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Tiger is the code-name of MacOS X 10.4, the fifth release of Apple's operating system for Macintosh computers.

Tiger is the code-name of MacOS X 10.4, the fifth release of Apple's operating system for Macintosh computers.

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Cocoa: get WebView mainFrame html string

I'm creating an Mac app that loads some content from a URL in a WebView and then needs to save the content to a file. The content may and may not be HTML. Loading works fine, the problem is to get the content from the WebView. How do I do…
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How can I compile GCC on a mac so compiled executables will work on earlier versions of OS X?

I'm attempting to build a program (Dwarf Fortress) that uses C++0x features that aren't well supported in the latest Leopard version of XCode. As there is also a significant speed boost from using GCC 4.5, we've decided to build our own. However,…
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What's the recommended XCode to build PPC/Tiger binaries?

I have an older PowerPC iMac G4 running 10.4 Tiger for which I want to develop an application. I do have a much never Intel Mac Pro currently running 10.8 (and I still have 10.6 and 10.7 installation DVDs) which I could use as the machine to write…
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How do I fix "Symbol not found: _is_prefix" when compiling Perl's DBD::mysql?

First I wanted to build the DBD::mysql package. That kept failing because whatever make resulted in could not be loaded for the tests with a Symbol not found: _is_prefix. So I assumed that cpan might be a tad old. I know it's a random assumption,…
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Uninstalling macports when 'port' doesn't work

I've been trying to install a few dependencies for an application I'm running and I'm worried I might have broken the dev environment. I'm running this program on a MacBook (OSX Tiger, I don't have access to a newer one). MacPorts is officially…
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mprotect API on OS X Tiger

I'm trying to use mprotect API on MacOSX 10.4 (tiger), I tried every possible way I know , it always returns -1, with errno 13, which means "permission denied" while I'm trying to add the write permission to some executable code. The same code…
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NASM: x86 to PPC - expression syntax error

I've been reading Assembly Language Step-By-Step (3rd edition; by Jeff Duntemann). I have a Linux box, a Lion box, and a (PPC) Tiger machine I can use. I've been writing small assembly programs with NASM on the Lion and Linux machines, and would…
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NSURLConnection bizarre crash

I'm creating a Mac app that must run on Mac OS X Tiger. For some bizarre reason, it keeps crashing. The debugger returns the following error: 0x90a594d1 <+0033> mov (%edi,%edx,4),%eax I've tried to Google the answer, but I found nothing. What…
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How can I call MacPorts' GCC from Xcode? I'm also on an obsolete system

I'm trying to go back into programming after a few years break. I also want to try this C++11 stuff. So I installed GCC 4.6 from MacPorts. However, I still want to use Xcode. I remember that I once tinkered with custom compilers, like creating a…
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How to experiment with Xcode on OS X 10.4x

I'd like to start experimenting with Cocoa, Objective-C and Xcode, but the only Apple computer I own is an old PowerBook with OS X 10.4.7 installed and as far as I can tell I would have to buy and install OS X 10.5 (Leopard I think) just to be able…
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Compiling ffmpeg and using gas-preprocessor on Tiger?

Beginner trying to compile ffmpeg on a PowerMac G4, Mac OS X 10.4.11, Xcode 2.5 for use on this Mac (not iOS). I started out with Stephen Jungels tutorial (link), although it doesn't cover Mac OS X 10.4 per se. I install LAME, FAAC/FAAD and x264…
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Is it possible to develop PowerPC applications on OS X Yosemite?

I have an iMac g3 running Tiger 10.4.11. I'm really interested in developing applications for it, but I would like to do all of the programming on my Macbook Pro(running Yosemite). Is it possible to build an application on Yosemite that will run on…
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RubyGems - my system can't seem to find any remote gems to install

Trying to install the 'less' gem. I type sudo gem install less as instructed at http://lesscss.org/, and I get the following error: ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::GemNotFoundException) Could not find less (> 0) in any…
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NSOutlineView selection parent

I got a NSOutlineView and there are a couple items on it. Each one has 3 children(places, photos and social). They all have the same children. Say the user has selected places, does anyone knows how may I detect which item is the parent of the…
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NSGradient on Tiger

I'm creating an app that must run on Tiger and I need to draw a gradient onto a NSView. Unfortunately, NSGradient is only available on Leopard and above. Google wasn't my friend at all. How do I draw a gradient to a NSView on Mac OS X 10.4? Thanks!
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