I have some utility classes with class methods in Objective-C and a copy in Swift. For now, I am using the Swift version, but calling one of the methods from a class that is Objective-C. While I

By my analysis the capture list in the DispatchQueue closure is unnecessary, because by that point `self` is already weak. You can prove this by adding a `weak var this = self` and change the `self`s

I am doing some processing of network requests, and the response is processed in a background thread using a closure. The closure executes some logic on the background thread and then (possibly)

Jens, Thanks for the info on the enumeratorAtURL: method. I take back my suggestion regarding the bug then. Regarding my pseudo-security remarks: yes, I agree of course that some of the measures make

Ok it was my first post and it took 2 days for it to arrive... By now the issue is solved: I had to reset the Command Line Tools path with xcode-select -r

The OP was calling -[NSFileManager enumeratorAtPath:], which is an old API that predates NSError, so failing silently is all it can do. (Cocoa APIs do not throw exceptions except in the case of

I read this discussion with interest... that's good to know! May I also suggest to submit it as a bug to Apple. That is, if a function fails because of sandboxing then it shouldn't just fail silently.

Hi all, I wanted to start building a notarization automation script. However, when I try to use the 'xcrun altool' in Terminal, I get the following error: xcrun: error: unable to find utility

Hi, Experienced Mac and iOS developer with a lot experience in Objective-C and many other languages. Experience of the following technologies: XCode Quartz Event

No, I’ve used it with MP3 and AAC and AIFF; I’m pretty sure it supports every format there’s a system codec for (i.e. most audio formats except Ogg and FLAC, but you can get 3rd party components

Rumor (i.e. Stack Overflow) has it that AVFoundation will only work with AAC, but I have not confirmed that myself. Keary Suska Esoteritech, Inc. "Demystifying technology for your home or business"

AVFoundation has a higher-level OOP API for this. Look for methods for accessing metadata, and constants defining the various metadata types like Title, Artist, etc. —Jens

I believe there is a function where you can pull all available attributes/properties. You can look at that dict and see if it contains what you are looking for. Keary Suska Esoteritech,

In Obj-C (getting width and height of an image in pixels): NSMetadataItem *mdItem = [[NSMetadataItem alloc] initWithURL:url]; NSDictionary *dict = [mdItem

Hi, I’m looking at the Audio Toolbox, I assume you mean the AudioOpenFile, AudioFileGetProperty and AudioCloseFile C functions? If so, then I can’t see how to get the fields I mentioned? In the

Hi, Yes! It was sandboxing I turned it off and all works ok now! Thanks Dave

Wait, is security getting in the way? Is the app sandboxed? If so, you can't just throw a folder at it and expect it to work. What if you choose the folder via NSOpenPanel or add Desktop as one of the

I’ve already tried it, same result. Can’t think of anything else that could be going wrong!

AudioToolbox, especially Audio File Services (don’t have links but should be able to search docs easily), appear to have this capability. Keary Suska Esoteritech, Inc. "Demystifying technology for

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