I created a simple Status-bar application in Swift that dynamically creates a menu of Applications in the Utilities folder and opens the Application when the corresponding menu item is clicked. I use simple NSThread for the collection and use image assets for the icon. There is not a lot of…
Quick and dirty way to get Location data on Mac in Xojo
You could make a Xojo plugin in XCode to access the location data, buy a plugin, or maybe use AppleScript but I think this is simple and will work right in the console using Curl as well as within any language that can issue shell commands. Since it’s Curl it…
Create a Button with hover effect in Xojo
Drag a Canvas object onto your form from the Library. Click the Canvas object and select the Inspector, top right, and turn off UseFocusRing and for Backdrop select your default image. You can select the hover image as a Backdrop as well as it will add the image to your…
Adding “Create Text File” to Mac OS X using Automator and no code.
Update: It seems you can now add menu items to the contextual (right click menu) in Finder. I no longer use Mac so I have not tried this but should be able to add a create text file entry if you like. Unfortunately I assume most would want this from…
Gauge example in Inkscape (SVG)
If you’re tasked with creating gauges for a dashboard and you want an example on how to do the graphics, I’ve created one in Inkscape. Inkscape is a free vector application if you are on a budget and can’t afford Adobe Illustrator. I made this while getting a feel for…
MyPaint OS X Lion Install via Wineskin or Macports
MyPaint is an open source and free to use natural painting application similar to Painter. It’s really good, but unfortunately there isn’t a native port to the Mac. No fears, thanks to Wineskin it’s trivial to use it on your Macintosh. I created an easy to follow instruction to walk…
pyGUI & wake a sleeping Mac example.
A more modern way running on Python 3.x. The original post is old! Note: Create a virtual environment so all your libraries stay separated from the Python included in OS X. There are a couple ways to do this. One way is to install Brew, then install Python and required…
Geektool + Python = Desktop Weather (& moonphase)
I had some free time today and was playing with Geektool, which is like the desktop toys I used to play with years ago on Linux – SuperKaramba comes to mind. I wrote a Python script as an example to do some weather stuff, which can be edited to work…
