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Portal:Mac

This portal provides an overview of development for macOS (previously marketed as Mac OS X until 2012 and OS X until 2016) with Lazarus and Free Pascal. Development of macOS software is easy with Lazarus using the Cocoa (64 bit) widgetset. The Carbon widgetset is also available but only for 32 bit software and only up to macOS 10.14 Mojave. Apple removed the Carbon framework from macOS 10.15 Catalina (2019) - that operating system and future versions will no longer run any 32 bit software. Other widgetsets like Qt are also supported, but their use requires additional effort. Free Pascal can also be used to develop software for Mac OS Classic and older versions of macOS (before Tiger).

Related topics Platform Portals: Android - Embedded - FreeBSD - iOS - Linux - Mac - WinCE - Windows Topic Portals: New Users - Database Development - Game Development - Hardware and Robotics - HowTo Demos - Science and Technology - Web Development Categories: Mac OS Classic - macOS - Unix - Objective Pascal - Objective C

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Apple's Annual Developer Survey 2020

The annual Apple Developer Survey is your chance to ask Apple to support Free Pascal and Lazarus. Point out that you do not use Xcode but FPC and Lazarus and ask for specific FPC support such as the translation of framework API headers and code samples.

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Start hereedit

This box describes the installation and use of Lazarus and Free Pascal. Installing the Free Pascal Compiler on macOS Installing Lazarus on macOS Uninstalling Lazarus on macOS Basic Pascal Tutorial Object Oriented Programming with Free Pascal and Lazarus Free Pascal video tutorials Lazarus Tutorial Mac Installation FAQ - issues during (and after) installation macOS Programming Tips

FAQsedit

Free Pascal FAQ Lazarus FAQ Lazarus For Delphi Users Mac Installation FAQ - issues during (and after) installation Signing and Notarization FAQ

Development Techniquesedit

Basic development techniques with Lazarus and Free Pascal are described here, as well as hints for special optimization approaches. Apple Developer Certificates Cocoa Debugging Code Signing for macOS Cross compiling on macOS Cross compiling for macOS on Linux Debugging with lldb Deploying your application Detecting memory leaks Developing with Graphics FPC PasCocoa documentation FPC with an LLVM code generator backend Hardened runtime for macOS Hardware Access Introduction to platform-sensitive development Mac Catalyst for macOS and iPadOS macOS Big Sur changes for developers macOS Catalina changes for developers macOS Monterey changes for developers macOS Dynamic Libraries macOS Frameworks macOS Gatekeeper Debugging Tips macOS Static Libraries Multimedia Programming Multiplatform Programming Guide Multithreading Networking Notarization for macOS 10.14.5+ ObjC Bool Profiling on macOS Sandboxing for macOS Target Darwin: Development for macOS, iOS and Darwin Xcode command line tools

APIs and Headersedit

Cocoa Interface (64 bit) Cocoa interface Internals Cocoa headers for macOS 11 SDK FPC and SDL FPC PasCocoa FPC PasCocoa/Differences Metal Framework ObjCParser: Convert Obj-C headers to FPC Qt Interface Mac univint: Translated macOS framework headers

Special Topicsedit

Accessibility information, screen readers etc Accessing macOS System Information Add an Apple Help Book to your macOS app Apple-specific UI elements Application disable resize over Dock Bounce Application Icon in Dock Change window title bar colour Common macOS UI translations Daemons and Services - cross-platform Hiding a macOS app from the Dock LCL Autosize / Layout LCL and macOS LCL Key Handling LCL Tips Locale settings for macOS Localization - Language translation Locating macOS app support, preferences folders Locating macOS significant directories Locating macOS app bundle, resources directories Locating the macOS tmp directory Mach-O executable file format Mac Buttons Mac Preferences Read and Write Mac Preferences and About Menu Mac show app title, version, company macOS Alert Panels macOS App Nap macOS Application Bundle macOS Application Dock Menu macOS Audio Player macOS Audio Recorder macOS Cocoa Extensions macOS daemons and agents macOS Drawers macOS Energy Efficiency Guide macOS email client (lNet) macOS email client (Synapse) macOS File and Custom URL Scheme Associations macOS Find Default Application macOS Form Position Save and Restore macOS Gestures macOS MIDI Player macOS Alert Windows and Sheets macOS NSRegularExpression macOS NSSound macOS NSString Regular Expressions macOS NSStatusBar macOS NSURLConnection macOS NSURLSession macOS Open command macOS Play Alert Sound macOS Progress Indicators macOS property list files macOS Retrieve (full)username macOS Retrieve MAC address macOS SCNetworkReachability API macOS Sheets macOS Sound Utilities macOS Text-To-Speech macOS User Notifications macOS Video Player Pascal Script Show Badge on Application Icon in Dock

Legacy Informationedit

macOS Legacy Information Carbon Interface, MacIntosh Programmers Workshop, GDB, Mac Pascal, Objective Pascal, Porting from Mac Pascal, Mode MacPas, Mac OS Classic etc.