Technical Q&As
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2004-09-16 Adding a movie reference to a movie (HTML)
First Version
 First Version QuickTime
2004-09-08 Avoiding Pauses When Looping Audio files with QuickTime (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Music & Audio
2004-09-09 CGBitmapContextCreate Supported Color Spaces (HTML)
Removed two combinations in the Gray color space that had been incorrectly documented as supported.
 Content Update Games, Graphics & Imaging
2004-10-05 Clickable Static Text Item (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Human Interface Toolbox, User Experience
2005-01-18 Core Audio & Xcode - Ensuring the latest Core Audio Headers are installed (HTML)
Editorial
 Minor Change Music & Audio, Tools
2004-06-07 Dynamically registering a bundled component (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Core Foundation, QuickTime
2004-10-15 Enabling the Navigation Services default behavior in its dialogs (HTML)
First Version
 First Version File Management, Human Interface Toolbox
2004-10-14 Fixing the Layout Binding of the Tab control User Panes (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Human Interface Toolbox
2004-07-13 Getting a Packet Trace (HTML) ()
Added a reference to FrameSeer. Converted text to TNT and fixed formatting and link problems.
 Content Update Internet & Web, Networking
2004-10-14 Managing custom drawing code in a compositing world (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Human Interface Toolbox
2004-09-14 Movies - Saving movie playback hints (HTML)
First Version
 First Version QuickTime
2004-11-22 My custom item dismisses my Navigation Services dialog (HTML)
First Version
 First Version File Management, Human Interface Toolbox, User Experience
2004-12-01 OpenGL Sample Code (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Games, Graphics & Imaging
2004-10-22 Preventing sleep (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Resource Management
2005-01-27 Printer Queue vs. Printer Name (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Printing
2004-10-27 Private HITheme APIs in Mac OS X 10.2 should not be called (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Human Interface Toolbox
2004-10-25 Registering for sleep notifications (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Resource Management
2004-07-14 Rendezvous enforces the TXT record format in Panther (HTML)
Updated TXT record example
 Content Update Networking
2005-01-10 Resolves may return an IPv6 address in Panther (HTML)
Updated example code to be more robust against changes in callback behavior that might occur in the future.
 Minor Change Networking
2004-11-05 Sending an Email (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Interapplication Communication, Internet & Web, Networking
2005-01-06 Sequence Grabber - Determining the capture resolution of an IIDC device (HTML)
First Version
 First Version QuickTime
2004-10-04 SetFontInfoForSelection incorrect prototype (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Events & Other Input, Human Interface Toolbox, Text & Fonts, User Experience
2004-10-27 Sorting Like the Finder (HTML)
First Version
 First Version File Management, Text & Fonts
2004-10-01 Storing file references in CFPreferences (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Runtime Architecture
2004-07-14 Updating the TXT record of a Rendezvous service (HTML)
Simplified description of work around.
 Minor Change Networking