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Leopard Guides: Performance
The performance of Cocoa applications can be measured, evaluated, and optimized using Apple's developer tools, technologies, and programming interfaces. Developers can fine-tune their applications for high performance using tools such as the Shark code-profiling application, features such as multiprocessing, and APIs such as the one for the vDSP library.
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Cocoa Performance Guidelines (HTML) (PDF)
Guidelines for improving the performance of Cocoa applications.
 2005-08-11
Code Size Performance Guidelines (HTML) (PDF)
Guidelines for reducing the size of an application binary.
 2006-06-28
Code Speed Performance Guidelines (HTML) (PDF)
Guidelines for improving the performance and efficiency of code.
 2005-07-07
Debugging Cocoa Applications (HTML) (PDF)
Tips and techniques for debugging Cocoa applications.
 2002-11-12
File-System Performance Guidelines (HTML) (PDF)
Guidelines for improving the performance of file-related code.
 2005-07-07
Launch Time Performance Guidelines (HTML) (PDF)
Guidelines for improving the launch performance of an application.
 2006-04-04
Memory Usage Performance Guidelines (HTML) (PDF)
Guidelines for improving the performance of memory-related code.
 2006-06-28
Threading Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Explains how to use threads in Cocoa applications.
 2008-02-08