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The performance of Mac OS X applications and hardware devices can be measured, evaluated, and optimized using Apple's developer tools, technologies, and programming interfaces. Developers can fine-tune their applications for high performance using tools such as the Shark code-profiling application, features such as multiprocessing, and APIs such as the one for the vDSP library.
A guided introduction to improving performance in Mac OS X software.   Essential information for improving the performance of developer applications.   API references, organized by framework.
Performance Topics
Core Foundation
Support for improving Core Foundation code performance. 		 
Darwin
Facilities for measuring, evaluating, and improving Darwin code performance. 		 
Hardware & Drivers
Resources for evaluating and improving device and software performance.
Multiprocessing
APIs for managing multiple threads and subtasks in applications. 		 
Vector Engines
Acceleration of computationally intensive calculations on Intel and PowerPC processors.