Shipping a Catalyst App

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A PDF app ports to Mac via Catalyst, using an AppKit bundle loaded at runtime to call missing APIs like cursor control and a search toolbar. It handles security-scoped bookmarks, builds an open recent menu by invoking NSDocumentController, survives App Store review after an initial rejection, and ships featured on macOS Catalina.

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1. 0:00SHIPPING A MAC CATALYST APP THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
2. 3:36JUST A CHECKBOX?
3. 4:11MARZIPANIFY
4. 6:23COMPATIBILITY
5. 6:54MACOS ADOPTION
6. 7:31BREAKING NEWS
7. 9:00WHAT MAKES A GOOD MAC APP?
8. 9:11BUTTONS
9. 9:28TEXT INPUT
10. 9:42DATE PICKER
11. 9:58RULE EDITOR
12. 11:16TOOLBARS
13. 15:35APPKIT BUNDLES - STRUCTURE
14. 15:59APPKIT BUNDLES - LOADING
15. 16:30BACK TO SEARCH
16. 17:03MENU BAR
17. 18:17CREATING AN OPEN RECENT MENU
18. 18:59CHALLENGES Create arbitrary menu items Dynamically reload menu after open (UIMenuSystem!)
19. 21:08ACCESSING FILES AKA SECURITY SCOPED BOOKMARKS
20. 22:23OSX != MAC CATALYST
21. 25:19NATIVE OPEN RECENT: APPKIT
22. 28:18LEGAL? FB6929711

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