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FSRemoveInheritedACEs (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates manipulating access control lists of existing file system objects using the File Manager.
Carbon 2005-06-01
GridCalendar (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to add a custom job submission UI to the GridSample project.
Cocoa, Enterprise IT, Hardware & Drivers, Mac OS X Server, Networking 2005-06-01
Hello World (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Introductory Dashboard widget example
Apple Applications 2005-06-01
HITextViewDemo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Overview of basic HITextView functionality, including Tiger's new font & spelling panel support.
Carbon, Text & Fonts, User Experience 2005-06-01
ImageBrowserView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Implementing a simple HIView subclass
Carbon 2005-06-01
ImageClient (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use CFNetwork for synchronous and asynchronous operations, network diagnostics, proxy navigation, and authentication.
Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Games, Networking 2005-06-01
ImageMapExample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Implements a custom NSView, an image map, and accessorizes it (i.e. makes it work with accessibility).
Cocoa, User Experience 2005-06-01
Installer Tiger Examples (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A walkthrough of using distribution scripts and other Tiger Installer features.
Tools, User Experience 2005-06-01
iSpend (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to incorporate a number of Cocoa Tiger features into a simple application.
Cocoa 2005-06-01
JustDraw (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Sample code being used in the WWDC 2005 Hands-On session 215 "Moving from QD to Quartz"
Graphics & Imaging 2005-06-01
Link Snoop (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use PDFKit to scan for and highlight link annotations in PDFs.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2005-06-01
ManagedObjectDataFormatter (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A Data Formatter for Xcode 2.0 and 2.1 that displays NSManagedObject * variables.
Cocoa, Core Foundation, Tools 2005-06-01
MouseTracking (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Sample code used in the WWDC 2005 Hands-On session 215 "Moving from QD to Quartz"
Carbon, Graphics & Imaging 2005-06-01
Moving To GCC 4.0 (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to fix code that GCC 3.3 accepts but GCC 4.0 doesn't.
Tools 2005-06-01
MyPhoto (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates preferred techniques for working with the Image Capture APIs
Graphics & Imaging 2005-06-01
NetworkAuthentication (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates authentication with Open Directory APIs and GSSAPI
Darwin, Enterprise IT, Security 2005-06-01
OpenALExample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Basic example showing OpenAL usage in a 2D OpenGL environment
Audio, Cocoa, Games 2005-06-01
People (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
This program demonstrates the use of the SyncServices framework.
Cocoa 2005-06-01
QTKitCommandLine (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Command-line tools for deleting movie segments and converting movies to 3GPP files
QuickTime 2005-06-01
QTKitImport (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates movie import, advanced editing and playback with QTKit
QuickTime 2005-06-01
Quartz Composer Live DV (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to export a Quartz Composer composition as a real-time DV stream on the FireWire port.
Apple Applications, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, QuickTime 2005-06-01
Quartz Composer Matrix (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use Quartz Composer to display a QuickTime movie as a series of frames in a 3D world.
Apple Applications, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, QuickTime 2005-06-01
Quartz Composer Offline Rendering (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to render a Quartz Composer composition as a series of images using an OpenGL pBuffer.
Apple Applications, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2005-06-01
Quartz Composer Texture (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use a Quartz Composer composition as an OpenGL texture.
Apple Applications, Cocoa, Games, Graphics & Imaging 2005-06-01
Quartz Composer WWDC 2005 Composition (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to build a parameterized motion graphics composition with Quartz Composer.
Apple Applications, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, Tools 2005-06-01
Quartz Composer WWDC 2005 TextEdit (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrate how to modify TextEdit's about dialog to display a Quartz Composer composition.
Apple Applications, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2005-06-01
QuartzCache (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates several caching techniques using CGBitmapContext, CGImageRef re-use, CGLayerRefs, CGImageSource.
Graphics & Imaging, Performance 2005-06-01
QuartzLines (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Drawing Lines using Quartz's CGPath & CGContextStrokeLineSegments functions.
Carbon, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, Performance 2005-06-01
ScriptView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to build a script editor application with a built-in script database using AppleScript Studio.
Scripting & Automation, Tools 2005-06-01
Spotlight (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Sample code that shows how to write Spotlight Importers.
Core Foundation, Storage 2005-06-01
SpotlightAPI (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Some small sample programs that Show how to use the Spotlight API in your programs.
Storage 2005-06-01
TexturePerformanceDemo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
OpenGL texture optimization demo for WWDC Session 214
Cocoa, Games, Graphics & Imaging 2005-06-01
VertexPerformanceDemo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Vertex optimization demo for WWDC Session 214
Cocoa, Games, Graphics & Imaging 2005-06-01
Worm (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
NSView performance demonstration. Uses a periodic timer to get best performance with Coalesced Update feature.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2005-06-01
MoreFilesX (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Shows various File Manager operations through a collection of high-level routines using HFS Plus APIs.
Carbon, Cocoa 2005-05-13
ProfileSystem (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to obtain the same information that System Profiler displays.
Carbon, Mac OS X Server 2005-05-05
CarbonSketch (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Core Graphics only example of a Sketch application implemented with HIToolbox. Shows 1x1-CGBitmapContext for hit-testing, printing.
Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, Printing 2005-03-23
AudioBurn (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to create an object conforming to the DRTrackProduction protocol to create a RedBook audio CD.
Cocoa 2005-03-17
DataBurn (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to create a DRFolder and burn it to disc.
Cocoa 2005-03-17
QuartzShapes (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Example Quartz functions that implement equivalents to the QuickDraw PaintArc, FrameArc, PaintOval, FrameOval, PaintRect, and FrameRect
Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, Porting 2005-03-08
SampleUSBAudioPlugin (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
USB audio plugin that performs a lowpass filtering operation on audio streamed through an audio USB Device.
Audio, Darwin, Hardware & Drivers 2005-03-07
SwapLAF (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - How to set the look-and-feel in your Swing application at runtime.
Java 2005-02-28
DockBrowser (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use CFNetServices to take advantage of Bonjour service discovery and name resolution.
Carbon, Networking 2005-02-08
PictureSharing (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use NSNetServices to advertise a service using Bonjour.
Cocoa, Networking 2005-02-08
PictureSharingBrowser (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use NSNetServices to take advantage of Bonjour service discovery and name resolution.
Cocoa, Networking 2005-02-08
NSGLImage (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Demonstrates how to texture in OpenGL with an NSImage and/or NSBitmapImageRep
Cocoa, Games, Graphics & Imaging 2004-12-01
MLTE_CustomScrolling (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to implement MLTE's custom scrolling functionality
Carbon, Text & Fonts, User Experience 2004-10-15
dist_fft (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Gigaelement FFTs on Apple G5 clusters
Audio, Darwin, Hardware & Drivers, Performance 2004-08-23
SpellingChecker CarbonCocoa Bundled (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to load and call a Cocoa bundle from a Carbon CFM or Mach-O application
Carbon, Cocoa 2004-08-17
CFHostSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses the CFHost API to do DNS hostname lookups and to determine host reachability.
Carbon, Core Foundation, Networking 2004-04-20
DRDataBurnCarbonUI (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
DRDataBurnCarbonUI shows how to use the standard DiscRecording burn setup and progress panel from Carbon.
Carbon 2004-04-09
DREraseCarbonUI (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
DREraseCarbonUI shows how to use the DiscRecording erase setup and progress panel from Carbon.
Carbon 2004-04-09
GLCarbon1ContextPbuffer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demostrates using OpenGL pixel buffers with a single shared context.
Carbon, Graphics & Imaging 2004-03-26
GLCarbonSharedPbuffer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demostrates sharing a single OpenGL pixel buffer with multiple other contexts.
Carbon, Graphics & Imaging 2004-03-26
GLUTBasics (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Simple GLUT example which can be used as starter code.
Graphics & Imaging 2004-03-26
GLUTSurfaceTexture (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Example of using the new glutSurfaceTexture.
Carbon, Graphics & Imaging 2004-03-26
FSCopyObject (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Copy engine for copying files and directories.
Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation 2004-03-19
Video Hardware Info (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Sample demonstrates how to query the video hardware for useful information.
Cocoa, Hardware & Drivers 2004-02-12
NSOpenGL Fullscreen (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to create and switch between windowed and fullscreen OpenGL contexts using NSOpenGL.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2004-02-11
ElectricImageComponent.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to build five QuickTime Components.
QuickTime 2004-01-23
Verification (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Objective-C example which demonstrates how to provide custom data verification for data written to disc.
Cocoa 2004-01-23
AddNibToNav (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to create a custom area, instantiated from a nib file, in a Navigation Services dialog.
Carbon 2004-01-22
ColorMatching (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Performs simple color matching of images using ColorSync or the QuickTime 6.4 Graphics Importers.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, QuickTime 2003-12-18
MovieGWorlds (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates movie drawing-complete functions, movie compositing and using SetTrackGWorld to draw into a specific graphics world.
QuickTime 2003-12-18
TipWrapper (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to wrap long tool tips into multiple lines in Cocoa.
Cocoa 2003-12-18
CocoaPeoplePicker (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the AddressBook framework's ABPeoplePickerView.
Apple Applications, Cocoa 2003-12-11
OpenGL Screensaver (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to integrate OpenGL drawing into a standard Cocoa screen saver on Mac OS X.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2003-12-10
MapLargeFile (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows a technique for mapping files greater than 4GB into memory for faster access.
Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Darwin, Performance 2003-11-19
MungSaver (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates a simple Screen Saver module for Panther, using the Sequence Grabber DataProc mung technique.
Carbon, Cocoa, QuickTime, User Experience 2003-11-18
RGB ValueTransformers (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Supersedes the "RGB Image sample". Sample now uses bindings. Color separation now done in an NSValueTransformer subclass.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2003-11-18
HIEmbedder (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to write a custom embedding HIView which can scroll if set in an HIScrollView.
Carbon 2003-11-13
HIScrollingTextBox (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Offers replacement custom HIViews for the Scrolling TextBox control which does not work in compositing windows.
Carbon 2003-11-06
HITextViewShowcase (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to create a HITextView using Interface Builder and using programming functions only.
Carbon, Text & Fonts 2003-10-30
Process (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A simple demonstration of the Process Manager API.
Carbon 2003-10-30
AsyncPB (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Describes how to chain File System calls from an interrupt handler like a Time Manager task.
Carbon 2003-10-27
ContentBurn (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Creates an audio CD using standard audio files like mp3, aac, aiff, and wav.
Cocoa 2003-10-27
CPUGestalt (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Shows how to determine the processor type of the Macintosh you're running on.
Carbon, Hardware & Drivers 2003-10-27
FancyAbout (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates several visual effects for "About..." panels such as scrolling text, window without a title bar, and ways to dismiss the window.
Cocoa 2003-10-27
HIDoubleSlider (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to create a double slider using the Appearance and HIView functions introduced in Mac OS X 10.2.
Carbon 2003-10-27
HITextShowcase (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates some of the different text-related controls, non-controls, and HIViews that are available in Mac OS X 10.3.
Carbon, Text & Fonts 2003-10-27
InkSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates some usage scenarios for the Ink.Framework APIs.
Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Text & Fonts, User Experience 2003-10-27
JAWTExample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Using the new JAWT structs included with Java 1.4.1 Update 1 for Jaguar.
Java 2003-10-27
MoreIsBetter (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Library providing indispensable wrapers and workarounds for many areas of Mac OS programming.
Audio, Carbon, Core Foundation, Darwin, Enterprise IT, Graphics & Imaging, Internationalization, Internet & Web, Networking, Porting, Scripting & Automation, Security, Text & Fonts, User Experience 2003-10-27
MPDelayUntilTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Tests and demonstrates the MT/MP MPDelayUntil API.
Performance 2003-10-27
MPPeriodicalTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Tests and demonstrates the MT/MP timers.
Performance 2003-10-27
OldDelegateOnlyComponent (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Please see DelegateOnlyComponent for the current version of this sample.
QuickTime 2003-10-27
QTMLPrintingSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses the QuickTime APIs to draw into a standard Win32 printing device context.
QuickTime 2003-10-27
qtshell (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Simple QuickTime and QuickTime VR viewer framework.
Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, QuickTime 2003-10-27
qtshell.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Simple QuickTime and QuickTime VR viewer framework.
QuickTime 2003-10-27
SimplePing (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Sample provides simple API to programatically ping a remote host without admin privileges
Darwin, Games, Internet & Web, Networking, Tools 2003-10-27
soundsnippets (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
SoundSnippets.c defines functions that perform some common sound-related operations.
QuickTime 2003-10-27
soundsnippets.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
SoundSnippets.c defines functions that perform some common sound-related operations.
QuickTime 2003-10-27
TextNameTool (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A command line tool sample illustrating how to use various graphical facilities and services without a login.
Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, Text & Fonts 2003-10-27
YASTControl (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
An application illustrating how to use a user pane control to define MLTE based text fields.
Carbon 2003-10-27
FloatingWindow (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates that floating windows are very easy to implement on Mac OS X using Nib files.
Carbon 2003-10-24
MenuViews (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates a variety of interesting uses of HIView-based menus in Mac OS X 10.3.
Carbon 2003-10-24
Sheets (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to create a sheet both in code and through the use of a Nib file.
Carbon 2003-10-24
Tiler (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Modify your applications tile icon within the Mac OS X dock by using both QuickDraw and Quartz
Carbon 2003-10-24
DrawSprocketTestOld (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Demonstrates basic implementations of DrawSprocket Functions.
Carbon, Games 2003-10-14
FinderLaunch (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to open documents by sending Apple Events to the Finder.
Carbon 2003-10-14