Robert Armenski T1T4N

Introduction

A JSON compilation database is a very handy output format which is parsed and used by many development tools. Unfortunately for us Apple Developers, it is not straightforward to generate one from within Xcode, as it is (probably) not Apple's priority and therefore there is no toggle/switch/setting that can be easily enabled to get this information.

There is however a solution, thanks to Apple using Clang/LLVM as their main toolchain.

Implementation

The standard way to generate this with clang would be to use the -MJ flag and give it a file name that typically corresponds to the input file. Using this flag indirectly through Xcode is hard, given that we're not aware of all the other arguments when a compiler call is executed.

However, there is a second hidden/badly documented LLVM flag: -gen-cdb-fragment-path - it is implemented in terms of -MJ and has the same functionality, but it's argument in contrast is an output directory.

If you're using a high-end bluetooth headset on your Macbook Pro it's likely your mac is using an audio codec which favors battery efficiency over high quality. This results in a drastic degradation of sound, the SBC codec is the likely culprit, read more about it here.

Find out what codec you're using

Play a song on your headphones
Option (⌥) click the Bluetooth button at the top of your screen
If you're using AAC or aptX, you can stop here—those are the highest quality codecs.

Change your codec to AAC or aptX

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	//
	// NSApplication+NSResponderDebug.swift
	//
	// Created by Stephan Casas on 3/18/24.
	//

	import Cocoa;

	extension NSApplication {

	import SwiftUI

	// 1. Use looped H/VStacks to create a grid
	// 2. Conditionally increase spacing to grow/shrink the grid
	// 3. Calculate the distance of each dot to the center and use the value to stagger the animation
	//4. Add random delay on top of the staggered delay value

	struct ContentView: View {

	// const & state

	//
	// DebugDevice.swift
	//
	// Copyright 2022 • Sidetrack Tech Limited
	//

	import Foundation

	// This must be called on the main-thread.
	var isDebugProfileInstalled: Bool {

	# Add this to a "Run Script" build phase in your app's main target, as the last step.
	# It will use the pluginkit command-line tool to force the plugin system on macOS to add your extensions to its database, making them available.
	# I made this specifically for widgets, but it should work for pretty much any extension type (appex bundle).

	find $CODESIGNING_FOLDER_PATH -name '*.appex' -exec pluginkit -a {} \;

	# --------------------------------------------------------------------
	# Recursively find pdfs from the directory given as the first argument,
	# otherwise search the current directory.
	# Use exiftool and qpdf (both must be installed and locatable on $PATH)
	# to strip all top-level metadata from PDFs.
	#
	# Note - This only removes file-level metadata, not any metadata
	# in embedded images, etc.
	#
	# Code is provided as-is, I take no responsibility for its use,

	import Foundation
	import InterposeKit
	import OSLog

	/// Hack tow work around Assertion failure in -[NSTouchBarLayout setLeadingWidgetWidth:], NSTouchBarLayout.m:78
	/// This sometimes happens when macOS restores a window.
	/// This even runs if there is no OS-level touch bar.
	class MacOSWorkarounds {
	static let logger = Logger(category: "MacOSWorkarounds")