macOS by Tutorials with Sarah Reichelt

Leo is joined by Sarah Reichelt to talk about her new book "macOS by Tutorials", SwiftUI on the Mac, recent design changes on macOS, differences with iOS development, Electron and macOS development in general.

Show Notes

Guest

• Sarah Reichelt (troz.net)
  • Twitter @trozware

YouTube video - https://youtu.be/QgFW0L0a_D4

Related Episodes

• Episode 125 - WWDC 2022 - SwiftUI and UIKit with Evan Stone
• Episode 124 - WWDC 2022 - Platforms State of the Union with Peter Witham
• Episode 106 - Mac Dev in 2021 with Daniel Jalkut
• Episode 60 - The Future of Mac Development with Lucas Derraugh - Part 2
• Episode 57 - SwiftUI with Majid Jabrayilov - Part 2
• Episode 56 - SwiftUI with Majid Jabrayilov - Part 1
• Episode 35 - SwiftUI - The Good, the Bad, and the Benefits

Related Links

• macOS by Tutorials by Sarah Reichelt
• macOS articles from Sarah's blog
• Bushel Waitlist Signup
• KeyWindow by Matthaus Woolard
• controlActiveState - tells us what's the Active State

Show Notes

• Design, macOS, and Ventura System Preferences
• Is it more difficult to design an app well in SwiftUI vs AppKit
• Did WWDC 2022 make it much easier?
• How is macOS development different from iOS
• Why write a macOS App
• Dealing with multiple windows
• Document-Based Apps using SwiftUI
• Multi-Platform Apps
• Menu based Apps
• What do users expect in a Mac app?
• Where to distribute your App
• Dealing with the Sandbox

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Credits

Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

• (00:00) - What is "macOS by Tutorials"?
• (03:00) - Settings, Ventura, and Design on macOS
• (08:00) - WWDC 2022
• (13:50) - Why write a macOS app
• (19:45) - Documents, Windows, and Menus
• (29:00) - macOS Expectations and Multiplatform Apps
• (38:20) - Distributing your app on macOS
• (43:20) - Sandboxing

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Creators & Guests

Host

Leo Dion

Swift developer for Apple devices and more; Founder of BrightDigit; husband and father of 6 adorable kids

Guest

TrozWare

Mac, iOS & Apple Watch developer. Lover of Apple computers and devices. Swift & SwiftUI enthusiast. Unofficial Mac app dev evangelist.

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