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Apply Firmware Password (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to create an Automator Action for System Image Utility.
Mac OS X Server 2007-06-12
BSDLLCTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Program sample demonstrates how to send and receive raw LLC Ethernet packets.
Mac OS X Server 2003-06-12
GetMACAddressSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to retrieve the MAC address for each Ethernet interface from the Mac OS X I/O Registry.
Mac OS X Server 2003-01-14
GetPrimaryMACAddress (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates retrieving the MAC address of the built-in Ethernet controller. Useful for uniquely identifying a Macintosh system.
Mac OS X Server 2005-10-27
GetSetOptions (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates a variety of uses of Open Transport's option management routines.
Mac OS X Server 2003-01-14
GridCalendar (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to add a custom job submission UI to the GridSample project.
Mac OS X Server 2005-06-01
JDragNDrop (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Demonstrates building a simple view to implement Drag-and-Drop functionality in Cocoa-Java.
Mac OS X Server 2003-01-14
ListMania (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates a variety of techniques for using Open Transport's list utility routines.
Mac OS X Server 2003-01-14
MultiprecisionFP (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to utilize the gmp and arprec multiprecision floating point packages on Mac OS X
Mac OS X Server 2007-03-26
NoCopyReceives (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates using no-copy receives under Open Transport.
Mac OS X Server 2003-01-14
ProfileSystem (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to obtain the same information that System Profiler displays.
Mac OS X Server 2005-05-05
SampleFilterScheme (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates a simple filter scheme which passes all operations through to its provider unchanged.
Mac OS X Server 2006-01-03
SCSIHBAEmulator (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstration of how to implement a virtual parallel tasking SCSI host bus adapter (HBA)
Mac OS X Server 2007-02-20
SimpleUserClient (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to create a user client for an I/O Kit kernel driver.
Mac OS X Server 2008-08-27
SMARTQuery (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstration of how to access and use S.M.A.R.T. disk monitoring functionality
Mac OS X Server 2007-05-30
VolumeToBSDNode (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to iterate across all mounted volumes and retrieve their BSD node names.
Mac OS X Server 2006-10-16
WikiSampleThemeWithCSS (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to change the appearance of a wiki theme using CSS properties.
Mac OS X Server 2008-06-02
WikiSampleThemeWithJavaScript (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to add a JavaScript functionality to a wiki theme.
Mac OS X Server 2008-06-02
X11CallCarbonAndCocoa (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates a double clickable X11 application which performs various "native" Mac OS X operations.
Mac OS X Server 2003-07-28
XML_Transport (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Object serialization and archiving using WOXMLCoder and WOXMLDecoder classes and a mapping file.
Mac OS X Server 2003-01-14
AutoUpdater (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
This sample demonstrates Cocoa networking using the NSURL loading classes, NSURLConnection and NSURLDownload.
Networking 2005-06-01
BSDLLCTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Program sample demonstrates how to send and receive raw LLC Ethernet packets.
Networking 2003-06-12
CFFTPSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A simple example showing how to use CFFTPStream to download and upload files.
Networking 2006-10-13
CFHostSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses the CFHost API to do DNS hostname lookups and to determine host reachability.
Networking 2004-04-20
CFNetworkHTTPDownload (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to download a URL using CFNetworking.
Networking 2006-01-18
CFProxySupportTool (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use the CFProxySupport APIs to decide whether a network connection should pass through a proxy.
Networking 2007-10-29
CocoaHTTPServer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A Cocoa example showing how to write a very basic HTTP service.
Networking 2005-06-01
CryptNoMore (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to authenticate a user using Open Directory (Directory Services).
Networking 2008-03-17
DNSServiceMetaQuery (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to discover Bonjour service types being advertised on the local network.
Networking 2005-06-01
DockBrowser (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use CFNetServices to take advantage of Bonjour service discovery and name resolution.
Networking 2005-02-08
enetlognke (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Interface filter based on supported Kernel Programming Interfaces for Tiger.
Networking 2005-08-10
GetHWEthernetAddr (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Shows how to obtain the hardware Ethernet address of a machine.
Networking 2003-01-14
GetMACAddressSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to retrieve the MAC address for each Ethernet interface from the Mac OS X I/O Registry.
Networking 2003-01-14
GetPrimaryMACAddress (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates retrieving the MAC address of the built-in Ethernet controller. Useful for uniquely identifying a Macintosh system.
Networking 2005-10-27
GetSetOptions (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates a variety of uses of Open Transport's option management routines.
Networking 2003-01-14
GridCalendar (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to add a custom job submission UI to the GridSample project.
Networking 2005-06-01
IdentitySample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
IdentitySample builds a utility which demonstrates how to use the CoreServices Identity API to manage system-wide identities
Networking 2006-07-27
ImageClient (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use CFNetwork for synchronous and asynchronous operations, network diagnostics, proxy navigation, and authentication.
Networking 2005-06-01
Kerberos GSS (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Kerberos GSS-API Sample
Networking 2008-06-04
ListMania (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates a variety of techniques for using Open Transport's list utility routines.
Networking 2003-01-14
LocalServer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Sample demonstrates how a Classic process can communicate with a Mac OS X process using IP networking protocols.
Networking 2003-01-30
LSMSmartCategorizer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates the Latent Semantic Mapping (LSM) framework by automatically categorize RSS feeds.
Networking 2007-05-09
MoreIsBetter (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Library providing indispensable wrapers and workarounds for many areas of Mac OS programming.
Networking 2003-10-27
MoreSCF (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
High-level wrapper around System Configuration framework, making common operations easy.
Networking 2007-06-07
NameAndAddress (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A single window utility that gets a host name from an IP address or an IP address from a hostname.
Networking 2003-01-14
NewsReader (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates use of the Publication Subscription framework to create a simple RSS reader application.
Networking 2007-06-01
NoCopyReceives (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates using no-copy receives under Open Transport.
Networking 2003-01-14
NSLMiniBrowser (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Uses the NSL API to find network services using SLP, NBP, and Directory Services.
Networking 2003-01-14
OT Virtual Server (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Sample code which uses Open Transport and demonstrates real world issues.
Networking 2003-01-14
OTEndpointInfo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Demonstrates how to query an endpoint for its 'vital statistic' using OTGetEndpointInfo.
Networking 2003-08-20
OTLookupNameTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Demonstrates how to lookup NBP entities on an AppleTalk network using Open Transport.
Networking 2003-01-14
OTMP (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - A library for calling Open Transport synchronously from preemptively scheduled tasks (MP tasks).
Networking 2003-07-22
OTPingSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Demonstrates how to implement ping on top of the Open Transport API.
Networking 2003-07-22
PictureSharing (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use NSNetServices to advertise a service using Bonjour.
Networking 2005-02-08
PictureSharingBrowser (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use NSNetServices to take advantage of Bonjour service discovery and name resolution.
Networking 2005-02-08
PortMapper (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates Bonjour's NAT port-mapping API, and provides a higher-level Objective-C interface to it.
Networking 2008-07-25
QISA (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates the basics of writing an Internet setup assistant for traditional Mac OS and Mac OS X.
Networking 2003-05-15
SimpleDial (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates management of dialup connections, such as PPP, using System Configuration framework network connection API.
Networking 2005-07-26
SimplePing (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Sample provides simple API to programatically ping a remote host without admin privileges
Networking 2003-10-27
SimpleReach (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates network host reachability testing using the System Configuration framework asynchronous network reachability API.
Networking 2005-07-26
SocketCancel (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to safely cancel threads that are blocked within BSD sockets calls.
Networking 2005-08-10
tcplognke (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates a TCP socket filter based on supported Kernel Programming Interfaces for Tiger
Networking 2006-11-27
URL CacheInfo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates resource caching behavior using the Cocoa URL loading system.
Networking 2008-06-05
MP3 Player (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to wrap a command-line UNIX/Linux application in a Cocoa GUI, calling a the command-line app through NSTask.
Open Source 2003-01-14
MultiprecisionFP (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to utilize the gmp and arprec multiprecision floating point packages on Mac OS X
Open Source 2007-03-26
PIDFromBSDProcessName (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Provides a simple API to do process PID lookup based on BSD process name.
Open Source 2003-02-13
X11CallCarbonAndCocoa (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates a double clickable X11 application which performs various "native" Mac OS X operations.
Open Source 2003-07-28
BlitNoVBL (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to draw directly to the screen without syncing to the VBL of the monitor.
Performance 2003-01-14
BlitVBL (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to have Mac OS X try its best to sync to the VBL for you.
Performance 2003-01-14
BSDLLCTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Program sample demonstrates how to send and receive raw LLC Ethernet packets.
Performance 2003-06-12
Cocoa OpenGL (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates using Cocoa with OpenGL, including window setup and event handling.
Performance 2007-10-22
CopyBits vs. CopyMask (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - CopyBits (using a mask region) vs. CopyMask (using a mask BitMap). Which do you think is faster?
Performance 2003-07-22
dist_fft (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Gigaelement FFTs on Apple G5 clusters
Performance 2004-08-23
FBOBunnies (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use framebuffer objects (FBO)
Performance 2006-09-18
Fractal Performance (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Three fractal applications that show various bottlenecks and how they can be fixed.
Performance 2006-04-17
GeekGameBoard (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use Core Animation for the user interface of a board or card game.
Performance 2007-12-19
icon cache demo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates the use of an icon cache to limit the search for icon resource to one resource file.
Performance 2003-01-30
JavaSplashScreen (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Quickly display a splash screen while instantiating the 1.4.x/1.5 JVM from a Cocoa application.
Performance 2006-04-12
MapLargeFile (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows a technique for mapping files greater than 4GB into memory for faster access.
Performance 2003-11-19
MassiveImage (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use a CGDataProvider to save a very large image with Image IO
Performance 2007-09-27
MPDelayUntilTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Tests and demonstrates the MT/MP MPDelayUntil API.
Performance 2003-10-27
MPFileCopy (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to copy a folder and its contents using the HFS Plus APIs from an MP task.
Performance 2003-01-14
MPPeriodicalTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Tests and demonstrates the MT/MP timers.
Performance 2003-10-27
MultiprecisionFP (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to utilize the gmp and arprec multiprecision floating point packages on Mac OS X
Performance 2007-03-26
OpenGL Filter Basics Cocoa (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to use Objective-C and MVC design patterns in installing and utilizing filters in an OpenGL rendering pipeline
Performance 2008-02-06
PThreadSorts (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Applies various sorting algorithms to pictures using POSIX threads (pthreads) on Mac OS X.
Performance 2003-01-14
QuartzCache (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates several caching techniques using CGBitmapContext, CGImageRef re-use, CGLayerRefs, CGImageSource.
Performance 2005-06-01
QuartzLines (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Drawing Lines using Quartz's CGPath & CGContextStrokeLineSegments functions.
Performance 2005-06-01
RecordAudioToFile (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates recording audio to an AAC file using Core Audio
Performance 2007-02-27
SharedMemory (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how multiple applications can access the same memory using the Unix shmget system call.
Performance 2003-01-14
SIMD Primer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Introduction to using SIMD/SSE
Performance 2008-06-06
Test64BitMultiprec (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Implements (PPC) A*Y+B where A & B are arrays of 64-bit words and Y is a 64-bit integer
Performance 2006-06-09
URL CacheInfo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates resource caching behavior using the Cocoa URL loading system.
Performance 2008-06-05
vDSP Examples (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
vDSP sample code
Performance 2007-05-10
VelEng FFT (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
G4 Velocity Engine implementation of Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and associated convolution/correlation routines.
Performance 2003-01-14
VelEng Multiprecision (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
An implementation of arbitrary precision arithmetic using the PowerPC Velocity-Engine (G4) vector instructions.
Performance 2003-01-14
VelEng Wavelet (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
This demonstrates a Velocity Engine (G4) implementation of wavelet processing of color images
Performance 2003-01-14
VideoViewer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Simple example of video rendering using QuickTime visual contexts, OpenGL, Core Video and Core Image.
Performance 2005-08-01
BasicPlugIn (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses the CFPlugin to locate, load, execute plugin. Derived from the SillyBalls sample.
Porting 2003-07-28
Carbon Porting Tutorial (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Porting a simple application from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X
Porting 2006-07-25