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{{Note|A list of macOS items, techniques etc to document in the Mac Portal}}
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{{Note|A list of macOS items, native code techniques etc to document in the Mac Portal}}
  
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==Mac Portal ToDo List==
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==Trev's Mac Portal ToDo List==
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===Done===
  
 
* <strike>The open command (man open) for external applications, documents, urls etc</strike>
 
* <strike>The open command (man open) for external applications, documents, urls etc</strike>
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* Drag and drop files on form example
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* <strike>Drag and drop files on form example</strike>
 
* <strike>Bouncing application dock icons example</strike>
 
* <strike>Bouncing application dock icons example</strike>
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* <strike>Get macOS default application name</strike>
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* <strike>macOS file associations (see macOS_tips.txt)</strike>
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* <strike>Implement NSSound delegate for [[macOS NSSound]]</strike>
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* <strike>Finish off System Sound Services, eg completion handler, error msgs for [[macOS Play Alert Sound]]</strike>
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* <strike>How to hide the dock when starting an application (macOS_tips.txt)</strike>
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* <strike>AVMidiPlayer (MacPortalToDo.txt)</strike>
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* <strike>NSBundle paths (apart from Resource)</strike>
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* <strike>NSProcessInfo</strike>
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* <strike>Finish the code and description for [[macOS NSURLConnection]].</strike>
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* <strike>[[macOS NSURLSession]] started; system-provided delegates & completion handler example done. Custom delegates done.</strike>
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* <strike>Example of using [[macOS Gestures]] for a trackpad</strike>
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* <strike>[[macOS App Nap]]</strike>
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* <strike>Clarify unloading of dynamic library to [[macOS Dynamic Libraries]]</strike>
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* <strike>NSApplication Delegates - done for [[macOS App Nap]]</strike>
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* <strike>[[macOS Application Dock Menu]] to do ...</strike>
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* <strike>[[macOS property list files|Protected Resources]]: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/information_property_list/protected_resources</strike>
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* <strike>[[macOS Drawers]] examples done.</strike>
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* <strike>[[Mac Show Application Title, Version, and Company|Cocoa About Boxes]]</strike>
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* <strike>[[macOS SCNetworkReachability API]] * Detect Internet access or not (laz_network_reachable) </strike>
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* <strike> [[Mac_Preferences_Read_and_Write#NSUserDefaults|NSUserDefaults]] - serious problems iOS 9  & macOS 10.12/10.13</strike>
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* <strike>[[macOS NSAlert|NSAlert modal dialog or sheet]] attached to a window. See https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsalert</strike>
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* <strike>[[macOS NSRegularExpression]] article</strike>
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* <strike>[[macOS NSString Regular Expressions]] article</strike>
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* <strike>Save form state (position and size) using Mac preferences system: [[macOS Form Position Save and Restore‎‎]]</strike>
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* <strike>AVPlayer - AVKit and AVFoundation [[macOS Video Player]]</strike>
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* <strike>[[macOS Progress Indicators]]</strike>
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* <strike>[[macOS_NSURLSession#Downloading_files_with_graphical_user_interface_feedback|Updating the GUI from a non-main thread]] (eg NSURLSession progress etc)</strike>
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* <strike>[[macOS NSStatusBar|Adding application status items to the menu bar]]</strike>
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* <strike>[[lNet_examples#Lazarus_SMTP_client_example_for_macOS|macOS email client using lNet library]]</strike>
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* <strike>[[Synapse#Advanced_SMTP_client|macOS email client using Synapse library]]</strike>
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===In progress===
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* [[macOS daemons and agents]] new macOS daemons and agents page - done but:
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** awaiting code examples: boot script; monitor script; login agent to do(?)
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** system-wide launch daemons - done (still need launch_activate_socket() for servers)
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* [[macOS Energy Efficiency Guide]] - started, in progress
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* Add full project source code to SourceForge for all my examples... will take a while.
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===Stalled===
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* UNUserNotificationCenter notification for Big Sur [stalled]
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===To do===
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* Retrieving file attributes
 
* Retrieving file attributes
 
* Alain's AudioQueue example
 
* Alain's AudioQueue example
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* Get macOS default browser name (see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44778078/get-macos-default-browser-name-lscopydefaultapplicationurlforcontenttype)
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* AVSpeechSynthesizer
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* NSFileManager (mentioned in [[macOS NSURLSession]])
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* 64 bit Global HotKey (Carbon units needed - see MacPortalToDo.txt)
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* Screenshot (see MacPortalToDo.txt)
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* [https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coreservices/file_system_events File System Events] + packages/univint/src/FSEvents.pas
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* [https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/preventing_insecure_network_connections?language=objc Preventing Insecure Network Connections]
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** [https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/General/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/CocoaKeys.html Cocoa Keys]
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* macoS versions and missing features in older versions page (see [[Accessing_macOS_System_Information#Gestalt_Manager|this page section]] for the approach).
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* Using WKWebView (10.10+) - see [https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,42001 this forum thread]
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* Logging in macOS: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/os/logging
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* String assignment post 2019 (find it and add to Tips) ???
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* Detect "best" web browser - up to 10.15 <tt>LSCopyAllHandlersForURLScheme(CFSTR("https"))</tt> then <tt>LSCopyApplicationURLsForURL</tt> - see LSInfo.pas
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* Distribute via app store https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/128166
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* To reload the plist file manually (avoid cached copy), use defaults read <filename>.plist to read the new plist values or maybe
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killall cfprefsd && killall Finder
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== Cross-Platform To Do ==
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* OpenSSL, LibreSSL, etc

Latest revision as of 00:02, 3 May 2022

Light bulb  Note: A list of macOS items, native code techniques etc to document in the Mac Portal

Trev's Mac Portal ToDo List

Done

In progress

  • macOS daemons and agents new macOS daemons and agents page - done but:
    • awaiting code examples: boot script; monitor script; login agent to do(?)
    • system-wide launch daemons - done (still need launch_activate_socket() for servers)
  • macOS Energy Efficiency Guide - started, in progress
  • Add full project source code to SourceForge for all my examples... will take a while.

Stalled

  • UNUserNotificationCenter notification for Big Sur [stalled]

To do

killall cfprefsd && killall Finder

Cross-Platform To Do

  • OpenSSL, LibreSSL, etc
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