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The "/.vol" directory and "volfs"
(HTML)
( )
QA1113: Describes how the Carbon File Manager interacts with BSD via "volfs" and the "/.vol" directory. 
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Carbon, Darwin | 
Technical Q&As | 
2002-02-14
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The "/aliases" node in the device tree
(HTML)
 HW89: Describes the aliases node in the Open Firmware device tree. 
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Hardware & Drivers | 
Technical Q&As | 
2000-09-05
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12-inch PowerBook G4 Developer Note
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the 12-inch PowerBook G4 introduced in January 2005. 
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Hardware & Drivers | 
Guides | 
2005-02-04
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128Mb SDRAM ICs limitation on original "Bronze Keyboard" Powerbook G3
(HTML)
 QA1040: Outlines Memory ICs design limitation on original "Bronze Keyboard" Powerbook G3. 
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Hardware & Drivers | 
Technical Q&As | 
2001-06-21
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15-Inch MacBook Pro Developer Note
(HTML)
 Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the 15-inch MacBook Pro computer introduced in February 2008. 
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Hardware & Drivers | 
Guides | 
2008-03-04
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15-Inch MacBook Pro Developer Note
(HTML)
 Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the 15-inch MacBook Pro computer introduced in November 2007. 
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Hardware & Drivers | 
Guides | 
2007-12-14
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15-inch MacBook Pro Developer Note
(HTML)
 Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the 15-inch MacBook Pro computer introduced in June 2007. 
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Hardware & Drivers | 
Guides | 
2007-06-11
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15-inch MacBook Pro Developer Note
(HTML)
 Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the 15-inch MacBook Pro computer introduced in October 2006. 
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Hardware & Drivers | 
Guides | 
2007-05-03
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15-inch MacBook Pro Developer Note
(HTML)
 Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the 15-inch MacBook Pro computer introduced in October 2006. 
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Hardware & Drivers | 
Guides | 
2007-05-03
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15-inch PowerBook G4 Developer Note
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the 15-inch PowerBook G4 introduced in October 2005. 
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Hardware & Drivers | 
Guides | 
2005-10-27
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17-inch iMac for Education Developer Note
(HTML)
 Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the 17-inch iMac for Education computer introduced in July 2006. 
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Hardware & Drivers | 
Guides | 
2006-11-07
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17-Inch MacBook Pro Developer Note
(HTML)
 Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the 17-inch MacBook Pro computer introduced in February 2008. 
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Hardware & Drivers | 
Guides | 
2008-03-04
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17-inch MacBook Pro Developer Note
(HTML)
 Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the 17-inch MacBook Pro computer introduced in November 2007. 
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Hardware & Drivers | 
Guides | 
2007-12-14
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17-inch MacBook Pro Developer Note
(HTML)
 Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the 17-inch MacBook Pro computer introduced in June 2007. 
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Hardware & Drivers | 
Guides | 
2007-06-11
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17-inch MacBook Pro Developer Note
(HTML)
 Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the 17-inch MacBook Pro computer introduced in October 2006. 
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Hardware & Drivers | 
Guides | 
2007-04-04
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17-inch MacBook Pro Developer Note
(HTML)
 Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the 17-inch MacBook Pro computer introduced in April 2006. 
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Hardware & Drivers | 
Guides | 
2007-04-03
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17-inch PowerBook G4 Developer Note
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the 17-inch PowerBook G4 introduced in October 2005. 
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Hardware & Drivers | 
Guides | 
2005-10-19
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2D Graphics Release Notes for Mac OS X v10.5
(HTML)
 Describes the changes and issues related to Core Image and Quartz 2D in Mac OS X v10.5. 
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Carbon, Cocoa, Games, Graphics & Imaging | 
Release Notes | 
2008-04-08
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48 bit & 64 bit Pixel Format support in QuickTime
(HTML)
( )
QA1114: Discusses QuickTime's support for pixel formats with more than 8 bits per channel. 
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QuickTime | 
Technical Q&As | 
2002-02-07
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64-Bit Guide for Carbon Developers
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Explains the changes necessary to create a 64-bit executable version of a Carbon application. 
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Carbon, Performance, Porting | 
Guides | 
2007-12-11
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64-Bit Transition Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the 64-bit features available in Mac OS X. 
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Darwin, Mac OS X, Open Source, Performance, Porting | 
Guides | 
2008-04-08
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64-Bit Transition Guide for Cocoa
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Explains how to port Cocoa projects to 64-bit addressing. 
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Cocoa | 
Guides | 
2009-03-03
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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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The AAPL, slot-name property and PCI
(HTML)
( )
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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ABActionDelegate Protocol Objective-C Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the informal protocol for populating the rollover menus of Address Book with custom items. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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ABAddressBook C Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the opaque type for accessing, adding, and removing Address Book records. 
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Apple Applications, Carbon | 
Reference | 
2007-07-08
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ABAddressBook Class Objective-C Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Provides a programming interface to the Address Book. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-07-07
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ABGroup Class Objective-C Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes how this class supports the concept of a "group" containing one or more persons. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-07-07
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ABGroup Reference for C
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the opaque type used to group Address Book records. 
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Carbon | 
Reference | 
2003-08-20
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ABIdentityPicker Class Objective-C Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the identity picker, a dialog or sheet used to select groups and people for Identity Services. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2006-08-23
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ABImageClient Protocol Objective-C Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes how to handle images loaded from an asynchronous fetch from ABPerson objects. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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ABMultiValue Class Objective-C Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes how to use these classes to represent properties that might have multiple values. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-07-08
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ABMultiValue Reference for C
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the opaque type for accessing Address Book properties with multiple values. 
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Carbon | 
Reference | 
2003-08-20
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ABMutableMultiValue Class Objective-C Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes how to use these classes to represent properties that might have multiple values. 
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Apple Applications | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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ABMutableMultiValue Reference for C
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the opaque type for accessing Address Book properties with multiple values. 
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Apple Applications | 
Reference | 
2003-08-20
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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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ABPeoplePickerView Class Objective-C Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes how to customize the behavior of people-picker views in an application's user interface. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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ABPerson C Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the opaque type that encapsulates information about a person in Address Book. 
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Carbon | 
Reference | 
2006-07-26
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ABPerson Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes how to encapsulate all information about a person in the Address Book database. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-07-07
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ABPicker Reference for C
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the ABPicker opaque type. 
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Carbon | 
Reference | 
2007-07-20
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ABPresence
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Displays a list of all the people in your Address Book and their iChat status. 
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Apple Applications, Carbon, Cocoa, Internet & Web, Storage, User Experience | 
Sample Code | 
2006-08-04
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ABRecord C Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the opaque type that represents a generic Address Book record. 
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Carbon | 
Reference | 
2005-04-29
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ABRecord Class Objective-C Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describres how this superclass providies a common interface to and defines common properties for all Address Book records. 
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Apple Applications | 
Reference | 
2006-07-26
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ABSearchElement C Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the opaque type for specifying a query to search for Address Book records. 
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Apple Applications | 
Reference | 
2005-04-29
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ABSearchElement Class Objective-C Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes how to specify a search query for records in the Address Book database. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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AbstractTree
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Using NSTreeController with NSOutlineView, Bindings, and Core Data. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Sample Code | 
2008-03-17
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Accelerate Reference Update
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Summarizes the symbols added to the Accelerate framework. 
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Performance | 
Release Notes | 
2007-07-18
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Accelerate Release Notes
(HTML)
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Performance | 
Release Notes | 
2007-10-31
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Accessibility (ApplicationServices/HIServices) Reference
(HTML)
 Describes the low-level API for making applications accessible to assistive applications. 
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User Experience | 
Reference | 
2008-10-15
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Accessibility Inspector Release Notes
(HTML)
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User Experience | 
Release Notes | 
2005-04-29
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Accessibility Overview
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Explains how to use the accessibility features built into Mac OS X. 
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Carbon, Cocoa, Java, User Experience | 
Guides | 
2008-03-11
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Accessibility Programming Guidelines for Carbon
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Explains how to access-enable Carbon applications. 
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Carbon, User Experience | 
Guides | 
2007-02-08
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Accessibility Programming Guidelines for Cocoa
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Explains how Cocoa applications make their user interface available to external assistive applications. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Guides | 
2007-02-08
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Accessing Decompressed Images
(HTML)
 QTMTB27: Demonstrates the use of a transfer procedure to access a decompressed image and manipulate it prior to display. 
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QuickTime | 
Technical Q&As | 
1995-05-01
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Accessing File Control Blocks
(HTML)
( )
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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Accessing Hardware From Applications
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Tips and guidelines for developing applications that communicate with or control devices. 
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Darwin, Hardware & Drivers | 
Guides | 
2007-02-08
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Accessing HTTPS Proxy Settings
(HTML)
( )
QA1234: Describes how to programatically access Secure Web Proxy information. 
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Carbon, Core Foundation, Games, Internet & Web, Mac OS X Server, Networking, Security | 
Technical Q&As | 
2003-02-19
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Accessing SQL Data in Apple Remote Desktop 2
(HTML)
 Learn how to access the PostgreSQL database to help create custom applications. 
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Mac OS X Server, Networking, Open Source | 
Articles | 
2005-02-21
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Action Messages
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Explains how Cocoa controls respond to user actions and enable users to communicate to an application. 
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Cocoa | 
Guides | 
2002-11-12
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Activating CrashReporter in OS X
(HTML)
 Deprecated - QA1057: Explains of how to enable crash reporting in Mac OS X version 10.0. 
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User Experience | 
Technical Q&As | 
2001-05-13
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addflashactions
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Adds a few wired actions to a movie that has a flash track.  
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QuickTime | 
Sample Code | 
2003-02-25
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addflashactions.win
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Adds a few wired actions to a movie that has a flash track.  
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QuickTime | 
Sample Code | 
2003-02-25
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AddFrameToMovie
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Shows how to add an additional frame to the end of an existing movie.  
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QuickTime | 
Sample Code | 
2003-01-14
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addhtactions
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Adds two go-to-URL actions to parts of the text track. 
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QuickTime | 
Sample Code | 
2003-02-25
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addhtactions.win
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Adds two go-to-URL actions to parts of the text track. 
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QuickTime | 
Sample Code | 
2003-02-25
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Adding a movie reference to a movie
(HTML)
 QA1376: Demonstrates how to add a reference for a movie to another movie 
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Carbon, QuickTime | 
Technical Q&As | 
2004-09-16
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Adding an automated Window menu to your application
(HTML)
 QA1080: Explains how to add an automated Window menu to your Carbon application. 
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Carbon | 
Technical Q&As | 
2001-10-30
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Adding and removing a submenu from a menu in Cocoa
(HTML)
 QA1420: Explains how to dynamically add and remove menus in a Cocoa application. 
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Cocoa | 
Technical Q&As | 
2007-09-10
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Adding menu separator items to controls in a Sherlock channel
(HTML)
( )
QA1219: Using menu-item separators in an NSPopUpButton control of a Sherlock channel. 
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Apple Applications | 
Technical Q&As | 
2003-01-21
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Adding metadata to a QuickTime movie using the QuickTime MetaData APIs
(HTML)
 QA1515: Adding metadata to a QuickTime movie using the QuickTime MetaData APIs 
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QuickTime | 
Technical Q&As | 
2008-08-08
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Adding metadata to an iTunes file using the QuickTime Metadata APIs
(HTML)
 QA1508: How to add metadata to a movie using the QuickTime Metadata APIs 
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QuickTime | 
Technical Q&As | 
2007-02-14
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Adding QuickTime Movie Data to Non-QuickTime Files
(HTML)
 QTMTB31: Describes how to embed QuickTime movies into files, and play back on Windows or Mac. 
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QuickTime | 
Technical Q&As | 
1995-05-01
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Adding Unicode characters to Text Media in a Text Track
(HTML)
 QA1400: Describes how to add Unicode characters to text media in a text track 
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QuickTime | 
Technical Q&As | 
2005-09-01
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AddNibToNav
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Shows how to create a custom area, instantiated from a nib file, in a Navigation Services dialog. 
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Carbon | 
Sample Code | 
2004-01-22
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Address Book Actions Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the Address Book action callbacks. 
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Carbon | 
Reference | 
2007-07-08
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Address Book C Framework Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the C API for supporting and working with Address Book. 
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Apple Applications, Carbon | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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Address Book Constants Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the constants found in the Address Book framework. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2006-07-26
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Address Book Data Types Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the data types and constants found in the Address Book framework. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2006-07-26
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Address Book Objective-C Framework Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the Cocoa API for supporting and working with Address Book. 
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Apple Applications, Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-07-08
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Address Book Programming Guide for Mac OS X
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Explains how to add, search, remove, and customize Address Book records. 
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Apple Applications, Carbon, Cocoa | 
Guides | 
2006-04-04
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Address Book Reference Update
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Summarizes the symbols added to the Address Book framework. 
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Apple Applications | 
Release Notes | 
2007-07-18
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Address Book Utilities Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the C functions that support the Carbon API for Address Book. 
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Carbon | 
Reference | 
2007-07-08
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AddressBook Functions Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the functions and function-like macros found in the Address Book framework. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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AddressBookCarbon
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Demonstrates some basic manipulations of the Mac OS X 10.2.x (and beyond) Address Book API. 
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Apple Applications, Carbon | 
Sample Code | 
2003-01-14
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AddressBookCocoa
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Demonstrates some basic manipulations of the Mac OS X 10.2.x (and beyond) Address Book API. 
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Apple Applications, Carbon, Cocoa | 
Sample Code | 
2003-01-14
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AddTextMovie
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Adds a text track to an existing movie selected by the user. 
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Java, QuickTime | 
Sample Code | 
2006-06-28
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AddTextMovie.win
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Shows how to Add a text track to a Movie.  
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Java, QuickTime | 
Sample Code | 
2003-01-14
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addvractions
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Illustrates how to add wired actions to a QuickTime VR movie. 
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QuickTime | 
Sample Code | 
2003-01-14
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addvractions.win
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Illustrates how to add wired actions to a QuickTime VR movie. 
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QuickTime | 
Sample Code | 
2003-01-14
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Adjusting the movie brightness
(HTML)
 QA1382: Demonstrates how to adjust the brightness of a movie for playback. 
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QuickTime | 
Technical Q&As | 
2004-09-16
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Adopting Universal Binaries on Mac OS X
(HTML)
 Learn about universal binaries and how to get your applications ready for Intel-based Macs. 
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Carbon, Cocoa, Porting | 
Articles | 
2005-08-26
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Advertising a Bonjour service on a specific set of networking interfaces.
(HTML)
 QA1513: Explains how to register a Bonjour service only on a specific set of networking interfaces. 
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Carbon, Core Foundation, Networking, Open Source | 
Technical Q&As | 
2007-02-12
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AEBuild*, AEPrint* and Friends
(HTML)
( )
TN2045: Describes the AEBuild* and AEPrint* family of routines. 
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Carbon, Scripting & Automation | 
Technical Notes | 
2002-03-21
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AESendandReceive
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Deprecated - Sending and receiving Apple Events with JDK 1.3.1 on Mac OS X. 
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Java | 
Sample Code | 
2003-01-14
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AESendThreadSafe
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Demonstrates how to send Apple events from threads other than the main thread. 
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Carbon, Cocoa | 
Sample Code | 
2007-03-09
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AEStream and Friends
(HTML)
( )
TN2046: Describes the AEStream family of routines. 
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Carbon | 
Technical Notes | 
2002-03-29
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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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Darwin, Hardware & Drivers, Mac OS X Server, Performance | 
Release Notes | 
2007-10-31
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AGL Changes for Mac OS X Leopard (v. 10.5)
(HTML)
 QA1523: This Q&A describes the new and deprecated APIs for Apple OpenGL (AGL) 
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Carbon, Games, Graphics & Imaging, Porting | 
Technical Q&As | 
2008-01-04
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AGL Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the Apple graphics library for Carbon applications that use OpenGL. 
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging | 
Reference | 
2007-10-31
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AGL Reference Update
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Summarizes the symbols added to the AGL framework. 
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Graphics & Imaging | 
Release Notes | 
2007-07-18
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