April 2015
Intermediate to advanced
556 pages
17h 47m
English
book
Cocoa Programming for OS X: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide
by Aaron Hillegass, Adam Preble, Nate Chandler
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A Few Words on Installers
If you are new to Mac, you may be wondering how you are going to create an installer for your application. Our advice is: Don’t. Application installation on a Mac is different from other platforms, and in most cases an installer adds unneeded complexity and hides its actions from the user. Most applications are installed by simply having the user drag them from their downloads folder into /Applications. This has the advantage of a very clear uninstallation: Drag the application to the trash.
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