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ARC - Stack Variables Are Initialized with nil

Using ARC, strong, weak, and autoreleasing stack variables are now implicitly initialized with nil. For example: https://gist.github.com/1907912 will log null for the value of name rather than perhaps crashing.

Feb 23rd

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Xcode 4.3: More Developer Tools

The available downloads include: Audio tools: AULab, HALLab, and audio utility source code Accessibility tools: Accessibility Inspector, Accessibility Verifier Hardware IO tools: Bluetooth tools, IORegistryExplorer, USB Prober Graphics tools: CI Filter Browser Widget, OpenGL tools, Pixie, Quartz Debug, Quartz Composer tools Auxiliary tools: Clipboard Viewer, CrashReporterPrefs, Help...

Feb 23rd

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Xcode 4.3: Auto Layout Is Now the Default for All...

New Cocoa projects created in Xcode 4.3 now use Interface Builder’s Auto Layout feature by default. It can be disabled by deselecting an option in the Interface Builder design canvas.

Feb 23rd

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Fix The Sandbox →

Apple’s getting a lot of press this week about their forthcoming 10.8 “Mountain Lion” update to Mac OS X. One of its key features will be a security feature called “Gatekeeper” that will allow users to avoid launching apps from developers who are not registered with Apple.

Feb 22nd

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Xcode 4.4: Scene Kit - Xcode now includes a viewer...

Xcode now includes a viewer and editor for 3D files as .DAE documents.

Feb 21st

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LLVM 4.0 Compiler

Xcode now includes the Apple LLVM Compiler version 4.0, including the following new Objective-C language features: Default @synthesize: automatically synthesizes an @property when unimplemented Objective-C literals: create literals for NSArray, NSDictionary, and NSNumber, just the same as the literals for NSString Objective-C container subscripting: use ‘[]’ syntax to access...

Feb 21st

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Feb 20th

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Feb 20th

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Feb 20th

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Feb 20th

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Feb 20th

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Feb 20th

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itscoolguys asked: Is the 10.8 xcode developer preview not under NDA?

Feb 20th

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Anonymous asked: DTPlatformBuild

Feb 20th

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Feb 19th

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Start Developing iOS Apps Today →

Feb 19th

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Feb 18th

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Feb 17th

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Feb 17th

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10.8 - CFUserNotificationDisplayNotice

SInt32 CFUserNotificationDisplayNotice ( CFTimeInterval timeout, CFOptionFlags flags, CFURLRef iconURL, CFURLRef soundURL, CFURLRef localizationURL, CFStringRef alertHeader, CFStringRef alertMessage, CFStringRef defaultButtonTitle ); Growl is dead. btw (kCFUserNotificationProgressIndicatorValueKey)

Feb 17th

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Feb 17th

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Objective-C literals for NSDictionary, NSArray,...

Objective-C literals: one can now create literals for NSArray, NSDictionary, and NSNumber (just like one can create literals for NSString) NSArray Literals Previously: array = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:a, b, c, nil]; Now: array = @[ a, b, c ]; NSDictionary Literals Previously: dict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjects:@[o1, o2, o3] forKeys:@[k1, k2, k3]]; Now: dict = @{ k1 :...

Feb 17th

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In OS X v10.8, most of the APIs in the Carbon Core...

In OS X v10.8, most of the APIs in the Carbon Core framework are deprecated. About time …

Feb 16th

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OS X v10.8 requires a Mac that uses the 64-bit...

OS X v10.8 requires a Mac that uses the 64-bit kernel. Additionally, OS X v10.8 does not support 32-bit kernel extensions (KEXTs)

Feb 16th

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10.8: Objective-C Enhancements

Objective-C Enhancements OS X v10.8 includes the following enhancements to Objective-C: Default synthesis of accessor methods for declared properties Type-safe enums New Core Foundation attributes that allow you to specify custom retain semantics Object literals for NSArray, NSDictionary, and NSNumber Streamlined object subscripting Important Beginning in OS X v10.8, garbage...

Feb 16th

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Xcode 4.3 →

Feb 16th

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OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion →

Feb 16th

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Apple: App Access to Contact Data Will Require... →

Feb 15th

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Apple Tells Developers To Stop Using White iPhone... →

Feb 14th

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Clang: Defending C++ from Murphy's Million Monkeys →

Feb 8th

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Work Efficiently With XCode →

Feb 8th

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The cause for all your Mac OS X mouse annoyances →

…is 32 milliseconds.

Feb 7th

Feb 6th

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Feb 6th

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Feb 6th

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DocSets App for iOS →

Feb 2nd

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FaceTime

redxskyxatxnight: Question time! So I am loving the fact that the iPhone has facetime, but I was wondering if any of you know how to get the screen image as a photo. This would also be useful for funny conversations etc. So if you know how to get a screen shot from an iPhone, please, please let me know! i hope this helps. (http://www.apple.com/iphone/tips/) btw. please fix your ask page...

Jan 27th

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