There is a Google Summer of Code 2025 proposal to redesign the macOS interface for VLC using AppKit. The proposal would replace legacy Carbon-era UI components with modern layouts, integrate the latest libvlc playback controls into native VLC transport UI controls, rebuild the media library interface, and prioritize system consistency with SF Symbols, vibrant materials, and macOS accessibility standards.
https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2025/projects/YEcSHEh5
#Oliphaunt is now available on #TestFlight.
You can try the macOS Mastodon client here: https://testflight.apple.com/join/Epq1P3Cw
Please note it’s a work-in-progress. I’d appreciate any feedback — feel free to share your thoughts here: https://github.com/anosidium/Oliphaunt-Feedback-And-Support
Since releasing the latest Proxygen update I have been using Send to Mac quite frequently in my work and it’s awesome. One toggle and I instantly see my iPhone’s traffic in the Mac app. It’s great especially now that iOS Simulator has the HTTP/3 bug and is unusable.
#Oliphaunt is coming soon on #TestFlight!
I’ve just uploaded a build to the App Store Connect — it’s now waiting for review.
Soon you will be able to try it.
Added Graphite styling which corresponds to the System Accent Color if it is Graphite as well as the muted look for when the window isn't the main window... as well as the more appropriate sorting indicator from the time.
Implementing this tree view for test series, tests and requests took perhaps a whole month of work.
It was the first time I used NSOutlineView. Made many mistakes at first so had to reimplement this maybe three times.
But it supports renaming, multiple item selection, drag and drop reordering and duplicating items. All with pretty animations and menu actions with keyboard shortcuts.
Quite proud of that little thing 
Overrode NSTableHeaderView and NSTableHeaderCell yesterday to get an Aqua appearance by custom drawing them myself in their respective draw functions... but refined it a lot more today!
(I removed most of the UI to call out the table view headers a bit more in this video)
Maaaaaan, AppKit is so fucking fun to use and make shit with.
Search just got better in #Oliphaunt — it’s no longer limited to your instance.
No... I won't be shipping with #Aqua headers for the NSTableView but at least I now know I can override NSTableHeaderCell and draw whatever the hell I want and not keep the snoozeville boring flat UI headers they ship now. :) Flat UI sucks.
I will probably make some subtle gradient for the column headers that will make them stand out a bit more.
But look, AQUA!!!
New Proxygen version is now available. Almost every part of the app has been updated. Perhaps the biggest thing is that there is now a direct download at https://freshbits.fi/apps/proxygen/.
sometimes simple code is best. i really like this category method on NSFileManager:
```
- (BOOL)linkOrCopyItemAtURL:(nonnull NSURL *)srcURL toURL:(nonnull NSURL *)dstURL error:(NSError *__autoreleasing _Nullable * _Nullable)error {
BOOL success = [self linkItemAtURL:srcURL toURL:dstURL error:error];
return (success) ?: [self copyItemAtURL:srcURL toURL:dstURL error:error];
}
```
DarwinKit looks interesting. It’s a Golang Framework to build macOS apps and lets you call Objective-C APIs.
#golang #macos #macdev #objectivec #appkit
DST change reminded me of that time QA discovered that, if you build a date from NSDateComponents, any missing items will not be set to zero, but will be set to the corresponding value from the current date and time.
Which meant that my March 30th, 12:00 would get random one-minute-drift like 12:00:59 because the user entered the date right before a minute change.
Makes sense for the date, but was a bit bewildering for the time, especially seconds.
RM2000 is now available for public beta testing via Apple TestFlight 
I wanted to make a curating & idea collection app (think of bookmark managers, PureRef, or Are.na) but for snippets of sound playing anywhere from your computer.
Let me know what you think!
https://testflight.apple.com/join/jtGpAsYy #skeuomorphism #swiftui #appkit #macos
It’s kind of strange that if you have several NSToolbars in your app and the user customizes the display mode in one of them to, say, “Icon and Text” this state does not sync to all of the app’s toolbars. There also doesn’t seem to be any obvious way to observe changes to these settings. I guess that’s just okay and the user is expected to customize them all separately..?
Or I wait until next WWDC and our Mac windows won’t have toolbars anymore as they have been designed for “the next generation of users”.
The 2nd edition of macOS Apprentice is now available from Kodeco. This is my book for beginners or near-beginners who want to start learning Swift, SwiftUI and AppKit for building Mac apps.
It's now been updated for Swift 5.9, macOS 15 and Xcode 16.2.
More details at https://troz.net/post/2025/macos-apprentice-update/
Read the book at https://www.kodeco.com/books/macos-apprentice/
