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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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Core Foundation |
Technical Notes |
2008-09-10
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OTScheduleDeferredTask When Task Running
(HTML)
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NW52: Describes what happens when you use OTScheduleDefferedTask to schedule a task that is running.
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Core Foundation |
Technical Q&As |
1997-10-13
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PasteboardPeeker
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Using pasteboards for Copy and Paste, Drag and Drop, service support and filter services.
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Core Foundation |
Sample Code |
2005-08-10
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Performance Overview
(HTML)
(PDF)
Introduces the factors that determine performance.
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Core Foundation |
Guides |
2006-10-03
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Plug-ins
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use the plug-in architecture provided by Core Foundation.
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Core Foundation |
Guides |
2005-03-03
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Power Management; Policy Maker vs. Power Controller
(HTML)
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QA1121: Describes the differences between a Power Management Policy Maker and a Power Management Power Controller.
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Core Foundation |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-13
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The Preferences Problem
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Deprecated - TN1134: Outlines typical problems with preferences files and some of their solutions.
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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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Core Foundation |
Guides |
2006-10-03
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Preferences Utilities Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes Core Foundation preferences functions.
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Core Foundation |
Reference |
2007-10-31
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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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Core Foundation |
Technical Q&As |
2005-07-06
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Programmatically causing restart, shutdown and/or logout
(HTML)
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QA1134: Describes how to programmatically cause restart, shutdown, sleep or logout.
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Core Foundation |
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 |
Technical Q&As |
2006-09-11
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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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Core Foundation |
Guides |
2006-02-07
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RecentItems
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Implements "Recent items" menu(s)
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Core Foundation |
Sample Code |
2006-10-09
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Registering and unregistering for sleep and wake notifications
(HTML)
QA1340: Explains how applications can register and unregister for sleep and wake notifications on Mac OS X.
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Core Foundation |
Technical Q&As |
2008-08-08
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Resolves may return an IPv6 address in Panther
(HTML)
QA1298: Explains why you get an IP address of 0.0.0.0 when resolving a Bonjour service.
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Core Foundation |
Technical Q&As |
2005-01-10
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Resource Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to work with nib and bundle resources in Mac OS X applications.
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Core Foundation |
Guides |
2009-01-06
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Setting environment variables for user processes
(HTML)
QA1067: Tells how to set environment variables for user processes.
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Core Foundation |
Technical Q&As |
2001-10-25
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SimpleDial
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates management of dialup connections, such as PPP, using System Configuration framework network connection API.
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Core Foundation |
Sample Code |
2005-07-26
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SimpleReach
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates network host reachability testing using the System Configuration framework asynchronous network reachability API.
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Core Foundation |
Sample Code |
2005-07-26
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Socket Name Server Utilities Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a representation of a native network socket; does nothing in Mac OS X.
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Core Foundation |
Reference |
2006-10-27
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Spotlight
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Sample code that shows how to write Spotlight Importers.
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Core Foundation |
Sample Code |
2005-06-01
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Spotlight Importer Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the role of metadata importers and how to write them.
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Core Foundation |
Guides |
2007-05-27
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Spotlight Metadata Attributes Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes metadata attributes used with Spotlight.
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Core Foundation |
Reference |
2007-05-22
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Spotlight Overview
(HTML)
(PDF)
Introduces the main components and services of Apple's metadata technology.
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Core Foundation |
Guides |
2007-05-27
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Spotlight Query Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes how to add Spotlight searching to your applications.
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Core Foundation |
Guides |
2006-03-08
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Strings Programming Guide for Core Foundation
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to create, manipulate, and search strings in Core Foundation, and how strings interact with encodings and character sets.
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Core Foundation |
Guides |
2008-03-11
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T_DATA_REQ vs M_DATA TPI Message Blocks
(HTML)
()
NW42: Explains why OT passes data to a TPI module using M_DATA message blocks instead of M_PROTO+T_DATA_REQ.
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Core Foundation |
Technical Q&As |
1996-10-25
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Threading Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use threads in Cocoa applications.
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Core Foundation |
Guides |
2008-02-08
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Tiger Develop Overview Series: Working with Spotlight
(HTML)
Learn to make the most of Spotlight's powerful search technologies within your own applications.
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Core Foundation |
Articles |
2004-10-07
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Time Utilities Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes Core Foundation time functions.
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Core Foundation |
Reference |
2007-08-23
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Updating the TXT record of a Bonjour service
(HTML)
QA1302: Explains how to update a Bonjour TXT record while running on either Jaguar or Panther.
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Core Foundation |
Technical Q&As |
2004-07-14
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URL Access vs. CFNetwork
(HTML)
QA1291: Explains when to choose URL Access or CFNetwork when downloading files from within your application.
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Core Foundation |
Technical Q&As |
2003-10-29
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Using language-tagged QuickTime UserData text APIs with CFStrings
(HTML)
QA1410: Describes how to use language-tagged QuickTime UserData text APIs with CFStrings and TextEncodings.
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Core Foundation |
Technical Q&As |
2005-02-11
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Using Secure Event Input Fairly
(HTML)
TN2150: Describes the proper use of EnableSecureEventInput.
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Core Foundation |
Technical Notes |
2007-06-08
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Watcher
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Uses FSEvents to monitor a directory hierarchy to keep track of its total size
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Core Foundation |
Sample Code |
2006-08-04
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Web Services Core Framework Reference
(HTML)
Describes the client-side APIs for accessing web services.
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Core Foundation |
Reference |
2009-01-06
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Xcode Unit Testing Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to incorporate test cases to validate individual units of source code.
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Core Foundation |
Guides |
2008-05-02
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XML Programming Topics for Core Foundation
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to parse XML documents into structured objects.
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Core Foundation |
Guides |
2008-10-15
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The "/.vol" directory and "volfs"
(HTML)
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QA1113: Describes how the Carbon File Manager interacts with BSD via "volfs" and the "/.vol" directory.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-14
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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 |
Guides |
2008-04-08
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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 |
Guides |
2007-02-08
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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 |
Release Notes |
2007-10-31
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Allocating and sharing memory with user space from an I/O Kit driver
(HTML)
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QA1197: Describes the preferred technique for allocating and sharing buffers in an I/O Kit kernel driver.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2008-10-13
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AltiVec/SSE Migration Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to convert PowerPC AltiVec code to Intel SSE code.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2005-09-08
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Apple Filing Protocol Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes high-level concepts for Apple Filing Protocol commands.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2006-04-04
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Apple Filing Protocol Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the Apple Filing Protocol commands.
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Darwin |
Reference |
2006-05-23
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Are the Name Registry device tree nodes unique?
(HTML)
Deprecated - HW64: Discusses whether Name Registry nodes copied from the Open Firmware device tree are unique.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
1999-10-11
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Audio Device Driver Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to develop kernel-resident drivers for audio devices.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2009-03-04
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Authorization Services Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to add fine-grained control of privileged operations in an application.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2009-01-06
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Avoiding Kernel Event Conflicts
(HTML)
QA1063: Documents the namespace for the vendor_code field of the kern_event_msg structure.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2001-09-14
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Bluetooth Framework Reference
(HTML)
Describes the C and Objective-C APIs that support user-space access to Bluetooth devices.
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Darwin |
Reference |
2008-10-15
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Bluetooth User Interface Framework Reference
(HTML)
Describes the C and Objective-C APIs that provide a consistent user interface to Bluetooth services.
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Darwin |
Reference |
2008-04-08
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Bonjour enforces the TXT record format in Panther
(HTML)
QA1306: Explains how mDNSResponder enforces the proper TXT record format in Panther.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2004-07-14
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Bonjour Printer Subtype for HTTP
(HTML)
QA1555: Describes how printer vendors can register their bonjour service such that Safari can see them.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2008-03-25
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BootstrapDump
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Print Mach bootstrap namespace information.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2008-06-18
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Building an Open Source Universal Binary
(HTML)
Learn to build a universal binary through this sample build that uses OpenSSL.
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Darwin |
Articles |
2006-04-24
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Building Darwin
(HTML)
Explains how to work with the Darwin build system using the build tools provided.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2001-10-08
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Building Universal Binaries from "configure"-based Open Source Projects
(HTML)
TN2137: Describes some methods for building some existing "configure"-based Open Source packages as universal binaries.
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Darwin |
Technical Notes |
2006-10-05
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Building Universal I/O Kit Drivers
(HTML)
TN2163: How to build a universal I/O Kit kernel driver while avoiding common pitfalls.
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Darwin |
Technical Notes |
2008-08-18
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Byte-Order Utilities Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes Core Foundation byte-order functions.
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Darwin |
Reference |
2006-05-23
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Can't attach during two-machine debugging with GDB
(HTML)
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Deprecated - QA1019: Describes a workaround for a problem attaching during two-machine debugging on Mac OS X 10.0.x.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2003-06-02
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CCL Modem Scripting Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
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Darwin |
Guides |
2007-06-28
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CCL Modem Scripting Release Notes
(HTML)
Explains changes to modem CCLs for Mac OS X v10.5 and what to do to change existing and supersede older scripts.
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Darwin |
Release Notes |
2007-10-31
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CD-ROM Driver Calls
(HTML)
Deprecated - DV22: Discusses public interface to Apple CD-ROM driver and supersedes information in AppleCD SC Developer's Guide.
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Darwin |
Technical Notes |
2000-08-14
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CFLocalServer
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Uses UNIX domain sockets to communicate between client and server programs on the same machine.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2005-07-26
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CFProxySupportTool
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to use the CFProxySupport APIs to decide whether a network connection should pass through a proxy.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2007-10-29
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CheckExecutableArchitecture
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Determine whether a particular Mach-O executable contains a version suitable for executing on a given processor architecture.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2006-02-07
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The "chosen" node in the device tree
(HTML)
HW88: Describes how to find the "chosen" node in the Open firmware device tree.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2000-09-05
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Code Signing Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how you can sign your code and why you should.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2008-11-19
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Code Signing Release Notes
(HTML)
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Darwin |
Release Notes |
2007-10-31
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Coding in the Kernel
(HTML)
Considerations and caveats about programming in the kernel.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2005-11-09
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Core Endian Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the C API for creating and installing callbacks to byte swap custom data.
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Darwin |
Reference |
2007-05-29
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Cross-Development Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to build software for versions of Mac OS X other than the one the development tools are running on.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2006-11-07
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CryptNoMore
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to authenticate a user using Open Directory (Directory Services).
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2008-03-17
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CryptoSample
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Contains sample code showing symmetric encryption and message digest calculation.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2003-02-06
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Customizing Process Stack Size
(HTML)
QA1419: Describes methods for setting the stack size of a process and/or thread.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2008-02-20
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Daemons and Agents
(HTML)
TN2083: Describes the most common problems encountered with daemons and agents, and suggests detailed solutions.
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Darwin |
Technical Notes |
2007-11-05
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Darwin Notification API Reference
(HTML)
Describes the Darwin API for interprocess notification.
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Darwin |
Reference |
2008-04-08
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Descriptor Passing Problems
(HTML)
QA1541: Describes how to work around common problems with descriptor passing.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2007-10-29
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Determining console user login status
(HTML)
QA1133: How to determine whether a user is logged in on the console, and be notified of changes.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2008-04-14
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Developing Cross-Platform UNIX Applications with Mac OS X
(HTML)
Learn tips for developing code on Mac OS X for deployment on other UNIX platforms.
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Darwin |
Articles |
2004-08-30
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Developing for VFS
(HTML)
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QA1242: Describes Apple's position on developing external file systems (VFS plug-ins) for Mac OS X.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2006-12-22
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Device File Access Guide for Serial Devices
(HTML)
(PDF)
Guidelines for using I/O Kit and POSIX functions to develop applications that communicate with serial devices.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2005-12-06
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Device File Access Guide for Storage Devices
(HTML)
(PDF)
Guidelines for using I/O Kit and POSIX functions to develop applications that communicate with storage devices.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2007-03-06
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Directories Appear as Volume Aliases
(HTML)
QA1351: Discusses how VFS plug-ins should handle device numbers to ensure compatibility with Carbon applications.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2004-05-25
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Disabling Processor Cores on a Multi-Core System
(HTML)
()
QA1141: Describes how to disable processor cores on a multi-core system for testing purposes.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2008-09-16
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Discovering all advertised Bonjour service types
(HTML)
QA1337: Explains how to discover all Bonjour service types being advertised on the local network.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2004-06-01
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Disk Arbitration Framework Reference
(HTML)
Describes Disc Arbitration API, which includes information on mount/unmount notification and dissent.
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Darwin |
Reference |
2008-04-08
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dist_fft
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Gigaelement FFTs on Apple G5 clusters
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2004-08-23
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DNS Service Discovery C Reference
(HTML)
Describes the DNS Service Discovery API for implementing Bonjour in an application.
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Darwin |
Reference |
2008-04-23
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DNSServiceMetaQuery
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to discover Bonjour service types being advertised on the local network.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2005-06-01
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The dreaded "incompatible flag -framework" error
(HTML)
QA1096: Explains how to eliminate the incompatible flag -framework error in Project Builder.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2001-12-05
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Driver Tuning on Panther or G5
(HTML)
()
TN2090: Describes potential issues when using drivers in Panther or later, or on a Power Macintosh G5.
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Darwin |
Technical Notes |
2003-06-24
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Dynamic Library Programming Topics
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to design, implement, and use dynamic libraries.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2009-02-26
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EmptyFS
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
A very simple VFS plug-in that mounts a volume that is completely empty.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2006-11-09
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Energy Star PCI Device
(HTML)
()
QA1108: Provides useful information for developers of Energy Star-compliant PCI devices.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2002-01-15
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ExpressCard Prevents System Sleep
(HTML)
QA1517: Describes how some ExpressCard cards can prevent system sleep and how to fix the problem.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2007-02-28
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File Manager Text Encoding Hints
(HTML)
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QA1223: How to use Text Encoding Hints.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2003-01-20
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File System Events Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how applications can detect changes in the file system.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2008-03-11
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