Mac OS X Tips & Tricks – #4 (Folder with selection)

To place more than 1 file in a  folder, you can simply select all the files and then right click and then choose “New Folder with Selection” in the menu that will appear.… Read More →

Mac OS X Tips & Tricks – #3 (Disabling Dashboard)

Dashboard takes your memory as it is always sitting there even if you are not using it. To disable this memory-hogging beast, go to System Preferences, then go to Mission Control and untick the… Read More →

Mac OS X Tips & Tricks – #2 (Using the Dock with you keyboard)

If you want to use the Dock without your mouse, press Ctlr+Fn+F3 on your keyboard. This will pop the Dock up (if it’s hidden) and will navigate to the leftmost item on the… Read More →

Mac OS X Tips & Tricks – #1 (Increase/Decrease volume without feedback sound)

If you want to increase/decrease the volume on OS X without the little annoying feedback system sound that is triggered when you press the volume up/down button, simply hold down the Shift button… Read More →

Cutting and Pasting in Mac OS X Lion

In order to cut and paste in Mac OS X Lion, choose the file(s) that you want to cut, then press Cmd+C on your keyboard. Then move to the folder where you want… Read More →

Compiling C files for Mach-O ARM architecture, in OS X Lion

Yesterday I wanted to compile a .c code for ARM architecture using the iOS SDK on my Lion machine. I wanted to create object files and executable files that I can install on… Read More →

scp and cronjob (without password) on OS X

I wanted to copy some files from my computer over to a server every minute, as a cronjob. I searched around the internet but the solutions were scattered all over the place and… Read More →

Git from command-line after installing Xcode on OS X Lion

Xcode 4.3.x or newer comes with Git but the problem is when you install Xcode on your machine (OS X Lion or newer), Git’s path won’t be added to the user path which… Read More →

[NSCharacterSet lowercaseLetterCharacterSet] is to be AVOIDED

My unit tests have been failing and I’ve been trying to figure the issue out for about 7 hours now. It turns out it is [NSCharacterSet lowercaseLetterCharacterSet] You would think this will return… Read More →

Verify the transactionReceipt of SKPaymentTransaction

The transactionReceipt property of the SKPaymentTransaction class in StoreKit framework in iOS SDK is of type NSData and Apple isn’t very eager to tell us what it contains and what format of data it… Read More →