing scrollbars but they complicate finding the current location ...
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Is it possible to make all text fields in OS X editable with Vi keybindings?
What I'm looking for is a way to use Vi-style keybindings throughout OS X, similar to how invoking:
$ set -io vi
in a Terminal will give Vi-style keybindings when using the shell.
I'm guessing this ...
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Examples of apps in the Mac App Store not made with objective-c/c/c++?
Are there any apps in the store made using mono, ruby or lisp or put together in another alternative way.
Do you know of any?
The reason I'm asking is because I'm already making apps using ...
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Downgrading IOS from IOS 5 to 4.2
I have upgraded my iPod to IOS 5 but now I want to go back to IOS 4.2. How can I do this. Is there any feature in iTunes which can be utilized or I need a .iDYSM file.
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Devs, can 3rd party apps access Safari's Reading List?
Any chance iOS 5 lets devs access Reading List in Safari? A potential Read Later option for Twitter clients, etc.
I've been asking devs through Twitter for a while, but am yet to hear anything back.
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How can I re-route Cocoa applications through ssh -X?
Is is possible to re-route Cocoa applications through ssh -X? I like being able to route X applications, but I want to route Cocoa applications too. Any ideas?
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GUI for C++ on Mac OS X [closed]
What GUI or framework should I use for both 2D and 3D applications? I'd like to use C++ as much as possible versus other pseudo languages such as Objective C. I'm confused so if this question makes no ...
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Is there a tool that identifies which NSControl is under the cursor? [closed]
I'm looking for a tool that could help me understand the layout of a closed source Mac OS applications in term of Cocoa controls. I saw this for in Firefox with the 'inspect' feature (for HTML/CSS); I ...
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How to get the system language or the language that was selected when Mac OS X was installed
I know the common sudo languagesetup to set the system language. Does someone know how to get the system language or the language that was selected when Mac OS X was installed?
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Display forwarding - for non-X programs?
I ask this anticipating the answer is 'no', but - is it possible to forward graphics windows on mac the way you would forward X11 windows, i.e. via ssh?
I'm thinking specifically of the python ...
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New iPad camera button
I am trying to draw a button in my iOS app which would look exactly like a button in camera App of the new iPad (like on this image)
Since I don't have the new iPad, I can't check it by my own. But ...
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Does anyone know how to disable unicode text input in text fields?
I absolutely love the Cocoa text engine. A few modifications to a little xml file - ~/Library/DefaultKeyBinding.dict - and you can get just about any key sequence to work in any standard Cocoa text ...
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Programmatically read both per-tab Terminal.app titles
When bringing up the Inspector (⌘I) in Terminal.app to edit the title (⇧⌘I), there are actually two titles that can be entered. The first is known as the Tab Title and affects the terminal window ...
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What do these settings do in Interface Builder? [closed]
This is for a UIButton specifically. I understand that the alignment options pertain to the label inside the UIButton, but what does the 'content' settings do? They seem like they correspond to the ...
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Help. Question about run application on IOS 5.1 [closed]
I am using Xcode 4.2 with iOS 5 to develop an application. This application doesn't include any new features provided in iOS 5.1. So, if I submit this app to App Store, can the users download it and ...
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Launching another application on button press in Cocoa app [closed]
I am attempting to build an app that allows a user to press a button that says "Play DVD" and it will then launch DVDPlayer.app. I know the best way of doing this is by using NSWorkspace and ...
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Xcode / cocoa type conversion NSString to int to NSString [closed]
I'm new to xcode programming but have quite a bit of experience with a host of other languages including c#
As my first test project i've simply created a button and label. The label initially ...
