macOS Archive

Apple offers developers new Tiger, Java software builds

Eugenia Loli 2005-02-07 macOS 24 Comments

More recent builds of Apple's Tiger operating system have recently surfaced along with a coinciding Java software seed.

F-Script 1.2.8 -OSS introspection and scripting tools for Cocoa

Submitted by Philippe Mougin 2005-01-27 macOS 12 Comments

This new version of F-Script provides Cocoa developers on Mac OS X with improved object introspection and scripting tools. In particular, developers having access to pre-versions of the forthcoming Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger", will find a powerful set of graphical tools to access and manipulate the new CoreData technology introduced by Apple in Tiger. See the release notes for F-Script.

SoftPear Mac Emulation Preview Release

Guest post by Michael Steil 2005-01-08 macOS 51 Comments

SoftPear is a user mode Mac OS X emulator for Linux. As the news on our site say, we have just released a Preview Release that can run some Mac OS X command line tools in Linux and FreeBSD. (The download includes the GPL'ed source, binaries for Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X, some test programs and a README.) We do this by with our Mach-O executable loader, PearPC's PowerPC interpreter core, and our libc wrapper. We hope to be able to run the complete Mac OS X "Quartz" UI on Linux, FreeBSD and Darwin/x86 one day, this way.

Oracle Database 10g Available for Mac OS X Server

Submitted by kasra yousefi 2005-01-02 macOS 55 Comments

Oracle Database 10g is the first database designed for grid computing and now it's on Mac OS X.
Another source notes that Oracle is using the Xserve RAID in its own datacenter.

Short Mac OS X.4 Server Preview

Submitted by Erik Vlietinck 2004-12-15 macOS 13 Comments

IT Enquirer has a short preview of Mac OS X 10.4 Server, including screenshots of the new Firewall rules and Stealth Mode and advanced rules.

Tiger Technical Overview available on the Chinese ADC

Submitted by Guido 2004-12-12 macOS 9 Comments

A "Tiger Technology Overview" has been made publicly available on the Chinese ADC (PDF link): it presents some new features which have not yet been published on the public area of the main Apple Developer Connection site.

Inside Mac OS X Tiger build 8A323

Eugenia Loli 2004-12-10 macOS 48 Comments

Earlier this week, Apple Computer provided its developers with Mac OS X Tiger build 8A323, the third widely distributed pre-release version of its next-generation operating system. In a five-page seed note accompanying the build, Apple lists over two dozen known issues with the system, in addition to some fixes and improvements over previous builds.

Mac OS X 10.4 Migration Assistant

Submitted by Erik Vlietinck 2004-12-09 macOS 7 Comments

This article covers the Migration Assistant, one of the major new features, and propbably one of the most useful and time-saving.

Mac OS X 10.3.7 to improve FireWire drive compatibility

Eugenia Loli 2004-12-01 macOS 5 Comments

Apple Computer this afternoon seeded developers with build 7S210 of Mac OS X 10.3.7. With this latest latest build, Apple has asked that developers focus their testing efforts on audio, printing, storage or audio-based FireWire devices, and graphic intensive games that utilize OpenGL.

Watson now available for free; Mac OS X 10.3.7 build 7S206

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-24 macOS 19 Comments

Watson developer Dan Wood has released his popular Mac OS X application free of charge--sort of. Mac users who want a copy must find and download it off the Web. Elsewhere, according to sources, Apple has seeded the second external build of Mac OS X 10.3.7 and is actively distributing recent builds of Tiger on DVD discs.

Alternative Development Systems for the Mac

Submitted by Carlos Camacho 2004-11-22 macOS 24 Comments

Programmers new to the Mac platform, as well as newbie Mac coders often ask (or complain) about available development tools.

Tiger for Developers; A Simple Drawing Sample in Quartz 2D

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-21 macOS 37 Comments

In the feline evolution of Mac OS X, Jaguar was the release we had to have, Panther is the version we wanted, and Tiger provides programmers with some of the most tantalizing application development tools we've seen to date. This article provides the latest information about Tiger from Chris Bourdon, the project's senior product line manager.

Using Java Studio Creator on Mac OS X; Xserve Update

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-18 macOS 31 Comments

Java Studio Creator on Mac OS X is an easy-to-use tool for building Web applications with Java. Read this article to learn how to get started developing with it on the Mac platform. Also, Apple has released Xserve RAID Admin Tools 1.3.2, an update to its remote management software that simplifies setup and monitoring of storage volumes.

Mac OS X 10.3.7 Details

Submitted by orlando james 2004-11-17 macOS 43 Comments

Based on this article it looks like the upcoming Mac OS X 10.3.7 update right now focuses on FireWire Audio, Graphics and Postscript.

Xcode 2: New Model of Development

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-15 macOS 22 Comments

With the so-called Tiger release of Mac OS X, due the first half of 2005, Apple Computer Inc. will unleash Xcode 2, a version of its rapid development environment that it claims will work with enhancements to the operating system that automatically generate object models, thereby simplifying application development. Xcode 2 also will introduce modeling, include the gcc 4.0 compiler optimized for G4 and G5 processors, and support 64-bit development.

A Closer Look at Apple’s OS X 10.3.6 Update

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-11 macOS 32 Comments

"Apple released Mac OS X 10.3.6 last week on a post-election Friday afternoon, with little fanfare and the typical useful-but-sparse release notes. The company documents 22 changes in Mac OS X 10.3.6, which come from nearly 1,200 changed files in nearly 1,000 different directories or folders, many of them in large bundles or packages. Here’s a closer look at what Apple has told users about what’s inside the OS X update." Read the article here.