I don’t like to wait another month to keep my hands on iPad, while US people can.
And I’m not ALONE….
Full procedure to order like US customer
LOL
Don’t wait for iPad international shipping date…
10 March, 2010
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Learning iPhone UI application
1 May, 2009I don’t like to use Interface Builder for creating a UI prototype for my apps.
I prefer the old way: draw it on paper and then implement the code.
But…
It takes a lot of time, needs a lot of fixing and every major modification of the UI takes a huge amount of energy.
I just read an interesting post on Cocoa with Love, and I discover an interesting tool to make my life easier:
Now I can create my UI with IB, and the tool will convert it to a .m file.
GREAT!!!
The tool is called nib2objc and it can be found on Github. Github, is a site that allows developers to share their code with the rest of the world. Another great site!!
The link for nib2objc is here, and don’t forget to thanks its author kosmaczewski
Happy coding!!
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Gain admin priviledge on OS X
1 March, 2009an interesting article.
read the full story here.
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Testare un applicazione iPhone
15 October, 2008Per poter utilizzare un applicazione senza doverla scaricare dall’AppStore, c’e’ un modalita’ chiamata distribuzione AdHoc. Essenzialmente lo sviluppatore chiede, alle persone che voglio utilizzare la sua applicazione, il codice identificativo del iPhone/iPod Touch.
Lo sviluppatore genera un certificato che permette all iPhone/iPod Touch di utilizzare l’applicazione.
Questi i passi da seguire:
Preparazione
Prima di tutto assicuratevi che il vostro iPhone/iPod Touch sia connesso a lanciate iTunes.
Dovreste vedere che il dispositivo e’ connesso come nell’esempio.
Il dispositivo in questo caso si chiama “Mauro 3G”.
Se non lo vedete nella finestra di itunes, staccate il cavo e riprovate.
Quando questo si e’ connesso, andate nel tab “Sommario” e dovreste vedere una finestra come nel seguente esempio:
A questo punto ci saranno due informazioni:
- Numero Seriale
- Numero di telefono (se un iphone)
fate click su “Numero Seriale”. Dovrebbe comparire una nuova voce:
Se vi trovate su Mac, premete mela-C,
se siete su un PC, premete control-C
a questo punto, l’identificativo del vostro iPhone/iPod Touch e stato copiato ed e’ pronto per essere inviato a chi vi ha chiesto il codice.
Certificato
Una volta che lo sviluppatore ha ricevuto il vostro codice, vi manderà un file che termina in .mobileprovision.
A questo punto da iTunes scegliete “aggiungi alla libreria” e selezionate il file .mobileprovision.
Sincronizzate il vostro iPhone/iPod Touch.
Se tutto e’ andato bene, selezionate “impostazioni” e poi “generali”.
Dovreste vedere una nuova voce che si chiama “Profili”.
Se e’ la prima volta che lo fate, questo conterra’ solo 1 profilo.
L’esempio della foto mostra un device con 3 profili installati.
Installare il programma
Fatto. da questo momento potrete utilizzare tutti i programmi che il vostro amico sviluppatore vi passerà.
La procedura e’ semplicissima: da iTunes scegliete “aggiungi alla libreria” e selezionate il file che vi e’ stato inviato.
Verificate che la nuova applicazione, in questo esempio “iWind” sia selezionata e sincronizzate il vostro iPhone/iPod Touch: il nuovo programma sarà pronto all’uso.
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How PwnageTool works
9 May, 2008The blog appleorchard describes some interesting details about the PwnageTool.
The PwnageTool is a software program that allows you to “open” your iPhone/iPod Touch and allows you to install third party applications.
Read the post here.
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Fix iPhone Simulator’s missing Photo db
22 April, 2008It happens: for same mysterious reason your iPhone Simulator has an empty Photo DB.
I cannot find a way to restore, even re-installing the simulator.
But…. If you have a jailbroken iPhone (or iPod Touch, of curse) you can do it.
Follow the steps:
- Identify you iPhone ip address in your local network, usually 192.168.1.6.
- Open a terminal in your mac and go to the following directory:
cd /Users/<UserName>/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/User/Media
Change UserName in your default user. - Now type the following command
scp -r root@192.168.1.6:/private/var/mobile/Media/Photos/*
Done! Have fun!!
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Using SDK applications on pwned development iPhones/iPod Touch
21 April, 2008Erica wrote an interesting article that explains how to use SDK generated application on iPhone running a pwned version of iPhoneOS 2.0.
It will be useful for those who try to run their SDK application for testing purpose.
Read the full article here.
For me… I’m still waiting for official release of the iPhone 2.0 :sigh:
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Browse and watch your movies from iPod Touch
15 February, 2008Ok.
Let’s assume you have your ipod movies into the standard Movies folder in your mac.
For example, mine (the user is mauro) is located into:
/Users/mauro/Movies/
Remember: change mauro into your user (ex: timmy).
Now, launch the terminal application from folder “Application” and then “Utilities”.
Execute the following commands:
cd /Library/WebServer/Documents ln -s /Users/mauro/Movies movies chmod a+rx /Users/mauro/Movie
Now there is only one step left: find your mac ip address .
Go to your “Control Panel” and open “Sharing”.
Verify that “Web Sharing” is enabled, otherwise enable it.
When “Web Sharing” is enabled there will be something like this on the panel:
Your computer’s web site:
http://192.168.1.3/
but remeber that it may be different.
At this, take your Touch, launch Safari and enter the URL
http://192.168.1.3/movies or your mac address.
Now you can browse your movies.
Warning: the ipod will play ONLY ipod compatible movies (mov, m4v, etc etc)
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Put iTunes on a USB stick
15 February, 2008An interesting howto here.
A secure way to have your iTunes always with you.
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How to eavesdrop on a Fiber Optic Cable
25 September, 2007Tech republic posted an interesting article that explain how to create a tool capable to eavesdrop communication on fiber optical cable.
Read the full story here.
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