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Disc Recording UI Framework Reference
(HTML)
Describes the Objective-C and C API for presenting a user interface when burning audio and data CDs and DVDs.
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Audio, File Management, User Experience |
Reference |
2008-04-08
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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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DiscRecording Release Notes
(HTML)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5
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File Management, User Experience |
Release Notes |
2007-10-31
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Distributed Objects Programming Topics
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how Objective-C objects in different threads or different processes communicate.
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Interapplication Communication, Networking, Objective-C Language |
Guides |
2007-06-06
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Dock Tile Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to provide an icon and contextual menu in Carbon applications.
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User Experience |
Guides |
2009-03-04
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DockTile
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates how to customize your application's icon in the Dock by using the NSDockTile class.
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User Experience |
Sample Code |
2007-09-11
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Document-Based Applications Overview
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to design and implement Cocoa applications that manage multiple documents.
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Design Guidelines |
Guides |
2009-01-12
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DOMDocument Additions Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the API added to the DOMDocument class to facilitate communication between WebKit and the DOM API.
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User Experience |
Reference |
2008-10-15
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DOMElement Additions Reference
(HTML)
Describes the API added to the DOMElement class to facilitate communication between WebKit and the DOM API.
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User Experience |
Reference |
2008-10-15
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DOMHTMLDocument Additions Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the API added to the DOMHTMLDocument class to facilitate communication between WebKit and the DOM API.
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User Experience |
Reference |
2009-01-26
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DOMHTMLFrameElement Additions Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the API added to the DOMHTMLFrameElement class to facilitate communication between WebKit and the DOM API.
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User Experience |
Reference |
2006-05-23
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DOMHTMLIFrameElement Additions Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the API added to the DOMHTMLIFrameElement class to facilitate communication between WebKit and the DOM API.
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User Experience |
Reference |
2006-05-23
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DOMHTMLObjectElement Additions Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the API added to the DOMHTMLObjectElement class to facilitate communication between WebKit and the DOM API.
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User Experience |
Reference |
2006-05-23
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DOMNode Additions Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the API added to the DOMNode class to facilitate communication between WebKit and the DOM API.
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User Experience |
Reference |
2009-02-04
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DOMRange Additions Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the API added to the DOMRange class to facilitate communication between WebKit and the DOM API.
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User Experience |
Reference |
2008-10-15
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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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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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Drag and Drop Programming Topics for Cocoa
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to implement drag and drop in Cocoa.
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Events & Other Input, Interapplication Communication, User Experience |
Guides |
2006-06-28
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DragItemAround
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Illustrates creating a custom subclass of NSView.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Sample Code |
2006-03-16
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Drawers
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use Cocoa drawers.
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User Experience |
Guides |
2003-02-04
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Drawing a Path Multiple Times
(HTML)
QA1047: Explains that path drawing operations consume the path.
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Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
Technical Q&As |
2001-07-02
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Drawing attributed strings that are both filled and stroked
(HTML)
QA1531: Describes how the value of NSStrokeWidthAttributeName indicates fill, stroke, or both, in attributed strings.
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Text & Fonts |
Technical Q&As |
2008-03-25
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Drawing Performance Guidelines
(HTML)
(PDF)
Guidelines for improving the speed of drawing code.
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Performance |
Guides |
2006-04-04
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Driving OpenGL Rendering Loops
(HTML)
QA1385: Using Core Video display links (CVDisplayLink) or Cocoa timers (NSTimer) to drive an OpenGL rendering loop
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Events & Other Input, Games, Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
2009-05-01
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DynamicProperties
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates dynamically resolved properties, using a new Objective C 2.0 feature: dynamically resolved methods.
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Objective-C Language |
Sample Code |
2006-08-01
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Embedding Hyperlinks in NSTextField and NSTextView
(HTML)
QA1487: Shows how a Cocoa app can embed a hyperlink inside both NSTextField and NSTextView using NSAttributedString.
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Text & Fonts, User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
2006-10-02
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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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User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
2008-01-21
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The Enhanced Print Apple Event
(HTML)
TN2082: Describes an enhancement to the print Apple event that gives developers more control over scripted printing.
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Printing |
Technical Notes |
2003-12-09
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EnhancedAudioBurn
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
This Objective-C sample demonstrates how to burn RedBook Audio CDs.
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File Management |
Sample Code |
2005-07-06
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EnhancedDataBurn
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Objective-C sample which shows how to burn a data disc containing a complete virtual filesystem.
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File Management |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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Ensuring Backwards Binary Compatibility - Weak Linking and Availability Macros on Mac OS X
(HTML)
( )
TN2064: Ensuring that Mach-O applications built using today's Mac OS X runs on previous versions of the OS.
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Design Guidelines, Runtime Architecture |
Technical Notes |
2003-02-18
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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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Eraser
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Uses the DiscRecordingUI framework to present the standard erase, selection and progress dialogs.
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File Management |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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Error Handling Programming Guide For Cocoa
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes NSError objects, related Application Kit support for error handling, and how to use these features in your code.
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Design Guidelines, Objective-C Language |
Guides |
2009-03-04
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Event-Driven XML Programming Guide for Cocoa
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to process XML documents using the Cocoa streaming parser.
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Data Management |
Guides |
2008-09-09
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Exception Handling Framework Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the API used to monitor and debug exceptional conditions in Objective-C code.
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Objective-C Language |
Reference |
2006-10-03
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Exception Programming Topics for Cocoa
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to raise and handle exceptions in Cocoa applications.
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Objective-C Language, Performance |
Guides |
2007-10-02
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Exclusive File Access in Mac OS X
(HTML)
()
TN2037: Covers exclusive file access In Mac OS X
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File Management |
Technical Notes |
2002-05-01
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Expanding Tilde-based paths
(HTML)
QA1549: Demonstrates how to resolve tilde-based relevant paths.
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File Management |
Technical Q&As |
2008-09-08
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ExtractMovieAudioToAIFF
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates how to extract audio from QuickTime Movies and write the data to an AIFF file.
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Audio, QuickTime |
Sample Code |
2006-03-31
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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.
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Graphics & Imaging, User Experience |
Sample Code |
2003-10-27
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Fiendishthngs
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Fiendishthngs lists all the the Components it finds on the system and lets you query them for information.
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QuickTime |
Sample Code |
2007-09-13
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File Manager Performance and Caching
(HTML)
FL16: Discusses traditional Mac OS file system input/output performance issues and the File Manager's volume cache.
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File Management |
Technical Notes |
2000-09-01
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File System Overview
(HTML)
(PDF)
Conceptual information and guidelines describing the structure and usage of the Mac OS X file system.
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File Management |
Guides |
2008-07-11
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File Wrappers with Core Data Documents
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
This sample demonstrates how directory file wrappers can be used with NSPersistentDocument.
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Data Management, File Management |
Sample Code |
2009-04-29
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File-System Performance Guidelines
(HTML)
(PDF)
Guidelines for improving the performance of file-related code.
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Performance |
Guides |
2005-07-07
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FileNotification
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
kqueue file notification introduced in 10.3. Notification API to detect file system modifications.
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File Management |
Sample Code |
2005-10-27
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filesystem_examples
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Collection of command line tools illustrating filesystem features.
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File Management |
Sample Code |
2006-01-10
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Find By Content Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Deprecated - Describes the legacy C API for performing relevance-ranked searches. Replaced by Search Kit.
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Data Management, Text & Fonts, User Experience |
Reference |
2006-07-13
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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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Graphics & Imaging, User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
2005-03-08
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Finding EXC_BAD_ACCESS bugs in a Cocoa project
(HTML)
QA1367: Discusses how to find memory protection violations or EXC_BAD_ACCESS bugs in Cocoa projects.
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Resource Management |
Technical Q&As |
2006-10-10
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Font Handling
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains the Cocoa font management system and how users select fonts.
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Text & Fonts |
Guides |
2008-02-08
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Font Panel
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use the Cocoa Font panel.
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Text & Fonts, User Experience |
Guides |
2004-08-31
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Forms
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use Cocoa forms.
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User Experience |
Guides |
2002-11-12
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Foundation Constants Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes constants in the Foundation framework.
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Data Management, Objective-C Language |
Reference |
2009-05-06
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Foundation Data Types Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the common data types in the Foundation framework.
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Data Management, Objective-C Language |
Reference |
2008-09-09
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Foundation Framework Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the Foundation framework API.
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General, Objective-C Language |
Reference |
2008-06-27
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Foundation Functions Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes Foundation framework functions.
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Data Management |
Reference |
2008-10-15
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Foundation Reference Update
(HTML)
(PDF)
Summarizes the symbols added to the Foundation framework.
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General |
Release Notes |
2007-07-18
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Foundation Release Notes
(HTML)
Describes new features, notes, and known issues for the Foundation framework in Mac OS X v10.5.
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Design Guidelines, Scripting & Automation |
Release Notes |
2007-10-31
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Foundation Release Notes (10.4 and earlier)
(HTML)
Release notes for older versions of Mac OS X.
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General |
Release Notes |
2009-01-06
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Frequently Asked Text Services Manager (TSM) Questions
(HTML)
TN2128: Regroups a collection of Text Services Manager (TSM) questions frequently asked by Input Method Developers
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Events & Other Input, Text & Fonts |
Technical Notes |
2005-06-24
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FSCopyObject
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Copy engine for copying files and directories.
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File Management |
Sample Code |
2004-03-19
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FSMegaInfo
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Prints information about various file system objects; helpful when debugging VFS plug-ins.
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File Management |
Sample Code |
2008-02-25
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FSSetCatalogInfo versus UID and GID
(HTML)
()
QA1251: Describes why FSSetCatalogInfo does not set the UID and GID of the file, and provides a work around.
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File Management |
Technical Q&As |
2003-03-26
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FunkyOverlayWindow
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates several window layering, transparency and widget interaction techniques in Cocoa.
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Events & Other Input, Graphics & Imaging, User Experience |
Sample Code |
2003-05-08
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Garbage Collection Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the garbage collection system for Cocoa.
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Design Guidelines, Objective-C Language, Performance, Runtime Architecture |
Guides |
2008-11-19
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Garbage Collection Release Notes
(HTML)
Describes features, issues, and workarounds related to Mac OS X v10.5 and its support of garbage collection.
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Objective-C Language |
Release Notes |
2007-10-31
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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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Printing |
Technical Q&As |
2008-08-08
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GCC Porting Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Provides guidance on how to migrate projects to new GCC releases.
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Intel-Based Macs |
Guides |
2006-10-03
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GeekGameBoard
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to use Core Animation for the user interface of a board or card game.
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Games, Graphics & Imaging |
Sample Code |
2007-12-19
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GetMACAddressSample
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates how to retrieve the MAC address for each Ethernet interface from the Mac OS X I/O Registry.
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Networking, Security |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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GetPrimaryMACAddress
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates retrieving the MAC address of the built-in Ethernet controller. Useful for uniquely identifying a Macintosh system.
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Networking, Security |
Sample Code |
2005-10-27
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Getting a Packet Trace
(HTML)
()
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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Getting images in and out from Quartz Composer compositions
(HTML)
TN2143: Describes how to efficiently pass images into and out of Quartz Composer
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Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Notes |
2005-10-04
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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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Tools, User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
2001-05-03
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Getting the pixel data from a CGImage object
(HTML)
QA1509: Describes how to access the pixel data of a CGImage object
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Games, Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
2008-08-27
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GLChildWindowDemo
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows using Cocoa's child windows and Quartz Extreme to provide 2D/3D overlays above 3D content.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Sample Code |
2003-04-21
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GLSLShowpiece
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
GLSLShowpiece demonstrates several Vertex and Fragment shaders
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Games, Graphics & Imaging |
Sample Code |
2006-07-17
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GNU C/C++/Objective-C 4.0.1 Compiler User Guide
(HTML)
Describes the Apple version of the GNU 4.0.1 compiler.
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Intel-Based Macs |
Reference |
2007-10-31
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Going Universal: Audio Developers Catch the Wave
(HTML)
Learn how audio developers who built universal binaries of their applications are reaping the benefits.
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Audio, Porting |
Articles |
2006-07-18
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Grady
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the NSGradient class.
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Graphics & Imaging, User Experience |
Sample Code |
2007-02-28
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Graphics Exporters - Creating 16-bit-per-channel image files
(HTML)
QA1354: Discusses how to use QuickTime Graphics Exporters to create 16-bit-per-channel image files.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2004-06-03
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GridCalendar
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates how to add a custom job submission UI to the GridSample project.
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Networking |
Sample Code |
2005-06-01
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Guide to Creating Kiosks on Mac OS X
(HTML)
()
TN2062: Discusses techniques used in creating applications which require kiosk-like functionality on Mac OS X.
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User Experience |
Technical Notes |
2003-02-24
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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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HFS Plus Volume Format
(HTML)
()
TN1150: Describes the physical layout of an HFS Plus volume.
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File Management |
Technical Notes |
2004-03-05
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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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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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Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
2005-06-01
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How can I programmatically determine the DPI of the current video mode?
(HTML)
()
QA1217: Describes how to compute the DPI for a given display in a given mode using Core Graphics.
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Games, Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
2002-12-02
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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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Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
2004-10-11
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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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Graphics & Imaging, Objective-C Language |
Technical Q&As |
2007-12-19
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How do I tell if a particular display is being hardware accelerated by Quartz Extreme?
(HTML)
()
QA1218: Describes how to use CGDisplayUsesOpenGLAcceleration to see if a display is accelerated or not.
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Games, Graphics & Imaging, Performance |
Technical Q&As |
2002-12-04
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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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Interapplication Communication |
Technical Q&As |
2003-09-15
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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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User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
2006-08-01
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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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User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
2001-05-03
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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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Text & Fonts, User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
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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Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
Technical Q&As |
2007-08-02
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How to remove the "Open Recent" menu item in a Document-based Cocoa application
(HTML)
QA1289: Explains how to remove the "Open Recent" menu item in a Document-based Cocoa application.
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User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
2003-09-15
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How to set a custom drag image when doing an HFS Promise drag in Cocoa
(HTML)
QA1200: Explains how to set a custom drag image when doing an HFS Promise drag in Cocoa.
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Interapplication Communication, User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
2003-09-15
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