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Reply to Mac App Store updater crashing my apps
Hi Quinn, That would seem sensible. However, since a couple of macOS releases I'm getting crash reports whenever I'm updating a view: Usually it happens after e.g. adding a binding or custom transformer in version B. The crash reports then come in for version A shortly after version B has been released and refer e.g. to the binding not present in the view controller or the value transformer (introduced only in newer version B) not known in older version A. I should mention that the UI of my apps is modular consisting of 100+ .xibs (.nibs), so lazy loading appears to be in effect. And this happens reliably every time I'm updating/extending the UI. (probably affecting less than 1% of the user base but still annoying as I cannot do anything about the App Store's update mechanism) Thanks, Jay
Dec ’22
Reply to How to Create a Searchable Help Book with Help Indexer?
Ahh... the joy of Apple Help programming! Great (Nov. 2021) post on the topic: "Why won’t that Help book open?", https://eclecticlight.co/2021/11/16/why-wont-that-help-book-open/ Provides some tips when working on Help Books. I've found that copying an existing (e.g. Apple) help book and starting from there (adding content for your own app) worked best for me in the past. Even managed to enable print for (local) Help Books via reverse engineering Apple's user guides, something my users have been asking for.
Nov ’21
Reply to Expand details in NSPrintPanel by default?
Been a while - thanks for the pointer to NSPrintPanelOptions but it doesn't help expanding the details. Note that you'd have to reset to the initial app state (e.g. by deleting the app's container) or macOS will remember if you've previously expanded the details section. My aim is to expand the details section by default starting with the first launch of my Mac app to help (inexperienced) users along finding the app specific print settings (accessory controller). Any hints appreciated, Jay
Nov ’20