MacBreak Dev

By Alex Lindsay

Technology Education Podcasting Software How-To

What's MacBreak Dev about?

Join Alex Lindsay and the rest of the MacBreak team as they dive deep into developer tools that can re-shape your Mac.

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MacBreak Dev episodes:

07.28.2010
Creating Content for the iPad 4K
Sal Soghoian shows Alex how to create content for the iPad using a slightly different approach. This was shot with a Red Camera in 4K resolution.
12.22.2009
Snow Leopard is a Social Animal
Sal Soghoian shows Alex how to use Snow Leopard services to post photos and links to Facebook.
12.14.2009
Converting Temperature using AppleScript
Sal Soghoian and Alex Lindsay explore the world of AppleScript to convert temperature in Snow Leopard.
11.26.2009
What is Refactoring?
Steve Scott explains the meaning of Refactoring to Andy Ihnatko.
11.18.2009
Xcode's Snapshot Utility
Steve Scott shows Andy Ihnatko how to use Snapshots in Xcode.
11.10.2009
Building Accessibility into Applications
Steve Scott shows Andy Ihnatko how to incorporate accessibility into applications.
11.06.2009
What is Appcasting?
John Fox teaches Steve Scott about Appcasting using the Sparkle Framework.
10.23.2009
Using Frameworks Within Interface Builder
John Fox of MemoryMiner shows Steve Scott how to use the iMedia framework within Interface Builder.
10.13.2009
Interface Builder
Bill Dudney shows Steve Scott how to use Interface Builder to design iPhone Apps.
10.06.2009
Break Points in Debugger
Bill Dudney and Steve Scott use break points in Debugger to view the internal state of a program.
09.29.2009
Unit Testing in Xcode Part 2
Dave Dribin and Steve Scott finally get code to pass in unit testing.
09.21.2009
Unit Testing in Xcode
Dave Dribin and Steve Scott test their code with unit testing in Xcode.
09.11.2009
New Features in Instruments
Colin Wheeler demonstrates new features for Instruments with Steve Scott.
09.03.2009
Checking Applications with Instruments
Colin Wheeler shows how efficiently applications run using Instruments with Steve Scott.
08.24.2009
What is DTrace?
Colin Wheeler shows Alex Lindsay what DTrace is and how a Mac Developer can use this software tracing tool.
08.17.2009
Data Structures within Core Data
Marcus Zarra concludes his talk on core data with a lesson on data structures.
08.10.2009
How Properties and Core Data work together
Marcus Zarra shows Steve Scott how to get Properties and Core Data to work together.
08.04.2009
Diving Deeper into the iPhone SDK
Bill Dudney shows Steve Scott how to add a switch to an iPhone flashlight app.
07.27.2009
Debugging in Xcode
Dave Dribin shows Steve Scott how to run a debugger test in Xcode.
07.20.2009
Adding Creator Fields in Core Data
Marcus Zarra shows Steve Scott how to add a creator field to his recipe application.
07.13.2009
Making Recipes in Core Data
Marcus Zarra shows Alex how to make a recipe application using Core Data.
07.10.2009
Templates in Xcode
Bill Dudney explains how new projects can be created simply and quickly with Xcode templates.
06.29.2009
Getting Started with the iPhone SDK
Bill Dudney gives us a beginner's overview of how easy it is to code iPhone apps using Apple's iPhone SDK.
06.01.2009
Automating Podcast Production part 2
Alex and Dylan continue their discussion of automating production workflows with applescript in all its forms.
05.26.2009
Automating Podcast Production
Alex and Dylan talk shop about how automation keeps the MacBreak workflow manageable behind the scenes at Pixel Corps.
04.27.2009
Behold the Power of Apple Remote Desktop
Sal and Alex delve deeper into the automation potential of Apple Remote Desktop in a classroom or office environment.
04.21.2009
Attention, Class: Automator and Apple Remote Desktop
Sal Saghoian and Alex explore the possibilities of automating simple tasks over large networks of computers with Apple Remote Desktop.
03.23.2009
Advanced Automator: Bringing Everything Together
Sal Soghoian and Alex look behind the curtain at the Automator actions used in Macbreak Dev #9. Watch this episode to learn more in-depth details about Automator's ability to unite everything from shell scripts to xcode.
03.16.2009
Advanced Automator: Swanky Disk Images
Sal Soghoian and Alex discuss using automator to create swanky disk images with little hassle.
03.11.2009
Custom Automator Scripts and Safari
Sal Soghoian and Alex delve deeper into automator to quickly turn a website slideshow into a desktop presentation.
03.05.2009
Creating Applescript Droplets
Sal Soghoian and Alex discuss how easy it is to use applescript droplets to perform powerful system tasks including image manipulation.
11.19.2008
Automating Metadata Within Images
Sal Soghoian and Alex talk about using automation to embed metadata within images.
11.12.2008
Work Flow Variables in AppleScript
Sal Soghoian and Alex go over work flow variables in AppleScript to create a great party icebreaker.
11.07.2008
Automation using Automator
Sal Soghoian is back with Alex, this time talking about Automation using Automator.
10.28.2008
Automation using AppleScript
Sal Soghoian joins Alex in the studio to talk about Automation using AppleScript.
10.21.2008
Moving An Image With Motion
Keith Lang shows us how to move an image with motion in Quartz Composer.
09.02.2008
Affecting Time With Sound
Keith Lang shows us how to control time with sound in Quartz Composer.
08.21.2008
Wiimote Adaptation
Keith Lang stops in to show us how to adapt a Wiimote for a 3D experience.

What's MacBreak Dev about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

MacBreak Dev episodes:

Creating Content for the iPad 4K

Snow Leopard is a Social Animal

Converting Temperature using AppleScript

What is Refactoring?

Xcode's Snapshot Utility

Building Accessibility into Applications

What is Appcasting?

Using Frameworks Within Interface Builder

Interface Builder

Break Points in Debugger

Unit Testing in Xcode Part 2

Unit Testing in Xcode

New Features in Instruments

Checking Applications with Instruments

What is DTrace?

Data Structures within Core Data

How Properties and Core Data work together

Diving Deeper into the iPhone SDK

Debugging in Xcode

Adding Creator Fields in Core Data

Making Recipes in Core Data

Templates in Xcode

Getting Started with the iPhone SDK

Automating Podcast Production part 2

Automating Podcast Production

Behold the Power of Apple Remote Desktop

Attention, Class: Automator and Apple Remote Desktop

Advanced Automator: Bringing Everything Together

Advanced Automator: Swanky Disk Images

Custom Automator Scripts and Safari

Creating Applescript Droplets

Automating Metadata Within Images

Work Flow Variables in AppleScript

Automation using Automator

Automation using AppleScript

Moving An Image With Motion

Affecting Time With Sound

Wiimote Adaptation