Mac OS X Design Award-Winning Projects profiles developers who have received the prestigious Apple Design Award for Mac OS X app excellence. You’ll learn all about what makes these apps truly standout, including explanations of great user interface design and implementation, as well as the code under the hood that makes these the most responsive, intuitive, useful, and just plain fun Mac OS X apps. * * Insightful profiles of the winning developers * Detailed explanations of the technical wizardry that makes these apps tick * Full-color screenshots and copious, downloadable code snippets to get you started building the next Mac OS X Design Award-Winning Apps What you’ll learn * How the best Mac OS X apps are built * How detail-oriented, semi-obsessive designers create great-looking interfaces that go beyond mere user-friendliness * How caffeine-addicted, sugar-fortified programmers optimize every line of Objective-C and squash the most deeply hidden bugs * How inspiration strikes at unlikely times and places * How to plan for success by learning from the most successful Mac OS X app developers Who this book is for All Mac OS X developers seeking enlightenment from the recognized masters.