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2009-03-04 NSPointerArray Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Clarified behavior in fast enumeration.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-03-04 NSWindow Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed several typographical errors, added information to setFrameAutosaveName:, and documented several undocumented symbols.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, User Experience
2009-03-04 QTCaptureDecompressedVideoOutput Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added four new method descriptions; updated availability information.
Content Update Reference QuickTime
2009-03-04 QTCaptureMovieFileOutput Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Minor edit fixes.
Minor Change Reference QuickTime
2009-03-04 QTCaptureOutput Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Minor edit fixes.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, QuickTime
2009-03-04 QTCaptureVideoPreviewOutput Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Minor edit fixes.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, QuickTime
2009-03-04 QTMedia Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added parameter descriptions and constant groupings.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, QuickTime
2009-03-04 QTTrack Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed constants listings; minor edits.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, QuickTime
2009-03-04 WebDocumentText Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return-value descriptions.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-03-04 WebFrameView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return-value descriptions.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-03-04 WebHistory Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return-value descriptions.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-03-04 WebPolicyDecisionListener Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return-value descriptions.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-03-04 WebUIDelegate Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return-value descriptions.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-03-04 Xcode Build Setting Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added build settings to manage PNG-file compression, dependent libraries, and product architectures.
Minor Change Reference Tools
2009-03-03 64-Bit Transition Guide for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Updated to add a section on tuning memory usage in 64-bit Cocoa applications.
Content Update Guides Cocoa
2009-03-02 Network Kernel Extensions Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed an error in a code listing related to the return value of the socket function.
Minor Change Guides Darwin, Hardware & Drivers, Networking
2009-02-26 Dynamic Library Programming Topics (HTML) (PDF)
Added information about run-path dependent libraries.
Minor Change Guides Darwin, Open Source, Tools
2009-02-20 Audio Queue - Looping Compressed Audio (HTML)
First Version
First Version Technical Q&As Audio
2009-02-13 PMPrinterTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Now uses a table view to display the results, and bindings to fill the table view. Cleaned up numerous memory leaks.
Content Update Sample Code Carbon, Cocoa, Printing
2009-02-13 Tips for searching Headers, APIs and ADC reference material. (HTML)
Editorial Update
Minor Change Technical Q&As Tools
2009-02-04 Archives and Serializations Programming Guide for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Replaced instances of "/tmp" with NSTemporaryDirectory().
Minor Change Guides Cocoa
2009-02-04 CALayer Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added -init method description.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging
2009-02-04 CFCalendar Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Clarified return value of CFCalendarGetOrdinalityOfUnit.
Minor Change Reference Core Foundation
2009-02-04 CFURL Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typos.
Minor Change Reference Core Foundation
2009-02-04 Cocoa Event-Handling Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Added Mac OS X v10.5 details about scroll-wheel events and key equivalents.
Minor Change Guides Cocoa
2009-02-04 Collections Programming Topics for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected a code example showing indexOfObjectIdenticalTo:.
Minor Change Guides Cocoa
2009-02-04 Dashboard Programming Topics (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor corrections.
Minor Change Guides Apple Applications, Cocoa, Internet & Web, Scripting & Automation, Tools, User Experience
2009-02-04 Dashboard Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor corrections.
Minor Change Reference Apple Applications, Internet & Web, Scripting & Automation, Tools, User Experience
2009-02-04 Dialogs and Special Panels (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5: added "Customizing Alert Dialogs," which describes the suppression checkbox and accessory views.
Minor Change Guides Cocoa, User Experience
2009-02-04 DOMNode Additions Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return-value descriptions.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-02-04 Extending and Troubleshooting Directory Services (HTML)
Minor fix in Enabling DirectoryService Debug logging section.
Minor Change Release Notes Mac OS X Server, Networking
2009-02-04 Final Cut Pro XML Interchange Format (HTML) (PDF)
Minor changes to documentation.
Minor Change Guides Apple Applications
2009-02-04 J2SE 5.0 Apple Extensions Reference (HTML)
Miscellaneous updates.
Minor Change Reference Java
2009-02-04 Key-Value Coding Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Added substantial task information and sample code.
Content Update Guides Cocoa
2009-02-04 Mac OS X ABI Function Call Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Made content corrections.
Minor Change Guides Carbon, Cocoa, Darwin, Tools
2009-02-04 Mac OS X ABI Mach-O File Format Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor changes.
Minor Change Reference Carbon, Cocoa, Darwin, Open Source, Tools
2009-02-04 Mach-O Programming Topics (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor changes.
Minor Change Guides Tools
2009-02-04 NSApplication Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added dockTile method description.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-02-04 NSCalendar Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Clarified return value of ordinalityOfUnit:inUnit:forDate:.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Internationalization
2009-02-04 NSCell Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Documented truncatesLastVisibleLine and setTruncatesLastVisibleLine: methods. Added deprecated image scaling constants.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, User Experience
2009-02-04 NSEvent Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added descriptions of CGEvent and mouse-movement event coalescing methods.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-02-04 NSHelpManager Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Removed all references to using Interface Builder.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, User Experience
2009-02-04 NSKeyValueCoding Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Accessor search descriptions of setValue:forKey:, valueForKey:, mutableArrayValueForKey:, and mutableSetValueForKey: now point to the Key-Value Coding Programming Guide.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-02-04 NSMenuView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added information regarding what to use in place of NSMenuView.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, User Experience
2009-02-04 NSObject Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added note about managing scarce resources in dealloc.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-02-04 NSOpenPanel Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added more specific information regarding didEndSelector behavior in panel-running methods.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, User Experience
2009-02-04 NSOutlineView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added documentation for method outlineView:selectionIndexesForProposedSelection:.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, User Experience
2009-02-04 NSPersistentDocument Core Data Tutorial (HTML) (PDF)
Updated description of editing the plist file.
Minor Change Guides Cocoa
2009-02-04 NSPersistentDocument Core Data Tutorial for Mac OS X v10.4. (HTML) (PDF)
Re-release of Mac OS X v10.4 version of NSPersistentDocument Core Data Tutorial.
First Version Guides Cocoa
2009-02-04 NSSavePanel Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated documentation to use more consistent method formatting and corrected various errors.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, User Experience
2009-02-04 NSShadow Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added a description for NSShadow's init method.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging
2009-02-04 NSString Application Kit Additions Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Documented NSStringDrawingTruncatesLastVisibleLine constant.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Text & Fonts
2009-02-04 NSString Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Changed the abstract of getCharacters: to more closely reflect that of getCharacters:range:.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-02-04 NSURL Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Miscellaneous edits.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking
2009-02-04 NSURLHandle Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typos.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking
2009-02-04 NSView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typos.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, Printing
2009-02-04 Objective-C 2.0 Runtime Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typographical errors.
Minor Change Guides Cocoa
2009-02-04 Toolbar Programming Topics for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5 (Leopard).
Minor Change Guides Cocoa, User Experience
2009-02-04 Tree-Based XML Programming Guide for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Replaced use of deprecated method loadDataRepresentation:ofType: with readFromData:ofType:error:.
Minor Change Guides Cocoa, Internet & Web
2009-02-04 Universal Binary Programming Guidelines, Second Edition (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor content additions.
Minor Change Guides Carbon, Cocoa, Darwin, Mac OS X, Open Source, Performance, Tools
2009-02-04 WebBackForwardList Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return-value descriptions.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-02-04 WebObjects Tutorial (HTML) (PDF)
New document that describes the process for building a simple WebObjects application using Eclipse and the WOLips plug-in.
First Version Guides Internet & Web, Java, Mac OS X Server, Tools
2009-02-04 Window Programming Guide for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Added information on the use of backing locations to improve performance.
Minor Change Guides Cocoa, User Experience
2009-02-04 Xcode Build System Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor content changes.
Minor Change Guides Tools
2009-02-04 Xcode Design Tools for Class Modeling (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor content fixes.
Minor Change Guides Carbon, Cocoa, Java, Tools
2009-01-29 QuickTime Audio - Easy Frequency Level Metering with MovieAudio APIs (HTML)
Editorial
Minor Change Technical Q&As Audio, Carbon, Cocoa, QuickTime
2009-01-27 Audio Export - Encoding AAC Audio For MPEG-4 Export (HTML)
Editorial
Minor Change Technical Notes Audio, QuickTime
2009-01-26 DOMHTMLDocument Additions Reference (HTML) (PDF)
First revision of this document.
First Version Reference Cocoa
2009-01-15 Quartz Window Services Reference (HTML)
New document that describes the interface for retrieving information about windows.
First Version Reference Carbon, Graphics & Imaging
2009-01-12 Document-Based Applications Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Removed private constant from document types listing.
Minor Change Guides Cocoa
2009-01-09 iSync JavaScript Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated format.
Minor Change Reference Apple Applications, Scripting & Automation
2009-01-07 Creating Core Audio Format (.caf) Files (HTML)
First Version
First Version Technical Q&As Audio, QuickTime
2009-01-07 Mac OS X Assembler Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor content changes.
Minor Change Reference Tools
2009-01-07 QTMovie Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected the description of QuickTime VR attribute. Minor typo fixes.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, QuickTime
2009-01-07 vDSP Single-Vector Operations Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Minor Change Reference Carbon, Performance
2009-01-06 Authorization Services Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected minor errors. Changed the title from "Performing Privileged Operations With Authorization Services."
Minor Change Guides Carbon, Cocoa, Darwin, Open Source, Security
2009-01-06 CFStringTokenizer Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added information about the locale sensitivity of each token unit used with the CFStringTokenizerCreate function.
Minor Change Reference Core Foundation, Internationalization
2009-01-06 CGDataProvider Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added entries for the CGDataProviderCopyData and CGDataProviderCreateWithFilename functions.
Minor Change Reference Graphics & Imaging
2009-01-06 CGGeometry Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated the descriptions of the CGRectMinYEdge and CGRectMaxYEdge constants to reflect the different coordinate system possibilities.
Minor Change Reference Graphics & Imaging
2009-01-06 Cocoa Drawing Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Updated the guidelines associated with resolution independent drawing.
Minor Change Guides Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging
2009-01-06 Distribution Definition Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed document bug.
Minor Change Reference Tools
2009-01-06 Documentation Set Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor corrections.
Minor Change Guides Tools
2009-01-06 Foundation Release Notes (10.4 and earlier) (HTML)
Updated with information on Mac OS X 10.4.
First Version Release Notes Cocoa
2009-01-06 IBDocument Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor technical corrections.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Tools
2009-01-06 Internationalization Programming Topics (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed the ibtool examples to use the updated syntax.
Minor Change Guides Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Internationalization, Tools
2009-01-06 Kernel Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed using updated tools.
Minor Change Reference Audio, Darwin, Hardware & Drivers
2009-01-06 NSBitmapImageRep Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated the descriptions of the initWithCGImage: and initWithCIImage: methods.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging
2009-01-06 NSColor Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added definition for NSAppKitVersionNumberWithPatternColorLeakFix macro.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging
2009-01-06 NSCursor Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added a definition for the NSAppKitVersionNumberWithCursorSizeSupport macro.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, User Experience
2009-01-06 NSDocument Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added description of NSChangeRedone constant. Updated other constant declarations and revised their descriptions. Added subclassing advice section with cross reference to main discussion.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-01-06 NSGlyphStorage Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Reformatted parameter descriptions.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Text & Fonts
2009-01-06 NSGradient Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated the method descriptions that involve drawing radial gradients with relative center positions.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2009-01-06 NSImage Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated the description of the alignmentRect method.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging
2009-01-06 NSImageCell Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added descriptions for the NSImageAlignment constants.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, User Experience
2009-01-06 NSImageRep Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added a definition for the NSImageRepRegistryChangedNotification macro.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging
2009-01-06 NSOutputStream Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Miscellaneous edits.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Networking
2009-01-06 NSPanel Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added information about NSHUDWindowMask constant.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, User Experience
2009-01-06 NSPrintInfo Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Cleaned up the deprecated print info keys.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Printing
2009-01-06 NSScreen Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated the information regarding what constitutes the main screen.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging
2009-01-06 NSSpeechSynthesizer Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Clarified how the speech rate is set when using initWithVoice:.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Text & Fonts, User Experience