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Building Universal Binaries from "configure"-based Open Source Projects
(HTML)
TN2137: Describes some methods for building some existing "configure"-based Open Source packages as universal binaries.
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Porting |
Technical Notes |
2006-10-05
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Developing Cross-Platform UNIX Applications with Mac OS X
(HTML)
Learn tips for developing code on Mac OS X for deployment on other UNIX platforms.
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Porting |
Articles |
2004-08-30
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Getting List of All Processes on Mac OS X
(HTML)
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QA1123: Describes how, using Carbon and BSD respectively, to list all applications and processes.
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Porting |
Technical Q&As |
2002-03-05
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Is dlopen available on all versions of Mac OS X?
(HTML)
()
QA1180: Describes how to dynamically link to libraries and plug-ins, typically done with dlopen.
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Porting |
Technical Q&As |
2008-08-19
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MoreIsBetter
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Library providing indispensable wrapers and workarounds for many areas of Mac OS programming.
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Porting |
Sample Code |
2003-10-27
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Moriarity
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Implementing a Cocoa GUI that wraps command-line functionality, calling a UNIX task and presenting the results in a GUI.
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Porting |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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Packaging UNIX Software
(HTML)
Explains how to post UNIX and other command-line tools to Apple's Macintosh Product Guide.
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Porting |
Guides |
2001-04-20
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Pascal to C: PROCEDURE Parameters
(HTML)
Deprecated - PT31: Nested procedures and PROCEDURE parameters in Pascal when converting them into C or C++.
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Porting |
Technical Notes |
1990-02-01
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Perl, Python, and Ruby Extensions Release Notes
(HTML)
Describes how to create universal binary extensions for Perl, Python, and Ruby.
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Porting |
Release Notes |
2007-10-31
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PIDFromBSDProcessName
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Provides a simple API to do process PID lookup based on BSD process name.
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Porting |
Sample Code |
2003-02-13
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Porting Command Line Unix Tools to Mac OS X
(HTML)
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TN2071: A general guide for Unix developers porting software to Mac OS X.
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Porting |
Technical Notes |
2003-09-03
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Porting Drivers to Mac OS X
(HTML)
(PDF)
Tips and code samples to help UNIX/Linux device driver developers bring their drivers to Mac OS X.
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Porting |
Guides |
2009-05-06
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Porting UNIX/Linux Applications to Mac OS X
(HTML)
(PDF)
Conceptual information and tips about porting UNIX and Linux applications to Mac OS X.
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Porting |
Guides |
2008-04-08
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Setting environment variables for user processes
(HTML)
QA1067: Tells how to set environment variables for user processes.
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Porting |
Technical Q&As |
2001-10-25
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Static linking of user binaries on Mac OS X
(HTML)
()
QA1118: Explains why static linking of user binaries is not supported on Mac OS X, and possible workarounds.
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Porting |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-07
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Symbol Variants Release Notes
(HTML)
Describes symbol variants, a way of providing multiple versions of symbols for backwards compatibility.
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Porting |
Release Notes |
2007-10-16
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Tiger Developer Overview Series: Developing 64-bit Applications
(HTML)
Learn how Mac OS X Tiger breaks the limitations of 32-bit computing.
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Porting |
Articles |
2004-12-20
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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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Printing |
Technical Q&As |
2008-03-25
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Affinity API Release Notes for Mac OS X v10.5
(HTML)
Explains how to influence which CPU core runs a group of threads (for performance optimization).
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Process Management |
Release Notes |
2007-10-31
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BootstrapDump
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Print Mach bootstrap namespace information.
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Process Management |
Sample Code |
2008-06-18
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CFLocalServer
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Uses UNIX domain sockets to communicate between client and server programs on the same machine.
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Process Management |
Sample Code |
2005-07-26
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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 |
Technical Q&As |
2008-02-20
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Daemons and Agents
(HTML)
TN2083: Describes the most common problems encountered with daemons and agents, and suggests detailed solutions.
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Process Management |
Technical Notes |
2007-11-05
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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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Getting Started with launchd
(HTML)
Learn about launchd and see how to migrate your configuration files.
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Process Management |
Articles |
2005-08-22
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Mach Absolute Time Units
(HTML)
QA1398: Describes how to convert Mach absolute time units to real time, and vice versa.
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Process Management |
Technical Q&As |
2005-01-06
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MoreIsBetter
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Library providing indispensable wrapers and workarounds for many areas of Mac OS programming.
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Process Management |
Sample Code |
2003-10-27
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Observing Process Lifetimes Without Polling
(HTML)
TN2050: Shows a variety of methods to observe process lifetimes without polling.
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Process Management |
Technical Notes |
2008-09-10
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PIDFromBSDProcessName
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Provides a simple API to do process PID lookup based on BSD process name.
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Process Management |
Sample Code |
2003-02-13
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Running At Login
(HTML)
TN2228: Describes how to write code that's coordinated with the login process.
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Process Management |
Technical Notes |
2008-09-16
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SampleD
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates use of launchd and Apple System Logger.
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Process Management |
Sample Code |
2005-10-27
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UTXplorer
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Uses the <utmpx.h> API to display current login sessions and login history.
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Process Management |
Sample Code |
2008-03-19
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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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Resource Management |
Technical Q&As |
2008-02-20
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I/O Kit Fundamentals
(HTML)
(PDF)
The basics of developing device drivers. Includes descriptions of I/O Kit families.
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Resource Management |
Guides |
2007-05-17
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Mach Absolute Time Units
(HTML)
QA1398: Describes how to convert Mach absolute time units to real time, and vice versa.
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Resource Management |
Technical Q&As |
2005-01-06
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MachPortDump
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Dumps out the Mach port name space of a process; useful when debugging port right leaks.
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Resource Management |
Sample Code |
2005-08-10
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MapLargeFile
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows a technique for mapping files greater than 4GB into memory for faster access.
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Resource Management |
Sample Code |
2003-11-19
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MoreIsBetter
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Library providing indispensable wrapers and workarounds for many areas of Mac OS programming.
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Resource Management |
Sample Code |
2003-10-27
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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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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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CheckExecutableArchitecture
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Determine whether a particular Mach-O executable contains a version suitable for executing on a given processor architecture.
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Runtime Architecture |
Sample Code |
2006-02-07
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Dynamic Library Programming Topics
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to design, implement, and use dynamic libraries.
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Runtime Architecture |
Guides |
2009-02-26
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Is dlopen available on all versions of Mac OS X?
(HTML)
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QA1180: Describes how to dynamically link to libraries and plug-ins, typically done with dlopen.
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Runtime Architecture |
Technical Q&As |
2008-08-19
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Mac OS X ABI Dynamic Loader Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the functions used to access Mach-O files.
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Runtime Architecture |
Reference |
2005-11-09
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Mac OS X ABI Mach-O File Format Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the data structures that make up the Mach-O file format.
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Runtime Architecture |
Reference |
2009-02-04
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Mac OS X Notification Overview
(HTML)
(PDF)
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Runtime Architecture |
Guides |
2007-05-15
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MemoryBasedBundle
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to execute Mach-O code from memory, much like GetMemFragment in CFM.
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Runtime Architecture |
Sample Code |
2005-08-10
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MoreIsBetter
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Library providing indispensable wrapers and workarounds for many areas of Mac OS programming.
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Runtime Architecture |
Sample Code |
2003-10-27
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Static linking of user binaries on Mac OS X
(HTML)
()
QA1118: Explains why static linking of user binaries is not supported on Mac OS X, and possible workarounds.
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Runtime Architecture |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-07
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System Startup Programming Topics
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains the boot process used to initialize the Mac OS X operating system.
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Runtime Architecture |
Guides |
2008-11-19
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Authorization Services Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to add fine-grained control of privileged operations in an application.
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Security |
Guides |
2009-01-06
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Code Signing Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how you can sign your code and why you should.
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Security |
Guides |
2008-11-19
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Code Signing Release Notes
(HTML)
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Security |
Release Notes |
2007-10-31
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CryptNoMore
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to authenticate a user using Open Directory (Directory Services).
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Security |
Sample Code |
2008-03-17
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CryptoSample
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Contains sample code showing symmetric encryption and message digest calculation.
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Security |
Sample Code |
2003-02-06
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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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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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Security |
Sample Code |
2005-10-27
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KauthORama
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Prints each Kauth request, illustrating how Kauth interacts with high-level operations, like copying files.
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Security |
Sample Code |
2007-04-30
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Kerberos: Highly Secure Single Sign On Authentication in Mac OS X
(HTML)
Learn how you can take advantage of Kerberos in your application.
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Security |
Articles |
2007-02-05
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Kernel Authorization
(HTML)
TN2127: Describes the kernel authorization (kauth) subsystem and its associated KPI.
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Security |
Technical Notes |
2007-01-16
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Mac OS X and root access
(HTML)
QA1013: Describes how to enable root access in Mac OS X.
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Security |
Technical Q&As |
2008-09-16
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Mac OS X Code Signing In Depth
(HTML)
TN2206: Intermediate to expert level overview of code signing that details specific options and gotchas
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Security |
Technical Notes |
2008-08-06
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MoreIsBetter
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Library providing indispensable wrapers and workarounds for many areas of Mac OS programming.
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Security |
Sample Code |
2003-10-27
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QISA
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates the basics of writing an Internet setup assistant for traditional Mac OS and Mac OS X.
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Security |
Sample Code |
2003-05-15
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Secure Coding Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes techniques to use and factors to consider to make your code more secure from attack.
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Security |
Guides |
2008-05-23
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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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Security Overview
(HTML)
(PDF)
An introduction to computer security concepts and the security APIs in Mac OS X and iPhone OS.
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Security |
Guides |
2008-10-15
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SSLSample
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Contains examples showing how to use SecureTransport.
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Security |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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Suppressing the "unexpectedly quit" alert
(HTML)
QA1288: Describes how to suppress the "unexpectedly quit" alert.
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Security |
Technical Q&As |
2008-03-11
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Uniquely Identifying a Macintosh Computer
(HTML)
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TN1103: How to identify a specific Macintosh computer.
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Security |
Technical Notes |
2006-04-25
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Building Universal Binaries from "configure"-based Open Source Projects
(HTML)
TN2137: Describes some methods for building some existing "configure"-based Open Source packages as universal binaries.
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Tools |
Technical Notes |
2006-10-05
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Cross-Development Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to build software for versions of Mac OS X other than the one the development tools are running on.
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Tools |
Guides |
2006-11-07
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Developing Cross-Platform UNIX Applications with Mac OS X
(HTML)
Learn tips for developing code on Mac OS X for deployment on other UNIX platforms.
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Tools |
Articles |
2004-08-30
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GNU C 4.0 Preprocessor User Guide
(HTML)
Describes the Apple version of the GNU C 4.0 Preprocessor.
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Tools |
Reference |
2007-10-31
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GNU C 4.2 Preprocessor User Guide
(HTML)
Describes the Apple version of the GNU C 4.2 Preprocessor.
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Tools |
Reference |
2008-01-23
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GNU C/C++/Objective-C 3.3 Compiler
(HTML)
Explains how to use the GNU compilers from the command line.
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Tools |
Reference |
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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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Tools |
Reference |
2007-10-31
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GNU C/C++/Objective-C 4.2.1 Compiler User Guide
(HTML)
Describes the Apple version of the GNU 4.2.1 compiler.
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Tools |
Reference |
2008-01-23
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HeaderDoc User Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to extract API reference documentation from commented header files.
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Tools |
Guides |
2008-04-08
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IOKit Framework Headers
(HTML)
()
QA1107: Describes the differences between the headers in IOKit.framework and the I/O Kit headers in Kernel.framework.
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Tools |
Technical Q&As |
2002-01-15
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Is dlopen available on all versions of Mac OS X?
(HTML)
()
QA1180: Describes how to dynamically link to libraries and plug-ins, typically done with dlopen.
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Tools |
Technical Q&As |
2008-08-19
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Mac OS X ABI Mach-O File Format Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the data structures that make up the Mach-O file format.
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Tools |
Reference |
2009-02-04
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Mac OS X Man Pages
(HTML)
HTML versions of the Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Xcode Tools, and CHUD man pages.
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Tools |
Reference |
2008-04-29
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Netwide Assembler Guide
(HTML)
Describes the Netwide Assembler for Intel-based Macs.
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Tools |
Reference |
2008-06-19
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Packaging UNIX Software
(HTML)
Explains how to post UNIX and other command-line tools to Apple's Macintosh Product Guide.
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Tools |
Guides |
2001-04-20
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Perl, Python, and Ruby Extensions Release Notes
(HTML)
Describes how to create universal binary extensions for Perl, Python, and Ruby.
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Tools |
Release Notes |
2007-10-31
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PIDFromBSDProcessName
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Provides a simple API to do process PID lookup based on BSD process name.
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Tools |
Sample Code |
2003-02-13
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Porting UNIX/Linux Applications to Mac OS X
(HTML)
(PDF)
Conceptual information and tips about porting UNIX and Linux applications to Mac OS X.
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Tools |
Guides |
2008-04-08
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Setting environment variables for user processes
(HTML)
QA1067: Tells how to set environment variables for user processes.
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Tools |
Technical Q&As |
2001-10-25
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Signals and Threads
(HTML)
()
QA1184: Describes how threads and signals interact.
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Tools |
Technical Q&As |
2002-08-27
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Symbol Variants Release Notes
(HTML)
Describes symbol variants, a way of providing multiple versions of symbols for backwards compatibility.
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Tools |
Release Notes |
2007-10-16
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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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Tools |
Technical Q&As |
2003-11-17
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