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Registering and unregistering for sleep and wake notifications
(HTML)
QA1340: Explains how applications can register and unregister for sleep and wake notifications on Mac OS X.
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Resource Management |
Technical Q&As |
2008-08-08
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Requirements for Quartz GL
(HTML)
QA1536: Describes the requirements for enabling Quartz GL.
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Games, Graphics & Imaging, Performance, User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
2008-08-08
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Using QTPixelBufferContextCreate with NewMovieFromProperties
(HTML)
QA1443: Discusses using a QuickTime pixel buffer visual context and NewMovieFromProperties to output frames to pixel buffers.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2008-08-08
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Getting a Packet Trace
(HTML)
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QA1176: Lists tools available for looking at the network packets on the wire.
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Internet & Web, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2008-06-03
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Determining console user login status
(HTML)
QA1133: How to determine whether a user is logged in on the console, and be notified of changes.
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Process Management |
Technical Q&As |
2008-04-14
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Bonjour Printer Subtype for HTTP
(HTML)
QA1555: Describes how printer vendors can register their bonjour service such that Safari can see them.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2008-03-25
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How to work around HIMovieViewCreate failing
(HTML)
QA1417: Describes how to work around HIMovieViewCreate failing to initialize the view in QuickTime 7
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2008-03-11
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Suppressing the "unexpectedly quit" alert
(HTML)
QA1288: Describes how to suppress the "unexpectedly quit" alert.
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User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
2008-03-11
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Customizing Process Stack Size
(HTML)
QA1419: Describes methods for setting the stack size of a process and/or thread.
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Process Management, Resource Management |
Technical Q&As |
2008-02-20
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AGL Changes for Mac OS X Leopard (v. 10.5)
(HTML)
QA1523: This Q&A describes the new and deprecated APIs for Apple OpenGL (AGL)
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Games, Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
2008-01-04
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Don't forget to cancel your Bonjour resolve
(HTML)
QA1297: Explains why it's important to cancel a Bonjour resolve operation.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2007-08-30
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How to measure CG text
(HTML)
QA1051: Explains how to measure Core Graphics text.
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Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
Technical Q&As |
2007-08-02
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CGBitmapContextCreate Supported Color Spaces
(HTML)
QA1037: Lists the color space and alpha info combinations currently supported by CGBitmapContextCreate.
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Games, Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
2007-07-18
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Printer Queue vs. Printer Name
(HTML)
QA1407: Explains the difference between a printer queue and a printer name.
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Printing |
Technical Q&As |
2007-04-26
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Availability of Quartz Composer Patches in Web Kit
(HTML)
QA1505: Details which Quartz Composer patches are available in Web Kit
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Internet & Web |
Technical Q&As |
2007-03-05
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Advertising a Bonjour service on a specific set of networking interfaces.
(HTML)
QA1513: Explains how to register a Bonjour service only on a specific set of networking interfaces.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2007-02-12
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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 |
Technical Q&As |
2007-02-06
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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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Internationalization |
Technical Q&As |
2006-12-19
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Security Framework Error Codes
(HTML)
QA1499: Explains how to interpret errors returned by the Security Framework with an overview of Security error handling.
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Security |
Technical Q&As |
2006-11-16
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Why am I getting a bdNamErr when trying to use a file I just located?
(HTML)
QA1392: Describes the problem caused by different forbidden characters in POSIX and HFS and a solution around the problem.
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File Management |
Technical Q&As |
2006-11-14
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Why is my application crashing in QuickDraw when I'm not using it?
(HTML)
QA1256: provides an explanation and workaround for a rare but serious problem affecting all applications.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
Technical Q&As |
2006-11-13
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Compression Sessions - Multipass encoding and the pass mode flags
(HTML)
QA1457: Discusses how the pass mode flags work when performing multipass compression operations.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2006-10-02
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Losing the character code when using the control key
(HTML)
QA1446: Explains why the control key transforms the character code instead of simply setting the appropriate modifier bit.
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Human Interface Toolbox, Text & Fonts |
Technical Q&As |
2006-07-17
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Changing the volume of audio devices
(HTML)
QA1016: Demonstrates volume controls for audio devices
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Audio |
Technical Q&As |
2006-05-02
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Enumerating fonts with ATS
(HTML)
QA1471: Describes the different ATS font enumeration methods
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Text & Fonts |
Technical Q&As |
2006-04-14
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CoreAudio Overload Warnings
(HTML)
QA1467: Describes CoreAudio overload warnings what they mean and how to avoid them.
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Audio |
Technical Q&As |
2006-03-29
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ColorSync Color Matching on Intel-based Macs
(HTML)
QA1464: Describes special considerations for byte ordering when performing ColorSync color matching on Intel-based Macs
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Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
2006-03-16
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Sequence Grabber preallocates large file when recording
(HTML)
QA1411: Describes how to prevent the Sequence Grabber from filling your entire disk when recording.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2006-02-06
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Compression Sessions - Configuring options using the Standard Compression dialog
(HTML)
QA1456: Discusses how to configure Compression Session options using Standard Compression dialog.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2006-01-12
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Compression Sessions - Enabling muti-pass encoding
(HTML)
QA1450: Describes how to enable multi-pass encoding when using ICM compression sessions.
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Graphics & Imaging, QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2006-01-12
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Compression Sessions - Temporal compression options
(HTML)
QA1455: Discusses the temporal compression option as it relates to quality and other compression session options.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2006-01-12
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Debugging Graphics with QuartzDebug
(HTML)
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QA1236: Explains how to use QuartzDebug to debug graphics issues.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
2006-01-12
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Decompression Sessions - Setting codec accuracy and field mode
(HTML)
QA1460: Describes how to set codec accuracy and field mode options when creating a decompression sessions.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2006-01-12
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Setting default open Finder window
(HTML)
QA1449: How to set the default Finder window to open when a disk is mounted
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File Management, Human Interface Toolbox |
Technical Q&As |
2006-01-03
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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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Events & Other Input, Human Interface Toolbox |
Technical Q&As |
2005-11-29
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Compression Sessions - Configuring codec quality settings
(HTML)
QA1444: Discusses how to set encoding quality for a Compression Sequence
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2005-10-17
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StopAlert and NoteAlert now use the Application icon
(HTML)
QA1378: System Alerts now use the Application icon to let the User easily identify the source of the alert.
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Human Interface Toolbox, User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
2005-10-04
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Implementing a CVFillExtendedPixelsCallBack
(HTML)
QA1440: Discusses how you implement a Core Video custom extended pixel fill callback function.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2005-09-06
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Registering custom pixel formats with QuickTime and Core Video
(HTML)
QA1401: Discusses how to register custom pixel formats with QuickTime & Core Video with QuickTime 7.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2005-09-06
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Why am I not receiving kEventControlHit events for some of the parts of my custom HIView?
(HTML)
QA1439: Explains why part codes greater than 127 should not be used
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Human Interface Toolbox |
Technical Q&As |
2005-07-14
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Problems getting Bonjour TXT record information
(HTML)
QA1389: Explains why you might have problems retrieving TXT record information from a CFNetServiceRef or NSNetService.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2005-07-06
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Carbon Drawer problem in Mac OS X v10.4 and v10.4.1
(HTML)
QA1435: Workaround for a drawer problem present in Mac OS X v10.4 but fixed in v10.4.2
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Human Interface Toolbox |
Technical Q&As |
2005-06-21
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Unified window title and toolbar appearance in Carbon
(HTML)
QA1423: How to use the unified window title and toolbar appearance for a Carbon window.
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Human Interface Toolbox, User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
2005-06-17
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Weak Linking To Spotlight
(HTML)
QA1422: Describes a problem with weak linking to Spotlight (the Metadata framework), and its solution.
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File Management |
Technical Q&As |
2005-06-03
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Why is my Control/HIView not accepting drops on Mac OS X v10.4 (Tiger)?
(HTML)
QA1426: Explains how to handle correctly the kEventControlDragEnter event so drops will work in a Control or HIView.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
Technical Q&As |
2005-04-29
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iSight - Configuring gain settings for IIDC cameras
(HTML)
QA1421: Discusses how to configure features of IIDC cameras, specifically gain for the iSight
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2005-04-06
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Crash in ABAddPropertiesAndTypes
(HTML)
QA1404: How to correctly add custom Address Book properties using ABAddPropertiesAndTypes
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Apple Applications |
Technical Q&As |
2005-04-04
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Help Book Caching During Software Development
(HTML)
QA1409: Development situations that can potentially confuse Help Viewer
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Tools |
Technical Q&As |
2005-03-30
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Defining and Using the kTransformFocused IconTransformType
(HTML)
QA1414: Documents a new IconTransformType, available in Panther and later, which draws a focus ring around an icon.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
Technical Q&As |
2005-03-29
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Movie Export Component - How to ensure Final Cut Pro recognizes your exporter
(HTML)
QA1415: Explains how to make sure Final Cut Pro will recognizes a custom QuickTime movie export component.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2005-03-08
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Movie Export - Always fill in the MovieExportGetDataParams dataSize field
(HTML)
QA1304: Outlines the importance of correctly filling in the MovieExportGetDataParams dataSize field when exporting from procedures.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2005-02-25
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Storing file references in CFPreferences
(HTML)
QA1350: Storing file references in CFPreferences
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Runtime Architecture |
Technical Q&As |
2005-02-23
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Using language-tagged QuickTime UserData text APIs with CFStrings
(HTML)
QA1410: Describes how to use language-tagged QuickTime UserData text APIs with CFStrings and TextEncodings.
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Core Foundation, QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2005-02-11
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CFBundleIdentifier and user application access
(HTML)
QA1373: Describes the role of CFBundleIdentifier in limiting a user's application access.
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Design Guidelines, Security |
Technical Q&As |
2005-02-08
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Public UTIs supported by Mac OS X v10.3
(HTML)
QA1406: Lists the public UTIs (Uniform Type Identifiers) used by the Pasteboard in Mac OS X v10.3.
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Interapplication Communication |
Technical Q&As |
2005-02-08
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Context Sharing Tips
(HTML)
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QA1248: How to correctly share OpenGL contexts and what the limits on this sharing are.
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Games, Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
2005-02-07
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Resolves may return an IPv6 address in Panther
(HTML)
QA1298: Explains why you get an IP address of 0.0.0.0 when resolving a Bonjour service.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2005-01-10
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Sequence Grabber - Determining the capture resolution of an IIDC device
(HTML)
QA1403: Discusses how to determine the resolution of a captured image from an IIDC device
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2005-01-06
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My custom item dismisses my Navigation Services dialog
(HTML)
QA1381: Gives a workaround for dismissive clicks on items in the custom area of Navigation Services dialogs.
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File Management, Human Interface Toolbox, User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
2004-11-22
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Sending an Email
(HTML)
QA1084: Shows how to create an email in the user's prefered email application.
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Interapplication Communication, Internet & Web, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2004-11-05
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Private HITheme APIs in Mac OS X 10.2 should not be called
(HTML)
QA1377: Explains why weak-linked API common runtime check is not good enough for the HITheme APIs.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
Technical Q&As |
2004-10-27
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Sorting Like the Finder
(HTML)
QA1159: Shows how to sort strings like the Finder's list view.
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File Management, Text & Fonts |
Technical Q&As |
2004-10-27
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Preventing sleep
(HTML)
QA1160: Explains how your application can prevent the system from sleeping.
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Resource Management |
Technical Q&As |
2004-10-22
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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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File Management, Human Interface Toolbox |
Technical Q&As |
2004-10-15
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Fixing the Layout Binding of the Tab control User Panes
(HTML)
QA1161: Describes the Tab control hierarchy and layouts of its panes and provides a fix to a common problem.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
Technical Q&As |
2004-10-14
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Managing custom drawing code in a compositing world
(HTML)
QA1162: Explains why any custom drawing code must be handled by the kEventControlDraw handler of a custom HIView
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Human Interface Toolbox |
Technical Q&As |
2004-10-14
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Clickable Static Text Item
(HTML)
QA1380: Explains how to make a static text item respond to clicks
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Human Interface Toolbox, User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
2004-10-05
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SetFontInfoForSelection incorrect prototype
(HTML)
QA1375: Describes the incorrect prototyping of the SetFontInfoForSelection API and gives a workaround.
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Events & Other Input, Human Interface Toolbox, Text & Fonts, User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
2004-10-04
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Adding a movie reference to a movie
(HTML)
QA1376: Demonstrates how to add a reference for a movie to another movie
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2004-09-16
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Movies - Saving movie playback hints
(HTML)
QA1366: Explains how to save and load media play hints from Movie files.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2004-09-14
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Avoiding Pauses When Looping Audio files with QuickTime
(HTML)
QA1371: Demonstrates how to avoid pauses when looping audio files with QuickTime
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Audio |
Technical Q&As |
2004-09-08
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Bonjour enforces the TXT record format in Panther
(HTML)
QA1306: Explains how mDNSResponder enforces the proper TXT record format in Panther.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2004-07-14
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Updating the TXT record of a Bonjour service
(HTML)
QA1302: Explains how to update a Bonjour TXT record while running on either Jaguar or Panther.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2004-07-14
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Dynamically registering a bundled component
(HTML)
QA1083: Describes how to dynamically register a Component which resides in an Application bundle.
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Core Foundation, QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2004-06-07
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Discovering all advertised Bonjour service types
(HTML)
QA1337: Explains how to discover all Bonjour service types being advertised on the local network.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2004-06-01
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Avoiding the -42 error with DiscRecording
(HTML)
QA1292: Explains how to workaround the -42 error when using the DiscRecording API.
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File Management |
Technical Q&As |
2004-05-25
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Directories Appear as Volume Aliases
(HTML)
QA1351: Discusses how VFS plug-ins should handle device numbers to ensure compatibility with Carbon applications.
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File Management |
Technical Q&As |
2004-05-25
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Bonjour enforces the service type format in Panther
(HTML)
QA1198: Explains why registering a Bonjour service might fail on Panther.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2004-03-23
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Use the Computer Name when registering your Bonjour service
(HTML)
QA1228: Explains why you should use the Computer Name when advertising a Bonjour service.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2004-03-05
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X11 FAQ
(HTML)
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QA1232: Frequently Asked Questions about using Apple's X Window System (X11) implementation.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
Technical Q&As |
2003-11-17
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Why doesn't my Scrolling Text Box control work in a compositing window?
(HTML)
QA1324: Explains why some older controls do not function properly in compositing windows and points to a replacement.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
Technical Q&As |
2003-11-13
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Downloading through a proxy server in Mac OS X
(HTML)
QA1296: Explains when downloading through a proxy server will work, and when it will fail.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2003-10-29
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Environment Variables
(HTML)
QA1255: Describes how a process gets its environment variables.
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Runtime Architecture |
Technical Q&As |
2003-10-29
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URL Access vs. CFNetwork
(HTML)
QA1291: Explains when to choose URL Access or CFNetwork when downloading files from within your application.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2003-10-29
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Why isn't my edit text box in my Navigation dialog's custom area working on 10.3?
(HTML)
QA1315: Explains a bug in the Mac OS X 10.3 Navigation Services Custom Area involving the EditText and its work around.
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Human Interface Toolbox, User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
2003-10-28
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Bonjour TXT record rate limiting in Panther
(HTML)
QA1293: Explains how mDNSResponder implements TXT record rate limiting in Panther.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2003-10-23
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Registering a Bonjour service multiple times
(HTML)
QA1311: Explains why registering the same Bonjour service twice on the same machine doesn't cause a name conflict.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2003-10-23
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Third party VFS can't unmount on Mac OS X 10.3
(HTML)
QA1308: Describes changes in unmounting behavior for VFS plug-ins under Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther."
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File Management |
Technical Q&As |
2003-10-23
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Bonjour and wake from sleep
(HTML)
QA1290: Explains why applications that use Bonjour should stay registered and continue browsing on sleep.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2003-09-18
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NSL and how it relates to Bonjour
(HTML)
QA1299: Explains the relationship between NSL and Bonjour.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2003-09-18
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CFXML to CFPropertyListRef (and back!)
(HTML)
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QA1208: Describes to how save and restore a CFPropertyListRef to and from an XML file.
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Data Management |
Technical Q&As |
2003-08-29
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Non Mac OS X Bundled data-fork based Resources
(HTML)
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QA1098: Mac OS X Bundled data-fork based Resources
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Data Management, Design Guidelines, File Management, Process Management, Resource Management, Runtime Architecture |
Technical Q&As |
2003-08-20
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Filtering QuickTime media types in Navigation Services
(HTML)
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QA1274: Describes how to filter QuickTime media types in a Navigation Services filter procedure.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
Technical Q&As |
2003-07-23
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The Data Browser GetDataBrowserUserState API
(HTML)
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QA1270: Explains a problematic Data Browser API definition and how to work around it.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
Technical Q&As |
2003-07-22
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CGImageRef contents are immutable
(HTML)
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QA1276: Explains that CGImageRef contents are considered immutable once created.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
2003-07-17
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Updating OpenGL Contexts
(HTML)
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QA1209: When and why to update an OpenGL context in response to system and user actions.
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Games, Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
2003-06-19
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Empty Memory Objects
(HTML)
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QA1259: Describes how two memory management edge cases are handled by the common Mac OS memory allocators.
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Accessibility, Data Management |
Technical Q&As |
2003-04-21
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Is ColorSync thread safe?
(HTML)
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QA1261: Discusses ColorSync thread-safety issues.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
2003-04-17
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Notifying the Finder of changed or newly created files
(HTML)
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QA1260: Recommended approach to notifying the Finder to update its open windows of a file creation or change.
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File Management, Human Interface Toolbox, Interapplication Communication |
Technical Q&As |
2003-04-15
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PPPoE Server for Testing
(HTML)
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QA1252: Describes how to configure Mac OS X as a PPPoE server for testing purposes.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2003-04-11
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