#macos Development Tutorials & Tips | Roast Dev

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First time I was part of a team with devs that were more senior than me I tried to improve and gain as many things as I could.Productivity never bothered me, probably because I was never working at a...

10.03.2025 0 Read More

Introducing Apple AI: A Native macOS Menu Bar App for Seamless AI Integration

I’m excited to share Apple AI, a macOS menu bar app I developed to bring together powerful AI assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, GitHub Copilot, Perplexity, DeepSeek, and Grok into one unified interfa...

12.03.2025 0 Read More

Creating a "Open in Cursor" Context Menu for macOS Finder

TLDR Add a custom "Open in Cursor" option to your Finder context menu by creating an Automator Quick Action with AppleScript. Makes opening projects in Cursor a breeze! Why You Need T...

13.03.2025 0 Read More

Fix EACCES: permission denied, unlink '/usr/local/bin/code'

If you're using macOS and trying to run the shortcut command: ⛶code .to open the current folder in VS Code, but you get a permission error like this: ⛶EACCES: permission denied, unlink '/usr/local...

15.03.2025 0 Read More

Using Apple's Virtual Scanner to Test Document Scanning Apps and SDKs on macOS

Apple provided a sample project demonstrating how to create a virtual scanner device a long time ago. The last revision was on June 12, 2012. In this article, we will build the sample project using th...

16.03.2025 0 Read More

How to Build a Remote Document Scanner in SwiftUI to Digitize Documents Over Network

In office environments, network-connected physical document scanners from manufacturers like HP , Canon , Epson , and Brother often support protocols such as ESCL (AirPrint) or ICA (Image Capture). Ho...

19.03.2025 0 Read More

Introducing DropNote v1.1 – A Minimalist Note-Taking App for macOS

Hey everyone! 👋 Introducing DropNote, a lightweight and distraction-free note-taking app for macOS that lives right in your menu bar. Whether you need a quick place to jot down ideas, to-do lists,...

19.03.2025 0 Read More

Release 0.9 of osxiec

Added ways to trace commands, background processes, schedule commands, attach to running background processes, added a way to set an ip that a vlan can only connect to. https://github.com/Okerew/osxie...

23.03.2025 0 Read More

Containerization on macOS vs. Linux: A Security and Isolation Comparison, Including Darwin Containers and OSXIEC

Containerization on macOS vs. Linux: A Comparative Look Containerization has revolutionized application deployment and management, providing lightweight, portable, and isolated environments f...

23.03.2025 0 Read More

Solving SSL Certificate Verification Issues with pip on macOS

If you're a Python developer working on macOS, you might have encountered frustrating SSL certificate verification errors when trying to use pip. These errors typically look something like this: ⛶WA...

25.03.2025 0 Read More