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Sequence Grabber - Ensuring the SG TimeBase is being driven by the Sound Clock. (HTML)
QA1314: Ensuring the Sequence Grabber TimeBase is being driven by the Sound Clock when recording audio and video.
QuickTime 2003-10-24
Bonjour TXT record rate limiting in Panther (HTML)
QA1293: Explains how mDNSResponder implements TXT record rate limiting in Panther.
Carbon, Cocoa, Hardware & Drivers, Networking 2003-10-23
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.
Carbon, Hardware & Drivers, Networking 2003-10-23
Third party VFS can't unmount on Mac OS X 10.3 (HTML)
QA1308: Describes changes in unmounting behavior for VFS plug-ins under Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther."
Carbon, Cocoa 2003-10-23
How to handle audio data with magic cookie information (HTML)
QA1318: How to handle sound files with magic cookies when using an AudioConverter.
Audio 2003-10-22
Important Java Directories on Mac OS X (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1170: Mac OS X equivalents of common Java runtime and development directories.
Java 2003-10-21
QuickTime 6.4 & AvailabilityMacros.h on Mac OS X 10.2.x (HTML)
QA1316: Fixing compilation issues when upgrading to QuickTime 6.4 on Mac OS X 10.2.x systems.
QuickTime, Tools 2003-10-21
Sharpening Full Scene Anti-Aliasing Details (HTML)
QA1268: Using full scene anti-aliasing (FSAA) in OpenGL applications.
Graphics & Imaging 2003-10-10
Sleep vs. Doze on Mac OS X (HTML)
QA1309: Discusses and demonstrates sleep versus doze detection on Machintosh Mac OS X
Darwin, Hardware & Drivers, Performance 2003-10-09
Exception in JFileChooser.setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed (HTML)
Deprecated - QA1280: Workaround for a known issue in Java 1.4.1 Update 1 on Jaguar.
Java 2003-10-07
paramErr returned from ConvertMovieToFile when exporting to .wav (HTML)
QA1313: Avoid a paramErr returned from ConvertMovieToFile by setting up a Sound Description when exporting to a .wav file.
QuickTime 2003-10-06
PCI/PCI-X slots on the Power Mac G5 (HTML)
QA1307: Discusses installing PCI/PCI-X cards of different speeds in the Power Mac G5.
Darwin, Hardware & Drivers 2003-09-30
Providing QuickDraw with a Known Good Port (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
Deprecated - QA1237: How to use SetPort( NULL) to provide QuickDraw with a known good port.
Graphics & Imaging 2003-09-29
How can I tell if a PCI device has on board I/O space? (HTML)
QA1287: Demonstrates "how to" tell if a PCI device has on board I/O space.
Hardware & Drivers 2003-09-24
Sequence Grabber - Setting the sound channel play through state (HTML)
QA1303: Setting the Sound play though state when previewing and recording a sound channel with the Sequence Grabber.
QuickTime 2003-09-23
Bonjour and wake from sleep (HTML)
QA1290: Explains why applications that use Bonjour should stay registered and continue browsing on sleep.
Carbon, Cocoa, Networking 2003-09-18
NSL and how it relates to Bonjour (HTML)
QA1299: Explains the relationship between NSL and Bonjour.
Carbon, Networking 2003-09-18
Debugging arbitrary applications with Xcode (HTML)
QA1305: Debugging an application with Xcode without requiring the project that built the application.
Tools 2003-09-15
How to add other pasteboard types to an HFS Promise drag in Cocoa (HTML)
QA1300: Explains how to add other pasteboard types to an HFS Promise drag in Cocoa.
Cocoa 2003-09-15
How to remove the "Open Recent" menu item in a Document-based Cocoa application (HTML)
QA1289: Explains how to remove the "Open Recent" menu item in a Document-based Cocoa application.
Cocoa 2003-09-15
How to set a custom drag image when doing an HFS Promise drag in Cocoa (HTML)
QA1200: Explains how to set a custom drag image when doing an HFS Promise drag in Cocoa.
Cocoa 2003-09-15
Spaces in project names: solving "Missing file or directory" errors in Project Builder (HTML)
QA1301: Explains "Missing file or directory" errors when building with Project Builder.
Tools 2003-09-15
Remote or Two-Machine Debugging Applications with GDB (HTML)
QA1279: Explains how to setup a remote or two-machine debugging configuration using gdb and ssh.
Tools 2003-09-09
Sequence Grabber - How do I save user settings as CFPreferences? (HTML)
QA1286: Saving UserData settings returned from the Sequence Grabber as CFPreferences.
QuickTime 2003-09-04
CFXML to CFPropertyListRef (and back!) (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1208: Describes to how save and restore a CFPropertyListRef to and from an XML file.
Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation 2003-08-29
Correcting a PackageMaker version.plist and BundleVersions.plist problem (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1281: Describes how to correct a PackageMaker version.plist and BundleVersions.plist problem.
Tools 2003-08-25
Getting owner and group name references for PackageMaker package contents (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1285: Describes how to get owner and group name references for PackageMaker package contents.
Tools 2003-08-25
PackageMaker's NeedsAuthorization value causes install to fail (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1283: Provides a workaround when PackageMaker's NeedsAuthorization value causes a Mac OS X 10.1 installation failure.
Tools 2003-08-25
SDRAM Problems With Self-Powered USB Devices (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
HW82: Alerts that non-compliant, self-powered USB devices plugged into a G4, can cause problems with low-voltage-sensitive SDRAM .
Hardware & Drivers 2003-08-21
Non Mac OS X Bundled data-fork based Resources (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1098: Mac OS X Bundled data-fork based Resources
Carbon, Mac OS X Server 2003-08-20
Using a QuickTime time base callback to detect when a movie has stopped (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1282: Using a QuickTime time base callback (NewCallBack) to detect when a movie has stopped.
QuickTime 2003-08-12
Bluetooth Radio Power Class for Apple Systems (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1278: Notes Preferred Bluetooth Transmitter Characteristics for products designed for Apple Systems.
Hardware & Drivers 2003-08-06
Security Credentials (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1277: Discusses AuthorizationCopyRights and the relationship between Authorization Services, authorization sessions, Security Server, credentials, and the credentials cache.
Security 2003-08-06
Customizing Component Border Colors (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1272: Retaining Aqua background for JComboBox menus with custom control borders.
Java 2003-07-31
Filtering QuickTime media types in Navigation Services (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1274: Describes how to filter QuickTime media types in a Navigation Services filter procedure.
Carbon, QuickTime 2003-07-23
The Data Browser GetDataBrowserUserState API (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1270: Explains a problematic Data Browser API definition and how to work around it.
Carbon 2003-07-22
CGImageRef contents are immutable (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1276: Explains that CGImageRef contents are considered immutable once created.
Carbon, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2003-07-17
Sequence Grabber Source, Video, and Channel Bounds (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1250: Explains the QuickTime Sequence Grabber's relationship between the Source, Video, and Channel Bounds when capturing video.
QuickTime 2003-07-16
Tioga PostScript Printing Plugins in Mac OS X 10.2 (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1085: Why Tioga printing plugins for PostScript printing aren't called on Mac OS X 10.2 and later.
Graphics & Imaging, Printing 2003-07-14
Image Decompressor Data-loading Procs (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QTMCC19: Explains how to use an image decompressor's data-loading proc.
QuickTime 2003-07-10
DRAM DIMM power pin connections for Macintosh Computers (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1271: Discusses design considerations for DRAM DIMM power pin connections for Macintosh Computers.
Hardware & Drivers 2003-07-04
Updating OpenGL Contexts (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1209: When and why to update an OpenGL context in response to system and user actions.
Carbon, Games, Graphics & Imaging 2003-06-19
Power adapter Sensing for the 17" PowerBook (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1266: Details Design and detection considerations for 17-inch PowerBook power adapters
Hardware & Drivers 2003-06-12
Can't attach during two-machine debugging with GDB (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
Deprecated - QA1019: Describes a workaround for a problem attaching during two-machine debugging on Mac OS X 10.0.x.
Darwin, Tools 2003-06-02
How do I count the frames in an MPEG movie? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QTMTB54: Talks about using the QuickTime Movie Toolbox function GetMovieNextInterestingTime with MPEG media tracks.
QuickTime 2003-05-02
Empty Memory Objects (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1259: Describes how two memory management edge cases are handled by the common Mac OS memory allocators.
Carbon, Hardware & Drivers 2003-04-21
Is ColorSync thread safe? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1261: Discusses ColorSync thread-safety issues.
Carbon, Cocoa, Games, Graphics & Imaging, Mac OS X Server, Performance, QuickTime 2003-04-17
Notifying the Finder of changed or newly created files (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1260: Recommended approach to notifying the Finder to update its open windows of a file creation or change.
Carbon 2003-04-15
PPPoE Server for Testing (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1252: Describes how to configure Mac OS X as a PPPoE server for testing purposes.
Carbon, Cocoa, Networking 2003-04-11
Can I have parameters of type typeHIRect instead of type typeQDRectangle in my kEventControlBoundsChanged message handler? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1246: Details the automatic coercions between QuickDraw and Quartz types provided by the Carbon Event Parameter accessors.
Carbon 2003-04-03
'dynamic shared library not made a weak library in output with MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET...' bug (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1233: Why 'ld' may give a warning about the Mac OS X_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET environment variable and its failure to weak link.
Tools 2003-04-01
FSSetCatalogInfo versus UID and GID (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1251: Describes why FSSetCatalogInfo does not set the UID and GID of the file, and provides a work around.
Carbon, Cocoa 2003-03-26
Internet Connect Speed (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1165: Describes how to get the modem connection speed from the System Configuration framework dynamic store.
Carbon, Core Foundation, Games, Internet & Web, Mac OS X Server, Networking 2003-03-26
Disabling QuickTime Error Dialogs When Opening or Tasking a Movie (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1164: How to disable QuickTime error dialogs which may be presented when opening or tasking a movie.
QuickTime 2003-03-20
Project Builder 2.1 needs projects to be checked into CVS to enable CVS support (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1245: Explains how to workaround a bug in Project Builder that blocks CVS functionality.
Tools 2003-03-20
QuickTime Error -2127 qtNetworkAlreadyAllocatedErr Explained (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1244: QuickTime qtNetworkAlreadyAllocatedErr error code (-2127) occurs when the user's Connection Speed preference setting is too slow.
QuickTime 2003-03-20
Using cmpWantsRegisterMessage not recommended on Mac OS X (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1192: Describes why using the cmpWantsRegisterMessage flag is not recommended on Mac OS X.
QuickTime 2003-03-11
How can I verify that a Movie can actually draw into a non-RGB GWorld? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1243: Techniques to verify that a Movie can actually draw into a non-RGB GWorld.
QuickTime 2003-03-05
Viewing multi-page PDF files (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1247: How to draw each page of a multi-page PDF document using the QuickTime movie importers.
QuickTime 2003-03-05
How do I use PMSessionGetGraphicsContext to get a CGContextRef? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
Deprecated - QA1216: Describes how to use PMSessionSetDocumentFormatGeneration and PMSessionGetGraphicsContext to get a CGContextRef for printing.
Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, Printing 2003-02-25
Quartz 2D Thread Safety (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1238: Explains the thread-safety issues for the Quartz 2D API.
Carbon, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, Performance, Printing 2003-02-25
Accessing HTTPS Proxy Settings (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1234: Describes how to programatically access Secure Web Proxy information.
Carbon, Core Foundation, Games, Internet & Web, Mac OS X Server, Networking, Security 2003-02-19
Text Encodings in VFS (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1173: How to handle text encodings correctly when writing a file system (VFS) plug-in for Mac OS X.
Carbon, Darwin 2003-02-10
Converting to Precomposed Unicode (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1235: Describes how to convert a string to precomposed Unicode.
Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Internationalization, Text & Fonts 2003-02-07
Movie Export Components - Supporting a MovieProgressProc (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1230: Explains the steps needed to support a movie progress proc in a movie export component.
QuickTime 2003-01-31
Adding menu separator items to controls in a Sherlock channel (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1219: Using menu-item separators in an NSPopUpButton control of a Sherlock channel.
Apple Applications 2003-01-21
BOM characters in 'utxt' clipboard flavor (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1221: Explains the use of the BOM character in 'utxt' scrap data
Cocoa, Internationalization 2003-01-20
File Manager Text Encoding Hints (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1223: How to use Text Encoding Hints.
Carbon, Darwin 2003-01-20
Why does my identity matrix look strange? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1227: Discusses the MatrixRecord structure and QuadToQuadMatrix function.
QuickTime 2003-01-15
Using QTSetAtomData (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1231: Explains what QTSetAtomData does with the data passed into it.
QuickTime 2003-01-14
Video Output Components - QTVideoOutputGetIndImageDecompressor (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1226: Discusses the QTVideoOutputGetIndImageDecompressor call.
QuickTime 2003-01-03
Using Clip Region and Buffer Rectangles with OpenGL Carbon (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1222: Shows the basics of using buffer rectangles and clip regions with AGL.
Carbon, Games, Graphics & Imaging 2002-12-19
How do I tell if a particular display is being hardware accelerated by Quartz Extreme? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1218: Describes how to use CGDisplayUsesOpenGLAcceleration to see if a display is accelerated or not.
Carbon, Cocoa, Games, Graphics & Imaging, Performance 2002-12-04
How can I programmatically determine the DPI of the current video mode? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1217: Describes how to compute the DPI for a given display in a given mode using Core Graphics.
Carbon, Cocoa, Games, Graphics & Imaging 2002-12-02
GetProcAdress and OpenGL Entry Points (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1188: Technique for finding function pointers for OpenGL entry points in Cocoa and Carbon
Carbon, Games, Graphics & Imaging 2002-11-25
Problems recording CopyBits into a PICT on Mac OS X 10.2 (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1189: Identifies a problem with CopyBits and PICT on Mac OS X 10.2 and gives a simple workaround.
Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, Porting 2002-11-19
Are the root control, the root view, and the content view the same entity? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1214: Details the differences and similitudes between the root control, the root view, and the content view of windows.
Carbon 2002-11-12
CGContext parameter missing in my kEventControlDraw event (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1212: Explains in which case your kEventControlDraw handler wouldn't receive a CGContext parameter.
Carbon 2002-11-12
Do I have to call CreateRootControl after creating my window? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1215: Explains when and when not to call CreateRootControl after creating a window.
Carbon 2002-11-12
HIObjectRegisterSubclass returns paramErr (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1213: Explains in which case HIObjectRegisterSubclass would return paramErr and gives a work around.
Carbon 2002-11-12
What is the minimal set of Carbon Events I need to override in order to implement a simple custom push button? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1210: Details the minimal set of Carbon Events needed to implement a simple custom push button HIView.
Carbon 2002-11-12
QDSwapPort (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1128: Explains when to use QDSwapPort.
Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, Porting 2002-11-06
Using cmPathBased profile locations on Mac OS X (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1203: Shows how to correctly specify cmPath-based profile locations on Mac OS X
Carbon, Graphics & Imaging 2002-11-06
Why does logging keep my Printer Module from working? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
Deprecated - QA1182: Describes some problems with standard printf logging in a Printer Module on Jaguar.
Graphics & Imaging, Hardware & Drivers, Printing 2002-11-06
Quartz 2D Interpolation (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1186: Explains how to control Quartz 2D's image interpolation.
Carbon, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, Printing 2002-10-29
QuickDraw Text Anti-Aliasing using Quartz 2D (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1193: Describes APIs added to Mac OS X to allow applications to draw QD text using CG anti-aliasing.
Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, Porting 2002-10-29
Video Output Components - Implementing QTVideoOutputGetIndSoundOutput on Mac OS X (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1206: Describes how to support the QTVideoOutputGetIndSoundOutput function in Mac OS X.
QuickTime 2002-10-29
Documentation updater for Project Builder shipping with Mac OS X 10.2 (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1207: Updating Project Builder to find new symbols, including the Bluetooth framework under Mac OS X.
Tools 2002-10-25
Getting the name of a profile (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1205: Shows how to programmatically get the name of a ColorSync profile.
Graphics & Imaging 2002-10-25
Setting Sequence Grabber Sound Input Device Driver Parameters (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1204: Setting sound input device driver parameters for QuickTime sequence grabber audio channels.
QuickTime 2002-10-25
Why don't all of my PDE localizations show up in all applications? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1185: Explains why some PDE localizations might not appear in all applications.
Graphics & Imaging, Hardware & Drivers, Printing 2002-10-16
Why does -stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet: give me an empty string result when it shouldn't? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1202: Why -stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet: sometimes returns an empty string result in Mac OS X 10.2.x when it shouldn't.
Cocoa 2002-10-15
URL Access and the Missing Progress Dialog (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
Deprecated - QA1140: Explains a known bug in URL Access related to progress dialogs.
Carbon, Networking 2002-09-23
Be careful when using AuthorizationCreate (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1172: Explains why you should avoid determining allowable rights when creating an AuthorizationRef.
Security 2002-09-20
Stay away from custom Authorization dialogs (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1199: Explains why you shouldn't create a custom authorization dialog.
Security 2002-09-20
Setting request headers in URL Access (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
Deprecated - QA1073: Explains how to work around a bug in URL Access when setting request headers.
Carbon, Networking 2002-09-10
Filtering the Effects List returned by QTGetEffectsList (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1190: Shows how to edit the list of effects returned by the QTGetEffectsList function.
QuickTime 2002-09-04
Preserving embedded ICC profiles when using QuickTime Graphics Importer/Exporters (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1145: Shows how to preserve the embedded ICC profile when using the QuickTime Graphics Importer/Exporter routines
Carbon, Games, Graphics & Imaging, QuickTime 2002-09-04
Saving playback hints in a Movie (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1194: Demonstrates how to use the SetTrackLoadSettings function to save the hintsHighQuality playback hint in a movie.
QuickTime 2002-09-04
The Gamma function in the Mac OS X 10.2 Math Library (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1143: How various gamma functions are implemented in Mac OS X
Porting 2002-08-27