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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 |
2005-01-27 |
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Core Audio & Xcode - Ensuring the latest Core Audio Headers are installed
(HTML)
QA1386: Describes how to ensure you're working with the latest Core Audio Header files with Xcode.
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Music & Audio, Tools |
2005-01-18 |
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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 Rendezvous service.
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Networking |
2005-01-10 |
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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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OpenGL Sample Code
(HTML)
QA1166: Describes new naming convention for OpenGL sample code
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Games, Graphics & Imaging |
2004-12-01 |
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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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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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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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Sorting Like the Finder
(HTML)
QA1159: Shows how to sort strings like the Finder's list view.
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File Management, Text & Fonts |
2004-10-27 |
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Registering for sleep notifications
(HTML)
QA1340: Explains how register for sleep notifcations on Mac OS X.
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Resource Management |
2004-10-25 |
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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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Enabling the Navigation Services default behavior in its dialogs
(HTML)
QA1384: Explains how to enable the default behavior of the Navigation Services dialogs.
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File Management, Human Interface Toolbox |
2004-10-15 |
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Fixing the Layout Binding of the Tab control User Panes
(HTML)
QA1161: Describes the Tab control hierarchy and layouts of its panes and provides a fix to a common problem.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
2004-10-14 |
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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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Clickable Static Text Item
(HTML)
QA1380: Explains how to make a static text item respond to clicks
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Human Interface Toolbox, User Experience |
2004-10-05 |
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SetFontInfoForSelection incorrect prototype
(HTML)
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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Storing file references in CFPreferences
(HTML)
QA1350: Storing file references in CFPreferences
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Runtime Architecture |
2004-10-01 |
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Adding a movie reference to a movie
(HTML)
QA1376: Demonstrates how to add a reference for a movie to another movie
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QuickTime |
2004-09-16 |
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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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CGBitmapContextCreate Supported Color Spaces
(HTML)
QA1037: Lists the color space and alpha info combinations currently supported by CGBitmapContextCreate.
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Games, Graphics & Imaging |
2004-09-09 |
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Avoiding Pauses When Looping Audio files with QuickTime
(HTML)
QA1371: Demonstrates how to avoid pauses when looping audio files with QuickTime
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Music & Audio |
2004-09-08 |
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Rendezvous enforces the TXT record format in Panther
(HTML)
QA1306: Explains how mDNSResponder enforces the proper TXT record format in Panther.
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Networking |
2004-07-14 |
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Updating the TXT record of a Rendezvous service
(HTML)
QA1302: Explains how to update a Rendezvous TXT record while running on either Jaguar or Panther.
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Networking |
2004-07-14 |
Getting a Packet Trace
(HTML)
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QA1176: Lists tools available for looking at the network packets on the wire.
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Internet & Web, Networking |
2004-07-13 |
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Dynamically registering a bundled component
(HTML)
QA1083: Describes how to dynamically register a Component which resides in an Application bundle.
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Core Foundation, QuickTime |
2004-06-07 |
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Discovering all advertised Rendezvous service types
(HTML)
QA1337: Explains how to discover all Rendezvous service types being advertised on the local network.
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Networking |
2004-06-01 |
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Avoiding the -42 error with DiscRecording
(HTML)
QA1292: Explains how to workaround the -42 error when using the DiscRecording API.
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File Management |
2004-05-25 |
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Directories Appear as Volume Aliases
(HTML)
QA1351: Discusses how VFS plug-ins should handle device numbers to ensure compatibility with Carbon applications.
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File Management |
2004-05-25 |
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Rendezvous enforces the service type format in Panther
(HTML)
QA1198: Explains why registering a Rendezvous service might fail on Panther.
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Networking |
2004-03-23 |
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The Rendezvous Name is not the Rendezvous name
(HTML)
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QA1228: Explains why you should use the Computer Name when advertising a Rendezvous service.
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Networking |
2004-03-05 |
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Why am I drawing directly to the screen?
(HTML)
QA1015: Explains why drawing to a window's backbuffer can affect the upper left corner of the screen instead.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2004-02-19 |
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X11 FAQ
(HTML)
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QA1232: Frequently Asked Questions about using Apple's X Window System (X11) implementation.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
2003-11-17 |
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Why doesn't my Scrolling Text Box control work in a compositing window?
(HTML)
QA1324: Explains why some older controls do not function properly in compositing windows and points to a replacement.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
2003-11-13 |
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Downloading through a proxy server in Mac OS X
(HTML)
QA1296: Explains when downloading through a proxy server will work, and when it will fail.
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Networking |
2003-10-29 |
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Environment Variables
(HTML)
QA1255: Describes how a process gets its environment variables.
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Runtime Architecture |
2003-10-29 |
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URL Access vs. CFNetwork
(HTML)
QA1291: Explains when to choose URL Access or CFNetwork when downloading files from within your application.
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Networking |
2003-10-29 |
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Why isn't my edit text box in my Navigation dialog's custom area working on 10.3?
(HTML)
QA1315: Explains a bug in the Mac OS X 10.3 Navigation Services Custom Area involving the EditText and its work around.
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Human Interface Toolbox, User Experience |
2003-10-28 |
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Registering a Rendezvous service multiple times
(HTML)
QA1311: Explains why registering the same Rendezvous service twice on the same machine doesn't cause a name conflict.
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Networking |
2003-10-23 |
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Rendezvous TXT record rate limiting in Panther
(HTML)
QA1293: Explains how mDNSResponder implements TXT record rate limiting in Panther.
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Networking |
2003-10-23 |
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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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File Management |
2003-10-23 |
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Don't forget to cancel your Rendezvous resolve
(HTML)
QA1297: Explains why it's important to cancel a Rendezvous resolve operation.
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Networking |
2003-10-15 |
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Suppressing the "unexpectedly quit" alert
(HTML)
QA1288: Describes how to suppress the "unexpectedly quit" alert.
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User Experience |
2003-10-10 |
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NSL and how it relates to Rendezvous
(HTML)
QA1299: Explains the relationship between NSL and Rendezvous.
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Networking |
2003-09-18 |
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Rendezvous and wake from sleep
(HTML)
QA1290: Explains why applications that use Rendezvous should stay registered and continue browsing on sleep.
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Networking |
2003-09-18 |
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CFXML to CFPropertyListRef (and back!)
(HTML)
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QA1208: Describes to how save and restore a CFPropertyListRef to and from an XML file.
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Data Management |
2003-08-29 |
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Non Mac OS X Bundled data-fork based Resources
(HTML)
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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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Filtering QuickTime media types in Navigation Services
(HTML)
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QA1274: Describes how to filter QuickTime media types in a Navigation Services filter procedure.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
2003-07-23 |
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The Data Browser GetDataBrowserUserState API
(HTML)
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QA1270: Explains a problematic Data Browser API definition and how to work around it.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
2003-07-22 |
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CGImageRef contents are immutable
(HTML)
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QA1276: Explains that CGImageRef contents are considered immutable once created.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2003-07-17 |
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Context Sharing Tips
(HTML)
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QA1248: How to correctly share OpenGL contexts and what the limits on this sharing are.
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Games, Graphics & Imaging |
2003-06-24 |
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Updating OpenGL Contexts
(HTML)
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QA1209: When and why to update an OpenGL context in response to system and user actions.
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Games, Graphics & Imaging |
2003-06-19 |
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Empty Memory Objects
(HTML)
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QA1259: Describes how two memory management edge cases are handled by the common Mac OS memory allocators.
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Accessibility, Data Management |
2003-04-21 |
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Is ColorSync thread safe?
(HTML)
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QA1261: Discusses ColorSync thread-safety issues.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2003-04-17 |
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Notifying the Finder of changed or newly created files
(HTML)
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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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PPPoE Server for Testing
(HTML)
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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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Can I have parameters of type typeHIRect instead of type typeQDRectangle in my kEventControlBoundsChanged message handler?
(HTML)
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QA1246: Details the automatic coercions between QuickDraw and Quartz types provided by the Carbon Event Parameter accessors.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
2003-04-03 |
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Developing for VFS
(HTML)
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QA1242: Describes Apple's position on developing external file systems (VFS plug-ins) for Mac OS X.
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File Management |
2003-03-26 |
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FSSetCatalogInfo versus UID and GID
(HTML)
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QA1251: Describes why FSSetCatalogInfo does not set the UID and GID of the file, and provides a work around.
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File Management |
2003-03-26 |
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Internet Connect Speed
(HTML)
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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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Debugging Graphics with QuartzDebug
(HTML)
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QA1236: Explains how to use QuartzDebug to debug graphics issues.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2003-02-25 |
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How do I use PMSessionGetGraphicsContext to get a CGContextRef?
(HTML)
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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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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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Accessing HTTPS Proxy Settings
(HTML)
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QA1234: Describes how to programatically access Secure Web Proxy information.
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Networking |
2003-02-19 |
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Programmatically causing restart, shutdown and/or logout
(HTML)
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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 |
2003-02-10 |
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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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File Management |
2003-02-10 |
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Converting to Precomposed Unicode
(HTML)
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QA1235: Describes how to convert a string to precomposed Unicode.
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Internationalization, Text & Fonts |
2003-02-07 |
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File Manager Text Encoding Hints
(HTML)
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QA1223: How to use Text Encoding Hints.
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File Management |
2003-01-20 |
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Finding Missing OpenGL CFM Entry Points
(HTML)
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QA1225: A resolution to Mac OS X 10.2 OpenGL CFM applications which break under Mac OS X 10.1.
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Games, Graphics & Imaging |
2002-12-23 |
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Using Clip Region and Buffer Rectangles with OpenGL Carbon
(HTML)
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QA1222: Shows the basics of using buffer rectangles and clip regions with AGL.
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Games, Graphics & Imaging |
2002-12-19 |
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How do I tell if a particular display is being hardware accelerated by Quartz Extreme?
(HTML)
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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 can I programmatically determine the DPI of the current video mode?
(HTML)
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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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GetProcAdress and OpenGL Entry Points
(HTML)
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QA1188: Technique for finding function pointers for OpenGL entry points in Cocoa and Carbon
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Games, Graphics & Imaging |
2002-11-25 |
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Problems recording CopyBits into a PICT on Mac OS X 10.2
(HTML)
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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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Are the root control, the root view, and the content view the same entity?
(HTML)
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QA1214: Details the differences and similitudes between the root control, the root view, and the content view of windows.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
2002-11-12 |
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CGContext parameter missing in my kEventControlDraw event
(HTML)
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QA1212: Explains in which case your kEventControlDraw handler wouldn't receive a CGContext parameter.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
2002-11-12 |
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CreateStaticTextControl fails with paramErr
(HTML)
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QA1211: Explains why CreateStaticTextControl fails with a paramErr in compositing windows and gives a work around.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
2002-11-12 |
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Do I have to call CreateRootControl after creating my window?
(HTML)
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QA1215: Explains when and when not to call CreateRootControl after creating a window.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
2002-11-12 |
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HIObjectRegisterSubclass returns paramErr
(HTML)
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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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What is the minimal set of Carbon Events I need to override in order to implement a simple custom push button?
(HTML)
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QA1210: Details the minimal set of Carbon Events needed to implement a simple custom push button HIView.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
2002-11-12 |
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QDSwapPort
(HTML)
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QA1128: Explains when to use QDSwapPort.
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Graphics & Imaging, Porting |
2002-11-06 |
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Using cmPathBased profile locations on Mac OS X
(HTML)
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QA1203: Shows how to correctly specify cmPath-based profile locations on Mac OS X
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Graphics & Imaging |
2002-11-06 |
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Quartz 2D Interpolation
(HTML)
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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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QuickDraw Text Anti-Aliasing using Quartz 2D
(HTML)
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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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URL Access and the Missing Progress Dialog
(HTML)
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Deprecated - QA1140: Explains a known bug in URL Access related to progress dialogs.
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Networking |
2002-09-23 |
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SCSIAction and IOSCSIUserClient on Mac OS X 10.2
(HTML)
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QA1201: Describes migrating to a new API for SCSI Parallel devices starting with Mac OS X 10.2.
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Printing |
2002-09-13 |
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Setting request headers in URL Access
(HTML)
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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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Preserving embedded ICC profiles when using QuickTime Graphics Importer/Exporters
(HTML)
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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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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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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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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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Using Navigation Services to filter QuickTime files
(HTML)
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QA1152: Using the CanQuickTimeOpenFile function in a Navigation Services filter to display files that QuickTime can open.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
2002-07-15 |
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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
(HTML)
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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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Base-Derived async image codecs must implement ImageCodecQueueStarting and ImageCodecQueueStopping
(HTML)
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QA1157: Describes why base-derived codecs that set canAsync must implement ImageCodecQueueStarting and ImageCodecQueueStopping.
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QuickTime |
2002-07-09 |
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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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Disabling a Processor on a Multiprocessor System
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QA1141: Describes how to disable a processor on a multiprocessor system for testing purposes.
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Performance |
2002-05-22 |
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Retrieving Data from AEDesc Records - do not use the dataHandle field
(HTML)
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QA1139: Describes the correct way to access data stored in AEDesc records.
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AppleScript, Interapplication Communication |
2002-04-10 |
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Determining user login/logout status
(HTML)
QA1133: Tells how to determinine if a user is logged in, and how to get login/logout notification
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Process Management, Resource Management, Runtime Architecture |
2002-04-08 |
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Calling an AppleScript and providing parameters from an Application
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QA1111: Explains calling and providing parameter values to an AppleScript event handler from an application written in C.
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AppleScript |
2002-03-13 |
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Why isn't my Static Text Control deactivating when my other controls are?
(HTML)
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QA1125: Explains why a Static Text Control is not deactivating when the other controls are.
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Human Interface Toolbox |
2002-03-11 |
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MPRemoteCall Contexts
(HTML)
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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 |
