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Performance Overview
(HTML)
(PDF)
Introduces the factors that determine performance.
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Audio, Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Darwin, Games, Graphics & Imaging, Hardware & Drivers, Java, Open Source, Performance, Tools |
Guides |
2006-10-03
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Perl, Python, and Ruby Extensions Release Notes
(HTML)
Describes how to create universal binary extensions for Perl, Python, and Ruby.
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Darwin, Open Source, Scripting & Automation |
Release Notes |
2007-10-31
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PhotoSearch
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates advanced controls and cells. Custom drawing, hit testing, tracking, editing, expansion tooltips, tracking areas.
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Cocoa |
Sample Code |
2008-03-05
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PhotoToss: CSS Transforms, Transitions, and Web Fonts
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use CSS Transforms, Transitions, and Web Fonts.
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Apple Applications, Internet & Web |
Sample Code |
2008-08-21
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PICT, QuickTime-Compressed Testing
(HTML)
QTICM09: Details how to determine whether a picture's QuickTime-compressed, contains QuickTime-compressed images, and type of compression used
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1995-05-01
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Picture Utilities Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Deprecated - Describes the legacy C API for reading and modifying image data stored in PICT-formatted files. Replaced by Quartz2D.
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging |
Reference |
2006-07-13
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PictureSharing
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use NSNetServices to advertise a service using Bonjour.
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Cocoa, Networking |
Sample Code |
2005-02-08
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PictureSharingBrowser
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use NSNetServices to take advantage of Bonjour service discovery and name resolution.
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Cocoa, Networking |
Sample Code |
2005-02-08
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PictureTaker
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates the PictureTaker in a basic Cocoa application
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Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging |
Sample Code |
2007-04-02
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PIDFromBSDProcessName
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Provides a simple API to do process PID lookup based on BSD process name.
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Darwin, Open Source, Tools |
Sample Code |
2003-02-13
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PinBallHighScores
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates use of Quartz Composer for displaying data within an application
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Graphics & Imaging |
Sample Code |
2007-06-11
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Play Movie with Controller
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Playing a QuickTime movie using a movie controller. Part of "An Introduction to QuickTime".
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QuickTime |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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Play Video Sample
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Deprecated - The sample makes use of the RequestVideo sample code API.
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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Playback of QuickTime movie audio through a multi-channel speaker system
(HTML)
QA1627: Specify a specific pair of channels for QuickTime audio movie playback through a multi-channel speaker system
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Audio, QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2008-11-05
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Playing a sound file using the Default Output Audio Unit
(HTML)
TN2097: Playing an Audio File using the Default Output Audio Unit
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Audio, Carbon |
Technical Notes |
2006-11-15
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Playing memory-resident WAVE data using QuickTime 4
(HTML)
( )
QTMTB52: Explains how to play memory-resident WAVE data in QuickTime 4 or later.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1999-07-21
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Playing QuickTime 3 Movie Sound Data
(HTML)
()
QTMTB50: Explains why a movie's sound data can continue to play longer than video data.
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Audio, QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1998-11-09
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PlayMovie
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates QuickTime content playback within a java.awt.Frame using the QTFactory to create a QTComponent.
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Java, QuickTime |
Sample Code |
2006-05-11
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PlayMovieJava
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Deprecated - Display any QuickTime content within an AWT container using the QTCanvas.
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QuickTime |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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PlaySound
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to play a sound or midi file using AWT rather than a QTComponent.
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Java, QuickTime |
Sample Code |
2006-05-11
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PlayTune
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to use the TunePlayer to play a Tune using the QuickTime Music Architecture.
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Java, QuickTime |
Sample Code |
2006-05-11
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The 'plst' Resource
(HTML)
()
TN2013: Describes the 'plst' resource for Carbon-based applications.
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Carbon |
Technical Notes |
2002-02-07
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Plug-ins
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use the plug-in architecture provided by Core Foundation.
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Carbon, Core Foundation, Open Source |
Guides |
2005-03-03
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PMPrinterPrintWithFile
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
How to send files, for example PostScript and PDF, directly to the printer. Replaces the pict-ps path.
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
Sample Code |
2006-07-18
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PMPrinterTest
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates using the PMPrinter APIs to obtain information about the connected printers.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Printing |
Sample Code |
2009-02-13
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Polygons
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates the NSBezierPath class, as well as the manipulation of NSView's coordinate space for convenience.
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Cocoa |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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PopUpMenuWithCurFont
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Deprecated - Demonstrates what must be done to control the font used by MDEF 0 during PopUpMenuSelect.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2003-01-30
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Porting CodeWarrior Projects to Xcode
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to move software projects from CodeWarrior to Xcode and compares the two development environments.
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Carbon, Porting, Tools |
Guides |
2006-10-26
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Porting Command Line Unix Tools to Mac OS X
(HTML)
()
TN2071: A general guide for Unix developers porting software to Mac OS X.
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Darwin, Porting |
Technical Notes |
2003-09-03
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Porting Drivers to Mac OS X
(HTML)
(PDF)
Tips and code samples to help UNIX/Linux device driver developers bring their drivers to Mac OS X.
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Darwin, Open Source, Porting |
Guides |
2009-05-06
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Porting Multithreaded Applications from Win32 to Mac OS X
(HTML)
Learn how Mac OS X handles multithreading, before porting your Win32 application.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Performance, Porting |
Articles |
2005-06-20
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Porting to Mac OS X from Windows Win32 API
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes how to port your Windows Win32 applications to Mac OS X.
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Porting |
Guides |
2009-05-06
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Porting UNIX/Linux Applications to Mac OS X
(HTML)
(PDF)
Conceptual information and tips about porting UNIX and Linux applications to Mac OS X.
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Darwin, Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Open Source, Porting, Tools |
Guides |
2008-04-08
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PortMapper
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates Bonjour's NAT port-mapping API, and provides a higher-level Objective-C interface to it.
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Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking |
Sample Code |
2008-07-25
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Power adapter Sensing for the 17" PowerBook
(HTML)
()
QA1266: Details Design and detection considerations for 17-inch PowerBook power adapters
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2003-06-12
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Power Mac G5 -- Single Processor Developer Note
(HTML)
(PDF)
Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the single processor Power Mac G5 introduced October 2004.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2004-10-19
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Power Mac G5 Developer Note
(HTML)
Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the Power Mac G5 introduced in October 2005.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2007-03-06
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Power Mac G5 Developer Note
(HTML)
(PDF)
Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the Power Mac G5 introduced in April 2005.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2005-04-29
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Power Management for Macintosh; getting started
(HTML)
()
TN2075: Outlines available documentation and its location for power management on Mac OS X and OS 9.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Notes |
2003-05-30
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Power Management; Policy Maker vs. Power Controller
(HTML)
()
QA1121: Describes the differences between a Power Management Policy Maker and a Power Management Power Controller.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Darwin, Hardware & Drivers, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-13
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Power Manager 2.0
(HTML)
()
TN1190: Describes the Macintosh Power Manager 2.0.
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Carbon, Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Notes |
2000-08-14
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Power Manager Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the legacy C API for controlling power to the internal hardware devices of battery-powered Macintosh computers.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2006-07-13
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PowerMac G4
(HTML)
(PDF)
Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the PowerMac G4 introduced in January 2003.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2008-02-20
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PowerPC G5 Performance Primer
(HTML)
()
TN2087: Offers a high-level overview of how to maximize performance on G5 Macs.
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Carbon, Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Notes |
2003-09-03
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PowerPC Numerics
(PDF)
Describes the Mac OS X numerics environment for implementing IEEE standards 754 and C99.
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Performance |
Guides |
2004-01-22
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PPPoE Server for Testing
(HTML)
()
QA1252: Describes how to configure Mac OS X as a PPPoE server for testing purposes.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2003-04-11
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Predicate Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes how to specify queries in Cocoa.
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Cocoa |
Guides |
2009-05-06
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PredicateEditorSample
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the NSPredicateEditor class.
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Apple Applications, Cocoa, User Experience |
Sample Code |
2007-06-06
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Preference Manifest Files for Managed Clients Overview
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the format of preference manifest files, which are XML documents for storing and managing application preferences.
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Mac OS X Server |
Guides |
2008-10-15
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Preference Panes
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to create dynamically loaded plug-ins that provide a graphical interface to user preferences.
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Cocoa, User Experience |
Guides |
2006-10-03
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Preference Panes Framework Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the Objective-C API for supporting and working with preference panes.
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Cocoa |
Reference |
2006-05-23
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Preference Panes Reference Update
(HTML)
(PDF)
Summarizes the symbols added to the Preference Panes framework.
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Cocoa |
Release Notes |
2007-07-18
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The Preferences Problem
(HTML)
()
Deprecated - TN1134: Outlines typical problems with preferences files and some of their solutions.
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Carbon, Core Foundation |
Technical Notes |
1998-10-01
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Preferences Programming Topics for Core Foundation
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to manage Core Foundation user preferences.
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Carbon, Core Foundation |
Guides |
2006-10-03
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Preferences Utilities Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes Core Foundation preferences functions.
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Carbon, Core Foundation, User Experience |
Reference |
2007-10-31
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PrefsPane
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
A Cocoa sample System Preferences bundle that demonstrates how to use the NSPreferencePane class.
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Cocoa, User Experience |
Sample Code |
2007-06-06
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PreLoginAgents
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Pre-login launchd agents to display UI using AppKit and HIToolbox.
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Carbon, Cocoa |
Sample Code |
2007-10-26
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PrepareMemoryForIO in the NewWorld
(HTML)
DV33: Explains the correct use of PrepareMemoryForIO on DMA buffers when writing a device driver for DMA software.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1998-12-07
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Preprocessing Info.plist files in Xcode Using the C Preprocessor
(HTML)
TN2175: Describes workarounds for several issues concerning preprocessing Info.plist files in Xcode with the C preprocessor.
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Tools |
Technical Notes |
2007-08-14
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Preroll Movies
(HTML)
QTMTB42: Lists the advantages of calling PreRollMovie to improve the performance of QuickTime movies.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
1995-05-01
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Preserving embedded ICC profiles when using QuickTime Graphics Importer/Exporters
(HTML)
()
QA1145: Shows how to preserve the embedded ICC profile when using the QuickTime Graphics Importer/Exporter routines
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Carbon, Games, Graphics & Imaging, QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-09-04
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Preventing column reordering in NSTableView
(HTML)
QA1503: Demonstrates how to prevent column reordering of certain columns in NSTableView.
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Cocoa, User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
2007-01-24
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Preventing crashes when using multiple disabled but editable NSComboBoxes
(HTML)
()
QA1142: How to prevent a crash when using multiple disabled -- but editable --NSComboBoxes in a view.
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Cocoa |
Technical Q&As |
2002-06-03
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Preventing sleep
(HTML)
QA1160: Explains how your application can prevent the system from sleeping.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2004-10-22
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Preview image quality of DV capture
(HTML)
QTMCC12: Describes how to get full resolution preview image quality when capturing DV.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2000-10-25
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Printer Queue vs. Printer Name
(HTML)
QA1407: Explains the difference between a printer queue and a printer name.
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Carbon, Printing |
Technical Q&As |
2007-04-26
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Printing Plug-in Interfaces Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the various callback interfaces that Mac OS X printing plug-ins implement in Carbon.
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
Reference |
2003-07-31
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Printing Programming Topics for Cocoa
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to support printing in Cocoa applications.
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Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
Guides |
2006-06-28
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Private HITheme APIs in Mac OS X 10.2 should not be called
(HTML)
QA1377: Explains why weak-linked API common runtime check is not good enough for the HITheme APIs.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2004-10-27
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Problem Getting PICTS to Display in Correct Colors
(HTML)
Deprecated - QD24: Using a custom color table to get PICTs to display with the right colors in an offscreen GWorld.
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
1995-09-15
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Problem with PaintRgn on 256-color Screens
(HTML)
Deprecated - QD23: PaintRgn with RGBForeColor and transfer mode addOver doesn't return color to original on 256-color-screens.
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, Performance, User Experience |
Technical Q&As |
1995-09-15
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Problems Creating a Mask for a Picture
(HTML)
Deprecated - QD27: Demonstrates creating a mask where the mask is 0 for pure white pixels and 1 everywhere else.
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
1995-09-15
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Problems getting Bonjour TXT record information
(HTML)
QA1389: Explains why you might have problems retrieving TXT record information from a CFNetServiceRef or NSNetService.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Networking |
Technical Q&As |
2005-07-06
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Problems recording CopyBits into a PICT on Mac OS X 10.2
(HTML)
()
QA1189: Identifies a problem with CopyBits and PICT on Mac OS X 10.2 and gives a simple workaround.
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, Porting |
Technical Q&As |
2002-11-19
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Process
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
A simple demonstration of the Process Manager API.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2003-10-30
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Process Carbon Events Not Delivered in 10.2
(HTML)
()
QA1181: Work around for a bug in Mac OS X 10.2 that prevents the delivery of process Carbon events.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2002-08-27
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Process Manager Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the C API for process management in Carbon applications.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2007-12-04
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Processes
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
This process management application uses most of AppleScript Studio's significant features.
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Scripting & Automation |
Sample Code |
2006-07-28
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ProfileSystem
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to obtain the same information that System Profiler displays.
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Carbon, Mac OS X Server |
Sample Code |
2005-05-05
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Programatically retrieving field and frame information
(HTML)
QA1547: Discusses the use of the kICMImageDescriptionPropertyID_FieldInfo property to retrieve Field/Frame information.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2007-09-13
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Programmatic configuration of a Movie Export Component
(HTML)
()
QA1147: Demonstrates how to programmatically configure a movie export component without showing the Movie Export dialog.
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QuickTime |
Technical Q&As |
2002-06-18
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Programmatic Mounting of AppleShare Volumes
(HTML)
()
TN1111: Mount an AppleShare volume using PBVolumeMount. AFPVolMountInfo structure is defined along with the AFPXVolMountInfo structure.
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Carbon |
Technical Notes |
1997-10-01
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Programmatically Accessing and Manipulating Multiple Keychain Items
(HTML)
QA1486: An explanation on what is and is not possible using the SecKeychain API to manipulate Keychain Items.
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Cocoa, Enterprise IT, Mac OS X Server, Security |
Technical Q&As |
2006-10-03
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Programmatically causing restart, shutdown and/or logout
(HTML)
()
QA1134: Describes how to programmatically cause restart, shutdown, sleep or logout.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Darwin, Hardware & Drivers, Mac OS X Server, Tools |
Technical Q&As |
2008-09-24
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Programmatically Performing an Open Directory Search
(HTML)
QA1462: A short guide on how to programmatically search Open Directory for matching attribute values within records.
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Core Foundation, Enterprise IT, Internet & Web, Mac OS X Server |
Technical Q&As |
2006-09-11
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Programming with the Appearance Manager
(HTML)
Explains how to make an application's user interface look like the Mac OS user interface.
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Carbon, User Experience |
Guides |
2001-11-20
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Programming With the Language Analysis Manager
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how morpholgical analysis is performed by the system.
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Carbon, Internationalization |
Guides |
2003-05-01
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Programming With the Text Encoding Conversion Manager
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains character encodings, Unicode conversion, and custom converter plug-ins. Lists encoding variants.
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Carbon, Internationalization, Text & Fonts |
Guides |
2005-07-07
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Progress Indicators
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use Cocoa progress indicators.
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Cocoa, User Experience |
Guides |
2002-11-12
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Project Builder 2.1 needs projects to be checked into CVS to enable CVS support
(HTML)
()
QA1245: Explains how to workaround a bug in Project Builder that blocks CVS functionality.
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Tools |
Technical Q&As |
2003-03-20
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Property List Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use structured, textual representations of data in Cocoa.
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Cocoa |
Guides |
2008-11-19
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Property List Programming Topics for Core Foundation
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use structured, textual representations of data in Core Foundation.
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Carbon, Core Foundation |
Guides |
2006-02-07
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Providing Help Tags in Carbon
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to add contextually sensitive help content to an application's user interface.
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Carbon, User Experience |
Guides |
2002-07-01
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Providing PDF Workflow Options in the Print Dialog
(HTML)
(PDF)
Installation information and examples, including the use of Automator workflows.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
Guides |
2007-10-31
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Providing QuickDraw with a Known Good Port
(HTML)
()
Deprecated - QA1237: How to use SetPort( NULL) to provide QuickDraw with a known good port.
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Graphics & Imaging |
Technical Q&As |
2003-09-29
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PSetSelfSend in Classic AppleTalk vs. Open Transport AppleTalk
(HTML)
()
NW23: Describes the relationship between PSetSelfSend in Classic AppleTalk and Open Transport AppleTalk.
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Networking |
Technical Q&As |
1996-05-14
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PThreadSorts
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Applies various sorting algorithms to pictures using POSIX threads (pthreads) on Mac OS X.
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Carbon, Performance |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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Public UTIs supported by Mac OS X v10.3
(HTML)
QA1406: Lists the public UTIs (Uniform Type Identifiers) used by the Pasteboard in Mac OS X v10.3.
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Carbon, Cocoa |
Technical Q&As |
2005-02-08
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Publication Subscription Framework Reference
(HTML)
Describes the Cocoa framework for publishing and subscribing to RSS and Atom feeds.
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Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking |
Reference |
2008-04-08
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Publication Subscription Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
A guide describing the framework for subscribing to RSS and Atom feeds.
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Internet & Web |
Guides |
2007-05-11
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