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Leopard Reference Library: Hardware & Drivers
Quartz Services, a part of the Core Graphics framework, provides functions for the configuration and control of display hardware. The I/O Kit provides APIs that support the development of drivers and applications that access hardware. Developers can use these APIs to configure, control, and get information about display and other graphics hardware.

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I/O Kit Framework Reference (HTML)
Describes the I/O Kit classes that support non-kernel access to I/O Kit objects through the device-interface mechanism.
Reference 2009-03-04
Kernel Framework Reference (HTML)
Describes the APIs and classes (including I/O Kit families) that support kernel-resident device drivers.
Reference 2009-01-06
Quartz Display Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the interface for configuring and controlling display hardware.
Reference 2008-11-19
Video Developer Note (HTML)
Details video capabilities of Mac computers.
Guides 2008-04-28
Image Capture Device Modules Reference (HTML)
Describes the API to add support for image capture devices, such as cameras, phones, and scanners, to Mac OS X.
Reference 2008-04-08
Cocoa OpenGL (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates using Cocoa with OpenGL, including window setup and event handling.
Sample Code 2007-10-22
Image Capture Applications Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the interaction between applications programs and image capture devices such as cameras and scanners.
Guides 2007-05-16
Specifiying if the CPU or the GPU should be used for rendering. (HTML)
QA1416: Which processor will be used for rendering in Core Image and how to affect it.
Technical Q&As 2005-08-16
iSight Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Apple iSight video camera and its enhancements.
Guides 2004-10-05