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Drawing Performance Guidelines
(HTML)
(PDF)
Guidelines for improving the speed of drawing code.
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Carbon |
Guides |
2006-04-04
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DrawSprocketTestOld
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Deprecated - Demonstrates basic implementations of DrawSprocket Functions.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2003-10-14
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DRDataBurnCarbonUI
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
DRDataBurnCarbonUI shows how to use the standard DiscRecording burn setup and progress panel from Carbon.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2004-04-09
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DREraseCarbonUI
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
DREraseCarbonUI shows how to use the DiscRecording erase setup and progress panel from Carbon.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2004-04-09
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DropDraw
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates automatic ColorSync color-matching when drawing with QuickTime graphics importers in Panther
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2005-08-01
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DTSCarbonShell
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Provides a modern Mac OS X Carbon Application Skeleton
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2007-09-20
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Dynamically registering a bundled component
(HTML)
QA1083: Describes how to dynamically register a Component which resides in an Application bundle.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2004-06-07
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EmbededAppleScripts
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Extending the functionality of your application by adding precompiled AppleScripts.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2003-09-04
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Empty Memory Objects
(HTML)
( )
QA1259: Describes how two memory management edge cases are handled by the common Mac OS memory allocators.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2003-04-21
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Enabling the application menu's "Preferences..." menu item on Mac OS X
(HTML)
QA1079: Explains how to enable the application menu's "Preferences..." menu item on Mac OS X.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2001-10-30
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Enabling the Navigation Services default behavior in its dialogs
(HTML)
QA1384: Explains how to enable the default behavior of the Navigation Services dialogs.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2004-10-15
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The Enhanced Print Apple Event
(HTML)
TN2082: Describes an enhancement to the print Apple event that gives developers more control over scripted printing.
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Carbon |
Technical Notes |
2003-12-09
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Ensuring Backwards Binary Compatibility - Weak Linking and Availability Macros on Mac OS X
(HTML)
()
TN2064: Ensuring that Mach-O applications built using today's Mac OS X runs on previous versions of the OS.
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Carbon |
Technical Notes |
2003-02-18
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Enumerating fonts with ATS
(HTML)
QA1471: Describes the different ATS font enumeration methods
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2006-04-14
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Environment Variables
(HTML)
QA1255: Describes how a process gets its environment variables.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2003-10-29
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Error -151 and NewGWorld
(HTML)
Deprecated - QD18: Explains what the error code -151 means when in NewGWorld.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1995-09-15
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Error -3168 (kOTStateChangeErr) and Handoff Endpoints
(HTML)
()
Deprecated - NW22: Explains why a kOTStateChangeErr -3168 occurs when there is a handoff endpoint involved.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1996-04-08
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Error Handler Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the C API for a Mac OS 9 service that assumes control when certain low-level system errors occur.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2003-01-01
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Event Manager Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Deprecated - Describes the event-handling system created originally for Classic Mac OS and superseded by the Carbon Event Manager.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2007-10-31
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EventMonitorTest
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Receive notification of all keyboard, mouse, and tablet events passed to other processes.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2005-11-09
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Exclusive File Access in Mac OS X
(HTML)
()
TN2037: Covers exclusive file access In Mac OS X
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Carbon |
Technical Notes |
2002-05-01
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Expanding Tilde-based paths
(HTML)
QA1549: Demonstrates how to resolve tilde-based relevant paths.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2008-09-08
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Extending Printing Dialogs
(HTML)
(PDF)
A guide to developing printing dialog extensions, including basic concepts and a documented Carbon-based sample project.
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Carbon |
Guides |
2006-10-03
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Extracting DV Fields using QTNewGWorldFromPtr
(HTML)
QA1017: Describes using QTNewGWorldFromPtr to access individual fields contained within a frame of DV source.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2001-03-20
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fBroadCastAddr Always Zero
(HTML)
()
Deprecated - NW58: Explains why the fBroadcastAddr field may be zero after a call to OTInetGetInterfaceInfo and includes the workaround.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1999-03-08
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File Manager File Handling Q&As
(HTML)
FL515: Contains an archive of Q&As related to the Mac OS File Manager.
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Carbon |
Technical Notes |
2000-08-14
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File Manager Performance and Caching
(HTML)
FL16: Discusses traditional Mac OS file system input/output performance issues and the File Manager's volume cache.
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Carbon |
Technical Notes |
2000-09-01
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File Manager Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the C API for basic file management tasks, such as opening and saving files.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2007-07-13
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File Manager Text Encoding Hints
(HTML)
()
QA1223: How to use Text Encoding Hints.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2003-01-20
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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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Carbon |
Guides |
2008-07-11
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File-System Performance Guidelines
(HTML)
(PDF)
Guidelines for improving the performance of file-related code.
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Carbon |
Guides |
2005-07-07
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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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Carbon |
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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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2006-01-10
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Filtering QuickTime media types in Navigation Services
(HTML)
()
QA1274: Describes how to filter QuickTime media types in a Navigation Services filter procedure.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2003-07-23
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Find By Content Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Deprecated - Describes the legacy C API for performing relevance-ranked searches. Replaced by Search Kit.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2006-07-13
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Finder Interface Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes several C data types used by the Finder to contain information about file system objects.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2006-10-31
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FinderDragPro
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Sample file illustrating drag and drop techniques for use with file system objects.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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FinderLaunch
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to open documents by sending Apple Events to the Finder.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2003-10-14
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Finding your application's directory
(HTML)
FL14: Demonstrates finding your application's directory and setting it as the default directory.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2000-06-19
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Fixing the Layout Binding of the Tab control User Panes
(HTML)
QA1161: Describes the Tab control hierarchy and layouts of its panes and provides a fix to a common problem.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2004-10-14
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FloatingWindow
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates that floating windows are very easy to implement on Mac OS X using Nib files.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2003-10-24
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Folder Manager Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the C API for finding and accessing directories, including common Mac OS X system locations.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2006-07-12
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Folder Watching
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates how a background only application can use Apple events to pass work to another application.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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Font Manager Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the C API for QuickDraw-based font access and management.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2007-12-11
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The Font Panel for Carbon API
(HTML)
()
TN2058: The API to display and interact with the Font Panel from Carbon applications on Mac OS X.
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Carbon |
Technical Notes |
2006-10-26
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Fonts Panel Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the C API for providing a Fonts window in a Carbon application.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2007-02-26
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FontSync Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the C API for content-based font identification and comparison.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2002-10-01
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Fragment Tool
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates manipulation of code fragments; combining and separating; viewing and editing information associated with each.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2003-01-30
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Frequently Asked Text Services Manager (TSM) Questions
(HTML)
TN2128: Regroups a collection of Text Services Manager (TSM) questions frequently asked by Input Method Developers
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Carbon |
Technical Notes |
2005-06-24
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FSCopyObject
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Copy engine for copying files and directories.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2004-03-19
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FSCreateFileAndOpenForkUnicode
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstartes the use of FSCreateFileAndOpenForkUnicode to create a file with restricted access on disk and a read/write access path.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2005-06-01
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FSDeleteObject fails with fBsyErr, sometimes
(HTML)
QA1497: Why Spotlight indexing can cause file deletion to fail, and what to do about it.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2008-09-24
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FSFileOperation
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
This sample shows how to use the FSFileOperation API which supports copying and moving filesystem objects.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2005-06-06
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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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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2008-02-25
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FSRemoveInheritedACEs
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates manipulating access control lists of existing file system objects using the File Manager.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2005-06-01
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FSReplaceObject
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
FSReplaceObject is an example command line tool showing how to exercise the FSReplaceObject and FSPathReplaceObject related APIs.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2007-02-14
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FSSetCatalogInfo versus UID and GID
(HTML)
()
QA1251: Describes why FSSetCatalogInfo does not set the UID and GID of the file, and provides a work around.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2003-03-26
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FullScreen
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to use BeginFullScreen and EndFullScreen to enter and exit full-screen mode.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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Gathering all PostScript Printer Descriptions (PPDs)
(HTML)
QA1529: Describes a work around for an issue in PMCopyAvailablePPDs on Mac OS X 10.4 and below
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2008-08-08
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GCC Porting Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Provides guidance on how to migrate projects to new GCC releases.
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Carbon |
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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Carbon |
Technical Notes |
2001-10-18
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Gestalt Manager Q&As
(HTML)
Deprecated - OS505: Describes methods utilizing the Gestalt Manager for determining whether a Macintosh is a U.S. machine.
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Carbon |
Technical Notes |
1992-12-01
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Gestalt Manager Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the C API for obtaining information about the operating-system environment.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2007-10-31
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GetDragHiliteColor
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to obtain the color that Drag Manager uses to hilite regions when calling ShowDragHilite.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2003-01-30
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GetHWEthernetAddr
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Deprecated - Shows how to obtain the hardware Ethernet address of a machine.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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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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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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GetPortBitMapForCopyBits
(HTML)
()
Deprecated - QD61: Describes the proper usage of GetPortBitMapForCopyBits.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2000-11-08
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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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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2005-10-27
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GetProcAdress and OpenGL Entry Points
(HTML)
()
QA1188: Technique for finding function pointers for OpenGL entry points in Cocoa and Carbon
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2002-11-25
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GetSetOptions
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates a variety of uses of Open Transport's option management routines.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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Getting a Packet Trace
(HTML)
()
QA1176: Lists tools available for looking at the network packets on the wire.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2008-06-03
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Getting the pixel data from a CGImage object
(HTML)
QA1509: Describes how to access the pixel data of a CGImage object
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2008-08-27
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Getting the User and Computer Name
(HTML)
QA1078: Describes how to get the user and computer name on Mac OS X.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2001-10-30
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GLCarbon1ContextPbuffer
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demostrates using OpenGL pixel buffers with a single shared context.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2004-03-26
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GLCarbonSharedPbuffer
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demostrates sharing a single OpenGL pixel buffer with multiple other contexts.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2004-03-26
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GLUTSurfaceTexture
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Example of using the new glutSurfaceTexture.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2004-03-26
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Glyph Access Protocol
(HTML)
()
TN2079: How to support unencoded glyphs using the TSM, ATSUI and Cocoa.
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Carbon |
Technical Notes |
2003-05-06
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GlyphaIVOld
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Deprecated - A basic game implementation in the spirit of Joust meant as demonstation of Sprocket usage.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2003-10-14
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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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Carbon |
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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Carbon |
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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Carbon |
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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Carbon |
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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Carbon |
Reference |
2008-01-23
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Going Universal: Audio Developers Catch the Wave
(HTML)
Learn how audio developers who built universal binaries of their applications are reaping the benefits.
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Carbon |
Articles |
2006-07-18
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GrabBag
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Demonstrates variety of techniques and features of Carbon. DataBrowser , PBCatalogSearchAsync, Overlay windows, Tab controls, more...
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2003-07-29
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grayishTextOr and Mac OS 8.5
(HTML)
()
Deprecated - QD59: Explains why text drawn using TextMode(grayishTextOr) is never drawn; provides a workaround.
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
1998-12-07
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Guide to Creating Kiosks on Mac OS X
(HTML)
()
TN2062: Discusses techniques used in creating applications which require kiosk-like functionality on Mac OS X.
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Carbon |
Technical Notes |
2003-02-24
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HackTV Carbon
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
HackTV Carbon shows how to use the sequence grabber to preview and record QuickTime movie files.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2007-11-16
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Handling Carbon Windows and Controls
(HTML)
(PDF)
A guidebook for implementing windows and controls in Carbon applications.
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Carbon |
Guides |
2005-07-07
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Handling Unicode Text Editing With MLTE
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use Apple's multilingual text engine.
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Carbon |
Guides |
2008-10-15
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HandyScrollingSample
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows some ways of implementing scrolling.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2003-01-30
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The header file 'alut.h' is missing from the OpenAL framework.
(HTML)
QA1504: ALUT headers were removed from OpenAL.framework with the Xcode 2.4. This Q&A describes how to regain access to those system-supplied symbols
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2007-02-06
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Help Book Caching During Software Development
(HTML)
QA1409: Development situations that can potentially confuse Help Viewer
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Carbon |
Technical Q&As |
2005-03-30
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HexEditorView
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
HIView subclass which implements a hex editor similar to those found in resource editors.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2003-01-30
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HFS Plus Volume Format
(HTML)
()
TN1150: Describes the physical layout of an HFS Plus volume.
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Carbon |
Technical Notes |
2004-03-05
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HIArchive Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes how to store data objects using HIArchive. Also includes information to make custom HIObjects archivable.
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Carbon |
Guides |
2005-08-11
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HIArchive Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the C API for storing and retrieving data in HIArchives.
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Carbon |
Reference |
2005-08-11
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HICustomLeftRightSwitch
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Illustrates how to create a custom left/right switch using the HIView functions introduced in Mac OS X 10.2.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2003-02-06
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HICustomPushButton
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Illustrates how to create a simple custom push button using the HIView functions introduced in Mac OS X 10.2.
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2005-10-17
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HID Config Save
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Human Interface Device Manager Configuration sample
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Carbon |
Sample Code |
2008-05-07
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