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BundleLoader (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to load multiple Cocoa bundles or NSBundles (also known as plug-ins) into the main NSApplication.
Cocoa, User Experience 2007-09-21
DTSCarbonShell (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Provides a modern Mac OS X Carbon Application Skeleton
Carbon 2007-09-20
QTKitTimeCode (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the QuickTime 32-bit Timecode Media Handler to Add and Remove Timecode Tracks.
Cocoa, QuickTime 2007-09-19
Fiendishthngs (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Fiendishthngs lists all the the Components it finds on the system and lets you query them for information.
Cocoa, QuickTime 2007-09-13
Fader (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates fading of elements inside a Dashboard widget
Apple Applications 2007-09-12
DockTile (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to customize your application's icon in the Dock by using the NSDockTile class.
Cocoa, User Experience 2007-09-11
CreateMovieFromReferences (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to create a movie from existing video samples in a file using AddMediaSampleReferences.
QuickTime 2007-08-31
QTKitCreateMovie (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to create a movie from a sequence of images.
QuickTime 2007-08-31
QTKitMovieFrameImage (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Using the QTMovie frameImageAtTime: withAttributes: method to get an image for the frame at a given time in a QTMovie.
QuickTime 2007-08-31
QTKitPlayer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
QTKit example code to open, edit, play, import and export QuickTime movies
Cocoa, QuickTime 2007-08-31
Quartz 2D Shadings (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use CGShading and CGGradient objects to draw simple gradients.
Carbon, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2007-08-31
OpenGLCaptureToMovie (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to capture the screen on Mac OS X using OpenGL and save to a QuickTime movie.
Graphics & Imaging, QuickTime 2007-08-30
QT Capture Widget (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A Dashboard widget that uses the QTKit capture API to provide video and audio capture.
QuickTime 2007-08-27
CAPlayThrough (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to use the HAL's Audio Output Unit (AUHAL) for device input and the Default Output Audio Unit for output.
Audio 2007-08-22
CaptureAndCompressIPBMovie (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Captures video & recompresses it using H.264 also captures audio saving the output in a movie file.
QuickTime 2007-08-14
SimpleCocoaApp (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A basic Cocoa application for beginners to Cocoa and Objective-C.
Cocoa 2007-08-07
MakeiPhoneRefMovie (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to generate QuickTime Reference Movies for iPhone.
Apple Applications, Internet & Web, QuickTime 2007-08-03
Cocoa PDE with Carbon Printing (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Application that uses a Cocoa PDE along with the Carbon Printing APIs.
Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, Printing, User Experience 2007-07-27
CustomMediaIcons (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Providing custom media icons for storage
Hardware & Drivers 2007-07-10
Goodbye World (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates display and use of widget preferences to save a widget's state
Apple Applications 2007-06-28
Hello Welt (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates localization techniques for Dashboard widgets
Apple Applications, Internationalization 2007-06-25
Voices (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates use of the widget.system command from Dashboard
Apple Applications 2007-06-25
Quartz 2D Transformer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use Quartz 2D to manipulate an image
Carbon, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2007-06-21
Apply Firmware Password (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to create an Automator Action for System Image Utility.
Apple Applications, Mac OS X Server, Scripting & Automation 2007-06-12
AutomatorHandsOn (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates several methods for building Automator Actions
Apple Applications, Scripting & Automation 2007-06-12
JavaFrameEmbedding example (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Small Cocoa application that demonstrates how to use JavaFrameEmbedding.framework
Cocoa, Internet & Web, Java, User Experience 2007-06-12
LayerBackedOpenGLView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
"LayerBackedOpenGLView" provides a simple example of hosting Cocoa controls as subviews of an NSOpenGLView.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, User Experience 2007-06-12
BasicCocoaAnimations (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
"BasicCocoaAnimations" demonstrates the use of the animator proxy to easily animate Cocoa views and windows.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, User Experience 2007-06-11
CustomSave (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to customize the NSSavePanel.
Cocoa, User Experience 2007-06-11
HTML Editing Toolbar (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Implements an HTML editing toolbar for Safari using JavaScript and CSS
Internet & Web 2007-06-11
MenuItemView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates embedding an NSView inside a menu item or NSMenuItem.
Cocoa, User Experience 2007-06-11
NSOperationSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the NSOperation and NSOperationQueue classes.
Cocoa 2007-06-11
PinBallHighScores (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates use of Quartz Composer for displaying data within an application
Graphics & Imaging 2007-06-11
QuartzComposerSamplePatches (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A short list of new patches in Quartz Composer Mac OS X 10.5
Apple Applications, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2007-06-11
ViewController (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use "NSViewController".
Cocoa, Printing, User Experience 2007-06-11
Aperture Image Resizer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Sample Aperture Export Plug-In code
Apple Applications 2007-06-08
AudioQueueTools (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates usage of the AudioQueue API
Audio 2007-06-08
Bound Button (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates using Cocoa bindings to bind a button's target and action parameters.
Cocoa 2007-06-08
CustomAtomicStoreSubclass (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates the implementation of a custom Core Data atomic store.
Cocoa 2007-06-08
MoreSCF (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
High-level wrapper around System Configuration framework, making common operations easy.
Darwin, Networking 2007-06-07
Simple Bindings Adoption (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A simple example that illustrates the adoption of Cocoa Bindings.
Cocoa 2007-06-07
TrackBall (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to build a custom control based on the NSControl class.
Cocoa, User Experience 2007-06-07
JSInterpreter (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Simple JavaScript interpreter
Cocoa, Internet & Web 2007-06-06
JSPong (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Pong with JavaScript AI
Cocoa, Internet & Web 2007-06-06
PredicateEditorSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the NSPredicateEditor class.
Apple Applications, Cocoa, User Experience 2007-06-06
PrefsPane (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A Cocoa sample System Preferences bundle that demonstrates how to use the NSPreferencePane class.
Cocoa, User Experience 2007-06-06
SpeedometerView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to make a custom NSView.
Cocoa, User Experience 2007-06-06
WebKitPluginStarter (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to make a minimal WebKit plug-in.
Apple Applications, Cocoa, Internet & Web 2007-06-06
WebKitPluginWithJavaScript (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to call JavaScript from a WebKit plug-in and vice versa.
Apple Applications, Cocoa, Internet & Web 2007-06-06
CoreTextArc (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates the use of fonts, lines, and runs in a CoreText text drawing Carbon application.
Carbon, Core Foundation, Text & Fonts, User Experience 2007-06-04
WebKitPluginWithSimpleGUI (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A WebKit plug-in with an Interface Builder GUI
Apple Applications, Cocoa, Internet & Web 2007-06-04
AppleFWAudio Vendor Specific Override Driver (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
This KEXT allows third-party vendors to customize AppleFWAudio with their own device-specific information.
Hardware & Drivers 2007-06-01
Core Data HTML Store (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Implementation of a Core Data atomic store based on HTML tables
Cocoa 2007-06-01
NewsReader (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates use of the Publication Subscription framework to create a simple RSS reader application.
Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking 2007-06-01
OSXAdapter (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Hooks into the Mac OS X Application Menu with the com.apple.eawt classes via reflection.
Java 2007-06-01
TextLayoutDemo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Customizing NSTextView with NSLayoutManager and a custom NSTextContainer.
Cocoa, Text & Fonts, User Experience 2007-06-01
TimelineToTC (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Sample application demonstrating parsing/conversion of FCP XML Files.
Apple Applications 2007-06-01
CrossEvents (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to send CarbonEvents and NSNotifications between Carbon and Cocoa.
Carbon, Cocoa 2007-05-31
Departments and Employees (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Source code for NSPersistentDocument Core Data Tutorial.
Cocoa 2007-05-31
SMARTQuery (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstration of how to access and use S.M.A.R.T. disk monitoring functionality
Hardware & Drivers, Mac OS X Server, Storage 2007-05-30
HIView-NSView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to embed an NSView within an HIView in a Carbon window.
Carbon, Porting, User Experience 2007-05-29
StarMenu (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to create a Custom Star Shape menu using the new HIMenuView class.
Carbon 2007-05-24
AutoSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to run and display Automator workflows in your application.
Cocoa, Scripting & Automation 2007-05-23
ObjectPath (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the NSPathControl class.
Cocoa, User Experience 2007-05-22
VideoHardwareInfo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Query VRAM, Quartz Extreme support, OpenGL extensions and renderer, GLSL version and support.
Cocoa, Games, Graphics & Imaging 2007-05-14
vDSP Examples (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
vDSP sample code
Performance 2007-05-10
LSMSmartCategorizer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates the Latent Semantic Mapping (LSM) framework by automatically categorize RSS feeds.
Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking 2007-05-09
HIFleetingControls (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Implements fleeting controls such as seen in QuickTime Player full screen mode or iPhoto slideshow
Carbon 2007-05-08
KauthORama (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Prints each Kauth request, illustrating how Kauth interacts with high-level operations, like copying files.
Darwin, Security 2007-04-30
DatePicker (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the NSDatePicker control.
Cocoa, User Experience 2007-04-25
SearchField (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use and customize the features of the "NSSearchField" control.
Cocoa, User Experience 2007-04-25
QTRecorder (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use the new QTKit capture classes introduced in 10.5.
Cocoa, QuickTime 2007-04-10
PictureTaker (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates the PictureTaker in a basic Cocoa application
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2007-04-02
MultiprecisionFP (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to utilize the gmp and arprec multiprecision floating point packages on Mac OS X
Mac OS X Server, Open Source, Performance 2007-03-26
CocoaSpeechSynthesisExample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use the Carbon Speech Synthesis API from within a Mac OS X Cocoa application.
Games, User Experience 2007-03-23
ImageBrowser (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates the ImageKit's IKImageBrowserView to browse images in a basic Cocoa application.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2007-03-13
AESendThreadSafe (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to send Apple events from threads other than the main thread.
Carbon, Cocoa 2007-03-09
CallJS (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to call JavaScripts on a web page in a WebView from Objective-C and vice versa
Cocoa, Internet & Web 2007-03-09
TrackIt (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the NSTrackingArea class.
Cocoa, User Experience 2007-03-05
SimpleCarbonAppleScript (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A simple example illustrating how to add readable and writable AppleScript properties to Carbon Application.
Scripting & Automation 2007-03-01
Grady (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the NSGradient class.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, User Experience 2007-02-28
RecordAudioToFile (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates recording audio to an AAC file using Core Audio
Audio, Carbon, Games, Performance 2007-02-27
TwoManyControllers (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to use an intermediate NSArrayController to populate an NSTableView across two to-many relationships.
Cocoa, User Experience 2007-02-23
SCSIHBAEmulator (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstration of how to implement a virtual parallel tasking SCSI host bus adapter (HBA)
Darwin, Hardware & Drivers, Mac OS X Server 2007-02-20
UIElementInspector (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates using the Accessibility API introduced in Mac OS X 10.2, which allows manipulation of an application's UI.
Cocoa, User Experience 2007-02-19
FSReplaceObject (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
FSReplaceObject is an example command line tool showing how to exercise the FSReplaceObject and FSPathReplaceObject related APIs.
Carbon 2007-02-14
SoftVDigX (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates the "Compressed Source" model and an updated implementation of the Video Digitizer APIs for Mac OS X.
QuickTime 2007-02-14
Cocoa_With_Carbon_or_CPP (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to call Carbon routines and C++ code from within an Objective-C Cocoa program.
Carbon, Cocoa 2007-02-05
CarbonCocoa_PictureCursor (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use NSCursor from a Carbon based application.
Carbon, Cocoa, Porting, User Experience 2007-01-12
CoreTextTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to handle the CoreText objects to display text.
Carbon, Core Foundation, Text & Fonts 2006-12-19
SCSIOldAndNew (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates a backward-compatible technique for communicating with SCSI parallel devices on Mac OS X.
Hardware & Drivers 2006-12-07
SetMouseAcclSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Find HID System Manager and get/set cursor acceleration
Carbon, Cocoa, Games, Hardware & Drivers, User Experience 2006-11-28
tcplognke (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates a TCP socket filter based on supported Kernel Programming Interfaces for Tiger
Hardware & Drivers, Networking 2006-11-27
EmptyFS (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A very simple VFS plug-in that mounts a volume that is completely empty.
Darwin 2006-11-09
LittleArrowsShowcase (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to increment and decrement the LittleArrows value when the user clicks on the up and down buttons.
Carbon 2006-11-09
MFSLives (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Sample VFS plug-in for the Macintosh File System (MFS) volume format, as used on 400KB floppies.
Darwin 2006-11-09
QTExtractAndConvertToAIFF (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates using MovieAudioExtraction and an AudioConverter to extract and convert audio to a AIFF file.
Audio, Cocoa, QuickTime 2006-11-08
QTExtractAndConvertToMovieFile (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates using MovieAudioExtraction and an AudioConverter to extract and convert audio to a QuickTime movie file.
Audio, Cocoa, QuickTime 2006-11-08
NSFontAttributeExplorer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to gather and display various metric information for installed fonts using NSFont.
Cocoa, Text & Fonts, User Experience 2006-10-26
TremoloUnit (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Audio unit sample demonstrating how to build an effect unit with a generic view.
Audio, Carbon, Cocoa 2006-10-26