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HID Manager Event Data Underruns
(HTML)
QA1038: Explains how to correctly handle HID Manager event queue data underruns.
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Apple Applications, User Experience |
2001-06-13
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HIObjectRegisterSubclass returns paramErr
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QA1213: Explains in which case HIObjectRegisterSubclass would return paramErr and gives a work around.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
2002-11-12
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How can I determine the order of the languages set by the user in the Language tab of the International preference pane?
(HTML)
QA1391: Retrieving the order of the languages set by the International preference pane in Cocoa, Carbon, and Terminal.
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Internationalization |
2006-12-19
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How can I handle smooth mouse wheel scrolling?
(HTML)
QA1453: Details an undocumented Carbon Event which will be added to the public headers in a later DevTools release.
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Events & Other Input, Human Interface Toolbox |
2005-11-29
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How can I programmatically determine the DPI of the current video mode?
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QA1217: Describes how to compute the DPI for a given display in a given mode using Core Graphics.
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Games, Graphics & Imaging |
2002-12-02
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How can I set the default location with the modern Navigation APIs NavCreatexxx?
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QA1151: Explains how to set the default location with a NavCustomControl call using the kNavCtlSetLocation message in the Event Proc.
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File Management, Human Interface Toolbox |
2002-07-01
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How do I tell if a particular display is being hardware accelerated by Quartz Extreme?
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QA1218: Describes how to use CGDisplayUsesOpenGLAcceleration to see if a display is accelerated or not.
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Games, Graphics & Imaging, Performance |
2002-12-04
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How do I use kMPCreateTaskSuspendedMask with MPCreateTask?
(HTML)
QA1055: Describes how to start a task that has been suspended with the ability to resume it later.
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Process Management, Runtime Architecture |
2001-07-02
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How do I use PMSessionGetGraphicsContext to get a CGContextRef?
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Deprecated - QA1216: Describes how to use PMSessionSetDocumentFormatGeneration and PMSessionGetGraphicsContext to get a CGContextRef for printing.
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Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
2003-02-25
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How do I use QuickDraw with CGDirectDisplay?
(HTML)
QA1011: Explains how to draw to a CGDirectDisplay-captured display using QuickDraw.
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Games, Graphics & Imaging |
2001-04-11
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How PBDTGetAPPL Chooses Which Copy of an App to Launch
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Deprecated - TB19: Explains how PBDTGetAppl() chooses which application copy to launch, and how to deal with the trash.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
1996-05-14
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How to measure CG text
(HTML)
QA1051: Explains how to measure Core Graphics text.
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Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
2007-08-02
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How to use the OT modem script engine
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Deprecated - NW50: Shows how to use the Open Transport modem script engine.
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Networking |
1997-07-11
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How to use URL Access with proxy servers
(HTML)
Deprecated - QA1074: Explains how to use URL Access with proxy servers.
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Networking |
2001-10-02
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How to work around HIMovieViewCreate failing
(HTML)
QA1417: Describes how to work around HIMovieViewCreate failing to initialize the view in QuickTime 7
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QuickTime |
2008-03-11
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ICLaunchURL, "file:///" URLs and Mac OS X
(HTML)
QA1028: Describes problems with ICLaunchURL and "file:///" URLs on Mac OS X.
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Process Management |
2001-04-20
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Implementing a CVFillExtendedPixelsCallBack
(HTML)
QA1440: Discusses how you implement a Core Video custom extended pixel fill callback function.
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QuickTime |
2005-09-06
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Improving ATSUI Text Drawing Performance
(HTML)
QA1027: Talks about one way of improving ATSUI text drawing performance.
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Graphics & Imaging, Text & Fonts |
2001-04-17
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Incorrect Inside Macintosh Volume V documentation
(HTML)
Deprecated - QD15: Identifies incorrect documentation in Inside Macintosh Volume V regarding the formats of PnPixPat and BkPixPat opcodes.
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Games, Graphics & Imaging, QuickTime |
1995-09-15
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Installing input methods on Mac OS X
(HTML)
QA1054: Describes how to install and use input methods on Mac OS X.
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Human Interface Toolbox, Interapplication Communication, Text & Fonts |
2001-09-14
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The intermittent behavior of SetDialogItemText
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Deprecated - QA1082: Explains why SetDialogItemText may seem to not work correctly if you have embedding turned on.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
2001-10-30
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Internet Connect Speed
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QA1165: Describes how to get the modem connection speed from the System Configuration framework dynamic store.
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Core Foundation |
2003-03-26
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Is ColorSync thread safe?
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QA1261: Discusses ColorSync thread-safety issues.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2003-04-17
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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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QuickTime |
2005-04-06
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Locating a Font's Home File
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Deprecated - TB18: Lists the steps necessary to find the home file of a given font.
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Text & Fonts |
1996-02-15
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Locking an Area Using PBLockRange
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OPS09: Describes the behavior of PBLockRange.
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File Management |
1996-05-14
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LockPixels and DisposeGWorld with QTNewGWorldFromPtr
(HTML)
QA1007: Clarifies some issues surrounding pointer ownership when creating GWorlds with QTNewGWorldFromPtr
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QuickTime |
2001-02-26
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Losing the character code when using the control key
(HTML)
QA1446: Explains why the control key transforms the character code instead of simply setting the appropriate modifier bit.
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Human Interface Toolbox, Text & Fonts |
2006-07-17
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MACE Restrictions
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Deprecated - SND16: MACE algorithms only support the compression of 8-bit offset binary sound.
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Audio |
1999-06-08
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Making Input Gain Setting Changes
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Deprecated - SND01: Changing the input gain setting on older Power Macs before recording.
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Audio |
1996-06-01
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Managing custom drawing code in a compositing world
(HTML)
QA1162: Explains why any custom drawing code must be handled by the kEventControlDraw handler of a custom HIView
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Human Interface Toolbox |
2004-10-14
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Movie Export - Always fill in the MovieExportGetDataParams dataSize field
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QA1304: Outlines the importance of correctly filling in the MovieExportGetDataParams dataSize field when exporting from procedures.
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QuickTime |
2005-02-25
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Movie Export Component - How to ensure Final Cut Pro recognizes your exporter
(HTML)
QA1415: Explains how to make sure Final Cut Pro will recognizes a custom QuickTime movie export component.
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QuickTime |
2005-03-08
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Movies - Saving movie playback hints
(HTML)
QA1366: Explains how to save and load media play hints from Movie files.
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QuickTime |
2004-09-14
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Moving the Menu Bar
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Deprecated - TB54: Describes how to move the menubar to another Macintosh Display and why this move is unadvisable.
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Human Interface Toolbox, User Experience |
1998-12-22
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MPRemoteCall Contexts
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QA1122: Describes two recently introduced options for the context parameter of MPRemoteCall.
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Process Management |
2002-02-18
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Multiple Resources with the Same Type and ID
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TB30: Explains why Resource IDs should be unique within a given resource type within a given resource file.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
1996-11-27
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My custom item dismisses my Navigation Services dialog
(HTML)
QA1381: Gives a workaround for dismissive clicks on items in the custom area of Navigation Services dialogs.
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File Management, Human Interface Toolbox, User Experience |
2004-11-22
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My ListBox control works fine on Mac OS X but I get a crash on Mac OS 9 when I click in the scrollbar
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QA1156: Explains the requirements for the use of the Listbox Control on Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
2002-07-12
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Non Mac OS X Bundled data-fork based Resources
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QA1098: Mac OS X Bundled data-fork based Resources
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Data Management, Design Guidelines, File Management, Process Management, Resource Management, Runtime Architecture |
2003-08-20
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Notifying the Finder of changed or newly created files
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QA1260: Recommended approach to notifying the Finder to update its open windows of a file creation or change.
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File Management, Human Interface Toolbox, Interapplication Communication |
2003-04-15
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NSL and how it relates to Bonjour
(HTML)
QA1299: Explains the relationship between NSL and Bonjour.
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Networking |
2003-09-18
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Numerous Small Packet Exchanges Resultin Poor TCP Performance
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NW26: Explains why numerous small package exchanges result in poor TCP performance.
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Networking |
1998-05-25
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Open Transport Error -3208: kEBADFErr
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NW21: Explains why a call to OTSnd may result in a kEBADFErr -3208.
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Networking |
1996-03-04
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Open Transport Libraries
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NW18: Lists the Open Transport libraries and what to link with for PowerPC and 68K.
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Networking |
2000-11-03
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OTScheduleDeferredTask When Task Running
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NW52: Describes what happens when you use OTScheduleDefferedTask to schedule a task that is running.
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Design Guidelines, Events & Other Input, Networking, Performance, Process Management, Resource Management, Runtime Architecture, Tools |
1997-10-13
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OTScheduleSystemTask Cleanup
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Deprecated - NW37: States the proper way to clean up any pending system tasks scheduled with OTScheduleSystemTask.
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Networking |
1996-07-03
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Parsing the PICT File Format
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Deprecated - QD56: Explains where to find information on the PICT file format and warns against parsing a PICT file.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1998-02-10
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PBLockRange with a zero-length range
(HTML)
FL13: Describes the afpRangeOverlap error and a work around.
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File Management |
1999-11-22
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Power Management; Policy Maker vs. Power Controller
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QA1121: Describes the differences between a Power Management Policy Maker and a Power Management Power Controller.
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Events & Other Input, Process Management |
2002-02-13
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PPPoE Server for Testing
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QA1252: Describes how to configure Mac OS X as a PPPoE server for testing purposes.
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Networking |
2003-04-11
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Preserving embedded ICC profiles when using QuickTime Graphics Importer/Exporters
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QA1145: Shows how to preserve the embedded ICC profile when using the QuickTime Graphics Importer/Exporter routines
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Graphics & Imaging |
2002-09-04
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Preventing sleep
(HTML)
QA1160: Explains how your application can prevent the system from sleeping.
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Resource Management |
2004-10-22
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Printer Queue vs. Printer Name
(HTML)
QA1407: Explains the difference between a printer queue and a printer name.
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Printing |
2007-04-26
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Private HITheme APIs in Mac OS X 10.2 should not be called
(HTML)
QA1377: Explains why weak-linked API common runtime check is not good enough for the HITheme APIs.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
2004-10-27
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Problem Getting PICTS to Display in Correct Colors
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Deprecated - QD24: Using a custom color table to get PICTs to display with the right colors in an offscreen GWorld.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1995-09-15
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Problem with PaintRgn on 256-color Screens
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Deprecated - QD23: PaintRgn with RGBForeColor and transfer mode addOver doesn't return color to original on 256-color-screens.
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Graphics & Imaging, Performance, User Experience |
1995-09-15
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Problems Creating a Mask for a Picture
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Deprecated - QD27: Demonstrates creating a mask where the mask is 0 for pure white pixels and 1 everywhere else.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1995-09-15
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Problems getting Bonjour TXT record information
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QA1389: Explains why you might have problems retrieving TXT record information from a CFNetServiceRef or NSNetService.
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Networking |
2005-07-06
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Problems recording CopyBits into a PICT on Mac OS X 10.2
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QA1189: Identifies a problem with CopyBits and PICT on Mac OS X 10.2 and gives a simple workaround.
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Graphics & Imaging, Porting |
2002-11-19
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Process Carbon Events Not Delivered in 10.2
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QA1181: Work around for a bug in Mac OS X 10.2 that prevents the delivery of process Carbon events.
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Events & Other Input, Human Interface Toolbox, Process Management |
2002-08-27
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Programmatically causing restart, shutdown and/or logout
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QA1134: Describes how to programmatically cause restart, shutdown, sleep or logout.
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Events & Other Input, Process Management, Resource Management |
2008-09-24
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Public UTIs supported by Mac OS X v10.3
(HTML)
QA1406: Lists the public UTIs (Uniform Type Identifiers) used by the Pasteboard in Mac OS X v10.3.
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Interapplication Communication |
2005-02-08
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QDFlushPortBuffer
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QD65: Describes a possible solution for window update problems under Carbon.
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Events & Other Input, Graphics & Imaging, Human Interface Toolbox, Porting |
2000-11-08
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QDSwapPort
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QA1128: Explains when to use QDSwapPort.
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Graphics & Imaging, Porting |
2002-11-06
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Quartz 2D Interpolation
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QA1186: Explains how to control Quartz 2D's image interpolation.
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Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
2002-10-29
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Quartz 2D Thread Safety
(HTML)
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QA1238: Explains the thread-safety issues for the Quartz 2D API.
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Graphics & Imaging, Performance, Printing, Process Management |
2003-02-25
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QuickDraw Text Anti-Aliasing using Quartz 2D
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QA1193: Describes APIs added to Mac OS X to allow applications to draw QD text using CG anti-aliasing.
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Graphics & Imaging, Porting |
2002-10-29
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QuickTime and Carbon Events
(HTML)
QA1090: Discusses how to ensure smooth movie playback when using Carbon Events in an application.
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Design Guidelines |
2001-10-26
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QuickTime Audio - Easy Frequency Level Metering with MovieAudio APIs
(HTML)
QA1459: Describes how to perform frequency band level metering using MovieAudio metering APIs.
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QuickTime |
2009-01-29
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Raw IP and Open Transport 2.5.x
(HTML)
Deprecated - NW63: Discusses Open Transport 2.5's change to the behavior of raw IP endpoints with IP_HDRINCL set.
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Networking |
1999-10-25
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Receiving UDP Broadcasts
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Deprecated - NW53: Explains why UDP endpoints may never receive UDP broadcast messages.
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Networking |
1997-11-17
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Recording Compressed Sounds
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Deprecated - SND14: Sound Manager and sound input driver compression options are limited to allow interrupt time recording.
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Audio |
1998-04-12
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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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Networking |
2003-10-23
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Registering and unregistering for sleep and wake notifications
(HTML)
QA1340: Explains how applications can register and unregister for sleep and wake notifications on Mac OS X.
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Resource Management |
2008-08-08
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Registering custom pixel formats with QuickTime and Core Video
(HTML)
QA1401: Discusses how to register custom pixel formats with QuickTime & Core Video with QuickTime 7.
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QuickTime |
2005-09-06
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Requirements for Quartz GL
(HTML)
QA1536: Describes the requirements for enabling Quartz GL.
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Games, Graphics & Imaging, Performance, User Experience |
2008-08-08
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Resolves may return an IPv6 address in Panther
(HTML)
QA1298: Explains why you get an IP address of 0.0.0.0 when resolving a Bonjour service.
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Networking |
2005-01-10
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Resource forks in Mach-O binaries
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QA1175: Advises against using resource forks in Mach-O binaries.
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Human Interface Toolbox, Resource Management, Runtime Architecture |
2002-08-07
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Retrieving Data from AEDesc Records - do not use the dataHandle field
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QA1139: Describes the correct way to access data stored in AEDesc records.
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Interapplication Communication |
2002-04-10
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Saving the current Core Graphics Path
(HTML)
QA1056: Explains that the Core Graphics save and restore GState APIs do not affect the path.
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Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
2001-10-02
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Securely Erasing, Accessing and Dismounting a Macintosh Partition
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FL11: Set up a disk for secure erasures. Resources with information on magnetic disks, information recovery.
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Data Management, Design Guidelines, File Management, User Experience |
1999-01-11
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Security Framework Error Codes
(HTML)
QA1499: Explains how to interpret errors returned by the Security Framework with an overview of Security error handling.
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Security |
2006-11-16
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Selecting a specific sound input source
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Deprecated - SND10: Using the sound input driver to select specific sound input sources.
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Audio |
1998-01-16
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Sending an Email
(HTML)
QA1084: Shows how to create an email in the user's prefered email application.
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Interapplication Communication, Internet & Web, Networking |
2004-11-05
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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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QuickTime |
2005-01-06
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Sequence Grabber preallocates large file when recording
(HTML)
QA1411: Describes how to prevent the Sequence Grabber from filling your entire disk when recording.
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QuickTime |
2006-02-06
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Server Endpoint 'qlen' Limit
(HTML)
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Deprecated - NW38: Tells how to determine the maximum 'qlen' value which limits the number of supported handoff endpoints.
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Networking |
1996-08-21
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SetFontInfoForSelection incorrect prototype
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QA1375: Describes the incorrect prototyping of the SetFontInfoForSelection API and gives a workaround.
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Events & Other Input, Human Interface Toolbox, Text & Fonts, User Experience |
2004-10-04
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Setting a Control's Variant Field
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Deprecated - TB63: Details how to change the variant of a custom control after creating the control.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
1999-05-03
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Setting a UserPane's feature
(HTML)
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TB64: Explains how to set up the control attributes when creating controls, and UserPanes in particular.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
1999-09-27
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Setting Audio Input Gain
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Deprecated - SND11: Setting audio input gain under Mac OS 8.1.
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Audio |
1998-02-10
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Setting default open Finder window
(HTML)
QA1449: How to set the default Finder window to open when a disk is mounted
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File Management, Human Interface Toolbox |
2006-01-03
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Setting environment variables for user processes
(HTML)
QA1067: Tells how to set environment variables for user processes.
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Data Management, Games, Interapplication Communication, Porting, Process Management, Resource Management, Runtime Architecture, Tools |
2001-10-25
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Setting request headers in URL Access
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Deprecated - QA1073: Explains how to work around a bug in URL Access when setting request headers.
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Networking |
2002-09-10
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siActive Channels Unsupported on Some Power Macs
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Deprecated - SND03: siActive Channels is unsupported on some older PowerMacs (siUnknownInfoType returned by SPBGetDeviceInfo).
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Audio |
1996-06-01
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Signals and Threads
(HTML)
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QA1184: Describes how threads and signals interact.
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Process Management |
2002-08-27
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siMonitorSource Selector
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Deprecated - SND13: Using the sound output siMonitorAvailable, and siMonitorSource selectors.
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Audio |
1998-04-12
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siOSTypeInput Selectors
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Deprecated - SND12: The use of siOSTypeInputSource, and siOSTypeInputAvailable selectors and extracting the siOSTypeInputAvailable OSTypes returned.
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Audio |
1998-04-12
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siOSTypeInputAvailable Format
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Deprecated - SND09: The format of the data returned by the siOSTypeInputAvailable selector is SoundInfoList.
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Audio |
1998-01-16
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