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A full suite of free developer tools is available to Mac OS X developers, who can speed up their development process by using these tools to prototype, compile, debug, and optimize their software products. As part of this suite, Apple provides a wide selection of open source tools, such as GCC and GDB.
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Cross-Development Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Explains how to build software for versions of Mac OS X other than the one the development tools are running on.
 2006-11-07
HeaderDoc User Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Explains how to extract API reference documentation from commented header files.
 2008-04-08
Packaging UNIX Software (HTML)
Explains how to post UNIX and other command-line tools to Apple's Macintosh Product Guide.
 2001-04-20
Porting UNIX/Linux Applications to Mac OS X (HTML) (PDF)
Conceptual information and tips about porting UNIX and Linux applications to Mac OS X.
 2008-04-08