My notes about all the technologies I use
Installation make sure the ruby system is up to date $ sudo gem update –system install cocoapods $ sudo gem install cocoapods If you get an error message about fuzzy_match, try this command instead, $ sudo gem install -n /usr/local/bin…
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Apple, OSX, Programming, Swift
Make sure the swift file looks like the default ViewContoller.swift file i.e. import UIKit, inherits from UIViewController, have at least the viewDidLoad function Click on the yellow dot that represents the view controller in the story board Select the identify…
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To detect if the user is using an iPad or iPhone or something else in Swift do something like this: switch UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom { case .phone: deviceLavel.text = “iPhone” case .pad: deviceLavel.text = “iPad” case .unspecified: deviceLavel.text = “unspecified” case .tv:…
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Here is how to write a ISO file to a USB stick so you can boot from it. Run the diskutil command to get a list of disk. Be very careful to make sure you select the correct disk. Here…
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Insert the blank DVD When OS X prompts what to do with the blank disk click Ignore Find the ISO file in Finder Right Click and choose Burn Image “…” to Disc
Its rather simple actually. Insert the CD or DVD into the SuperDrive You should see an icon appear on the desktop like when you mount any other drive. Simply right click on the icon and choose erase. NOTE: I’ve…
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Create a new C# script in your project called CSSColors.cs and then copy and paste the code below into it. You should then be able to use the colour names specified anywhere in your project. public class CSSColors {…
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Swift Optionals A type the either has a “wrapped” value or is nil. e.g. let imagePaths = [“star”: “/glyphs/star.png”,”portrait”: “/images/content/portrait.jpg”,”spacer”: “/images/shared/spacer.gif”] Getting a dictionary’s value using a key returns an optional value, so imagePaths[“star”] has the type String? e.g. if…
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A) Mute sound before shutting down. B) Run the following command in Terminal sudo nvram SystemAudioVolume=%80 c) To turn it back on again, run this command in terminal, sudo nvram SystemAudioVolume=%01
Using the following RegEx strings in NotePad++ to clean up book marks file. Do a Search and replace, In for search for fields put the following strings In the replace field, put nothing, Make sure regex is selected. ADD_DATE=”[^”]+” LAST_MODIFIED=”[^”]+”…
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