Blog, page 15
News, updates and stories from the Realmac Software team.
Working with Date and Time
It’s highly likely that somewhere in your app you may need to work with dates and times; whether that be parsing, displaying or performing calendrical…
Building an FTP and HTTP Server
When we moved in to our new office last year we wanted to connect our motion camera to hubot so that we could pull images from it into our Campfire chat on…
Block Debugging
As a software engineer, a working day can be divided into three main areas:
How to Produce an App Promo Video.
In a recent blog post, Dan talked about promo videos as a great way to build hype for your new app. Between the Clear for iPhone and Clear for Mac promo…
Prototyping with Web Technologies
Over the years the steady progression of web technologies like HTML, CSS and JavaScript, has meant we’re now able to replicate many of the UI elements and…
How to get featured on the App Store
We’ve been fortunate enough to have our apps featured a few times on both App Stores, and we often get friends and developers asking us what our secret is…
Behind the scenes: QA Part One
As part of a series of posts going behind the scenes here at Realmac HQ, I’m going to be introducing a topic that’s often seen as the black box of software…
Behind the Scenes: Deciding on OS Support
Earlier this year we started discussing our longer-term plans for OS X support in our flagship app, RapidWeaver. It’s something we’ve given a lot of thought…
Say Hello to Hatch!
Today we’re excited to announce something a little different, something we’ve been working on in conjunction with our friends at Impending.
The Impact of Google Maps on iOS 6 Uptake
Since we launched Clear v1.2, we’ve seen plenty of people tell us that the removal of Google Maps from iOS was the reason they weren’t upgrading to iOS 6…
Clear featured in App Store “Best of 2012”
Last night saw Apple launch its “Best of 2012” lists for the App Store and Mac App Store - and we were absolutely thrilled to see Clear for iPhone and Clear…
Setting up the Realmac Network
Since I joined Realmac I’ve helped manage our office network, starting from a single Time Capsule and modem, to a small server cabinet with a couple of…