Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 04:05:50 +1030 From: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> To: "@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: File fransfer from iPad to FreeBSD Message-ID: <dbad2c09-af1a-1d21-bf49-a2d1601c8d92@ShaneWare.Biz> In-Reply-To: <CC462E59-7EA8-43B3-AE29-B8F1719214BC@kreme.com> References: <20180216104703.555e9987.freebsd@edvax.de> <A65A0A36-D6B8-48EF-85C4-784D43655602@kreme.com> <20180217191551.d0d3f3aa.freebsd@edvax.de> <CC462E59-7EA8-43B3-AE29-B8F1719214BC@kreme.com>
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On 18/02/2018 12:40, @lbutlr wrote: > On Feb 17, 2018, at 11:15, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: >> >> And as macOS is "somehow UNIX or even BSD", why doesn't Apple >> provide a native iTunes program for FreeBSD? That would make them >> look more professional - and me happy. :-) > > Two reasons, while OS X (Er, macOS) is Unix based, the GUI that > iTunes runs in is much more than just a gnome-GUI and it would take > massive efforts to port something like iTunes to FreeBSD. iTunes would be a Cocoa app - and as devel/gnustep strives to be code compatible with Apple's Cocoa framework it would make a lot of the porting work already done. I also believe that it would be less work than you think, as when Apple brought NeXT, the nextstep code that became Cocoa, already supported Windows and Solaris on a variety of hardware like m68K, x86, Sparc and HP Risc. So the areas that need porting will already be clearly identified and could be closer to working than you'd expect. -- FreeBSD - the place to B...Software Developing Shane Ambler
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