iOS monthly meeting (February 2015)

Sharing some of my trusty tools and tricks. Will write an Originate blog post maybe...

Tools

Terminal
- iTerm2 - OS X terminal replacement, open-source, well-maintained
- TotalTerminal - hooks into default Terminal to make it available via hotkey (support seems to be fading). Used this for a few years, finally dropped it last week due to Yosemite bugs.
Xcode
- Alcatraz - package manager for Xcode
  - a plugin for plugins
  - is open-source, and the plugins are open-source as well
  - if you want to take a stab at Mac development, try to contribute to these or make your own plugin. It's all familiar Objective-C.
  - NOTE: plugin development isn't very straightforward, nor is it supported by Apple, so bugs and crashes can happen. I use these 10 or so and find it to be pretty stable though.
    - AdjustFontSize
    - Aviator
    - GitDiff [contributed to] - failed at making it myself, then discovered this :)
    - JKBlockCommenter
    - KSImageNamed
    - Lin
    - Peckham [contributed to]
    - RevealPlugin
    - VVDocumenter-Xcode
    - Xcode_copy_line
    - XcodeBoost
    - XVim
- snippets - mattt has some here
- sounds
- cursor
  - Xcode's default text selection cursor is practically invisible on dark backgrounds. Fix: copy this cursor to /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/SharedFrameworks/DVTKit.framework/Resources/ (backup original first just in case).
- alt+drag - rectangular text selection

Useful things I've found/modified/written.

keyboard shortcuts - Cmd + Shift + 4 + (Space), (then hold Ctrl to save to clipboard)

Ran out of time to talk about these.

Somewhat related: WWDC 2013 session 228 - Hidden Gems in Cocoa and Cocoa Touch
Karabiner - remap keyboard, lots of control
BetterTouchTool - do more with trackpad gestures and other useful system things for efficiency
LICEcap - screen recording, make gifs easily