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NSExceptional / XcodeBuildSettingsReference.md
Last active November 14, 2024 02:25
The Xcode Build Settings Reference in a searchable document, as of Xcode 8.3.2

Build settings reference

Active Build Action (ACTION)

A string identifying the build system action being performed.

Additional SDKs (ADDITIONAL_SDKS)

The locations of any sparse SDKs that should be layered on top of the one specified by Base SDK (SDKROOT). If more than one SDK is listed, the first one has highest precedence. Every SDK specified in this setting should be a "sparse" SDK, for example, not an SDK for an entire macOS release.

Alternate Install Group (ALTERNATE_GROUP)

@iandundas
iandundas / xcode-downloader.rb
Created February 21, 2017 09:02
Script for reliably downloading binaries (e.g. Xcode) from Apple's CDN
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
print "What is the URL of your Apple Downloads resource?\nURL:"
url = gets.strip
print "What is the ADCDownloadAuth cookie token:\nADCDownloadAuth: "
token = gets.strip
command = "aria2c --header \"Host: adcdownload.apple.com\" --header \"Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8\" --header \"Upgrade-Insecure-Requests: 1\" --header \"Cookie: ADCDownloadAuth=#{token}\" --header \"User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 10_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/602.2.14 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/10.0 Mobile/14B72 Safari/602.1\" --header \"Accept-Language: en-us\" -x 16 -s 16 #{url} -d ~/Downloads"
@devnull255
devnull255 / StringCharAt.swift
Created December 8, 2016 18:48
Swift String Extension with charAt(at: Int) method to return a single char at zero-based int position
// In the process of creating my first Swift Application using the book "Cocoa Programming for OSX",
// I grumbled at what seemed like clumsy, string-handling, then hit a roadblock that nearly turned me completely off.
// The string handling code that had worked with Swift 1.2 wouldn't work at all in Swift 3.0. When I figured out
// what did work in the latest version I was even more annoyed at the verbosity of it. I could have just left it alone
// and dismissed it as not worth wasting any more of my time, but my curiosity got the best of me and I started looking at
// the language guide on Apple's Developer site. There I discovered something that totally reversed my thinking: extensions.
// I had also read why string-handling had to be that way (flexibility, multiple Unicode encodings, yada, yada, yada). But
// I learned that I could utilize extensions to add my own methods to the String class that would give me more convient
// string-handling for my own needs. So after much long-windedness, here is
@khanlou
khanlou / Enum+CaseCountable.swift
Created November 15, 2016 18:19
count and allValues on Int-based enums
protocol CaseCountable { }
extension CaseCountable where Self : RawRepresentable, Self.RawValue == Int {
static var count: Int {
var count = 0
while let _ = Self(rawValue: count) { count+=1 }
return count
}
@stefanbuck
stefanbuck / upload-github-release-asset.sh
Last active August 27, 2024 08:46
Script to upload a release asset using the GitHub API v3.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Author: Stefan Buck
# License: MIT
# https://gist.github.com/stefanbuck/ce788fee19ab6eb0b4447a85fc99f447
#
#
# This script accepts the following parameters:
#
# * owner
@nrollr
nrollr / MySQL_macOS_Sierra.md
Last active March 7, 2025 05:00
Install MySQL on Sierra using Homebrew

Install MySQL on macOS Sierra

This procedure explains how to install MySQL using Homebrew on macOS Sierra 10.12

Install Homebrew

  • Installing Homebrew is effortless, open Terminal and enter :
    $ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
  • Note: Homebrew will download and install Command Line Tools for Xcode 8.0 as part of the installation process.

Install MySQL

At this time of writing, Homebrew has MySQL version 5.7.15 as default formulae in its main repository :

The primary goal is to swap command and option.
The secondary goal is to remap Caps Lock to Control.
The tertiary goal is to share modifier keys across keyboards, so you can emacs with two keyboards.
The following instructions are good as of 2016-08-24, for OS X El Capitan 10.11.6.
Mac OS Sierra broke Seil support; Seil instructs us to consider Karabiner Elements.
But when Karabiner Elements swaps command and option, it does it for all keyboards;
meaning the native keyboard also gets its command and option swapped, which is bad!
@mackuba
mackuba / wwdc16.md
Last active March 5, 2023 21:28
New stuff from WWDC 2016

Following the tradition from last year, here's my complete list of all interesting features and updates I could find in Apple's OSes, SDKs and developer tools that were announced at this year's WWDC. This is based on the keynotes, the "What's New In ..." presentations and some others, Apple's release notes, and blog posts and tweets that I came across in the last few weeks.

If for some reason you haven't watched the talks yet, I really recommend watching at least the "State of the Union" and the "What's New In" intros for the platforms you're interested in. The unofficial WWDC Mac app is great way to download the videos and keep track of what you've already watched.

If you're interested, here are my WWDC 2015 notes (might be useful if you're planning to drop support for iOS 8 now and start using some iOS 9 APIs).


OSX → macOS 10.12 Sierra

Principles of Adult Behavior

  1. Be patient. No matter what.
  2. Don’t badmouth: Assign responsibility, not blame. Say nothing of another you wouldn’t say to him.
  3. Never assume the motives of others are, to them, less noble than yours are to you.
  4. Expand your sense of the possible.
  5. Don’t trouble yourself with matters you truly cannot change.
  6. Expect no more of anyone than you can deliver yourself.
  7. Tolerate ambiguity.
  8. Laugh at yourself frequently.
@steipete
steipete / ios-xcode-device-support.sh
Last active May 11, 2025 13:30
Using iOS 15 devices with Xcode 12.5 (instead of Xcode 13)
# The trick is to link the DeviceSupport folder from the beta to the stable version.
# sudo needed if you run the Mac App Store version. Always download the dmg instead... you'll thank me later :)
# Support iOS 15 devices (Xcode 13.0) with Xcode 12.5:
sudo ln -s /Applications/Xcode-beta.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport/15.0 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport
# Then restart Xcode and reconnect your devices. You will need to do that for every beta of future iOS versions
# (A similar approach works for older versions too, just change the version number after DeviceSupport)