Developer Program

Apr 25 2012

WWDC 2012 Sells out in 90 minutes

The 2012 rendition of the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference or WWDC sold out in less than 90 minutes this morning.  The conference which will be held from June 11th to June 15 as Muscone Center in San Francisco is an annual rite of passage for many developers.  Last year the conference sold out in twelve hours, however with the demand for information about Apple products growing at a similar rate as the demand for Apple products, the developers are all clamoring to get tickets to these Apple sponsored events.

Most developers this year will be left out though as Apple generally only accepts about 5500-6000 developers and has anywhere between 800 and 1000 Apple staff and engineers present for face to face questions about Apple’s products and their development issues.  The only way to get into the conference at this point is to garner one of the scholarships for students that Apple gives out to 150 deserving students.

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Mar 7 2012

Apple Releases Update for the XCode Developers Environment

Apple has released an update to the XCode Developers Environment.  The free programming platform, used primarily for developing applications for Apple platforms is a free application download from Apple.  Version 4.3.1 includes the following improvements and bug fixes:

  • Includes SDKs for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and iOS 5.1
  • New code signing workflow supports signing OS X apps with Developer ID
  • Adds installation of command-line tools to the Downloads preference pane
  • Open Developer Tool menu launches Instruments, File Merge, and other tools
  • ARC migration tool converts both retain/release and garbage collected code
  • Additional bug fixes and stability improvements

You can download the environment through the mac App Store or from the Apple Developers XCode Support Page at:

https://developer.apple.com/xcode/

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Jan 19 2012

Apple posts Mac OS X 10.7.3 Build 11D46 to Devlopers

Apple has posted the latest version of the next implementation of Mac OS X 10.7.3 to it7s developers pages.   Build 11D46 primarily focuses on issues related to external services including Windows File Sharing, Directory Services, and Smart Cards.  The upgrade also has a hefty file size and nearly 997mb in size.  With this release, it is expected that the next gold master release will be forth coming shortly and then consumer version of 10.7.3 implemented to the App Store with the next upgrade in the Apple product line.

For more information about the upgrade, check the Apple Devlopers page at

https://developer.apple.com/

Developers Program membership is needed to download the current developers updates.

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Dec 21 2011

Mac OS X 10.7.3 Just Weeks Away

The latest build of Mac OS X, Build 11D36 is the developer version of 10.7.3.  With this update arriving less than a week after the previous build, it is expected that a gold version will be available to developers within about month or so.   With the normal upgrade of Apple’s line of computing platforms in early 2012, it is suspected that Apple is trying to release 10.7.3 in time to coincide with the upgrade of the product line.

The latest build of Mac OS X includes fixes for iCloud Document Storage and Safari.  Other minor updates, include Address Book, iCal, Mail and Safari.   The one thing that is known is that the entire package is going to be one hefty chunk of code with the entire combination update coming in at 1.25GB.

For more information check out the Apple Developer Pages at:

http://developer.apple.com

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