Blog, page 11
News, updates and stories from the Realmac Software team.
Hatch: the app that loves you back
We've been incubating Hatch with our good friends over at Impending,Inc. for quite some time, and I'm thrilled to announce that Hatch is now available on the…
A tool for Generating Release Notes from Git Commits
Like many coders I spend an inordinate amount of time generating release notes for builds. It's one of those tasks which just takes a couple of minutes, but…
An Introduction to the iTunes Affiliate Program
The 30% that Apple takes out of each App Store sale has long been a bug-bear for developers. It’s the price of admission for the App Store, and allows you to…
A Python Script to Disassemble a Block in LLDB
In a previous article I discussed how to debug Objective-C blocks with LLDB and in particular how to disassemble the block’s invoke function.
What to Test
In my previous post on responsive testing I looked at the need to ensure that testing doesn’t become a process that holds up the release of an app. In this…
Clear with Background Refresh Now Available
We’re hard at work on some great new features for Clear - and today we’re releasing a small update to Clear and Clear+ to take advantage of a great new iOS 7…
We’re Hiring: iOS / OS X Engineer
We’re looking for an iOS / OS X Engineer to help us with our award-winning flagship application RapidWeaver.
Working with Key Events
Almost all apps on your Mac will support keyboard shortcuts to help users be more productive. Adding keyboard shortcuts to your app is as easy as adding a Key…
Ember, Colours and iCloud Sync
With today’s launch of OS X Mavericks, we’re thrilled to announce a big update to Ember with some hotly-requested features.
Our Marketing Tools
No matter what your job is, there’s a fine balance to achieve between finding tools to help you and being focused on the task.
Introducing the Ember Demo
We’ve been thinking a lot about app pricing recently, as you’ve probably read. One upshot of this is that we’ve also been thinking about making our apps more…
A Guide to Pixel Hinting
When looking at a website or interface, there are few things more annoying than half pixels. The resulting blurred edges make your potentially great product…