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NSTextStorage Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the text storage system. 
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Cocoa, Text & Fonts | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSTextTab Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a tab in a paragraph style. 
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Cocoa, Text & Fonts | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSTextTable Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a block of text that represents a table. 
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Cocoa, Text & Fonts | 
Reference | 
2007-04-11
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NSTextTableBlock Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a block of text that appears as a cell within a table. 
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Cocoa, Text & Fonts | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSTextView Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a view that displays editable text. 
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Cocoa, Text & Fonts | 
Reference | 
2007-04-27
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NSThread Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a thread of execution. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-12-11
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NSTimer Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a timer. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2008-11-19
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NSTimeZone Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a time zone. 
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Cocoa, Internationalization | 
Reference | 
2008-02-08
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NSTokenField Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a text field that provides tokenized editing. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2008-10-15
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NSTokenFieldCell Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a cell used in the conversion of entered text into tokens representing objects. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2007-03-05
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NSToolbar Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a toolbar in a window's title bar. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2008-10-15
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NSToolbarItem Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a single item in a window's toolbar. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2006-06-28
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NSToolbarItemGroup Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a group of items in a window's toolbar. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2007-04-11
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NSToolbarItemValidation Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the interface for providing customized enabling and disabling of a toolbar item. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSToolTipOwner Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the interface for receiving requests for tooltip text. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSTrackingArea Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a view region used for mouse tracking and cursor updating. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-03-09
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NSTreeController Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the class that is used with Cocoa bindings to manage a tree of objects. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-04-10
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NSTreeNode Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a tree node in an object model. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2006-07-13
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NSTypesetter Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the interface for typesetter objects that perform text line layout. 
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Cocoa, Text & Fonts | 
Reference | 
2007-03-26
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NSUnarchiver Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes an object that extracts the contents of an archive created by NSArchiver. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSUndoManager Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a general-purpose recorder of undo and redo operations. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-01-18
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NSUniqueIDSpecifier Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the class used to specify an object in a container by unique ID. 
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Cocoa, Scripting & Automation | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSURL Additions Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes additions to support pasteboards. 
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Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSURL Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a string that uniquely identifies a resource. 
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Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking | 
Reference | 
2009-02-04
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NSURLAuthenticationChallenge Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a challenge from a server requiring authentication from the client. 
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Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSURLAuthenticationChallengeSender Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the interface for receiving authentication challenges. 
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Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSURLCache Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a collection of cached responses and data. 
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Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking | 
Reference | 
2008-03-11
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NSURLClient Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Deprecated - Describes the deprecated class replaced by the classes NSURLConnection and NSURLDownload. 
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Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking | 
Reference | 
2006-08-01
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NSURLConnection Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the class that provides support for retrieving data from a server in response to a URL load request. 
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Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking | 
Reference | 
2007-04-01
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NSURLCredential Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a credential used to authenticate a URL load request. 
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Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking | 
Reference | 
2006-06-28
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NSURLCredentialStorage Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a mapping of credentials to their corresponding protection spaces. 
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Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSURLDownload Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a connection used to download data to a file. 
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Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSURLHandle Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a deprecated technology replaced by the NSURLDownload class. 
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Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking | 
Reference | 
2009-02-04
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NSURLHandleClient Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a deprecated technology replaced by the NSURLDownload class. 
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Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSURLProtectionSpace Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes an area on a server that requires authentication of URL load requests. 
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Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSURLProtocol Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the interface for protocol-specific loading of URL data. 
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Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking | 
Reference | 
2007-04-01
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NSURLProtocolClient Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the interface used by protocol objects to communicate with the URL loading system. 
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Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSURLRequest Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a request for a resource identified by a URL. 
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Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking | 
Reference | 
2007-04-01
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NSURLResponse Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the metadata returned by a server for a load request. 
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Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking | 
Reference | 
2007-12-11
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NSUserDefaults Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes an object for managing preference information. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2009-04-08
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NSUserDefaultsController Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a Cocoa bindings-compatible manager for user preferences. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSUserInterfaceValidations Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the interface for participating in automatic enabling and disabling of controls. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSValidatedUserInterfaceItem Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the interface for a control to respond to requests regarding automatic enabling and disabling. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2006-08-29
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NSValue Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a container for a single C or Objective-C data item. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-10-31
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NSValue Core Animation Additions
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes extensions to Foundation's NSValue class that support the Core Animation LKTransform structure. 
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Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging | 
Reference | 
2007-07-24
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NSValue QTKit Additions Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes additions for wrapping time and time range structures. 
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QuickTime | 
Reference | 
2007-05-07
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NSValueTransformer Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a Cocoa-bindings compatible interface for transforming value representations. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-07-24
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NSView Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the interface for drawing, event handling, and printing in views. 
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Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, Printing | 
Reference | 
2009-02-04
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NSView Interface Builder Kit Additions Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes additions, used by Interface Builder plug-ins, for manipulating views. 
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Cocoa, Tools | 
Reference | 
2007-05-10
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NSViewAnimation Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes an animation in a view or window. 
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Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSViewController Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the manager of a view, usually a view stored in a nib file. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-05-02
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NSWhoseSpecifier Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the class used to specify every object in a container that matches a defined condition. 
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Cocoa, Scripting & Automation | 
Reference | 
2006-06-28
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NSWindow Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a window. 
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Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2009-03-04
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NSWindowController Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes an object for controlling a window that is usually stored in a nib file. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSWindowScripting Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the category on NSWindow for scripting basic properties and commands of windows in scriptable applications. 
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Cocoa, Scripting & Automation, User Experience | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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NSWorkspace Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes an object that provides Finder services to an application. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-04-27
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NSXMLDocument Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the class for representing XML documents as a logical tree structure. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-02-27
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NSXMLDTD Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a representation of a Document Type Definition as a tree structure. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-02-27
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NSXMLDTDNode Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a declaration node for a Document Type Definition. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-02-27
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NSXMLElement Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes an element node in an XML tree structure. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-02-27
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NSXMLNode Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes a logical node in an XML tree structure. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-02-27
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NSXMLParser Class Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes an object for finding and extracting data in XML documents. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2007-02-02
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NullAuthPlugin
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Use this as a template for writing an authorization plugin, or as a tool to debug the authorization process. 
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Security | 
Sample Code | 
2007-10-26
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Number and Value Programming Topics for Cocoa
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Explains how to use Cocoa object wrappers for primitive C data types. 
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Cocoa | 
Guides | 
2008-02-08
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NumberInput_IMKit_Sample
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Illustrates an input method that uses the Mac OS X 10.5 InputMethodKit framework. 
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Cocoa, Internationalization | 
Sample Code | 
2008-03-17
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Numerous Small Packet Exchanges Resultin Poor TCP Performance
(HTML)
( )
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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NURBSSurfaceVertexProg
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Uses a vertex program to compute the vertex position for a NURB surface. 
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Graphics & Imaging | 
Sample Code | 
2003-07-07
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Object-Oriented Programming with Objective-C
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes object-oriented programming from the perspective of an Objective-C developer. 
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Cocoa | 
Guides | 
2008-11-19
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Objective-C 1 Runtime Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Deprecated - Describes the data structures and functions of the Objective-C 1.0 runtime support library. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2009-01-06
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The Objective-C 2.0 Programming Language
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Introduces object-oriented programming and describes the main programming language used for Cocoa development. 
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Cocoa, Tools | 
Guides | 
2009-05-06
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Objective-C 2.0 Runtime Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the Objective-C 2.0 runtime support library. 
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Cocoa | 
Guides | 
2009-02-04
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Objective-C 2.0 Runtime Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the data structures and functions of the Objective-C runtime support library. 
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Cocoa | 
Reference | 
2008-11-19
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Objective-C Release Notes
(HTML)
 Updated for Mac OS X v10.5  
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Cocoa | 
Release Notes | 
2007-10-31
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ObjectPath
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Demonstrates how to use the NSPathControl class. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Sample Code | 
2007-05-22
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Observing Process Lifetimes Without Polling
(HTML)
 TN2050: Shows a variety of methods to observe process lifetimes without polling. 
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Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Darwin | 
Technical Notes | 
2008-09-10
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Obtaining 16 Bits-Per-Color Data with CUPS Raster Printing
(HTML)
 TN2149: Obtaining 16 Bits-Per-Color Data with CUPS Raster Printing 
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Graphics & Imaging, Hardware & Drivers, Open Source, Printing | 
Technical Notes | 
2005-08-24
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Obtaining and Using Icons With Icon Services
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Explains how to obtain and display icons for a Carbon application or extension. 
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Carbon, User Experience | 
Guides | 
2003-02-01
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Obtaining the localized application name in Cocoa
(HTML)
 QA1544: Describes how to obtain several versions of the application name in Cocoa. 
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Cocoa, Internationalization | 
Technical Q&As | 
2007-09-21
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Obtaining the name of an external MIDI Device from a MIDI Endpoint
(HTML)
 QA1374: Get the names of external MIDI Devices from MIDI Endpoints. 
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Audio, Hardware & Drivers | 
Technical Q&As | 
2004-12-01
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ODOC
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Illustrates how to send an open document ('odoc') Apple event to another application process.  
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Carbon, Scripting & Automation, Tools | 
Sample Code | 
2003-01-14
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offscreen.win
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Uses NewGWorldFromHBITMAP to wrap a gworld around an existing DIB, then draws movie frames into this gworld.  
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QuickTime | 
Sample Code | 
2003-01-14
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OldDelegateOnlyComponent
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Deprecated - Please see DelegateOnlyComponent for the current version of this sample. 
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QuickTime | 
Sample Code | 
2003-10-27
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On Drag Manager Additions (Release 1.1)
(HTML)
 TN1043: Explains how to take advantage of the new Drag Manager features, including the translucent dragging. 
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Carbon | 
Technical Notes | 
2000-08-14
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On Launching an App with a Document
(HTML)
( )
TN1002: Explains how to programatically launch an application and then tell it to open a document. 
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Carbon | 
Technical Notes | 
2000-07-01
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Online Help
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Explains how to add help to a Cocoa application. 
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Cocoa, User Experience | 
Guides | 
2006-06-28
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Open Directory Plug-in Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Explains how to implement dynamically loaded libraries that respond to Open Directory client requests in Carbon. 
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Darwin, Mac OS X Server, Networking, Open Source | 
Guides | 
2006-05-23
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Open Directory Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Explains how to implement centralized storage and retrieval of information in Carbon. 
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Darwin, Mac OS X Server, Networking, Open Source | 
Guides | 
2007-01-08
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Open Directory Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the Carbon API for using Open Directory. 
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Darwin, Mac OS X Server, Networking, Open Source | 
Reference | 
2006-05-23
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Open Firmware device tree nodes
(HTML)
 HW86: Explains the usage of the "@n" notation in Open Firmware device tree nodes. 
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Hardware & Drivers | 
Technical Q&As | 
2000-09-05
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Open Firmware Memory bus speed
(HTML)
 HW97: Describes a method to display memory bus speed for G3 or G4 Macintosh in Open Firmware. 
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Darwin, Hardware & Drivers | 
Technical Q&As | 
2000-09-22
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Open Firmware version number
(HTML)
 HW96: Discusses the unique values of Open Firmware version numbers. 
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Hardware & Drivers | 
Technical Q&As | 
2000-09-22
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Open Scripting Architecture Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the API for compiling and executing scripts in applications and writing scripting components. 
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Carbon, Scripting & Automation | 
Reference | 
2007-05-07
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Open Transport Error -3208:  kEBADFErr
(HTML)
( )
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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Open Transport Libraries
(HTML)
( )
NW18: Lists the Open Transport libraries and what to link with for PowerPC and 68K. 
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Carbon, Games, Networking | 
Technical Q&As | 
2000-11-03
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Open Transport Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Describes the Carbon compatibility library for accessing TCP/IP networks at the transport level. 
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Carbon, Networking | 
Reference | 
2005-07-07
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Open Transport STREAMS FAQ
(HTML)
 Deprecated - TN1117: Decribes writing STREAMS modules and drivers for use with Open Transport. 
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Carbon, Hardware & Drivers, Networking | 
Technical Notes | 
1997-12-01
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OpenALExample
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
 Basic example showing OpenAL usage in a 2D OpenGL environment 
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Audio, Cocoa, Games | 
Sample Code | 
2005-06-01
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OpenGL Capabilities Matrix
(HTML)
 Lists supported OpenGL extensions and parameter values by various combinations of Mac OS X versions, graphics adapters, and CPU types. 
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Graphics & Imaging | 
Reference | 
2007-11-30
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OpenGL Driver Monitor Decoder Ring
(HTML)
( )
QA1334: Describes what each of the parameters available in the OpenGL Driver Monitor measure. 
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Graphics & Imaging | 
Technical Q&As | 
2004-01-30
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OpenGL Driver Monitor User Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
 Explains how to view the properties supported by the OpenGL drivers available on the system. 
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Graphics & Imaging, Tools | 
Guides | 
2008-02-08
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