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October 25th, 2011

Restoring playback of Sound Effects in Lion (ex: iChat doesn’t play audio cues)

2 Comments, Hints, Mac OS X, by Lane Roathe.

Update: I found that there is a specific order that needs to be followed in order to successfully restore Sound Effect…

September 25th, 2009

App Store Icon vs iPhone Icon

3 Comments, Apple, Development, Hints, iPhone / iOS, iTunes, by Lane Roathe.

While it might seem that you only need a passing resemblance between the two, if you don’t want your app rejected over a trivial matter, take my advice and make sure there is no way someone can’t tell that the two images refer to the same app!

Tags: Development, icon image reject submit, iPhone / iOS

September 3rd, 2009

Using Handles to Improve Memory Use

No Comments, Development, Games, Hints, iPhone / iOS, Mac OS X, by Lane Roathe.

Handles have a bad rap, but they provide a lot of benefits, esp. on limited resource devices like phones and mobile game platforms.

Tags: Code, crash, data, debug, Development, iPhone / iOS, memory, Rant, resource

June 20th, 2009

Suggestions to correct iTunes / iPhone music sync

2 Comments, Hints, iTunes, by Lane Roathe.

How to force iTunes under Windows to properly sync an iPhone with your music library.