Leopard Reference Library: Cocoa
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2008-10-24 Animating the frame of a CALayer. (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&As
2008-10-15 Animation Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typos.
 Minor Change Guides
2009-02-04 CALayer Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added -init method description.
 Minor Change Reference
2008-09-30 CALayerEssentials (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates the basics of setting up various Core Animation layers
 First Version Sample Code
2009-03-04 CAMediaTiming Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Documented kCAFillModeFrozen as deprecated.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-01-06 Cocoa Drawing Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Updated the guidelines associated with resolution independent drawing.
 Minor Change Guides
2009-03-04 Color Programming Topics for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Removed statement that drawing to printers doesn't support alpha.
 Minor Change Guides
2008-11-13 Core Animation Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Introduces iPhone SDK content to Mac OS X content. Corrects frame animation capabilities.
 Content Update Guides
2008-11-24 Core Animation properties and Reference Counting (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&As
2009-05-01 Driving OpenGL Rendering Loops (HTML)
Corrected a typo.
 Minor Change Technical Q&As
2009-03-04 IKSlideshowDataSource Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Adding note that data source methods may be called on secondary threads.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-05-06 Image Unit Tutorial (HTML) (PDF)
Updated line 7 of listing 2-7.
 Minor Change Guides
2009-05-06 NSAnimatablePropertyContainer Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typos.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-01-06 NSBitmapImageRep Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated the descriptions of the initWithCGImage: and initWithCIImage: methods.
 Minor Change Reference
2008-10-15 NSBox Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected descriptions of getter methods in "Customizing" method group, setTitleFont:, and titleFont.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-01-06 NSColor Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added definition for NSAppKitVersionNumberWithPatternColorLeakFix macro.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-01-06 NSGradient Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated the method descriptions that involve drawing radial gradients with relative center positions.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-01-06 NSImage Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated the description of the alignmentRect method.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-01-06 NSImageRep Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added a definition for the NSImageRepRegistryChangedNotification macro.
 Minor Change Reference
2008-10-15 NSOpenGLPixelFormat Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated the the constants section to reflect changes in Mac OS X v10.5.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-01-06 NSPanel Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added information about NSHUDWindowMask constant.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-01-06 NSScreen Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated the information regarding what constitutes the main screen.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-02-04 NSShadow Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added a description for NSShadow's init method.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-02-04 NSView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typos.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-03-04 NSWindow Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed several typographical errors, added information to setFrameAutosaveName:, and documented several undocumented symbols.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-04-07 QTCoreVideo202 (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Performance improvement with movie pixel buffersand streaming textures.
 Minor Change Sample Code
2009-04-07 QTCoreVideo301 (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Fixed an issue with shader units that caused an OpenGL error.
 Content Update Sample Code
2008-10-15 Quartz Composer Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Added description of "onloading" HTML attribute in Quartz Composer WebKit plug-in.
 Minor Change Guides
2008-10-15 WebKit Objective-C Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Minor edits throughout.
 Minor Change Guides