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File System Overview
(HTML)
(PDF)
Conceptual information and guidelines describing the structure and usage of the Mac OS X file system.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2008-07-11
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FileNotification
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
kqueue file notification introduced in 10.3. Notification API to detect file system modifications.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2005-10-27
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filesystem_examples
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Collection of command line tools illustrating filesystem features.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2006-01-10
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FireWire Device Interface Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to develop applications to communicate with or control FireWire devices and units.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2007-02-08
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Force Feedback Framework Reference
(HTML)
Describes the public interfaces to the Force Feedback implementation in Mac OS X, including support for plug-ins.
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Darwin |
Reference |
2008-04-08
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Frequently Asked Questions about the X Window System (X11) for Mac OS X
(HTML)
TN2165: Answers several FAQs about the Mac OS X implementation of X11
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Darwin |
Technical Notes |
2007-01-22
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FSEvents Reference
(HTML)
Describes the API used to provide lightweight notification of directory changes in a file-system subtree.
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Darwin |
Reference |
2008-04-08
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FSMegaInfo
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Prints information about various file system objects; helpful when debugging VFS plug-ins.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2008-02-25
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GCC Porting Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Provides guidance on how to migrate projects to new GCC releases.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2006-10-03
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GDB for MacsBug Veterans
(HTML)
TN2030: Translate your experience with MacsBug into a working knowledge of the GNU source-level debugger (GDB).
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Darwin |
Technical Notes |
2001-10-18
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Generating a Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI)
(HTML)
( )
QA1264: Explains how to generate a non-maskable interrupt (NMI) on modern Macintosh systems.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2008-10-13
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GetMACAddressSample
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates how to retrieve the MAC address for each Ethernet interface from the Mac OS X I/O Registry.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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GetPrimaryMACAddress
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates retrieving the MAC address of the built-in Ethernet controller. Useful for uniquely identifying a Macintosh system.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2005-10-27
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Getting a Packet Trace
(HTML)
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QA1176: Lists tools available for looking at the network packets on the wire.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2008-06-03
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Getting List of All Processes on Mac OS X
(HTML)
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QA1123: Describes how, using Carbon and BSD respectively, to list all applications and processes.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2002-03-05
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Getting Started with launchd
(HTML)
Learn about launchd and see how to migrate your configuration files.
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Darwin |
Articles |
2005-08-22
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GNU C 4.0 Preprocessor User Guide
(HTML)
Describes the Apple version of the GNU C 4.0 Preprocessor.
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Darwin |
Reference |
2007-10-31
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GNU C 4.2 Preprocessor User Guide
(HTML)
Describes the Apple version of the GNU C 4.2 Preprocessor.
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Darwin |
Reference |
2008-01-23
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GNU C/C++/Objective-C 3.3 Compiler
(HTML)
Explains how to use the GNU compilers from the command line.
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Darwin |
Reference |
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GNU C/C++/Objective-C 4.0.1 Compiler User Guide
(HTML)
Describes the Apple version of the GNU 4.0.1 compiler.
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Darwin |
Reference |
2007-10-31
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GNU C/C++/Objective-C 4.2.1 Compiler User Guide
(HTML)
Describes the Apple version of the GNU 4.2.1 compiler.
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Darwin |
Reference |
2008-01-23
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HBA Device Driver Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes how to develop a high-performance, kernel-resident driver for an HBA device.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2006-05-23
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HeaderDoc User Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to extract API reference documentation from commented header files.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2008-04-08
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HID Class Device Interface Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to develop applications to communicate with or control HID class devices.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2009-05-06
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I/O Kit Device Driver Design Guidelines
(HTML)
(PDF)
Design guidelines and tips for developing, debugging, and deploying kernel-resident device drivers, including user clients.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2007-03-06
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I/O Kit Framework Reference
(HTML)
Describes the I/O Kit classes that support non-kernel access to I/O Kit objects through the device-interface mechanism.
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Darwin |
Reference |
2009-03-04
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I/O Kit Fundamentals
(HTML)
(PDF)
The basics of developing device drivers. Includes descriptions of I/O Kit families.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2007-05-17
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I/O Kit Power Management Release Notes
(HTML)
Describes the latest changes to power management for Mac OS X v10.5.
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Darwin |
Release Notes |
2007-10-31
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Installing an I/O Kit KEXT Without Rebooting
(HTML)
QA1319: Describes the state of the art of installing I/O Kit kernel extensions (KEXTs) without requiring a restart.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2003-10-28
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Integrating With The Connect to Server Dialog
(HTML)
QA1387: Describes problems integrating a third-party network file system with Finder's Connect to Server dialog.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2006-11-16
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IODeviceTree and the I/O Registry
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QA1120: Describes the IODeviceTree plane in the Mac OS X I/O Registry.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2008-09-18
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IOKit Framework Headers
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QA1107: Describes the differences between the headers in IOKit.framework and the I/O Kit headers in Kernel.framework.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2002-01-15
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IOKitWithLibrary
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how an I/O Kit driver can link with a C library from a separate kernel extension.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2003-08-27
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IOLog and Interrupt Context
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QA1100: Describes when IOKit runs at primary (hardware) interrupt context.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-13
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IOPrintSuperClasses
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Given the name of a class, this tool will print all of the super-classes of that class.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2005-08-17
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Is dlopen available on all versions of Mac OS X?
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QA1180: Describes how to dynamically link to libraries and plug-ins, typically done with dlopen.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2008-08-19
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Issues with boot time KEXT loading
(HTML)
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QA1087: Explains how to solve problems with loading KEXTs at boot time.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2004-01-15
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KauthORama
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Prints each Kauth request, illustrating how Kauth interacts with high-level operations, like copying files.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2007-04-30
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Kerberos: Highly Secure Single Sign On Authentication in Mac OS X
(HTML)
Learn how you can take advantage of Kerberos in your application.
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Darwin |
Articles |
2007-02-05
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Kernel Authorization
(HTML)
TN2127: Describes the kernel authorization (kauth) subsystem and its associated KPI.
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Darwin |
Technical Notes |
2007-01-16
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Kernel Core Dumps
(HTML)
TN2118: Explains how to gather and use remote kernel core dumps.
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Darwin |
Technical Notes |
2008-11-12
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Kernel Extension Programming Topics
(HTML)
(PDF)
Combines the HOWTOs that were previously documented in Hello Debugger, Hello IOKit, Hello KEXT, Packaging KEXT, and KEXT Dependencies.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2007-10-31
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Kernel Extensions Release Notes
(HTML)
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Darwin |
Release Notes |
2007-10-31
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Kernel Framework Reference
(HTML)
Describes the APIs and classes (including I/O Kit families) that support kernel-resident device drivers.
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Darwin |
Reference |
2009-01-06
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Kernel Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Essential information for programming in the Mac OS X kernel. Includes a high-level overview.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2006-11-07
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Kernel's MAC framework
(HTML)
QA1574: Cautions that the kernel's MAC framework is currently not support.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2008-01-04
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KPI Reference
(HTML)
Provides information on the NKE Sustainable API in Headerdoc format.
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Darwin |
Reference |
2006-07-17
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Leopard Technology Series for Developers: OS Foundations
(HTML)
Leopard Overview article on system-level updates.
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Darwin |
Articles |
2007-09-04
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Mac OS X ABI Dynamic Loader Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the functions used to access Mach-O files.
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Darwin |
Reference |
2005-11-09
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Mac OS X ABI Function Call Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the function-calling conventions used in the architectures supported by Mac OS X.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2009-02-04
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Mac OS X ABI Mach-O File Format Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the data structures that make up the Mach-O file format.
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Darwin |
Reference |
2009-02-04
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Mac OS X and root access
(HTML)
QA1013: Describes how to enable root access in Mac OS X.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2008-09-16
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Mac OS X Code Signing In Depth
(HTML)
TN2206: Intermediate to expert level overview of code signing that details specific options and gotchas
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Darwin |
Technical Notes |
2008-08-06
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Mac OS X Man Pages
(HTML)
HTML versions of the Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Xcode Tools, and CHUD man pages.
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Darwin |
Reference |
2008-04-29
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Mac OS X Notification Overview
(HTML)
(PDF)
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Darwin |
Guides |
2007-05-15
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Mach Absolute Time Units
(HTML)
QA1398: Describes how to convert Mach absolute time units to real time, and vice versa.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2005-01-06
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MachPortDump
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Dumps out the Mach port name space of a process; useful when debugging port right leaks.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2005-08-10
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Making sense of IOKit error codes
(HTML)
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QA1075: Explains how to interpret I/O Kit error codes.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-07
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MapLargeFile
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows a technique for mapping files greater than 4GB into memory for faster access.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2003-11-19
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Mass Storage Device Driver Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Background and task information about developing kernel-resident drivers for mass storage devices.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2007-04-03
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MemoryBasedBundle
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to execute Mach-O code from memory, much like GetMemFragment in CFM.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2005-08-10
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MFSLives
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Sample VFS plug-in for the Macintosh File System (MFS) volume format, as used on 400KB floppies.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2006-11-09
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Miscellaneous User Space API Reference
(HTML)
Describes APIs located in various headers in /usr/include.
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Darwin |
Reference |
2006-09-05
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Mixing link-local IP addresses and routable IP addresses
(HTML)
QA1357: Explains how to enable communication between devices with link-local addresses and devices with routable addresses.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2005-07-06
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MoreIsBetter
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Library providing indispensable wrapers and workarounds for many areas of Mac OS programming.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2003-10-27
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MoreSCF
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
High-level wrapper around System Configuration framework, making common operations easy.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2007-06-07
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Moriarity
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Implementing a Cocoa GUI that wraps command-line functionality, calling a UNIX task and presenting the results in a GUI.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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Multipathing with FibreChannel on Mac OS X
(HTML)
TN2173: An explanation on how FibreChannel multipathing works on Mac OS X and how to design storage hardware to take advantage of it
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Darwin |
Technical Notes |
2007-03-23
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Netwide Assembler Guide
(HTML)
Describes the Netwide Assembler for Intel-based Macs.
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Darwin |
Reference |
2008-06-19
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Network Device Driver Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Background and task information about developing network drivers for Mac OS X.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2008-03-11
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Network Kernel Extensions (legacy)
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes how to write a kernel extension for adding or modifying functionality of a networking stack (Mac OS X 10.3 and earlier).
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Darwin |
Guides |
2006-10-03
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Network Kernel Extensions Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes how to write a kernel extension for adding or modifying functionality of a networking stack (Mac OS X 10.4 and later).
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Darwin |
Guides |
2009-03-02
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NetworkAuthentication
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates authentication with Open Directory APIs and GSSAPI
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2005-06-01
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NotifyTool
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to use the BSD notify API.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2007-09-25
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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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Darwin |
Technical Notes |
2008-09-10
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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 |
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 |
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 |
Reference |
2006-05-23
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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 |
Technical Q&As |
2000-09-22
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Packaging UNIX Software
(HTML)
Explains how to post UNIX and other command-line tools to Apple's Macintosh Product Guide.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2001-04-20
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Pascal to C: PROCEDURE Parameters
(HTML)
Deprecated - PT31: Nested procedures and PROCEDURE parameters in Pascal when converting them into C or C++.
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Darwin |
Technical Notes |
1990-02-01
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PCI/PCI-X slots on the Power Mac G5
(HTML)
QA1307: Discusses installing PCI/PCI-X cards of different speeds in the Power Mac G5.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2003-09-30
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Performance Overview
(HTML)
(PDF)
Introduces the factors that determine performance.
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Darwin |
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 |
Release Notes |
2007-10-31
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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 |
Sample Code |
2003-02-13
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Porting Command Line Unix Tools to Mac OS X
(HTML)
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TN2071: A general guide for Unix developers porting software to Mac OS X.
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Darwin |
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 |
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 |
Guides |
2008-04-08
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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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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-13
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Preventing sleep
(HTML)
QA1160: Explains how your application can prevent the system from sleeping.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2004-10-22
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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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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2008-09-24
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QISA
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates the basics of writing an Internet setup assistant for traditional Mac OS and Mac OS X.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2003-05-15
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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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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2008-08-08
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Retain Counts of io_object_t Objects in IOKit.framework
(HTML)
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QA1195: Distinguishes between the retain counts of an I/O Kit kernel object and its io_object_t user space proxy.
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Darwin |
Technical Q&As |
2008-09-24
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Running At Login
(HTML)
TN2228: Describes how to write code that's coordinated with the login process.
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Darwin |
Technical Notes |
2008-09-16
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SampleD
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates use of launchd and Apple System Logger.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2005-10-27
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SampleFilterScheme
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates a simple filter scheme which passes all operations through to its provider unchanged.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2006-01-03
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SampleUSBAudioPlugin
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
USB audio plugin that performs a lowpass filtering operation on audio streamed through an audio USB Device.
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2005-03-07
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SCSI Architecture Model Device Interface Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to develop applications that communicate with or control SCSI Architecture Model devices.
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Darwin |
Guides |
2007-02-08
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SCSIHBAEmulator
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstration of how to implement a virtual parallel tasking SCSI host bus adapter (HBA)
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Darwin |
Sample Code |
2007-02-20
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