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Empty Memory Objects
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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 |
2003-04-21 |
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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 |
2001-06-13 |
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Calling an AppleScript and providing parameters from an Application
(HTML)
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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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Loading Scripting Additions without initializing AppleScript in Mac OS X
(HTML)
QA1070: Explains how to load scripting additions so you can call them using Apple events.
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AppleScript |
2001-09-13 |
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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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AppleScript |
2002-04-10 |
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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 |
2004-06-07 |
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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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BowelsOfTheMemoryManager (aka YourHeapIsProbablyCorrupt)
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Deprecated - ME05: What the symbol BowelsoftheMemoryManager means and the most probable cause of this symbol in MacsBug.
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Data Management |
2001-02-01 |
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CFXML to CFPropertyListRef (and back!)
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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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Ejecting the Volume on Which Your Program Resides
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FL09: Suggests different solutions regarding ejecting a disk on which an application resides.
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Data Management |
1998-07-06 |
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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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Data Management |
2003-04-21 |
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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 |
2003-08-20 |
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Securely Erasing, Accessing and Dismounting a Macintosh Partition
(HTML)
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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 |
1999-01-11 |
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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 |
2001-10-25 |
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Adding an automated Window menu to your application
(HTML)
QA1080: Explains how to add an automated Window menu to your Carbon application.
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Design Guidelines |
2001-10-30 |
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Are there any OSStatus values I can use in my programs?
(HTML)
OV02: Describes OSStatus values that generate errors without colliding with reserved Apple system values.
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Design Guidelines |
1999-11-22 |
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Detecting specific ROM-in-RAM Mac
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Deprecated - HW49: Identifying a Mac by name ("iMac"), and better alternatives for determining specific features ("has Firewire").
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Design Guidelines |
1999-10-05 |
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Ejecting the Volume on Which Your Program Resides
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FL09: Suggests different solutions regarding ejecting a disk on which an application resides.
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Design Guidelines |
1998-07-06 |
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Enabling the application menu's "Preferences..." menu item on Mac OS X
(HTML)
QA1079: Explains how to enable the application menu's "Preferences..." menu item on Mac OS X.
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Design Guidelines |
2001-10-30 |
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Is QuickTime thread-safe?
(HTML)
QA1088: Discusses thread-safety and reentrancy of the QuickTime library on both Mac & Windows.
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Design Guidelines |
2001-11-01 |
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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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Design Guidelines |
2003-08-20 |
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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 |
1997-10-13 |
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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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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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Design Guidelines |
1999-01-11 |
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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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Events & Other Input |
1997-10-13 |
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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 |
2002-02-13 |
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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 |
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 |
2003-02-10 |
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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 |
2000-11-08 |
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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 |
2004-10-04 |
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WaitMouseUp documentation errata
(HTML)
QA1008: Specifies the correct behavior of the WaitMouseUp function.
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Events & Other Input |
2001-02-27 |
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The "/.vol" directory and "volfs"
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QA1113: Describes how the Carbon File Manager interacts with BSD via "volfs" and the "/.vol" directory.
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File Management |
2002-02-14 |
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Accessing File Control Blocks
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FL10: Shows how to access file control blocks correctly, reiterating not to access FCBs directly.
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File Management |
1999-10-05 |
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Allocate and Disk Full Error
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FL12: Discusses a problem with AFP volumes displaying incorrect free space, and returning disk full errors.
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File Management |
1999-07-21 |
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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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Determining if a Drive is a Network Volume
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NW09: Shows how to determine if a volume is mounted over the network.
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File Management |
1998-06-01 |
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Determining volume size
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FL08: Describes methods of determining volume size and free space under Mac OS.
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File Management |
1998-09-14 |
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Developing for VFS
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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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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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Disconnected aliases on CD-ROM and Alias Manager
(HTML)
OPS05: Explains why aliases may become disconnected on a CD-ROM.
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File Management |
2001-03-26 |
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Ejecting the Volume on Which Your Program Resides
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FL09: Suggests different solutions regarding ejecting a disk on which an application resides.
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File Management |
1998-07-06 |
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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 |
2004-10-15 |
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File Manager Text Encoding Hints
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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 your application's directory
(HTML)
FL14: Demonstrates finding your application's directory and setting it as the default directory.
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File Management |
2000-06-19 |
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FSSetCatalogInfo versus UID and GID
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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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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 |
2002-07-01 |
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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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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 |
2004-11-22 |
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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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File Management |
2003-08-20 |
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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 |
2003-04-15 |
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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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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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File Management |
1999-01-11 |
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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 |
2004-10-27 |
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Text Encodings in VFS
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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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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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Carbon Full Screen Conundrums
(HTML)
QA1068: Describes the available Mac OS X DrawSprocket services.
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Games |
2001-08-20 |
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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 |
2004-09-09 |
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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 |
2003-06-24 |
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Correct Setup of an AGLDrawable
(HTML)
OGL02: Describes the setup of an AGLDrawable.
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Games |
2000-10-04 |
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Current GDevice Dependencies
(HTML)
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QA1115: Describes potential problems with creating windows or ports when the current GDevice isn't the main device.
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Games |
2002-02-13 |
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Finding Missing OpenGL CFM Entry Points
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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 |
2002-12-23 |
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GetProcAdress and OpenGL Entry Points
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QA1188: Technique for finding function pointers for OpenGL entry points in Cocoa and Carbon
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Games |
2002-11-25 |
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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 |
2002-12-02 |
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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 |
2002-12-04 |
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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 |
2001-04-11 |
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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 |
1995-09-15 |
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OpenGL Sample Code
(HTML)
QA1166: Describes new naming convention for OpenGL sample code
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Games |
2004-12-01 |
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OpenGL Texture Sharing Between Contexts
(HTML)
QA1031: Describes the process of creating shared OpenGL contexts and sharing textures between these contexts.
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Games |
2001-05-01 |
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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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Games |
2001-10-25 |
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Updating OpenGL Contexts
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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 |
2003-06-19 |
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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 |
2002-12-19 |
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Using Temporary Memory with OpenPicture
(HTML)
Deprecated - QD20: Provides several techniques of causing OpenPicture to allocate temporary memory for a picture handle.
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Games |
1996-02-01 |
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aglChoosePixelFormat, The Inside Scoop
(HTML)
OGL01: Describes the nuances of aglChoosePixelFormat, including specific information on multi-monitor support.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2000-04-03 |
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CalcCMask and SeedCFill in Carbon
(HTML)
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QD62: Explains how to use CalcCMask and SeedCFill in Carbon even though Carbon doesn't support OpenPort.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2000-11-08 |
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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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Graphics & Imaging |
2004-09-09 |
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CGContext Bounds
(HTML)
QA1048: Explains how to determine the bounds of a CGContext.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2001-07-02 |
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CGContextAddLineToPoint, CGContextAddCurveToPoint, et. al.
(HTML)
QA1049: Explains why the CGContextAddXYZ APIs don't draw anything immediately.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2001-07-02 |
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CGContextClosePath
(HTML)
QA1046: Explains when you should call CGContextClosePath.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2001-10-02 |
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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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Graphics & Imaging |
2003-06-24 |
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Converting RGB Colors to a Palette Index
(HTML)
Deprecated - QD21: Explains how to convert RGB colors into the palette index created by an application.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1995-09-15 |
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Correct Setup of an AGLDrawable
(HTML)
OGL02: Describes the setup of an AGLDrawable.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2000-10-04 |
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Creating Gray Scaled Images > 8 bits
(HTML)
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Deprecated - QD51: Shows how to create gray-scaled images at resolutions greater than 8 bits for display.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1997-11-17 |
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Current GDevice Dependencies
(HTML)
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QA1115: Describes potential problems with creating windows or ports when the current GDevice isn't the main device.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2002-02-13 |
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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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DeviceLoop is for drawing
(HTML)
QA1024: Warns of one common misuse of the DeviceLoop API and gives two alternative solutions.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2001-04-11 |
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Drawing a Path Multiple Times
(HTML)
QA1047: Explains that path drawing operations consume the path.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2001-07-02 |
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Error -151 and NewGWorld
(HTML)
Deprecated - QD18: Explains what the error code -151 means when in NewGWorld.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1995-09-15 |
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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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Graphics & Imaging |
2002-12-23 |
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GetPortBitMapForCopyBits
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Deprecated - QD61: Describes the proper usage of GetPortBitMapForCopyBits.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2000-11-08 |
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GetProcAdress and OpenGL Entry Points
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QA1188: Technique for finding function pointers for OpenGL entry points in Cocoa and Carbon
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Graphics & Imaging |
2002-11-25 |
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grayishTextOr and Mac OS 8.5
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Deprecated - QD59: Explains why text drawn using TextMode(grayishTextOr) is never drawn; provides a workaround.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1998-12-07 |
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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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Graphics & Imaging |
2002-12-02 |
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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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Graphics & Imaging |
2002-12-04 |
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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 |
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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Graphics & Imaging |
2001-04-11 |
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How to measure CG text
(HTML)
QA1051: Explains how to measure Core Graphics text.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2001-07-02 |
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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 |
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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Graphics & Imaging |
1995-09-15 |
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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 |
