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Releasing the iTunes Windows COM from Managed Code
(HTML)
QA1608: Describes how to properly release the iTunes Windows COM from managed code
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Apple Applications |
2008-08-21
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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.
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Tools |
2003-09-09
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Rendering Multi-line text in JTree nodes
(HTML)
QA1091: Correcting render problems with multi-line JTree node labels in the Aqua look and feel.
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Java |
2001-11-02
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Requirements for Quartz GL
(HTML)
QA1536: Describes the requirements for enabling Quartz GL.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Games, Graphics & Imaging, Performance, User Experience |
2008-08-08
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Resetting NVRAM to factory defaults
(HTML)
QA1103: Describes what happens when you boot holding the Command-Option-P-R keys.
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Hardware & Drivers |
2001-12-21
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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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Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Networking |
2005-01-10
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Resource forks in Mach-O binaries
(HTML)
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QA1175: Advises against using resource forks in Mach-O binaries.
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Carbon |
2002-08-07
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Retain Counts of io_object_t Objects in IOKit.framework
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QA1195: Distinguishes between the retain counts of an I/O Kit kernel object and its io_object_t user space proxy.
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Audio, Darwin, Games, Graphics & Imaging, Hardware & Drivers, Networking, Printing, User Experience |
2008-09-24
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Retrieving Audio from QuickTime Files
(HTML)
QTMTB30: Describes how to retrieve audio from QuickTime files in 1 second chunks.
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QuickTime |
1995-05-01
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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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Carbon |
2002-04-10
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Right- and Control-Drags on Mac OS X
(HTML)
QA1362: Describes a difference in Drag and Drop on Mac OS X that affects all cross-platform Java applications
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Java |
2005-06-29
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Sample Description Endianness
(HTML)
QA1598: Describes the endianness of the QuickTime Sample Description Structure and their extensions.
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QuickTime |
2008-03-17
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Saving changes to modified movies
(HTML)
QTMTB60: Describes how to ensure any changes made to a movie are saved.
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QuickTime |
2000-09-05
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Saving playback hints in a Movie
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QA1194: Demonstrates how to use the SetTrackLoadSettings function to save the hintsHighQuality playback hint in a movie.
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QuickTime |
2002-09-04
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Saving QuickTime Movie Files
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QTMTB47: Explains a few complications one might face in creating and saving QuickTime movie files.
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QuickTime |
1997-01-31
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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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Carbon, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
2001-10-02
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A SCSI little secret
(HTML)
HW81: Details what to expect when accessing the motherboard SCSI bus on the Blue & White G3.
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Hardware & Drivers |
1999-12-20
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SDRAM Problems With Self-Powered USB Devices
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HW82: Alerts that non-compliant, self-powered USB devices plugged into a G4, can cause problems with low-voltage-sensitive SDRAM .
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Hardware & Drivers |
2003-08-21
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SDRAM, CAS Latency for the
(HTML)
QA1071: Describes the supported CAS Latency values for the "QuickSilver", PowerMac G4 CPUs.
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Hardware & Drivers |
2001-09-13
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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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Carbon |
1999-01-11
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Security Credentials
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QA1277: Discusses AuthorizationCopyRights and the relationship between Authorization Services, authorization sessions, Security Server, credentials, and the credentials cache.
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Security |
2003-08-06
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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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Carbon, Cocoa, Darwin, Enterprise IT, Mac OS X Server, Networking, 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, Carbon |
1998-01-16
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Sending an Email
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QA1084: Shows how to create an email in the user's prefered email application.
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Apple Applications, Carbon, Cocoa, Networking |
2004-11-05
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Sending SCSI or ATA commands to storage devices
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QA1179: Explains that Mac OS X does not implement SCSI or ATA pass-through for many mass storage devices.
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Hardware & Drivers, Mac OS X Server |
2005-05-10
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Sequence Grabber - Determining the capture resolution of an IIDC device
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QA1403: Discusses how to determine the resolution of a captured image from an IIDC device
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Carbon, Hardware & Drivers, QuickTime |
2005-01-06
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Sequence Grabber - Ensuring the SG TimeBase is being driven by the Sound Clock.
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QA1314: Ensuring the Sequence Grabber TimeBase is being driven by the Sound Clock when recording audio and video.
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QuickTime |
2003-10-24
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Sequence Grabber - How do I save user settings as CFPreferences?
(HTML)
QA1286: Saving UserData settings returned from the Sequence Grabber as CFPreferences.
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QuickTime |
2003-09-04
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Sequence Grabber - How often should I call SGIdle?
(HTML)
QA1349: This Q&A discusses how often SGIdle should be called when capturing using the Sequence Grabber.
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QuickTime |
2004-04-06
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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.
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QuickTime |
2003-09-23
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Sequence Grabber - Using the SGDataProc for Sound
(HTML)
QA1348: This Q&A discusses how you can use a Sound SGChannel with the Sequence Grabber DataProc
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QuickTime |
2004-04-06
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Sequence Grabber preallocates large file when recording
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QA1411: Describes how to prevent the Sequence Grabber from filling your entire disk when recording.
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Carbon, QuickTime |
2006-02-06
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Sequence Grabber Source, Video, and Channel Bounds
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QA1250: Explains the QuickTime Sequence Grabber's relationship between the Source, Video, and Channel Bounds when capturing video.
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QuickTime |
2003-07-16
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Serial API Choice
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DV39: Discusses the choice of serial APIs supported by traditional Mac OS and Mac OS X.
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Hardware & Drivers |
2001-07-02
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Server Endpoint 'qlen' Limit
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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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Carbon, Networking |
1996-08-21
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Server Processes and the Dock
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QA1328: Discusses using headless AWT from Java server applications that need to be hidden.
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Java, Mac OS X Server, Porting |
2004-01-19
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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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Carbon, Text & Fonts, User Experience |
2004-10-04
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SetSoundMediaBalance balance parameter clarification
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QTMTB49: Describes correct parameter values for the SetSoundMediaBalance routine.
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QuickTime |
2004-12-01
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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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Carbon |
1999-05-03
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Setting a Movie's Clipping Region
(HTML)
QTMTB23: Explains why ShowMoviePoster doesn't honor the clipping region when clipped to the cell size.
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QuickTime |
1995-05-01
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Setting a UserPane's feature
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TB64: Explains how to set up the control attributes when creating controls, and UserPanes in particular.
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Carbon |
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, Carbon |
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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Carbon, Tools, User Experience |
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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Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Darwin, Games, Performance, Porting, Tools |
2001-10-25
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Setting Export Quality
(HTML)
QTMCC13: Demonstrates how to change the compression factor when exporting a JPEG file.
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QuickTime |
1999-12-06
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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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Carbon, Networking |
2002-09-10
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Setting Sequence Grabber Sound Input Device Driver Parameters
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QA1204: Setting sound input device driver parameters for QuickTime sequence grabber audio channels.
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QuickTime |
2002-10-25
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Setting the ColorSync profile for a NSBitmapImageRep object
(HTML)
QA1369: Setting the ColorSync profile for a NSBitmapImageRep object
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Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging |
2004-09-08
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Setting the movie background color
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QTMTB53: Describes how to apply a background color to an entire movie.
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QuickTime |
1999-08-16
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Setting the option button in the ICM dialog
(HTML)
QTMCC02: Describes how your codec can display an extra Options button in the Standard Compression dialog.
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QuickTime |
1995-06-01
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SGSetSettings unexpected results
(HTML)
QTMTB55: Explains why subsequent calls to the SGSetSettings can fail after the first call to SGSetSettings completed successfully.
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QuickTime |
1999-10-11
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Sharing Browser Cookies With Java Applets
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QA1265: Creating a persistent browser session (cookie) inside Java 1.3 Applets
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Internet & Web, Java |
2004-10-13
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Sharpening Full Scene Anti-Aliasing Details
(HTML)
QA1268: Using full scene anti-aliasing (FSAA) in OpenGL applications.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2003-10-10
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Shearing a Coordinate Space with NSAffineTransform
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QA1332: Describes a simple way to shear coordinate spaces by adding a few methods to the NSAffineTransform class.
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Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging |
2004-01-29
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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, Carbon |
1996-06-01
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Signaling the end of data when using AudioConverterFillComplexBuffer
(HTML)
QA1317: How to signal the end of data when using AudioConverterFillComplexBuffer to convert audio data.
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Audio |
2004-04-26
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Signals and Threads
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QA1184: Describes how threads and signals interact.
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Carbon, Darwin |
2002-08-27
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The similarity field in ImageCodecBandCompress and Key Frames
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QA1109: Discusses the similarity field of the CodecCompressParams structure used in ImageCodecBandCompress to implement key framing during compression.
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QuickTime |
2002-01-16
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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, Carbon |
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, Carbon |
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, Carbon |
1998-01-16
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Sleep vs. Doze on Mac OS X
(HTML)
QA1309: Discusses and demonstrates sleep versus doze detection on Machintosh Mac OS X
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Darwin, Hardware & Drivers, Performance |
2003-10-09
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Solving NSTabView drawing problems in Mac OS X 10.1.x
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QA1117: Explains how to work around NSTabView draw problems in Mac OS X 10.1.x
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Cocoa |
2002-02-14
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Sorting Like the Finder
(HTML)
QA1159: Shows how to sort strings like the Finder's list view.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Text & Fonts |
2004-10-27
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Sound Manager Codec support in QuickTime 7
(HTML)
QA1448: Describes QuickTime 7 support for constant bitrate and variable bitrate Sound Manager codecs
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Audio, QuickTime |
2005-10-26
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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.
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Tools |
2003-09-15
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spatialQuality Values with Lossy Compression
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QA1126: Describes how the spatialQuality value reflects the setting of lossy compressed images like JPEG.
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QuickTime |
2002-03-12
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Special Profile Sizes in ColorSync Manager
(HTML)
CS03: Answers several questions on special profile sizes in ColorSync Manager and other efficiency issues.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1995-05-01
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Specifiying if the CPU or the GPU should be used for rendering.
(HTML)
QA1416: Which processor will be used for rendering in Core Image and how to affect it.
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Graphics & Imaging, Hardware & Drivers, Performance |
2005-08-16
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Specifying Chunk Sizes
(HTML)
QTPC08: Discusses the meaning of a QuickTime movie atom's chunk value.
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QuickTime |
1995-08-01
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Spooling in or out of CompressPicture or CompressImage
(HTML)
Deprecated - QD17: Recommends alternatives to spooling the results of CompressPicture or CompressImage to or from disk.
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging |
1995-09-15
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Standard Audio - Parsing the kQTSCAudioPropertyID_CodecSpecificSettingsArray property
(HTML)
QA1437: Discusses how to parse the kQTSCAudioPropertyID_CodecSpecificSettingsArray property returned from StdAudio. Also see Q&A 1390.
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Audio, QuickTime |
2006-11-30
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Standard Audio - Setting output ASBD returns badFormatErr
(HTML)
QA1489: Discusses why badFormatErr may be returned from Standard Audio
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Audio, QuickTime |
2006-11-15
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Standard Audio - The CodecSpecificSettingsArray and MagicCookie properties
(HTML)
QA1390: Discusses Core Audio AudioConverter configuration with StdAudio, specifically the CodecSpecificSettingsArray property.
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Audio, QuickTime |
2006-11-16
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The state of mDNSResponder
(HTML)
QA1339: Explains how to obtain information regarding the internal state of mDNSResponder.
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Darwin, Hardware & Drivers, Networking |
2006-10-03
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Static linking of user binaries on Mac OS X
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QA1118: Explains why static linking of user binaries is not supported on Mac OS X, and possible workarounds.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Darwin, Open Source, Porting, Tools |
2002-02-07
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Stay away from custom Authorization dialogs
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QA1199: Explains why you shouldn't create a custom authorization dialog.
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Security |
2002-09-20
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Stepping Through QuickTime-Movie
(HTML)
QTMTB28: Describes how to get the first frame of a movie using GetMovieNextInterestingTime.
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QuickTime |
1995-05-01
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StopAlert and NoteAlert now use the Application icon
(HTML)
QA1378: System Alerts now use the Application icon to let the User easily identify the source of the alert.
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Carbon, User Experience |
2005-10-04
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Stopping Forth command scrolls
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HW57: Describes how to limit Forth commands from scrolling off the screen.
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Hardware & Drivers |
1999-03-29
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Storing file references in CFPreferences
(HTML)
QA1350: Storing file references in CFPreferences
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Carbon |
2005-02-23
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Stub Library FAQ
(HTML)
PLAT28: Explains stub libraries and their use, and differences between shared libraries and stub libraries.
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Tools |
1997-03-14
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Successful Call to NCWNewColorWorld
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CS08: Explains the return value of NCWNewColorWorld and the CMWorldRef parameter as a valid return value when successful.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1996-02-09
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Supported KPIs
(HTML)
QA1575: Describes how to check whether a kernel function is part of a supported KPI.
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Darwin |
2008-03-25
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Suppressing the "unexpectedly quit" alert
(HTML)
QA1288: Describes how to suppress the "unexpectedly quit" alert.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Darwin |
2008-03-11
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Switching between one and two machine mode for the Open Firmware user interface
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HW37: Explains how to change from one machine mode to two in the Open Firmware user interface.
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Hardware & Drivers |
1999-02-15
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Symbol to Library in GDB
(HTML)
QA1388: Shows how to find the library containing a symbol in GDB.
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Tools |
2004-11-15
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SyncCGContextOriginWithPort
(HTML)
QA1010: Describes how to use SyncCGContextOriginWithPort.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2001-04-11
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Synchronizing OpenGL rendering updates to the vertical refresh of the display
(HTML)
QA1521: How to avoid tearing by synchronizing your rendering to the display VBL
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Games, Graphics & Imaging, Performance |
2007-07-16
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Synchronizing Sounds to Video
(HTML)
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Deprecated - SND19: Enabling regular sound callbacks under Mac OS 9 and Sound Manager 4.0.
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Audio, Carbon |
1999-10-05
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Synchronous SysBeep
(HTML)
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Deprecated - SND18: Obtaining a synchronous SysBeep with Sound Manager 3.1.
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Audio, Carbon |
1999-10-05
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Synchronous TCP OTConnect Client Call Completes Before Server Responds
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Deprecated - NW24: Explains why an OTConnect call will complete before the server responds.
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Carbon, Networking |
1996-05-14
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T_DATA_REQ vs M_DATA TPI Message Blocks
(HTML)
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NW42: Explains why OT passes data to a TPI module using M_DATA message blocks instead of M_PROTO+T_DATA_REQ.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Games, Hardware & Drivers, Internet & Web, Networking |
1996-10-25
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Targeting DebuggingCarbonLib asserts
(HTML)
Deprecated - QA1033: Describes how to focus DebuggingCarbonLib asserts to a single application.
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Carbon |
2001-05-04
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TCP Application Acquires Different Port Address After Relaunch
(HTML)
Deprecated - NW28: Explains why a server application acquires a different TCP/IP port address after restarting.
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Networking |
1996-05-14
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TCP Option Sizes
(HTML)
Deprecated - NW27: Tells where to get more information on TCP Option sizes and setting TCP Options.
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Carbon, Networking |
1996-05-14
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TCP/IP Option Sizes
(HTML)
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NW62: Enumerates the TCP/IP options and their sizes for Open Transport.
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Carbon, Games, Hardware & Drivers, Internet & Web, Networking, Porting |
1999-04-26
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Text Encodings in VFS
(HTML)
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QA1173: How to handle text encodings correctly when writing a file system (VFS) plug-in for Mac OS X.
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Carbon, Darwin |
2003-02-10
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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."
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Carbon, Cocoa |
2003-10-23
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Tioga PostScript Printing Plugins in Mac OS X 10.2
(HTML)
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QA1085: Why Tioga printing plugins for PostScript printing aren't called on Mac OS X 10.2 and later.
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Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
2003-07-14
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