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What is the word "see" and how do I use it to help me find what a word does?
(HTML)
HW72: Explains the function and use of the Open Firmware word "see".
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-10-11
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Accessing File Control Blocks
(HTML)
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FL10: Shows how to access file control blocks correctly, reiterating not to access FCBs directly.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1999-10-05
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Detecting specific ROM-in-RAM Mac
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Deprecated - HW49: Identifying a Mac by name ("iMac"), and better alternatives for determining specific features ("has Firewire").
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Carbon, Cocoa, Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-10-05
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Synchronizing Sounds to Video
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Deprecated - SND19: Enabling regular sound callbacks under Mac OS 9 and Sound Manager 4.0.
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Audio, Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1999-10-05
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Synchronous SysBeep
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Deprecated - SND18: Obtaining a synchronous SysBeep with Sound Manager 3.1.
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Audio, Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1999-10-05
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Setting a UserPane's feature
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TB64: Explains how to set up the control attributes when creating controls, and UserPanes in particular.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1999-09-27
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Setting the movie background color
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QTMTB53: Describes how to apply a background color to an entire movie.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1999-08-16
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Allocate and Disk Full Error
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FL12: Discusses a problem with AFP volumes displaying incorrect free space, and returning disk full errors.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
1999-07-21
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Playing memory-resident WAVE data using QuickTime 4
(HTML)
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QTMTB52: Explains how to play memory-resident WAVE data in QuickTime 4 or later.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1999-07-21
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Which Machines Support Driver Services Library and the MP Nanokernel?
(HTML)
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HW63: Lists the systems that do and don't support the Driver Services Library and the MP Nanokernel.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-07-12
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ConvertMovieToFile unexpected results
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QTMTB51: Explains why white frames can occur in a movie that was saved using ConvertMovieToFile.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1999-06-14
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MACE Restrictions
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Deprecated - SND16: MACE algorithms only support the compression of 8-bit offset binary sound.
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Audio, Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1999-06-08
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Use the Doorbell
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Deprecated - FW01: Explains the function of the FireWire Serial Bus Protocol 2 (SBP2) doorbell.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-05-17
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What is unsolicited status?
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FW03: Explains the meaning and usage of the SBP-2 unsolicited status message.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-05-17
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Missing ColorSync Profiles
(HTML)
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CS13: Describes ColorSync profiles, focusing on the desc tag of the profile and the results of incorrect tags.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
1999-05-03
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Setting a Control's Variant Field
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Deprecated - TB63: Details how to change the variant of a custom control after creating the control.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1999-05-03
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TCP/IP Option Sizes
(HTML)
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NW62: Enumerates the TCP/IP options and their sizes for Open Transport.
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Carbon, Games, Hardware & Drivers, Internet & Web, Networking, Porting |
Technical Q&As |
1999-04-26
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The AAPL, slot-name property and PCI
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HW61: Discusses the use of the AAPL,slot name property for PCI
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-04-19
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Determining the version of Open Firmware on your Mac
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HW60: Describes a method to display the version of Open Firmware on a Macintosh.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-03-29
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dl command in 1 machine mode
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HW51: Describes using the "dl" command in 1 machine mode.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-03-29
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PCI SIG
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HW55: Describes the meaning of the acronym PCI SIG.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-03-29
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Stopping Forth command scrolls
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HW57: Describes how to limit Forth commands from scrolling off the screen.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-03-29
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What is a tokenizer?
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HW58: Defines a tokenizer.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-03-29
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fBroadCastAddr Always Zero
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Deprecated - NW58: Explains why the fBroadcastAddr field may be zero after a call to OTInetGetInterfaceInfo and includes the workaround.
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Carbon, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
1999-03-08
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Booting after invoking the Open Firmware user interface
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HW48: Tells how to boot a system after entering the Open Firmware user interface.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-02-15
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Changing the configuration variable in Open Firmware
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HW40: Tells how to change the configuration variable in Open Firmware.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-02-15
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Difference between an Open Firmware word and method
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HW46: Describes the differences between an Open Firmware word and an Open Firmware method.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-02-15
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Difference between using Restart or Shut Down in the Finder's Special menu in Open Firmware
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HW47: Explains the differences between using Restart or Shut Down on Open Firmware
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Audio, Graphics & Imaging, Hardware & Drivers, Mac OS X Server, Networking, QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1999-02-15
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Do PowerBooks have a PCI bus?
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HW43: Explains that a Powerbook has a PCI bus.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-02-15
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How does Open Firmware generate the name property?
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HW39: Describes the Open Firmware name property generation process.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-02-15
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Invoking the Open Firmware user interface
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HW45: Describes how to invoke the Open Firmware user interface on startup.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-02-15
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PCI bus on the iMac
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HW42: Explains that the iMac has a PCI bus even though it has no expansion slots.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-02-15
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Switching between one and two machine mode for the Open Firmware user interface
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HW37: Explains how to change from one machine mode to two in the Open Firmware user interface.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-02-15
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What are configuration variables in Open Firmware?
(HTML)
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HW38: Defines the configuration variables in Open Firmware.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-02-15
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What are generic names in Open Firmware?
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HW34: Documents the generic names in Open Firmware.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-02-15
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What are snag keys in Open Firmware?
(HTML)
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HW35: Explains Open Firmware snag keys, including examples of their function.
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Hardware & Drivers, Mac OS X Server, Networking, Security |
Technical Q&As |
1999-02-15
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What is meant by 1 machine mode vs. 2 machine mode with respect to Open Firmware?
(HTML)
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HW36: Documents 1 machine mode vs. 2 machine mode in Open Firmware.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-02-15
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Securely Erasing, Accessing and Dismounting a Macintosh Partition
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FL11: Set up a disk for secure erasures. Resources with information on magnetic disks, information recovery.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1999-01-11
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Moving the Menu Bar
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Deprecated - TB54: Describes how to move the menubar to another Macintosh Display and why this move is unadvisable.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1998-12-22
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grayishTextOr and Mac OS 8.5
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Deprecated - QD59: Explains why text drawn using TextMode(grayishTextOr) is never drawn; provides a workaround.
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Carbon, Text & Fonts, User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
1998-12-07
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PrepareMemoryForIO in the NewWorld
(HTML)
DV33: Explains the correct use of PrepareMemoryForIO on DMA buffers when writing a device driver for DMA software.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1998-12-07
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Playing QuickTime 3 Movie Sound Data
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QTMTB50: Explains why a movie's sound data can continue to play longer than video data.
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Audio, QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1998-11-09
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Decompressing IMA WAVE files
(HTML)
QTMCC11: Describes how to use the Sound Manager to decompress and play Window's Microsoft ADPCM-compressed WAVE files.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1998-10-19
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Calling InitializeQTML from DLL Main
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QTW89: Don't do anything significant in your QuickTime 3 for Windows DLL Main procedure.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1998-09-21
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Checking For Presence of QuickTime 3 for Windows
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QTW88: Programatically checking for the presence of QuickTime 3 for Windows.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1998-09-21
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CreatePortAssociation And WM_QUERYNEWPALETTE Message
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QTW91: Activating your custom palette under QuickTime 3 for Windows by calling NSetPalette and ActivatePalette.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1998-09-21
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MSVC++ link error LNK4098 When Building QuickTime 3 for Windows Apps
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QTW94: Avoid MSVC++ link error LNK4098 when building QuickTime 3 for Windows applications.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1998-09-21
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Using Mac Toolbox routines Under Windows 98/95/NT
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QTW87: Some Macintosh Toolbox functions are available with QuickTime 3 for Windows.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1998-09-21
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Using Mac-style Resources
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QTW86: Using Mac-style resources in a Windows 98/95/NT or DLL using QuickTime 3 for Windows FSpOpenResFile function.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1998-09-21
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Determining if a Drive is a Network Volume
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NW09: Shows how to determine if a volume is mounted over the network.
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Carbon, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
1998-06-01
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Numerous Small Packet Exchanges Resultin Poor TCP Performance
(HTML)
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NW26: Explains why numerous small package exchanges result in poor TCP performance.
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Carbon, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
1998-05-25
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Capturing Speech Manager Output
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Deprecated - SND15: Capturing the output from the Speech Synthesis Manager to a file.
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Audio, Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1998-05-18
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Recording Compressed Sounds
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Deprecated - SND14: Sound Manager and sound input driver compression options are limited to allow interrupt time recording.
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Audio, Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1998-04-12
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siMonitorSource Selector
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Deprecated - SND13: Using the sound output siMonitorAvailable, and siMonitorSource selectors.
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Audio, Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1998-04-12
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siOSTypeInput Selectors
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Deprecated - SND12: The use of siOSTypeInputSource, and siOSTypeInputAvailable selectors and extracting the siOSTypeInputAvailable OSTypes returned.
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Audio, Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1998-04-12
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Parsing the PICT File Format
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Deprecated - QD56: Explains where to find information on the PICT file format and warns against parsing a PICT file.
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
1998-02-10
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Setting Audio Input Gain
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Deprecated - SND11: Setting audio input gain under Mac OS 8.1.
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Audio, Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1998-02-10
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Selecting a specific sound input source
(HTML)
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Deprecated - SND10: Using the sound input driver to select specific sound input sources.
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Audio, Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1998-01-16
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siOSTypeInputAvailable Format
(HTML)
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Deprecated - SND09: The format of the data returned by the siOSTypeInputAvailable selector is SoundInfoList.
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Audio, Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1998-01-16
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Creating Gray Scaled Images > 8 bits
(HTML)
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Deprecated - QD51: Shows how to create gray-scaled images at resolutions greater than 8 bits for display.
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
1997-11-17
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Receiving UDP Broadcasts
(HTML)
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Deprecated - NW53: Explains why UDP endpoints may never receive UDP broadcast messages.
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Carbon, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
1997-11-17
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OTScheduleDeferredTask When Task Running
(HTML)
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NW52: Describes what happens when you use OTScheduleDefferedTask to schedule a task that is running.
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Carbon, Core Foundation, Games, Hardware & Drivers, Internet & Web, Networking, Performance, Porting |
Technical Q&As |
1997-10-13
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Deselecting Icons in the Finder
(HTML)
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IC04: Shows how to programmatically deselect icons in the Finder.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1997-07-11
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How to use the OT modem script engine
(HTML)
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Deprecated - NW50: Shows how to use the Open Transport modem script engine.
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Carbon, Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1997-07-11
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68K Open Transport Code on Power Macintoshes
(HTML)
Deprecated - NW48: Explains why running Open Transport 68K code on a PowerPC may not always work.
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Carbon, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
1997-03-14
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Changing the TCP Window Size
(HTML)
NW47: Describes how to change the TCP window size in Open Transport.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Games, Hardware & Drivers, Internet & Web, Networking, Performance, Tools |
Technical Q&As |
1997-03-14
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Stub Library FAQ
(HTML)
PLAT28: Explains stub libraries and their use, and differences between shared libraries and stub libraries.
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Tools |
Technical Q&As |
1997-03-14
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What is SetMovieDefaultDataRef?
(HTML)
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QTMTB48: Describes the routine SetMovieDefaultDataRef and includes sample code showing how to use it.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1997-03-14
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Detecting a CD-ROM
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DV18: Demonstrates CD-ROM drive detection.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1997-01-31
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Saving QuickTime Movie Files
(HTML)
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QTMTB47: Explains a few complications one might face in creating and saving QuickTime movie files.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1997-01-31
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ImageDescription Extension Format
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QTMCC04: Gives a reference for information on image description extensions.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1996-11-27
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Multiple Resources with the Same Type and ID
(HTML)
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TB30: Explains why Resource IDs should be unique within a given resource type within a given resource file.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1996-11-27
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QuickTime Preview Behavior
(HTML)
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QTMCC10: Describes the expected behavior of the create/update preview button in the SFPGetFilePreview dialog.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1996-11-27
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T_DATA_REQ vs M_DATA TPI Message Blocks
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NW42: Explains why OT passes data to a TPI module using M_DATA message blocks instead of M_PROTO+T_DATA_REQ.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Games, Hardware & Drivers, Internet & Web, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
1996-10-25
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Derived Media Handler Components Update
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QTMCC08: Gives practical limits for data transfer rates under QuickTime 2.5.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1996-08-21
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Movie Import Component Selectors
(HTML)
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QTMCC09: Explains why there is no documentation on the movie import API selectors: kMovieImportGetFileTypeSelect and kMovieImportDataRefSelect.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1996-08-21
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QuickTime Music Architecture Header Update
(HTML)
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QTMA06: Explains missing and changed items in QuickTime 2.5.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1996-08-21
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Server Endpoint 'qlen' Limit
(HTML)
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Deprecated - NW38: Tells how to determine the maximum 'qlen' value which limits the number of supported handoff endpoints.
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Carbon, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
1996-08-21
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Calling CloseOpenTransport When Writing an App
(HTML)
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Deprecated - NW36: Identifies a bug in Open Transport 1.1 which means your application must CloseOpenTransport before quitting.
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Carbon, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
1996-07-03
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OTScheduleSystemTask Cleanup
(HTML)
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Deprecated - NW37: States the proper way to clean up any pending system tasks scheduled with OTScheduleSystemTask.
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Carbon, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
1996-07-03
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Making Input Gain Setting Changes
(HTML)
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Deprecated - SND01: Changing the input gain setting on older Power Macs before recording.
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Audio, Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1996-06-01
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siActive Channels Unsupported on Some Power Macs
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Deprecated - SND03: siActive Channels is unsupported on some older PowerMacs (siUnknownInfoType returned by SPBGetDeviceInfo).
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Audio, Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1996-06-01
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Aborting a OTConnect in Progress
(HTML)
Deprecated - NW29: Describes the proper way to abort OTConnect, and why after calling OTSndDisconnect you may receive "kOTOutStateErr".
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Carbon, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
1996-05-14
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Handing Off TCP Connections to a Different Port
(HTML)
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NW25: Explains that a passive TCP connection cannot hand off the connection to a different port address.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
1996-05-14
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How PBDTGetAPPL Chooses Which Copy of an App to Launch
(HTML)
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Deprecated - TB19: Explains how PBDTGetAppl() chooses which application copy to launch, and how to deal with the trash.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1996-05-14
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Locking an Area Using PBLockRange
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OPS09: Describes the behavior of PBLockRange.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1996-05-14
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PSetSelfSend in Classic AppleTalk vs. Open Transport AppleTalk
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NW23: Describes the relationship between PSetSelfSend in Classic AppleTalk and Open Transport AppleTalk.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
1996-05-14
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Synchronous TCP OTConnect Client Call Completes Before Server Responds
(HTML)
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Deprecated - NW24: Explains why an OTConnect call will complete before the server responds.
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Carbon, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
1996-05-14
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TCP Application Acquires Different Port Address After Relaunch
(HTML)
Deprecated - NW28: Explains why a server application acquires a different TCP/IP port address after restarting.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
1996-05-14
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TCP Option Sizes
(HTML)
Deprecated - NW27: Tells where to get more information on TCP Option sizes and setting TCP Options.
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Carbon, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
1996-05-14
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DR Emulator Caches
(HTML)
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Deprecated - HW28: Describes the Dynamic Recompiling emulator's cache, including a description of when to flush the cache.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1996-04-08
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Error -3168 (kOTStateChangeErr) and Handoff Endpoints
(HTML)
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Deprecated - NW22: Explains why a kOTStateChangeErr -3168 occurs when there is a handoff endpoint involved.
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Carbon, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
1996-04-08
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Closing the Connection: OpenTransport
(HTML)
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Deprecated - NW20: Describes an orderly disconnect situation in Open Transport between two nodes.
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Carbon, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
1996-03-04
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Open Transport Error -3208: kEBADFErr
(HTML)
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NW21: Explains why a call to OTSnd may result in a kEBADFErr -3208.
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Carbon, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
1996-03-04
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Linked Movies with Different Color Palettes
(HTML)
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QTMRF07: Explains why a QuickTime movie shouldn't contain subMovies that have different color palettes.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1996-02-15
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Locating a Font's Home File
(HTML)
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Deprecated - TB18: Lists the steps necessary to find the home file of a given font.
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Carbon, Text & Fonts |
Technical Q&As |
1996-02-15
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Embedding ICC Profiles
(HTML)
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CS06: Gives downloads for documents describing embedding ICC profiles in EPS, PICT, and TIFF files.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
1996-02-09
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Successful Call to NCWNewColorWorld
(HTML)
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CS08: Explains the return value of NCWNewColorWorld and the CMWorldRef parameter as a valid return value when successful.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
1996-02-09
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Using Embedded EPS Profiles
(HTML)
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CS09: Gives source on embedding ColorSync profiles in EPS as well as PICT and TIFF formats.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
1996-02-09
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Using qd and QDGlobals
(HTML)
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Deprecated - QD40: Why a sample program compiled with SC may give the link error: undefined entry qd. Provides a solution.
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, Tools, User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
1996-02-09
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