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I/O Kit Power Controller
(HTML)
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TN2076: Describes code to include in a KEXT in order to register for power management events.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Notes |
2003-06-20
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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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Hardware & Drivers |
Release Notes |
2007-10-31
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iBook Developer Note
(HTML)
(PDF)
Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the iBook G4 computer introduced in July 2005.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2005-07-26
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iMac Developer Note
(HTML)
Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of iMac computers introduced in April 2008.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2008-04-28
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iMac Developer Note
(HTML)
Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of iMac computers introduced in August 2007.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2007-08-07
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iMac Developer Note
(HTML)
Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of iMac computers with SuperDrive introduced September 2006.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2007-05-03
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iMac Developer Note
(HTML)
Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the iMac computer introduced in January 2006.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2007-04-04
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iMac Developer Note
(HTML)
Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of iMac computers with Combo drive introduced September 2006.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2006-09-07
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iMac G5 Developer Note
(HTML)
Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the iMac G5 computer introduced in October 2005.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2006-04-07
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iMac G5 Developer Note
(HTML)
(PDF)
Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the iMac G5 introduced in May 2005.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2005-05-03
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Image Capture Applications Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the interaction between applications programs and image capture devices such as cameras and scanners.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2007-05-16
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Image Capture Device Modules Reference
(HTML)
Describes the API to add support for image capture devices, such as cameras, phones, and scanners, to Mac OS X.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Reference |
2008-04-08
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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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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2003-10-28
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Installing smart card reader drivers
(HTML)
QA1359: Updates obsolete information contained in the pcscd(8) man page on Mac OS X Jaguar and Panther.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2004-08-30
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Invoking the Open Firmware user interface
(HTML)
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HW45: Describes how to invoke the Open Firmware user interface on startup.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-02-15
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IODeviceTree and the I/O Registry
(HTML)
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QA1120: Describes the IODeviceTree plane in the Mac OS X I/O Registry.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2008-09-18
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IOKit Framework Headers
(HTML)
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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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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2002-01-15
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IOLog and Interrupt Context
(HTML)
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QA1100: Describes when IOKit runs at primary (hardware) interrupt context.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-13
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iSight - Configuring gain settings for IIDC cameras
(HTML)
QA1421: Discusses how to configure features of IIDC cameras, specifically gain for the iSight
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2005-04-06
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iSight Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the Apple iSight video camera and its enhancements.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2004-10-05
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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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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2004-01-15
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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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Hardware & Drivers |
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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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2006-11-07
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Legacy Devices
(HTML)
HW84: Discusses why legacy devices with hard-wired I/O addresses may not work properly with Open Firmware.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2000-03-20
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Leopard Technology Series for Developers: OS Foundations
(HTML)
Leopard Overview article on system-level updates.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Articles |
2007-09-04
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Locating the 1275-1994 Standard Document
(HTML)
HW85: Alerts that the Open Firmware (IEEE 1275-1994) document can't be found at the IEEE Standards Association site.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2000-07-17
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Mac mini Developer Note
(HTML)
Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the Mac mini computer introduced in February 2006.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2007-04-04
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Mac mini Developer Note
(HTML)
(PDF)
Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the Mac mini introduced January 2005.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2005-04-05
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Mac OS X Server Security Configuration Guide
(PDF)
Describes how to configure Mac OS X Server to enhance server and service security.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2008-06-09
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Mac Pro Developer Note
(HTML)
Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the Mac Pro computers introduced in January 2008.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2008-01-09
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Mac Pro Developer Note
(HTML)
Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the Mac Pro computer introduced in August 2006.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2007-05-03
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Mac Pro Developer Note
(HTML)
Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the Mac Pro computers introduced in April 2007.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2007-04-05
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MacBook Air Developer Note
(HTML)
New document specifies internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the MacBook Air computer introduced in January 2008.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2008-01-18
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MacBook Developer Note
(HTML)
Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the MacBook computer introduced in February 2008.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2008-03-04
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MacBook Developer Note
(HTML)
Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the MacBook computer introduced in November 2007.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2007-11-10
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MacBook Developer Note
(HTML)
Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the MacBook computer introduced in May 2007.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2007-05-17
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MacBook Developer Note
(HTML)
Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the MacBook computer introduced in May 2006.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2007-04-04
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MacBook Developer Note
(HTML)
Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the MacBook computer introduced in November 2006.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2007-04-04
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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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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-07
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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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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2007-04-03
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Maximum Memory for the "Firewire" PowerBook
(HTML)
Deprecated - HW83: Discrepancies between PowerBook Developer Note and TIL articles 14870 and 58582, regarding maximum memory configurations.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2000-03-13
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Memory Usage Performance Guidelines
(HTML)
(PDF)
Guidelines for improving the performance of memory-related code.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2006-06-28
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Menu Bar Clock and NVRAM
(HTML)
QA1102: Explains why booting with the Command-Option-P-R keys doesn't reset date and time preferences.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2001-12-21
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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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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2005-07-06
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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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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Notes |
2007-03-23
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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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Hardware & Drivers |
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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Hardware & Drivers |
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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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2009-03-02
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New HID Manager APIs for Mac OS X version 10.5
(HTML)
TN2187: Mac OS X version 10.5 introduces new APIs for the HID Manager.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Notes |
2008-01-23
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New PPD keywords available in Mac OS X version 10.3
(HTML)
QA1352: Describes the new PPD keywords available for CUPS filters in Mac OS X 10.3.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2004-05-26
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New Sound Input Driver Features
(HTML)
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Deprecated - TN1124: Describes the visible features and changes, in Mac OS 8.1, for PCI sound input drivers.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Notes |
1998-04-01
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NoCopyReceives
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates using no-copy receives under Open Transport.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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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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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Notes |
2005-08-24
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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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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2004-12-01
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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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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 Transport STREAMS FAQ
(HTML)
Deprecated - TN1117: Decribes writing STREAMS modules and drivers for use with Open Transport.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Notes |
1997-12-01
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Optimization Strategies for Mac OS X
(HTML)
TN1174: Achieving the best possible performance in your applications.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Notes |
1999-09-01
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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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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1997-10-13
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The "packages" node in the device tree
(HTML)
HW90: Describes the "packages" node in the Open Firmware device tree.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2006-02-22
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PC100 SDRAM DIMMs on the Flat Panel iMac
(HTML)
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QA1130: Describes PC100 SDRAM DIMM limitations on the "original " Flat Panel iMac.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2002-03-18
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PCI address/data stepping
(HTML)
HW94: Explains that Apple does not support PCI address/data stepping.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2000-09-05
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PCI bus on the iMac
(HTML)
()
HW42: Explains that the iMac has a PCI bus even though it has no expansion slots.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-02-15
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PCI class codes
(HTML)
HW91: Explains why PCI class codes are important.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2000-09-05
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PCI Developer Note
(HTML)
Provides an overview of PCI technology and describes PCI support on Mac computers.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2008-04-28
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PCI Header types
(HTML)
HW78: Describes the three required types of PCI headers to be provided in its configuration header space.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-11-15
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PCI Macintoshes and CardBus controllers
(HTML)
HW87: Explains why older PCI Macintoshes do not recognize a Cardbus controller.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2000-09-05
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PCI SIG
(HTML)
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HW55: Describes the meaning of the acronym PCI SIG.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-03-29
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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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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2003-09-30
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Performance Overview
(HTML)
(PDF)
Introduces the factors that determine performance.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2006-10-03
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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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Hardware & Drivers |
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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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Notes |
2000-08-14
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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)
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TN2087: Offers a high-level overview of how to maximize performance on G5 Macs.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Notes |
2003-09-03
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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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Programmatically causing restart, shutdown and/or logout
(HTML)
()
QA1134: Describes how to programmatically cause restart, shutdown, sleep or logout.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2008-09-24
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Quartz Display Services Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the interface for configuring and controlling display hardware.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Reference |
2008-11-19
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RAM Expansion Developer Note
(HTML)
Details requirements of RAM modules for use in Mac computers.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2008-04-28
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Reducing the size of Physical Memory in Open Firmware
(HTML)
QA1099: Describes how to configure the Power Macintosh so less memory is recognized than is actually present.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2001-12-20
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Registering a Bonjour service multiple times
(HTML)
QA1311: Explains why registering the same Bonjour service twice on the same machine doesn't cause a name conflict.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2003-10-23
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Resetting NVRAM to factory defaults
(HTML)
QA1103: Describes what happens when you boot holding the Command-Option-P-R keys.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2001-12-21
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Retain Counts of io_object_t Objects in IOKit.framework
(HTML)
()
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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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2008-09-24
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Running files from a hard drive in Open Firmware
(HTML)
TN2001: Demonstrates editing, saving, and retrieving Open Firmware commands to a file on a Macintosh hard drive.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Notes |
2000-09-22
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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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Hardware & Drivers |
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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Hardware & Drivers |
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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Hardware & Drivers |
Guides |
2007-02-08
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A SCSI little secret
(HTML)
HW81: Details what to expect when accessing the motherboard SCSI bus on the Blue & White G3.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
1999-12-20
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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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Hardware & Drivers |
Sample Code |
2007-02-20
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SCSIOldAndNew
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates a backward-compatible technique for communicating with SCSI parallel devices on Mac OS X.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Sample Code |
2006-12-07
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SDRAM Problems With Self-Powered USB Devices
(HTML)
()
HW82: Alerts that non-compliant, self-powered USB devices plugged into a G4, can cause problems with low-voltage-sensitive SDRAM .
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2003-08-21
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SDRAM, CAS Latency for the
(HTML)
QA1071: Describes the supported CAS Latency values for the "QuickSilver", PowerMac G4 CPUs.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2001-09-13
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Secrets of the GPT
(HTML)
TN2166: Describes the new partition map format used by Intel-based Macintosh computers.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Notes |
2006-11-06
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Sending SCSI or ATA commands to storage devices
(HTML)
()
QA1179: Explains that Mac OS X does not implement SCSI or ATA pass-through for many mass storage devices.
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2005-05-10
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Sequence Grabber - Determining the capture resolution of an IIDC device
(HTML)
QA1403: Discusses how to determine the resolution of a captured image from an IIDC device
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Hardware & Drivers |
Technical Q&As |
2005-01-06
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