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Posts from October 2007

How to get a Quick Look preview as an NSImage

I wrote a quick category on NSImage allowing you to get an image containing a Quick Look preview of the file at a given path. You can specify the size, and whether the preview should be rendered as an icon (i.e. with a document border, drop-shadow, page-curl and file type/extension label superimposed). So, you can [...]


Get rid of your code with Leopard

As Cocoa developers, whenever we get a major new release of Mac OS X, we have to spend time familiarising ourselves with the new APIs and facilities on offer. One of the main goals of this investigative process is to identify controls and funtionality which we previously had to implement ourselves, but which are now [...]


Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

So, it’s finally here. Like many of you, I’ve actually been using the Leopard seeds for some months (and indeed doing Leopard-only development work, and not just for myself), and I’m really pleased that the final version is out there now.
Once upon a time I’d have gone through a long list of new features and [...]


Metroid Prime 3 Corruption Friend Tokens

So I picked up a copy of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption for the Wii yesterday (which was its UK release date), and I’ve started playing. I read that you can exchange Friend Tokens earned in the game with others on your Wii contact list, so I’m looking for someone who also has the PAL (UK/Europe) [...]


Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass Friend Code

Here it is: 4596 7531 2252 (MLegendG). Feel free to post yours here too. *
I’ve only played 3 rounds of Battle mode so far (thank you, “Marc” from Somewhere in Euroland), but I’m loving Adventure mode. Drawing a path for the boomerang to follow = awesome.


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