Talk:Portal:Mac

  Note: A list of macOS items, native code techniques etc to document in the Mac Portal

Trev's Mac Portal ToDo List

• The open command (man open) for external applications, documents, urls etc
• Drag and drop files on form example
• Bouncing application dock icons example
• Retrieving file attributes
• Alain's AudioQueue example
• Get macOS default application name
• macOS file associations (see macOS_tips.txt)
• Implement NSSound delegate for macOS NSSound
• Finish off System Sound Services, eg completion handler, error msgs for macOS Play Alert Sound
• How to hide the dock when starting an application (macOS_tips.txt)
• AVMidiPlayer (MacPortalToDo.txt)
• AVPlayer - AVKit and AVFoundation Movie Player [stalled]
• NSBundle paths (apart from Resource)
• NSProcessInfo
• AVSpeechSynthesizer
• NSFileManager
• 64 bit Global HotKey (Carbon units needed - see MacPortalToDo.txt)
• UNUserNotificationCenter notification for Big Sur [stalled]
• Finish the code and description for macOS NSURLConnection.
• macOS NSURLSession started; system-provided delegates & completion handler example done. Custom delegates done.
• Example of using macOS Gestures for a trackpad
• Screenshot (see MacPortalToDo.txt)
• File System Events + packages/univint/src/FSEvents.pas
• Preventing Insecure Network Connections
  • Cocoa Keys
• macOS App Nap
• Clarify unloading of dynamic library to macOS Dynamic Libraries
• macOS daemons and agents new macOS daemons and agents page - done but:
  • awaiting code examples: launch daemon boot script; monitor script; login agent to do(?)
• NSUserDefaults - NB https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/88811 - serious problems iOS 9 & macOS 10.13
  • Mention in Mac Preferences Read and Write ?
• macOS Energy Efficiency Guide - started, in progress
• NSApplication Delegates - done for macOS App Nap
• macOS Application Dock Menu to do ...
• Protected Resources: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/information_property_list/protected_resources
• macOS NSDrawer example