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Enabling the application menu's "Preferences" menu item on Mac OS X
(HTML)
QA1552: Describes the two things you need to implement to enable the "Preferences" menu item on Mac OS X.
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Cocoa, User Experience |
2008-01-21
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Enabling the application menu's "Preferences..." menu item on Mac OS X
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QA1079: Explains how to enable the application menu's "Preferences..." menu item on Mac OS X.
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Carbon |
2001-10-30
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Enabling the Navigation Services default behavior in its dialogs
(HTML)
QA1384: Explains how to enable the default behavior of the Navigation Services dialogs.
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Carbon |
2004-10-15
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Enabling X11 Forwarding
(HTML)
QA1383: Describes how to enable ssh clients to receive X11 communication from a Mac OS X system.
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Internet & Web, Mac OS X Server, Open Source, Security |
2004-10-25
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Endian Concerns When Playing 'snd ' Resources
(HTML)
QTW97: Use the Resource Manager to avoid byte-swapping 'snd ' resources before playing under Windows
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QuickTime |
1999-11-08
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Energy Star PCI Device
(HTML)
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QA1108: Provides useful information for developers of Energy Star-compliant PCI devices.
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Darwin, Hardware & Drivers |
2002-01-15
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Ensuring hardware accelerated rendering for your OpenGL application
(HTML)
QA1502: Using the NoRecovery pixel format attribute and how to check whether vertex and fragment processing is executed on the GPU or CPU
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Games, Graphics & Imaging |
2007-07-18
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Enumerating fonts with ATS
(HTML)
QA1471: Describes the different ATS font enumeration methods
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Carbon, Text & Fonts, User Experience |
2006-04-14
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Environment Variables
(HTML)
QA1255: Describes how a process gets its environment variables.
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Carbon, Cocoa |
2003-10-29
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Error -151 and NewGWorld
(HTML)
Deprecated - QD18: Explains what the error code -151 means when in NewGWorld.
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, Performance, User Experience |
1995-09-15
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Error -3168 (kOTStateChangeErr) and Handoff Endpoints
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Deprecated - NW22: Explains why a kOTStateChangeErr -3168 occurs when there is a handoff endpoint involved.
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Carbon, Networking |
1996-04-08
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Exception in JFileChooser.setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed
(HTML)
Deprecated - QA1280: Workaround for a known issue in Java 1.4.1 Update 1 on Jaguar.
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Java |
2003-10-07
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Expanding Tilde-based paths
(HTML)
QA1549: Demonstrates how to resolve tilde-based relevant paths.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation |
2008-09-08
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Explanation of SDRAM configuration Nomenclature
(HTML)
HW75: Explains the three-part "Device configuration" numbers for SDRAM in the Power Mac G4 Computer Developer Note.
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Hardware & Drivers |
1999-10-18
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Exporting TIFF files in little-endian format
(HTML)
QA1044: Explains how to export a TIFF file in little-endian format.
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QuickTime |
2001-06-26
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ExpressCard Prevents System Sleep
(HTML)
QA1517: Describes how some ExpressCard cards can prevent system sleep and how to fix the problem.
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Darwin, Hardware & Drivers |
2007-02-28
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Extracting DV Fields using QTNewGWorldFromPtr
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QA1017: Describes using QTNewGWorldFromPtr to access individual fields contained within a frame of DV source.
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, QuickTime |
2001-03-20
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Faster DDR DRAM in the 867MHz Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors)
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QA1191: Confirms the use of faster DDR DRAM in the 867MHz Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors).
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Hardware & Drivers |
2002-08-19
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fBroadCastAddr Always Zero
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Deprecated - NW58: Explains why the fBroadcastAddr field may be zero after a call to OTInetGetInterfaceInfo and includes the workaround.
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Carbon, Networking |
1999-03-08
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File Manager Text Encoding Hints
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QA1223: How to use Text Encoding Hints.
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Carbon, Darwin |
2003-01-20
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Filtering QuickTime media types in Navigation Services
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QA1274: Describes how to filter QuickTime media types in a Navigation Services filter procedure.
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Carbon, QuickTime |
2003-07-23
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Filtering the Effects List returned by QTGetEffectsList
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QA1190: Shows how to edit the list of effects returned by the QTGetEffectsList function.
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QuickTime |
2002-09-04
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Final Cut Pro - Preferred Video Media Time Scales and Sample Durations
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QA1447: Lists the preferred time scales/sample durations for media created for use with FCP.
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Apple Applications, QuickTime |
2005-10-24
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Finding an NSView's current magnification.
(HTML)
QA1346: How to discover the current magnification (zoom level) of any NSView.
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Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, User Experience |
2005-03-08
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Finding EXC_BAD_ACCESS bugs in a Cocoa project
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QA1367: Discusses how to find memory protection violations or EXC_BAD_ACCESS bugs in Cocoa projects.
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Cocoa |
2006-10-10
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Finding your application's directory
(HTML)
FL14: Demonstrates finding your application's directory and setting it as the default directory.
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Carbon |
2000-06-19
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Fixing the Layout Binding of the Tab control User Panes
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QA1161: Describes the Tab control hierarchy and layouts of its panes and provides a fix to a common problem.
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Carbon |
2004-10-14
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FrontBase and JDBC
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QA1041: Describes an alternative to using the JDBC adaptor with FrontBase for WebObjects 5.0.
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Tools |
2001-07-09
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FSDeleteObject fails with fBsyErr, sometimes
(HTML)
QA1497: Why Spotlight indexing can cause file deletion to fail, and what to do about it.
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Carbon |
2008-09-24
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FSSetCatalogInfo versus UID and GID
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QA1251: Describes why FSSetCatalogInfo does not set the UID and GID of the file, and provides a work around.
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Carbon, Cocoa |
2003-03-26
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Functions that Modify Movie Properties, QuickTime Track, and Movie Sound Volume
(HTML)
QTMTB39: Explains movie volume values, and how to exceed the maximum level using Sound Manager 3.0.
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QuickTime |
1995-05-01
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The Gamma function in the Mac OS X 10.2 Math Library
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QA1143: How various gamma functions are implemented in Mac OS X
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Porting |
2002-08-27
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Gathering all PostScript Printer Descriptions (PPDs)
(HTML)
QA1529: Describes a work around for an issue in PMCopyAvailablePPDs on Mac OS X 10.4 and below
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Carbon, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
2008-08-08
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GDGetScale
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Deprecated - QTICM04: Describes the function call GDGetScale, its parameters, and errors it may encounter.
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QuickTime |
1995-05-01
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GDHasScale
(HTML)
Deprecated - QTICM03: Describes the function GDHasScale; lists what it returns, its main purpose, parameters, and possible errors.
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QuickTime |
1995-05-01
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GDSetScale
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Deprecated - QTICM05: Describes the function GDSetScale, its parameters, and the errors it may encounter.
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QuickTime |
1995-05-01
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Generating a Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI)
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QA1264: Explains how to generate a non-maskable interrupt (NMI) on modern Macintosh systems.
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Audio, Darwin, Hardware & Drivers, Mac OS X Server, Networking, Printing, Tools |
2008-10-13
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GetDIBFromPict fails with QuickTime "Minimum" installation
(HTML)
QA1294: Demonstrates how to check for any available QuickTime components required by individual QuickTime functions.
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QuickTime |
2004-09-28
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GetPortBitMapForCopyBits
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Deprecated - QD61: Describes the proper usage of GetPortBitMapForCopyBits.
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging |
2000-11-08
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GetProcAdress and OpenGL Entry Points
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QA1188: Technique for finding function pointers for OpenGL entry points in Cocoa and Carbon
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Carbon, Games, Graphics & Imaging |
2002-11-25
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Getting a List of Drivers & LUNs (logical unit numbers)
(HTML)
Deprecated - DV04: Describes a legacy Mac OS technique for obtaining a list of SCSI Parallel drivers, devices, and LUNs.
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Hardware & Drivers |
1995-07-01
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Getting a Packet Trace
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QA1176: Lists tools available for looking at the network packets on the wire.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Darwin, Games, Hardware & Drivers, Internet & Web, Java, Mac OS X Server, Networking, Printing, QuickTime, Security |
2008-06-03
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Getting List of All Processes on Mac OS X
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QA1123: Describes how, using Carbon and BSD respectively, to list all applications and processes.
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Darwin |
2002-03-05
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Getting NSWindow's toolbar actions to show up in Interface Builder
(HTML)
QA1030: How to add the missing -toggleToolbarShown: and -runToolbarCustomizationPalette actions to Interface Builder.
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Cocoa |
2001-05-03
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Getting owner and group name references for PackageMaker package contents
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QA1285: Describes how to get owner and group name references for PackageMaker package contents.
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Tools |
2003-08-25
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Getting the name of a profile
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QA1205: Shows how to programmatically get the name of a ColorSync profile.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2002-10-25
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Getting the pixel data from a CGImage object
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QA1509: Describes how to access the pixel data of a CGImage object
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Carbon, Cocoa, Games, Graphics & Imaging |
2008-08-27
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Getting the User and Computer Name
(HTML)
QA1078: Describes how to get the user and computer name on Mac OS X.
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Carbon, Core Foundation, Networking |
2001-10-30
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glFlush() vs. glFinish()
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QA1158: Explanation of the differences between glFlush() and glFinish()
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Graphics & Imaging |
2004-10-11
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Graphics Exporters - Creating 16-bit-per-channel image files
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QA1354: Discusses how to use QuickTime Graphics Exporters to create 16-bit-per-channel image files.
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Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, QuickTime |
2004-06-03
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Graphics Importer -8970 errors & TIFF Support
(HTML)
QTMCC18: Discusses the -8970 error when using graphics importers with certain TIFF files.
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QuickTime |
2000-11-29
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Graphics Importers and image files containing multiple layers
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QA1148: Describes how to get the natural bounds of layers contained in a multi-layered image file.
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QuickTime |
2002-06-18
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GraphicsImportSetBoundsRect resets your Matrix
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QA1144: Discusses how calling GraphicsImportSetBoundsRect will reset a graphics importers matrix.
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QuickTime |
2002-05-29
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grayishTextOr and Mac OS 8.5
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Deprecated - QD59: Explains why text drawn using TextMode(grayishTextOr) is never drawn; provides a workaround.
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Carbon, Text & Fonts, User Experience |
1998-12-07
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The "green" PCI bus
(HTML)
HW93: Explains why the PCI bus is considered "green".
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Hardware & Drivers |
2000-09-05
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Handing Off TCP Connections to a Different Port
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NW25: Explains that a passive TCP connection cannot hand off the connection to a different port address.
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Networking |
1996-05-14
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Handling of Update Events While a Movie Plays
(HTML)
Deprecated - QTMTB45: Describes timing issues that can be caused by applications calling WaitNextEvent while playing a QuickTime movie.
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QuickTime |
1995-09-15
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Hang launching signed Applets from JavaScript
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QA1395: Making a LiveConnect call to a signed Applet before that Applet has finished loading can cause a hang.
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Internet & Web, Java |
2004-12-02
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The header file 'alut.h' is missing from the OpenAL framework.
(HTML)
QA1504: ALUT headers were removed from OpenAL.framework with the Xcode 2.4. This Q&A describes how to regain access to those system-supplied symbols
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Audio, Carbon |
2007-02-06
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Help Book Caching During Software Development
(HTML)
QA1409: Development situations that can potentially confuse Help Viewer
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Carbon, Cocoa, Tools, User Experience |
2005-03-30
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HID Manager Event Data Underruns
(HTML)
QA1038: Explains how to correctly handle HID Manager event queue data underruns.
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Audio, Carbon, Core Foundation, Games, Hardware & Drivers |
2001-06-13
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HIObjectRegisterSubclass returns paramErr
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QA1213: Explains in which case HIObjectRegisterSubclass would return paramErr and gives a work around.
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Carbon |
2002-11-12
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How can I determine the order of the languages set by the user in the Language tab of the International preference pane?
(HTML)
QA1391: Retrieving the order of the languages set by the International preference pane in Cocoa, Carbon, and Terminal.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Internationalization |
2006-12-19
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How can I find out what non-RGB pixel formats a codec supports?
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QA1249: Applications can find out if a codec supports non-RGB pixel formats.
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QuickTime |
2008-04-24
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How can I get both Subversion (SVN) and CVS on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)?
(HTML)
QA1492: Explains where to find Subversion and CVS for installation.
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Open Source, Tools |
2007-11-15
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How can I handle smooth mouse wheel scrolling?
(HTML)
QA1453: Details an undocumented Carbon Event which will be added to the public headers in a later DevTools release.
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Carbon |
2005-11-29
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How can I identify the runtime environment, Carbon or Cocoa, of the current application?
(HTML)
QA1372: Identifies the runtime environment of the application. Useful only for plugins, frameworks, input methods, etc.
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Core Foundation |
2006-11-07
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How can I optimize a Quartz Composer composition depending on the hardware it runs on?
(HTML)
QA1433: Explains how to design compositions that adapt to the hardware limitations.
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Apple Applications, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, Performance |
2005-06-01
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How can I programmatically determine the DPI of the current video mode?
(HTML)
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QA1217: Describes how to compute the DPI for a given display in a given mode using Core Graphics.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Games, Graphics & Imaging |
2002-12-02
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How can I set the default location with the modern Navigation APIs NavCreatexxx?
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QA1151: Explains how to set the default location with a NavCustomControl call using the kNavCtlSetLocation message in the Event Proc.
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Carbon |
2002-07-01
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How can I tell if a PCI device has on board I/O space?
(HTML)
QA1287: Demonstrates "how to" tell if a PCI device has on board I/O space.
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Hardware & Drivers |
2003-09-24
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How can I verify that a Movie can actually draw into a non-RGB GWorld?
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QA1243: Techniques to verify that a Movie can actually draw into a non-RGB GWorld.
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QuickTime |
2003-03-05
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How can I work with MPEG-2 media using QuickTime?
(HTML)
QA1540: How to work with MPEG-2 media using QuickTime.
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QuickTime |
2007-08-29
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How do I access files contained in my AppleScript Studio application's main bundle?
(HTML)
QA1493: Explains how to access files stored within an AppleScript Studio application.
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Scripting & Automation, Tools |
2007-02-05
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How do I change the numeric base for the Open Firmware user interface?
(HTML)
HW66: Explains how to change the numeric base for the Open Firmware user interface.
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Hardware & Drivers |
1999-10-11
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How do I count the frames in an MPEG movie?
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QTMTB54: Talks about using the QuickTime Movie Toolbox function GetMovieNextInterestingTime with MPEG media tracks.
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QuickTime |
2003-05-02
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How do I create a QuickTime movie from PCM audio samples in memory?
(HTML)
QA1539: How to create a QuickTime movie from PCM audio samples in memory
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Audio, QuickTime |
2007-08-29
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How do I decompress individual frames into an offscreen?
(HTML)
QTMTB57: Describes methods for decompressing individual frames of a video track into an offscreen memory buffer.
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QuickTime |
2000-04-24
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How do I determine how much VRAM is available on my video card?
(HTML)
QA1168: Using Core Graphics and IOKit to find the physical size of VRAM on installed hardware.
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Cocoa, Games, Graphics & Imaging |
2004-10-11
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How do I determine the top of the Open Firmware dictionary?
(HTML)
HW69: Explains how to determine the top of the Open Firmware dictionary.
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Hardware & Drivers |
1999-10-11
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How do I get the hexadecimal value of an NSColor object?
(HTML)
QA1576: Describes how to convert an NSColor object to its Hexadecimal value.
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Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, Internet & Web, Text & Fonts |
2007-12-19
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How do I tell if a particular display is being hardware accelerated by Quartz Extreme?
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QA1218: Describes how to use CGDisplayUsesOpenGLAcceleration to see if a display is accelerated or not.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Games, Graphics & Imaging, Performance |
2002-12-04
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How do I use asserts while debugging?
(HTML)
QA1431: How do I enable asserts so they log their messages and/or break when I'm debugging?
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Tools |
2006-06-30
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How do I use kMPCreateTaskSuspendedMask with MPCreateTask?
(HTML)
QA1055: Describes how to start a task that has been suspended with the ability to resume it later.
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Carbon |
2001-07-02
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How do I use PMSessionGetGraphicsContext to get a CGContextRef?
(HTML)
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Deprecated - QA1216: Describes how to use PMSessionSetDocumentFormatGeneration and PMSessionGetGraphicsContext to get a CGContextRef for printing.
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
2003-02-25
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How do I use QuickDraw with CGDirectDisplay?
(HTML)
QA1011: Explains how to draw to a CGDirectDisplay-captured display using QuickDraw.
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Carbon, Games, Graphics & Imaging |
2001-04-11
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How does Open Firmware generate the name property?
(HTML)
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HW39: Describes the Open Firmware name property generation process.
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Hardware & Drivers |
1999-02-15
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How many PCI header types exist today?
(HTML)
HW92: Briefly describes the three PCI header types defined in the PCI 2.2 specification.
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Hardware & Drivers |
2000-09-05
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How PBDTGetAPPL Chooses Which Copy of an App to Launch
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Deprecated - TB19: Explains how PBDTGetAppl() chooses which application copy to launch, and how to deal with the trash.
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Carbon |
1996-05-14
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How to add a folder to the contents of a package
(HTML)
QA1484: Describes how to add a folder of files to the package contents of executable code
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Tools |
2006-10-31
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How to add other pasteboard types to an HFS Promise drag in Cocoa
(HTML)
QA1300: Explains how to add other pasteboard types to an HFS Promise drag in Cocoa.
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Cocoa |
2003-09-15
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How to Compute Data Rate for QuickTime Movies
(HTML)
QTMTB46: Describes two methods of measuring the rate of samples for Quicktime movies.
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QuickTime |
1995-09-15
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How to create a Cocoa Disclosure Button Control
(HTML)
QA1485: Explains how to create a disclosure button control in Cocoa, not immediately available in Interface Builder.
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Cocoa |
2006-08-01
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How to get a native QuickTime movie object from the QuickTime ActiveX/COM control
(HTML)
QA1594: Describes how to get a native QuickTime movie object from the QuickTime ActiveX/COM control
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QuickTime |
2008-03-27
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How to get custom views to show up in NSToolbarItems
(HTML)
QA1029: Why custom views may not show up in an NSToolBarItem and how to make it visible.
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Cocoa, User Experience |
2001-05-03
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How to Get the First Video Frame
(HTML)
QTMCC01: Describes how to get the first frame of a movie using GetMovieNextInterestingTime.
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QuickTime |
1995-05-01
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How to handle audio data with magic cookie information
(HTML)
QA1318: How to handle sound files with magic cookies when using an AudioConverter.
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Audio |
2003-10-22
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How to handle kAudioUnitProperty_MaximumFramesPerSlice
(HTML)
QA1533: Illustrates how to use the kAudioUnitProperty_MaximumFramesPerSlice property
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Audio |
2007-07-16
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How to make NSTextField accept tab, return and enter keys.
(HTML)
QA1454: Describes how to make the NSTextField control accept tab, return and enter keys by using the control's dispatch delegate method.
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Cocoa, Text & Fonts, User Experience |
2006-10-09
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How to measure CG text
(HTML)
QA1051: Explains how to measure Core Graphics text.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
2007-08-02
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