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As Carbon and Mac OS X evolve, the APIs and technologies they encompass change to meet the needs of users and developers. As part of this evolution, less efficient features, interfaces, and programming techniques are retired or deprecated in favor of newer ones. Apple makes these changes only when deemed absolutely necessary. Legacy documents help developers identify replacements for deprecated and unsupported technologies and update their products to run on current Apple platforms.
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Find Documents Folder (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
OPS17.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 2001-03-26
BowelsOfTheMemoryManager (aka YourHeapIsProbablyCorrupt) (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
ME05: What the symbol BowelsoftheMemoryManager means and the most probable cause of this symbol in MacsBug.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 2001-02-01
GetPortBitMapForCopyBits (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD61: Describes the proper usage of GetPortBitMapForCopyBits.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 2000-11-08
Correct Setup of an AGLDrawable (HTML)
OGL02.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 2000-10-04
Open Transport Versions (HTML)
NW64.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 2000-05-08
Receiving UDP Broadcasts While Sending from a Secondary Address (HTML)
NW67.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 2000-05-08
aglChoosePixelFormat, The Inside Scoop (HTML)
OGL01.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 2000-04-03
CloseDialog and 'ictb's (HTML)
TB66.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 2000-01-18
Raw IP and Open Transport 2.5.x (HTML)
NW63: Discusses Open Transport 2.5's change to the behavior of raw IP endpoints with IP_HDRINCL set.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1999-10-25
Detecting specific ROM-in-RAM Mac (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
HW49: Identifying a Mac by name ("iMac"), and better alternatives for determining specific features ("has Firewire").
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1999-10-05
Synchronizing Sounds to Video (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
SND19: Enabling regular sound callbacks under Mac OS 9 and Sound Manager 4.0.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1999-10-05
Synchronous SysBeep (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
SND18: Obtaining a synchronous SysBeep with Sound Manager 3.1.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1999-10-05
MACE Restrictions (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
SND16: MACE algorithms only support the compression of 8-bit offset binary sound.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1999-06-08
Reserved Key Combinations (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB41.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1999-05-17
Setting a Control's Variant Field (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB63: Details how to change the variant of a custom control after creating the control.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1999-05-03
Setting the Background Color of a Control (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB62.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1999-05-03
Localized Versions of Appearance SDK (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB61.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1999-04-12
fBroadCastAddr Always Zero (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW58: Explains why the fBroadcastAddr field may be zero after a call to OTInetGetInterfaceInfo and includes the workaround.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1999-03-08
Navigation Services Versions (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB38.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1999-03-08
Non-consensual Contextual Menu Manager Plug-ins (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB59.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1999-02-08
Adding Color Icons to Menu Items (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB48.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1998-12-22
Calling GetMenu Redundantly (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB45.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1998-12-22
Desk Accessory Menus (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB51.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1998-12-22
Maximum Number of Menu Items (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB57.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1998-12-22
Menu Definition Drawing Dimmed Items (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB50.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1998-12-22
Moving the Menu Bar (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB54: Describes how to move the menubar to another Macintosh Display and why this move is unadvisable.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1998-12-22
System Menu IDs (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB46.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1998-12-22
Tear-off Menus (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB55.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1998-12-22
Unpopped Popup Menus and Mac OS 8.5 (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB44.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1998-12-22
grayishTextOr and Mac OS 8.5 (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD59: Explains why text drawn using TextMode(grayishTextOr) is never drawn; provides a workaround.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1998-12-07
Determining volume size (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
FL08.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1998-09-14
PBXGetVolInfo Glue (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
FL07.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1998-07-30
Navigation Services and memFullErr (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB40.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1998-07-06
Capturing Speech Manager Output (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
SND15: Capturing the output from the Speech Synthesis Manager to a file.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1998-05-18
Using OpenTransport With CFM-68K (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW19.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1998-05-04
Open Transport Errors -3151/-3160 and Option Management (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW54.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1998-04-12
Recording Compressed Sounds (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
SND14: Sound Manager and sound input driver compression options are limited to allow interrupt time recording.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1998-04-12
siMonitorSource Selector (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
SND13: Using the sound output siMonitorAvailable, and siMonitorSource selectors.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1998-04-12
siOSTypeInput Selectors (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
SND12: The use of siOSTypeInputSource, and siOSTypeInputAvailable selectors and extracting the siOSTypeInputAvailable OSTypes returned.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1998-04-12
The Improper use of FSClose (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB36.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1998-02-10
Parsing the PICT File Format (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD56: Explains where to find information on the PICT file format and warns against parsing a PICT file.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1998-02-10
Setting Audio Input Gain (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
SND11: Setting audio input gain under Mac OS 8.1.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1998-02-10
Selecting a specific sound input source (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
SND10: Using the sound input driver to select specific sound input sources.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1998-01-16
siOSTypeInputAvailable Format (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
SND09: The format of the data returned by the siOSTypeInputAvailable selector is SoundInfoList.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1998-01-16
Obtaining Standard Icons (HTML)
TB35.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1997-12-23
Creating Gray Scaled Images > 8 bits (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD51: Shows how to create gray-scaled images at resolutions greater than 8 bits for display.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1997-11-17
Receiving UDP Broadcasts (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW53: Explains why UDP endpoints may never receive UDP broadcast messages.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1997-11-17
White Backgrounds for Dialog editText Items (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB34.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1997-10-13
How to use the OT modem script engine (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW50: Shows how to use the Open Transport modem script engine.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1997-07-11
68K Open Transport Code on Power Macintoshes (HTML)
NW48: Explains why running Open Transport 68K code on a PowerPC may not always work.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1997-03-14
Errors on Symbol Names Longer than 64 Characters (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB33.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1997-01-31
Calling TrackDrag with the Event Record's 'where' Field Expressed in Local Coordinates (HTML)
TB29.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1996-11-27
Drag Manager and windowKind 20 (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB28.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1996-11-27
The InterfaceLibSys7.additions Stub Library (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
PLAT23.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1996-11-14
Using 'ictb' to Change Edit Fields (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB24.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1996-10-25
Limitations to Menu Item Size under Menu Manager (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB23.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1996-09-27
New MacApp Release Approach (HTML)
PLAT25.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1996-08-21
Server Endpoint 'qlen' Limit (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW38: Tells how to determine the maximum 'qlen' value which limits the number of supported handoff endpoints.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1996-08-21
Calling CloseOpenTransport When Writing an App (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW36: Identifies a bug in Open Transport 1.1 which means your application must CloseOpenTransport before quitting.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1996-07-03
OTScheduleSystemTask Cleanup (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW37: States the proper way to clean up any pending system tasks scheduled with OTScheduleSystemTask.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1996-07-03
Making Input Gain Setting Changes (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
SND01: Changing the input gain setting on older Power Macs before recording.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1996-06-01
NewRoutineDescriptor & Porting 68K code to PPC (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
PPCSYS08.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1996-06-01
siActive Channels Unsupported on Some Power Macs (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
SND03: siActive Channels is unsupported on some older PowerMacs (siUnknownInfoType returned by SPBGetDeviceInfo).
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1996-06-01
Aborting a OTConnect in Progress (HTML)
NW29: Describes the proper way to abort OTConnect, and why after calling OTSndDisconnect you may receive "kOTOutStateErr".
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1996-05-14
Getting Started with Network Programming (HTML)
NW32.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1996-05-14
How PBDTGetAPPL Chooses Which Copy of an App to Launch (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB19: Explains how PBDTGetAppl() chooses which application copy to launch, and how to deal with the trash.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1996-05-14
Synchronous TCP OTConnect Client Call Completes Before Server Responds (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW24: Explains why an OTConnect call will complete before the server responds.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1996-05-14
TCP Option Sizes (HTML)
NW27: Tells where to get more information on TCP Option sizes and setting TCP Options.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1996-05-14
Error -3168 (kOTStateChangeErr) and Handoff Endpoints (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW22: Explains why a kOTStateChangeErr -3168 occurs when there is a handoff endpoint involved.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1996-04-08
Closing the Connection: OpenTransport (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW20: Describes an orderly disconnect situation in Open Transport between two nodes.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1996-03-04
Locating a Font's Home File (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TB18: Lists the steps necessary to find the home file of a given font.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1996-02-15
Using qd and QDGlobals (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD40: Why a sample program compiled with SC may give the link error: undefined entry qd. Provides a solution.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1996-02-09
Using Temporary Memory with OpenPicture (HTML)
QD20: Provides several techniques of causing OpenPicture to allocate temporary memory for a picture handle.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1996-02-01
Determining if a Drive is a Network Volume (HTML)
FL01.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-11-01
Hidden Volumes in HFS (HTML)
FL03.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-11-01
Necessity of Calling PrJobDialog (HTML)
QD31.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-11-01
Resolving Aliases Asynchronously (HTML)
FL06.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-11-01
Searching Directories with PBCatSearch (HTML)
FL05.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-11-01
Standard File Package (HTML)
FL04.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-11-01
Placing a Foreground Task into the Background (HTML)
PS04.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-09-27
Converting RGB Colors to a Palette Index (HTML)
QD21: Explains how to convert RGB colors into the palette index created by an application.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1995-09-15
Error -151 and NewGWorld (HTML)
QD18: Explains what the error code -151 means when in NewGWorld.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1995-09-15
Incorrect Inside Macintosh Volume V documentation (HTML)
QD15: Identifies incorrect documentation in Inside Macintosh Volume V regarding the formats of PnPixPat and BkPixPat opcodes.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1995-09-15
PCI Throughput Issues (HTML)
DV20.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-09-15
Problem Getting PICTS to Display in Correct Colors (HTML)
QD24: Using a custom color table to get PICTs to display with the right colors in an offscreen GWorld.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1995-09-15
Problem with PaintRgn on 256-color Screens (HTML)
QD23: PaintRgn with RGBForeColor and transfer mode addOver doesn't return color to original on 256-color-screens.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1995-09-15
Problems Creating a Mask for a Picture (HTML)
QD27: Demonstrates creating a mask where the mask is 0 for pure white pixels and 1 everywhere else.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1995-09-15
Spooling in or out of CompressPicture or CompressImage (HTML)
QD17: Recommends alternatives to spooling the results of CompressPicture or CompressImage to or from disk.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1995-09-15
Window Manager and EraseRect (HTML)
QD26: Why WindowManager causes a flicker using EraseRect and provides a solution for this problem.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1995-09-15
Determining Whether a Device Supports Asynchronous I/O (HTML)
DV05.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-07-01
Macintosh Quadra 700 and 900 SCSI Chip Anomaly and Fix (HTML)
DV08.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-07-01
Deleting a Resource Fork (HTML)
OPS04.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-06-01
A5 World (HTML)
PPCSYS02.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
Calling the Resource Manager from a Patch (HTML)
TB02.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
Closing PPC ports (HTML)
IC01.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
Color Animated Cursors (HTML)
TB03.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
ColorPicker.h and ColorSync 2.0 (HTML)
CS01.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
CTB & the AppleTalk ADSP Tool (HTML)
NW03.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
FAT Code Resources (HTML)
PPCSYS04.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
HMShowBalloon styled TEHandle limit and Workaround (HTML)
TB07.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
Kanji and Special Text-Processing (HTML)
TX01.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
Localization Problems with Apps for Japan (HTML)
TX02.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
MacTCP and UDP Performance (HTML)
NW07.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
Native App Slowdown (HTML)
PPCSYS05.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
noResponseErr from PPC Toolbox (HTML)
IC02.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
PowerPC & Writing Info to the Data Fork (HTML)
PPCSYS07.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
Print Scaling (HTML)
QD05.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
Process Manager (HTML)
PS02.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
Sharing Globals Between Apps & Code Fragment Manager (HTML)
IC03.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
Using PrGeneral() to Download Fonts (HTML)
QD06.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
Workaround for Converting Lower to Uppercase Characters while Keeping Diacritical Marks (HTML)
TX04.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
xSYM files (HTML)
PPCSYS06.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01