Comments on: The Mysteries of iCal, Revealed! http://jens.ayton.se/blag/the-mysteries-of-ical-revealed/ Cocoa coding stuff, when I can be bothered. Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:50:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Prashanth http://jens.ayton.se/blag/the-mysteries-of-ical-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Prashanth Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:52:21 +0000 http://jens.ayton.se/blag/the-mysteries-of-ical-revealed/#comment-64 Hi, I was wondering where/how the font/text of iCal dock icon is controlled and how it could be manipulated. Thanks. Hi, I was wondering where/how the font/text of iCal dock icon is controlled and how it could be manipulated. Thanks.

]]> By: Tristan O'Tierney http://jens.ayton.se/blag/the-mysteries-of-ical-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Tristan O'Tierney Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:13:22 +0000 http://jens.ayton.se/blag/the-mysteries-of-ical-revealed/#comment-54 Pretty cool find! I figured they did it using the iCalHelper daemon, and then pinged the dock to reload it's icon with an SPI but this makes it much more third-party-accessible. Pretty cool find! I figured they did it using the iCalHelper daemon, and then pinged the dock to reload it’s icon with an SPI but this makes it much more third-party-accessible.

]]> By: Ahruman’s Webthing » Blog Archive » Hacking your Crash Reports http://jens.ayton.se/blag/the-mysteries-of-ical-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Ahruman’s Webthing » Blog Archive » Hacking your Crash Reports Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:48:18 +0000 http://jens.ayton.se/blag/the-mysteries-of-ical-revealed/#comment-46 [...] In a conversation on #macdev, it was pointed out that the Crash Reporter has an “Application Specific Information:” line when certain Apple apps crash. This obviously warranted investigation, and through the powers of Google it was determined that said investigation had in fact happened a few months ago. How fortunate that we didn’t spend time investigating it and writing test cases, only to find someone had already done a better j.... [...] [...] In a conversation on #macdev, it was pointed out that the Crash Reporter has an “Application Specific Information:” line when certain Apple apps crash. This obviously warranted investigation, and through the powers of Google it was determined that said investigation had in fact happened a few months ago. How fortunate that we didn’t spend time investigating it and writing test cases, only to find someone had already done a better j…. [...]

]]> By: Rasmus http://jens.ayton.se/blag/the-mysteries-of-ical-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Rasmus Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:09:11 +0000 http://jens.ayton.se/blag/the-mysteries-of-ical-revealed/#comment-40 Jacob: It wasn't fixed in 10.5.1 (since I came here googling for a fix, while running 10.5.1). Although it seems that the removing/adding the icon from the dock incidentally fixes the problem. Jacob: It wasn’t fixed in 10.5.1 (since I came here googling for a fix, while running 10.5.1). Although it seems that the removing/adding the icon from the dock incidentally fixes the problem.

]]> By: Jens Ayton http://jens.ayton.se/blag/the-mysteries-of-ical-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Jens Ayton Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:39:33 +0000 http://jens.ayton.se/blag/the-mysteries-of-ical-revealed/#comment-35 Just to be clear, the bug didn’t affect everyone on 10.5.0. It worked fine for me. Just to be clear, the bug didn’t affect everyone on 10.5.0. It worked fine for me.

]]> By: Jacob Hazelgrove http://jens.ayton.se/blag/the-mysteries-of-ical-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Jacob Hazelgrove Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:39:09 +0000 http://jens.ayton.se/blag/the-mysteries-of-ical-revealed/#comment-34 I didn't find this until after I had 10.5.1, but this appears to have been fixed to update when the date changes, as I can change the date on my system, and the dock icon automagically updates properly. I didn’t find this until after I had 10.5.1, but this appears to have been fixed to update when the date changes, as I can change the date on my system, and the dock icon automagically updates properly.

]]> By: Andreas Karsten http://jens.ayton.se/blag/the-mysteries-of-ical-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Andreas Karsten Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:23:25 +0000 http://jens.ayton.se/blag/the-mysteries-of-ical-revealed/#comment-29 Something else is interesting: When you open ical on a day when it's showing yesterday, the icon will change to today's date when open. Upon exiting ical, the icon will go back to its previous state - yesterday. @Sabon: The ical icon on the iphone also shows the date, in full. There seems to be no issue with the ical icon on the iphone, btw - correct day and date show also without reboot. Something else is interesting: When you open ical on a day when it’s showing yesterday, the icon will change to today’s date when open. Upon exiting ical, the icon will go back to its previous state – yesterday.

@Sabon: The ical icon on the iphone also shows the date, in full. There seems to be no issue with the ical icon on the iphone, btw – correct day and date show also without reboot.

]]> By: Andreas Karsten http://jens.ayton.se/blag/the-mysteries-of-ical-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Andreas Karsten Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:13:06 +0000 http://jens.ayton.se/blag/the-mysteries-of-ical-revealed/#comment-28 If I am not completely wrong, the icon always updates when restarting the computer. And interestingly enough, when you don't restart your computer for more than a day, the icon never shows the date of any other day than the previous (and not the date of two or three days ago, as once might expect...) If I am not completely wrong, the icon always updates when restarting the computer. And interestingly enough, when you don’t restart your computer for more than a day, the icon never shows the date of any other day than the previous (and not the date of two or three days ago, as once might expect…)

]]> By: Jens Ayton http://jens.ayton.se/blag/the-mysteries-of-ical-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Jens Ayton Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:47:05 +0000 http://jens.ayton.se/blag/the-mysteries-of-ical-revealed/#comment-27 Ben, NSDockTile is an improved interface for modifying the dock tile for a running application and its minimized windows. It doesn’t have any functionality for updating the dock tile of a non-running application, which is what the dock extra does. Ben, NSDockTile is an improved interface for modifying the dock tile for a running application and its minimized windows. It doesn’t have any functionality for updating the dock tile of a non-running application, which is what the dock extra does.

]]> By: Apple Blog » Blog Archive » How Leopard’s iCal stays updated http://jens.ayton.se/blag/the-mysteries-of-ical-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Apple Blog » Blog Archive » How Leopard’s iCal stays updated Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:44:43 +0000 http://jens.ayton.se/blag/the-mysteries-of-ical-revealed/#comment-26 [...] Soon after I noticed one of Leopard’s oft loved new features, iCal icon updating, I started scratching my head about how it was being done. Surely Leopard didn’t include a special exception for iCal’s dock icon. It turns out that it isn’t. [...] [...] Soon after I noticed one of Leopard’s oft loved new features, iCal icon updating, I started scratching my head about how it was being done. Surely Leopard didn’t include a special exception for iCal’s dock icon. It turns out that it isn’t. [...]

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