I want to install a specific JDK (the latest for example). For this, I went to the JDK download homepage: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp. I looked for a Mac version, but I’m a bit surprised to only see downloadable versions for Linux, Windows and Solaris… Here’s the message for Mac: “Apple Computer supplies their own version of Java. … Read more
Problem: NSAttributedString takes an NSRange while I’m using a Swift String that uses Range let text = “Long paragraph saying something goes here!” let textRange = text.startIndex..<text.endIndex let attributedString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: text) text.enumerateSubstringsInRange(textRange, options: NSStringEnumerationOptions.ByWords, { (substring, substringRange, enclosingRange, stop) -> () in if (substring == “saying”) { attributedString.addAttribute(NSForegroundColorAttributeName, value: NSColor.redColor(), range: substringRange) } }) … Read more
Having been caught out recently when a web site I launched displayed perfectly on IE, Firefox, Chrome and Safari on Windows but was corrupted when viewed using Safari on the Mac (by a potential customer), I need to start testing how my sites look when viewed on a Mac. Problem is, I don’t own a … Read more
How can I open multiple Eclipse workspaces at the same time on the Mac? On other platforms, I can just launch extra Eclipse instances, but the Mac will not let me open the same application twice. Is there a better way than keeping two copies of Eclipse? 20 Answers 20
I’m trying to enter some UTF-8 characters into a LaTeX file in TextMate (which says its default encoding is UTF-8), but LaTeX doesn’t seem to understand them. Running cat my_file.tex shows the characters properly in Terminal. Running ls -al shows something I’ve never seen before: an “@” by the file listing: -rw-r–r–@ 1 me users … Read more
An Xcode beginner’s question: It is my first experience with Xcode 4.6.3. I am trying to write a very simple console program, that searches for paired BT devices and prints them to an NSLog. It builds with the following error: Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64: “_OBJC_CLASS_$_IOBluetoothDevice”, referenced from: objc-class-ref in main.o ld: symbol(s) not found … Read more
Closed. This question does not meet Stack Overflow guidelines. It is not currently accepting answers. We don’t allow questions about general computing hardware and software on Stack Overflow. You can edit the question so it’s on-topic for Stack Overflow. Closed 5 years ago. Improve this question Few days ago I got this message in my … Read more
Update: The link below does not have a complete answer. Having to set the path or variable in two places (one for GUI and one for shell) is lame. Not Duplicate of: Setting environment variables in OS X? Coming from a Windows background where it’s very easy to set and modify environment variables (just go … Read more
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Stack Overflow. Closed 9 years ago. Improve this question Amazon’s EC2 service offers a variety of Linux and Windows OS choices, but I haven’t found a service offering a similar “rent by … Read more
Borderline ServerFault question, but I’m programming some shell scripts, so I’m trying here first 🙂 Most *nixes have a command that will let you pipe/redirect output to the local clipboard/pasteboard, and retrieve from same. On OS X these commands are pbcopy, pbpaste Is there anyway to replicate this functionality while SSHed into another server? That … Read more
