Unfortunately it seems that setting the shadow attributes on the layer directly doesn't work: let shadowView = NSView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 100)) shadowView.wantsLayer = true shadowView.layer!.backgroundColor = .white shadowView.layer!.shadowRadius = 50 shadowView.layer!.shadowColor = .black shadowView.layer!.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: 0, height: -30) shadowView.layer!.shadowPath = CGPath(roundedRect: shadowView.bounds, cornerWidth: 25, cornerHeight: 25, transform: nil) Setting the NSView.shadow property instead works: let shadowView = NSView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 100))let shadow = NSShadow() shadow.shadowBlurRadius = 50 shadow.shadowColor = .black shadow.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: 0, height: -30) shadowView.shadow = shadow shadowView.wantsLayer = true shadowView.layer!.backgroundColor = .white But NSShadow doesn't support a custom path. What's the easiest way to set a shadow with a custom path?

I created in-app purchases in ascending order of their price, but in the App Store they seem to be listed in the reverse order. I would like to sort the in-app purchases by ascending price, but cannot find a way to do so. Is there a way?

In the Mail settings one can choose one of the default sounds located at /System/Library/Sounds. Playing them is easy, e.g. with NSSound(named: "Purr")?.play(), but how can I show a localized name for those sounds as Mail does? I couldn't find any way of getting a localized name. Would I have to manually translate each one to each supported language?

The list of "main" languages that can be added in Xcode in the project's Info panel (i.e. the ones that can be added without diving into the long submenu) are basically the same that can be added in App Store Connect (except that Xcode also lists Chinese (Hong Kong) (zh-HK) and English (India) (en-IN) which don't exist in App Store Connect). But I noticed that the locale identifiers sometimes refer to different regions: e.g. Xcode has Spanish (es) and Spanish (Latin America) (es-419) while App Store Connect uses Spanish (Spain) and Spanish (Mexico) which when downloaded through the App Store Connect API have the identifiers en-ES and en-MX. Forgive my ignorance, but does that mean that the language used in Latin America and Mexico is the same? Or should I instead select the Mexico variant in Xcode so that the locale identifiers used in the app and on the App Store match? All the mismatching locales are (Xcode first, App Store Connect second): ar vs. ar-SA de vs de-DE en vs en-US es vs es-ES es-419 vs es-MX fr vs fr-FR nl vs nl-NL

After successfully implementing a scan with getattrlistbulk (thanks to https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/656787/), I'm now trying for each file to get whether the extension is shown in the Finder or not. I think this could be read from the Finder Info (i.e.ATTR_CMN_FNDRINFO), although I'm not sure, since there doesn't seem do be any documentation about what this attribute actually contains. From the setattrlist documentation archive it seems that it is char[32], and I've tried different changes within readUnaligned() so that it would work with an array, but I couldn't get it to work. Below is my current implementation. The comment How to get Finder Info? shows where the implementation currently doesn't work. class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate { private static var attributeKeys: attrlist = { var attributeKeys = attrlist() attributeKeys.bitmapcount = u_short(ATTR_BIT_MAP_COUNT) attributeKeys.commonattr = attrgroup_t(ATTR_CMN_RETURNED_ATTRS) | attrgroup_t(bitPattern: ATTR_CMN_ERROR | ATTR_CMN_NAME | ATTR_CMN_OBJTYPE | ATTR_CMN_MODTIME | ATTR_CMN_FNDRINFO | ATTR_CMN_FILEID) attributeKeys.fileattr = attrgroup_t(bitPattern: ATTR_FILE_DATALENGTH) return attributeKeys }() private let bufferWithAlignment16 = UnsafeMutableRawBufferPointer.allocate(byteCount: 256, alignment: 16) func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ notification: Notification) { let openPanel = NSOpenPanel() openPanel.canChooseDirectories = true openPanel.canChooseFiles = false openPanel.runModal() try! scan(directoryPath: openPanel.urls[0].path) } deinit { bufferWithAlignment16.deallocate() } func scan(directoryPath: String) throws { let fileDescriptor = open(directoryPath, O_RDONLY) if fileDescriptor < 0 { throw NSError(domain: NSPOSIXErrorDomain, code: Int(errno)) } defer { let result = close(fileDescriptor) assert(result == 0) } let attributeBuffer = UnsafeMutableRawBufferPointer.allocate(byteCount: 2048, alignment: 16) defer { attributeBuffer.deallocate() } while true { let itemCount = Int(getattrlistbulk(fileDescriptor, &AppDelegate.attributeKeys, attributeBuffer.baseAddress!, attributeBuffer.count, 0)) if itemCount == 0 { return } else if itemCount > 0 { var entryOffset = attributeBuffer.baseAddress! for _ in 0..<itemCount { let length = Int(entryOffset.load(as: UInt32.self)) try unpackResources(at: entryOffset + MemoryLayout<UInt32>.size, parentDirectory: directoryPath) entryOffset += length } } else if errno != EINTR { throw NSError(domain: NSPOSIXErrorDomain, code: Int(errno)) } } } private func unpackResources(at attributeOffset: UnsafeMutableRawPointer, parentDirectory: String) throws { var attributeOffset = attributeOffset let returned = attributeOffset.load(as: attribute_set_t.self) attributeOffset += MemoryLayout<attribute_set_t>.size var error: Error? if (returned.commonattr & attrgroup_t(bitPattern: ATTR_CMN_ERROR)) != 0 { error = NSError(domain: NSPOSIXErrorDomain, code: Int(attributeOffset.load(as: UInt32.self))) attributeOffset += MemoryLayout<UInt32>.size } let name: String if (returned.commonattr & attrgroup_t(bitPattern: ATTR_CMN_NAME)) != 0 { let nameInfo = attributeOffset.load(as: attrreference_t.self) name = String(cString: (attributeOffset + Int(nameInfo.attr_dataoffset)).assumingMemoryBound(to: CChar.self)) attributeOffset += MemoryLayout<attrreference_t>.size } else { name = "" } let fileType: fsobj_type_t if (returned.commonattr & attrgroup_t(bitPattern: ATTR_CMN_OBJTYPE)) != 0 { fileType = attributeOffset.load(as: fsobj_type_t.self) attributeOffset += MemoryLayout<fsobj_type_t>.size } else { fileType = VNON.rawValue } var modificationDate: Date? if (returned.commonattr & attrgroup_t(bitPattern: ATTR_CMN_MODTIME)) != 0 { modificationDate = Date(timeIntervalSince1970: TimeInterval(readUnaligned(pointer: attributeOffset, as: timespec.self).tv_sec)) attributeOffset += MemoryLayout<timespec>.size } // How to get Finder Info? let finderInfo: [Int8] if (returned.commonattr & attrgroup_t(bitPattern: ATTR_CMN_FNDRINFO)) != 0 { finderInfo = readUnaligned(pointer: attributeOffset, as: [Int8].self) attributeOffset += MemoryLayout<Int8>.size } else { finderInfo = [] } let fileId: UInt64 if (returned.commonattr & attrgroup_t(bitPattern: ATTR_CMN_FILEID)) != 0 { fileId = readUnaligned(pointer: attributeOffset, as: UInt64.self) attributeOffset += MemoryLayout<UInt64>.size } else { fileId = 0 } let size: Int64 if (returned.fileattr & attrgroup_t(bitPattern: ATTR_FILE_DATALENGTH)) != 0 { size = Int64(readUnaligned(pointer: attributeOffset, as: off_t.self)) attributeOffset += MemoryLayout<off_t>.size } else { size = 0 } if let error = error { throw error } let isDirectory = fileType == VDIR.rawValue let isSymbolicLink = fileType == VLNK.rawValue print(name, isDirectory, isSymbolicLink, modificationDate as Any, finderInfo, fileId, size) } private func readUnaligned<Result>(pointer: UnsafeRawPointer, as: Result.Type) -> Result { bufferWithAlignment16.copyMemory(from: UnsafeRawBufferPointer(start: pointer, count: MemoryLayout<Result>.size)) return bufferWithAlignment16.baseAddress!.load(as: Result.self) } }

I'm trying to copy the access permissions of a source directory to a destination directory. The Finder Info panel of the source directory shows the following permissions: Source directory: I: Read & write Everyone: No access Destination directory: I: Read & write Staff: Read only Everyone: Read only The following code succeeds in creating a file in the destination directory, but then fails when setting the URL.fileSecurityKey resource: let openPanel = NSOpenPanel() openPanel.canChooseDirectories = true openPanel.canChooseFiles = false openPanel.runModal() let source = openPanel.urls[0] openPanel.runModal() var destination = openPanel.urls[0] do { try Data().write(to: destination.appendingPathComponent("asd")) try destination.setResourceValues(source.resourceValues(forKeys: [.fileSecurityKey])) } catch { fatalError(error.localizedDescription) } The error message is: You don’t have permission to save the file “destination” in the folder “parent” I thought that an app run by a user has the same permissions as the user itself, and since I have read & write access to both the source and destination directories, the app should be able to copy the access permissions without issues. What is the problem?

In my table view, each row contains a popup button and a date picker. When clicking on the popup button, it behaves as expected: the menu appears and I can change the selected item. But when clicking on the date components of date picker, the table view row is selected, as if I'm clicking on a non-interactive control. Only when clicking on the stepper (the up/down arrows on the right) does the first date component get selected, which then allows me to click on the other ones as well. Can I change this behaviour so that clicking on the date picker behaves as if I'm directly interacting with it, instead of the table view?

When copying a 7 GB file, the filecopy function is always about 20% slower than the cp command. I tested using my MacBook Pro 14" M1 and an external SSD connected via USB. Mac to Mac filecopy: 4.78s cp: 3.40s Mac to SSD filecopy: 20.22s cp: 15.93s SSD to Mac filecopy: 20.61s cp: 16.64s I use the following code: let openPanel = NSOpenPanel() openPanel.runModal() let source = openPanel.urls[0] openPanel.canChooseDirectories = true openPanel.canChooseFiles = false openPanel.runModal() let destination = openPanel.urls[0].appendingPathComponent(source.lastPathComponent) source.withUnsafeFileSystemRepresentation { sourcePath in destination.withUnsafeFileSystemRepresentation { destinationPath in let state = copyfile_state_alloc() defer { copyfile_state_free(state) } let date = Date() if copyfile(sourcePath, destinationPath, state, copyfile_flags_t(COPYFILE_ALL | COPYFILE_NOFOLLOW | COPYFILE_EXCL)) != 0 { print(NSError(domain: NSPOSIXErrorDomain, code: Int(errno))) } print(-date.timeIntervalSinceNow) } } and the very basic cp command: time cp /path/to/source /path/to/destination Is there a faster way to copy files? Am I doing something wrong with filecopy?

I need to manually set the frame of a NSTextField, but it seems that when added to AVPlayerView.contentOverlayView the frame gets resized so that it hugs the text. This doesn't happen when the text field is added to a simple NSView instead. Is this a bug? Is there a workaround? class ViewController: NSViewController { override func loadView() { view = NSView() let text = NSTextField(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 200, height: 30)) text.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false text.isEditable = false text.backgroundColor = .red let paragraph = NSMutableParagraphStyle() paragraph.alignment = .center text.attributedStringValue = NSAttributedString(string: "asdf", attributes: [.paragraphStyle: paragraph]) view.addSubview(text) // commenting out the following 3 lines solves the issue let playerView = AVPlayerView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 200, height: 200)) view.addSubview(playerView) playerView.contentOverlayView!.addSubview(text) // uncommenting the following 5 lines also solves the issue, but the wrong text field frame is briefly visible before it resizes to the correct width // DispatchQueue.main.async { // print(text.frame) // text.frame.size.width = 200 // text.removeConstraints(text.constraints) // } } }

Is there a way to compare a local app screenshot on my Mac with the one currently on App Store Connect without downloading the screenshot itself? The API returns fileSize and sourceFileChecksum properties (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appstoreconnectapi/read_app_screenshot_information), but the file size of my local image is different (url.resourceValues(forKeys: [.fileSizeKey]).fileSize) and the checksum is also different from the one I provided when completing the app screenshot upload.

NSTextField and NSParagraphStyle have a alignment: NSTextAlignment property that allows to align text to the left, center, right, or natural, which means that text for left-to-right languages is aligned left and text for right-to-left languages is aligned right. What I'm looking for is how to align text in the opposite direction of the natural direction. (Note that using the leading and trailing NSLayoutConstraints is not enough as they only aligns the text bounding box, but not the text within the bounding box.) Is there a way to accomplish this? Or is there a built-in function that allows to determine what the natural direction of a String is, so that I can then calculate the alignment by flipping that value?

In the WebVTT video subtitle format, subtitles can be horizontal, vertical growing left, or vertical growing right. The natural text direction of NSTextView is horizontal; with setLayoutOrientation(_:) I get vertical text growing left. How can I get vertical text growing right? The documentation says that with setLayoutOrientation(_:) the text view's bounds are rotated by 90° clockwise, but manually rotating them by -90° with boundsRotation = -90 just rotates everything, including the text which should have the same orientation as before, just expanding in the opposite direction.

After typing anything in a custom text field with undo support, when opening the Edit menu, the undo item is disabled. It seems that setting translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints=false, a formatter, allowsEditingTextAttributes=true and calling invalidateIntrinsicContentSize() in textDidChange(_:) causes this behaviour. Is this expected, or is there a workaround? Here is the code: class ViewController: NSViewController, NSTableViewDataSource, NSTableViewDelegate { @IBOutlet weak var textField: NSTextField! override func loadView() { view = NSView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 400, height: 400)) let textField = MyTextField() textField.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 20) textField.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false textField.formatter = MyFormatter() textField.allowsEditingTextAttributes = true view.addSubview(textField) } } class MyTextField: NSTextField { override func textDidChange(_ notification: Notification) { super.textDidChange(notification) super.invalidateIntrinsicContentSize() } } class MyFormatter: Formatter { override func string(for obj: Any?) -> String? { return obj as? String } override func getObjectValue(_ obj: AutoreleasingUnsafeMutablePointer<AnyObject?>?, for string: String, errorDescription error: AutoreleasingUnsafeMutablePointer<NSString?>?) -> Bool { obj?.pointee = string as NSString return true } }

I'm trying to implement a text field in a table view that automatically adjusts its height to fit the contained text. My current implementation adjusts its intrinsicContentSize in textDidChange(_:). Unfortunately, NSCell.cellSize(forBounds:) doesn't seem to return the correct height unless setting attributedStringValue and allowsEditingTextAttributes = true for the NSTextField. Is this expected, or is there a workaround? Here is the code: class ViewController: NSViewController, NSTableViewDataSource, NSTableViewDelegate { var asdf = "asdf fjdskalöf öf fjkldösa jfklödsa kfljsaödkfj klsdajf kldöasj flkjsdöa fkljasö flkjsa öj " override func loadView() { view = NSView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 400, height: 400)) let scrollView = NSScrollView() scrollView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false let tableView = NSTableView() tableView.usesAutomaticRowHeights = true tableView.addTableColumn(NSTableColumn()) tableView.dataSource = self tableView.delegate = self scrollView.documentView = tableView view.addSubview(scrollView) NSLayoutConstraint.activate([scrollView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.topAnchor), scrollView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.leadingAnchor), scrollView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.trailingAnchor), scrollView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.bottomAnchor)]) } func numberOfRows(in tableView: NSTableView) -> Int { return 1 } func tableView(_ tableView: NSTableView, viewFor tableColumn: NSTableColumn?, row: Int) -> NSView? { let view = NSTableCellView() let text = AutoSizingTextField() text.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false text.cell?.wraps = true // uncommenting the next 2 lines and commenting out the line after them solves the issue // text.attributedStringValue = NSAttributedString(string: asdf, attributes: [.font: text.font!, .foregroundColor: NSColor.labelColor]) // text.allowsEditingTextAttributes = true text.stringValue = asdf view.addSubview(text) NSLayoutConstraint.activate([text.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.leadingAnchor, constant: 20), text.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.topAnchor, constant: 20), text.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.bottomAnchor, constant: -20), text.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 200)]) return view } } class AutoSizingTextField: NSTextField { override var intrinsicContentSize: NSSize { var size = super.intrinsicContentSize guard let cell = cell else { return size } var frame = frame frame.size.height = .infinity size.height = cell.cellSize(forBounds: frame).height NSLog("intrinsicContentSize \(size)") return size } override func textDidChange(_ notification: Notification) { super.textDidChange(notification) invalidateIntrinsicContentSize() needsLayout = true layoutSubtreeIfNeeded() } override func layout() { invalidateIntrinsicContentSize() super.layout() } }

When building the code below, two compiler errors appear in AppDelegate.swift: Value of type 'Slice<MyCollection<MySubCollection>>' has no member 'url' No exact matches in call to instance method 'remove' When moving the first 2 classes in ViewController.swift to AppDelegate.swift, the issues go away. Is this expected, or a bug? // AppDelegate.swift // import Cocoa @main class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate { func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ aNotification: Notification) { var collection: MyCollection<MySubCollection>! let a = collection.first!.url! var subCollection: MySubCollection! collection.remove(subCollection) } } // // ViewController.swift // import Cocoa class MyCollection<Element>: MyCollectionProtocol { var elements = [Element]() } class MySubCollection: MyCollectionProtocol { var elements = [String]() var url: URL? } protocol MyCollectionProtocol: AnyObject, Collection where Index == Int { associatedtype Element var elements: [Element] { get set } } extension MyCollectionProtocol { var startIndex: Index { return elements.startIndex } var endIndex: Index { return elements.endIndex } subscript(position: Index) -> Element { return elements[position] } func index(after i: Index) -> Index { return elements.index(after: i) } } extension MyCollectionProtocol where Element == String { func remove(_ element: Element) { } } extension MyCollectionProtocol where Element: MyCollectionProtocol { func remove(_ element: Element) { } }