I'm trying to allow ShortcutRecorder to record CMD+Tab. The problem is that, even if ShortcutRecorder has the focus, if I press CMD+Tab, the application switcher appears. Is there any way of allow...

Dedicated to all who likes low-level Window Server (CoreGraphicsPrivate.h, etc), X11 on Mac, SIMBL and other crazy stuff :) There's a simple X11-emulated application on Mac (like xterm, xeyes and ...

How can I programmatically force a mac window to be the front window? I have the window handle, and want to ensure that my window is displayed above all other windows. I can use both Carbon & C...

Couldn't find that info using DiskArbitration or FSGetVolumeInfo/GetVolumeParms... I know that hdiutil uses a private framework called DiskImages framework, but I wouldn't want to run an external ...

I have an NSMenu that contains NSMenuItems with custom views. I want it so that when the alt button is pressed, the menu items would change part of their look (through their view). I found setAlter...

During the execution of my program I'm getting the following output in the XCode debugging console: <Error>: CGContextSetTextMatrix: invalid context 0x0 I have no idea where in the applica...

I've created some wrapper functions that encapsulate working with CoreAudio, and the goal is to create a C library that I can use with some command line C++ tools. So far things are working well. I...

Is there a way to get the current working directory of a process using it's PID programmatically on OS X? Cocoa, Carbon, or AppleScript are all acceptable. It is not acceptable to send "pwd" to t...

Is there a way to register for global mouse moved events in Cocoa? I was able to register for the events using Carbon's InstallEventHandler(), but would prefer a Cocoa equivalent. I have looked for...

I'm using some Carbon code in my Cocoa project for handling global key events (shortcuts) from other applications. Currently I have setup a kEventHotKeyReleased event handler and I can successfully...

I'm trying to get a list of all users and all groups on Mac OS X 10.5+. How can I do this? For example, the list of all users on my machine should return: _amavisd, _appowner, _appserver, _ard, _...

I have a program which needs to behave slightly differently on Tiger than on Leopard. Does anybody know of a system call which will allow me to accurately determine which version of Mac OS X I am r...

I want to monitor file-system events for a couple of directories on the mac. The directories I want to monitor might change at runtime, so using FSEvents here's what my app does: creates a global...

I'm examining the feasibility of porting an existing Windows MFC control to OS X/Carbon. My test bed is a C++ Carbon application generated using the XCode 3 Wizard. I'm looking for a quick way to d...

I'm a newbie Cocoa developer and I'm developing my first application. I want to read a unique identifier from any window of any application - whether it's Cocoa or Carbon. Cocoa applications make t...

Is there a way of getting the process id of my C++ application? I am using the Carbon framework, but not Cocoa…