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NSPortCoder Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a coder that transmits objects, or their proxies, between distributed objects. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-01-29
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NSPortMessage Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the message data sent using distributed objects. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-01-29
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NSPortNameServer Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the port registration object used by distributed objects. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-01-29
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NSPositionalSpecifier Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the class used to specify an insertion point in a container relative to another object in the container. 
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Cocoa, Scripting & Automation | 
Reference | 
2007-06-29
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NSPredicate Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a representation of logical conditions. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2006-08-16
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NSPredicateEditor Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a graphical predicate editor. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2008-10-15
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NSPredicateEditorRowTemplate Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a row in a graphical predicate editor. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-01-12
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NSPreferencePane Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Defines the interface for subclasses to provide preference panes to System Preferences or other applications. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSPrinter Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a representation of a printer as specified by a PPD file. 
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Cocoa, Printing | 
Reference | 
2007-01-29
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NSPrintInfo Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the print settings used for a print job. 
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Cocoa, Printing | 
Reference | 
2009-01-06
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NSPrintOperation Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a print job. 
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Cocoa, Printing | 
Reference | 
2007-03-02
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NSPrintPanel Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a print dialog. 
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Cocoa, Printing | 
Reference | 
2007-07-16
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NSPrintPanelAccessorizing Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the interface for configuring accessory panes for the print panel. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-03-09
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NSProcessInfo Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the current process. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-03-26
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NSProgressIndicator animation and redraw
(HTML)
 QA1473: Discusses why NSProgressIndicator does not redraw during progress loops. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Technical Q&As | 
2006-11-15
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NSProgressIndicator Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a control that shows that a lengthy task is under way. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2008-03-11
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NSPropertyDescription Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the class used to define properties of an entity in a Core Data managed object model. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2006-10-03
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NSPropertyListSerialization Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the class used to convert property list objects to and from several serialized formats. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2008-06-09
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NSPropertyMapping Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a mapping of a property in a Core Data migration. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-05-22
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NSPropertySpecifier Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the class used to specify a simple attribute value, a one-to-one relationship, or all elements of a to-many relationship. 
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Cocoa, Scripting & Automation | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSProtocolChecker Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes an object that restricts the messages that can be sent to another object. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSProxy Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the interface for object surrogates used in distributed messages and lazy instantiation.  
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-04-06
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NSQuickDrawView Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a deprecated technology replaced by Quartz. 
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Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging | 
Reference | 
2007-01-30
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NSQuitCommand Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the class used to quit the specified application. 
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Cocoa, Scripting & Automation | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSRandomSpecifier Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the class used to specify an arbitrary object in a collection. 
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Cocoa, Scripting & Automation | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSRangeSpecifier Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the class used to specify a range of objects in a container through two delimiting objects. 
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Cocoa, Scripting & Automation | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSRecursiveLock Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a lock that can be acquired multiple times by one thread without causing a deadlock. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-04-30
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NSRelationshipDescription Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a relationship in a Core Data schema. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2006-07-11
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NSRelativeSpecifier Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the class used to specify an object in a collection by its position relative to another object. 
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Cocoa, Scripting & Automation | 
Reference | 
2006-06-28
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NSResponder Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the interface for handling events. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-03-05
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NSRuleEditor Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a graphical rule editor. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2008-02-08
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NSRulerMarker Class Objective-C Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a marker on a ruler, such as a tab setting. 
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Cocoa, Text & Fonts | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSRulerView Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a ruler, with markers, that adjoins a scroll view's document view. 
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Cocoa, Text & Fonts | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSRunLoop Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the object that manages events on a thread. 
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Cocoa, Performance | 
Reference | 
2008-02-08
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NSSavePanel Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the panel that a user employs to set a file-system location and save a file. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2009-02-04
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NSScanner Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes an object that scans values from a string. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2008-10-15
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NSScreen Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a representation of a screen (computer monitor). 
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Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging | 
Reference | 
2009-01-06
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NSScriptClassDescription Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the class used to encapsulate the scriptability information for a scriptable class. 
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Cocoa, Scripting & Automation | 
Reference | 
2007-07-17
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NSScriptCoercionHandler Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the class that provides a mechanism for converting one kind of scripting data to another. 
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Cocoa, Scripting & Automation | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSScriptCommand Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the class used to represent a scripting statement and the information needed to perform the operation it specifies. 
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Cocoa, Scripting & Automation | 
Reference | 
2007-07-20
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NSScriptCommandDescription Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the class used to provide a description of a script command. 
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Cocoa, Scripting & Automation | 
Reference | 
2007-04-10
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NSScriptExecutionContext Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the class that provides a shared instance of the context in which the current script command is executed. 
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Cocoa, Scripting & Automation | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSScriptingComparisonMethods Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the informal protocol used to define a set of methods for comparing script objects. 
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Cocoa, Scripting & Automation | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSScriptKeyValueCoding Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the informal protocol used to provide additional key-value coding capabilities in a scriptable application. 
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Cocoa, Scripting & Automation | 
Reference | 
2007-10-31
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NSScriptObjectSpecifier Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the abstract class used to instantiate objects that represent references to scriptable objects. 
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Cocoa, Scripting & Automation | 
Reference | 
2007-06-29
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NSScriptObjectSpecifiers Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the informal protocol used by scriptable objects to provide a fully specified object specifier to themselves. 
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Cocoa, Scripting & Automation | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSScriptSuiteRegistry Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the class used as the top-level repository of scriptability information for an application at runtime. 
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Cocoa, Scripting & Automation | 
Reference | 
2007-04-10
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NSScriptWhoseTest Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the abstract class used to represent expressions for testing scriptable object inclusion. 
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Cocoa, Scripting & Automation | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSScroller Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a control for scrolling a document view within a scroll view. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2009-04-08
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NSScrollView Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a view for displaying content larger than its bounds. 
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Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSSearchField Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a text field optimized for entering a search query. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSSearchFieldCell Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a search field cell. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2008-03-11
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NSSecureTextField Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a text field that hides its text. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSSecureTextFieldCell Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the user interface of a secure text field. 
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Cocoa, Text & Fonts, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2007-10-31
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NSSegmentedCell Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes an action cell that provides appearance and behavior for an NSSegmentedControl object. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2009-05-06
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NSSegmentedControl Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a horizontal button divided into multiple segments 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2009-05-06
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NSSerializer Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a deprecated technology replaced by the NSPropertyListSerialization class. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSServicesRequests Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the interface for transferring data to the pasteboard during service requests. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-01-30
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NSSet Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes an immutable unordered collection of distinct elements. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2008-10-15
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NSSetCommand Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the class used to set values in a scriptable object. 
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Cocoa, Scripting & Automation | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSShadow Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a drop shadow for a drawing operation. 
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Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging | 
Reference | 
2009-02-04
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NSSimpleHorizontalTypesetter Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Deprecated - Describes the deprecated technology replaced by NSATSTypesetter. 
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Cocoa, Text & Fonts | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSSlider Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a control for selecting a value from a continuous range of values. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSSliderCell Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes an action cell that provides appearance and behavior for an NSSlider object. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSSocketPort Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a BSD socket for distributed object connections or raw messaging. 
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Cocoa, Networking | 
Reference | 
2008-10-15
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NSSocketPortNameServer Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a registrar of named TCP/IP sockets. 
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Cocoa, Networking | 
Reference | 
2007-02-26
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NSSortDescriptor Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the rules for a sorting operation. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-10-31
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NSSound Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes an object that loads and plays audio files. 
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Audio, Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2008-10-15
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NSSpecifierTest Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the class used to apply a test to compare a specified object to another object. 
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Cocoa, Scripting & Automation | 
Reference | 
2006-06-28
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NSSpeechRecognizer Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the Cocoa command-and-control voice recognition system. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2007-04-03
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NSSpeechSynthesizer Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the Cocoa parser that converts text to speech. 
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Cocoa, Text & Fonts, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2009-01-06
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NSSpellChecker Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the interface to the Cocoa spell-checking service. 
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Cocoa, Text & Fonts | 
Reference | 
2007-04-27
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NSSpellServer Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes an application-defined spell-checking service. 
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Cocoa, Text & Fonts | 
Reference | 
2007-04-27
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NSSplitView Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a container for subviews with a user-controlled portion of each visible. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2009-04-08
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NSStatusBar Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the collection of status items in the menu bar. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2007-03-05
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NSStatusItem Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a status item in the menu bar. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2007-03-05
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NSStepper Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a control that can increment and decrement a value. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSStepperCell Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes an action cell that provides appearance and behavior for an NSStepper object. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSStream Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes an interface for reading and writing data. 
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Cocoa, Networking | 
Reference | 
2008-10-15
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NSString Application Kit Additions Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes additions for drawing strings. 
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Cocoa, Text & Fonts | 
Reference | 
2009-02-04
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NSString Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes an immutable character string. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2009-02-04
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NSTableColumn Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the display characteristics and attribute identifiers for a column in a table view. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2007-10-31
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NSTableDataSource Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the interface for receiving table view data requests. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2007-04-10
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NSTableHeaderCell Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the user interface of a column header of a table view. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSTableHeaderView Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a column header of a table view. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSTableView Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a view that displays and manages tabular data. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
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NSTabView Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a view that supports switching between subviews. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSTabViewItem Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a single view in a tab view. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSTask Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a task that runs as a subprocess. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-01-31
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NSText Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a basic interface for text-bearing objects. 
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Cocoa, Text & Fonts | 
Reference | 
2008-05-06
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NSTextAttachment Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a text attachment for an attributed string. 
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Cocoa, Text & Fonts | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSTextAttachmentCell Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the user interface for a text attachment. 
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Cocoa, Text & Fonts | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSTextAttachmentCell Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the interface for drawing text attachments. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSTextBlock Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a block of text laid out in a subregion of a text container. 
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Cocoa, Text & Fonts | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSTextContainer Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes an area where text is laid out. 
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Cocoa, Text & Fonts | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSTextField Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a control that displays editable text. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2009-01-06
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NSTextFieldCell Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the user interface of a text field. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2009-01-06
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NSTextInput Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Descibes the formal protocol that text views implement to receive input from the user's keyboard and mouse. 
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Cocoa, Text & Fonts | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSTextInputClient Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the interface for receiving keyboard input as properly formed text. 
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Cocoa, Text & Fonts | 
Reference | 
2008-10-15
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NSTextList Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a section of text that forms a single list. 
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Cocoa, Text & Fonts | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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