{13bold} Library

The {13bold} Library is packed with handy books, tutorials, and articles to make your experience on OS X as enjoyable as possible.

Books and Manuals

• Developing Themes for Bowtie

  The definitive guide to developing themes for Bowtie. Covers up to version 1.5.

Articles

• The Road to 2.0

  A release announcement for Bowtie 1.4, and an explanation of the roadmap for the upcoming Bowtie 2.0 release.

• Snafu: Code Signing with Background Tools

  If you use a background tool in one of your apps, and plan on code signing it, you should read this.

• The Fate of Bluebird

  Whatever will become of our feathered Twitter client friend?

• Announcing Bowcase for Bowtie

  Bowtie 1.3 will now allow installing themes from a built-in repository. Find out more.

• Bluebird 1.0 Beta 3 Now Available

  Release information for Bluebird 1.0 Beta 3.

• Themes for Bowtie: The Winners

  A short write-up on the winners of the Bowtie Theme and Poetry contest.

• Bowtie 1.0, and more…

  Release information for the 1.0's of multiple iterations of Bowtie.

• {13bold}'s State of the Apps Address

  An update on the status of our beloved applications Bluebird, Bowtie, and Colors.

• Twitpocalypse Now: Dealing with "The Change"

  What Bluebird's doing to fix issues caused by the Twitpocalypse.

• Apple Push Notification Service: Why It's "Right"

  A lot of people still have gripes about the Push Notification Service, and say apps should be able to run in the background. This is why they're wrong.

• What's Coming in Bluebird 1.0 Beta 2

  A short article on what to expect in the second beta of Bluebird 1.0.

Tutorials

• Relaunching Your Application

  Ever wanted to be able to restart your application from within your app? Look no further than this tutorial.

• A New Theme Format for Bluebird

  This document is a conversion guide for converting Bluebird themes designed for 1.0 Beta 1 to themes that will work with 1.0 Beta 1.1 and later.

• Creating Bluebird Themes

  The definitive guide on creating themes for Bluebird.

• Adding a Titlebar Accessory View to a Window

  This tutorial shows you how to add a custom view to the top right-hand corner of the window chrome, a la iCal.

Quick Tricks

• Bouncing the Downloads Stack

  This quick trick shows you how to bounce the Downloads stack when a new download completes — and it only takes one line of code!

• Bouncing the Downloads Stack

  This quick trick shows you how to bounce the Downloads stack when a new download completes — and it only takes one line of code!