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Legacy technologies include features, functions, classes, and methods that have been deprecated or are no longer supported. A technology identified in the ADC Reference Library as deprecated has been superseded and may become unsupported in the future. A technology identified as unsupported is no longer available from Apple for use by software or hardware developers. Legacy documents help developers understand legacy technologies, identify replacements, and update their products to run on current Apple platforms.

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Creating Native MPW Tools (HTML)
PLAT09.
Unsupported 1995-06-01
Creating QuickDrawGX Fonts (HTML)
GXTY01.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Creating Screen Savers (HTML)
TB05.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Creating serialVersionUIDs using MRJ (HTML) ()
JAVA13: Creating serialVersionUIDs using MRJ on Mac OS Classic Java.
Deprecated 1999-05-17
CTB & the AppleTalk ADSP Tool (HTML)
NW03.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Custom Designing a GX Font (HTML) ()
GXTY11.
Unsupported 1996-07-03
Customizing Font Properties (HTML) ()
JAVA10: Customizing Font Properties in Mac OS Classic Java.
Deprecated 1999-05-17
DDC Information Source (HTML)
HW27.
Unsupported 1995-11-22
Debugging GX Graphics Code (HTML)
GX08.
Unsupported 1995-12-11
Decompressing to Partial window: Bug & Workaround (HTML)
QTICM12.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Default Number of Surface Planes (HTML) ()
QD3D56.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Default Surface/Shader UV Params For Caps of Cones & Cylinders (HTML) ()
QD3D73.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Defining user properties with MRJAppBuilder (HTML)
JAVA24: How to define user properties using MRJAppBuilder in Mac OS Classic Java.
Deprecated 2000-04-17
Deleting a Resource Fork (HTML)
OPS04.
Unsupported 1995-06-01
Desk Accessory Menus (HTML) ()
TB51.
Unsupported 1998-12-22
Desktop Using Icons from Old Versions of Applications (HTML)
OPS03.
Unsupported 2001-03-26
Detecting CD/DVD media types (HTML)
QA1001.
Unsupported 2001-02-21
Detecting Control Strip at Startup (HTML)
OPS18.
Unsupported 1998-10-19
Detecting specific ROM-in-RAM Mac (HTML) ()
HW49: Identifying a Mac by name ("iMac"), and better alternatives for determining specific features ("has Firewire").
Deprecated 1999-10-05
Detecting the Microseconds Trap (HTML)
TB16.
Unsupported 1995-06-01
Determining 3DMF Endian-ness (HTML) ()
QD3D33.
Unsupported 1996-04-08
Determining a PostScript Printer's Optimal Resolution (HTML)
QD44.
Unsupported 1996-07-03
Determining if a 680x0 program is Running on a PPC (HTML) ()
OPS14.
Unsupported 1996-09-27
Determining if a Drive is a Network Volume (HTML)
FL01.
Unsupported 1995-11-01
Determining if a PCI Bus Exists (HTML)
HW01.
Unsupported 1998-09-01
Determining if the Cursor is Hidden Or Not (HTML) ()
OPS13.
Unsupported 1996-09-27
Determining MRJ's Version (HTML) ()
JAVA17: Determining the version of MRJ currently in use for Mac OS Classic Java.
Deprecated 1999-09-27
Determining Power PC Type 11 Errors (HTML) ()
PLAT21.
Unsupported 1996-02-15
Determining The Selected Printer's Address (HTML)
QD35.
Unsupported 1995-11-22
Determining the Size of the Disk Cache (HTML) ()
ME04.
Unsupported 1996-07-03
Determining the State of the Modern Memory Manager (HTML) ()
ME03.
Unsupported 1996-07-03
Determining Whether a Device Supports Asynchronous I/O (HTML)
DV05.
Unsupported 1995-07-01
Determining Which Features Are Supported by Specific Renderers (HTML) ()
QD3D31.
Unsupported 1996-04-08
Developing a QuickTime Musical Instrument (HTML)
QTMA05: Explains resolving the lack of QuickTime 2.0 API support for creating new music components.
Deprecated 1995-05-01
Developing a SCSI SIM for a PCI SCSI Controller (HTML)
HW13.
Unsupported 1995-07-15
Device Driver Flags (HTML)
DV27.
Unsupported 1997-03-14
Device Manager (HTML)
DV01.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Difference between PCCard SDK2 and SDK3 (HTML) ()
HW62.
Unsupported 1999-03-29
Differences between iMac models (HTML) ()
HW32.
Unsupported 1999-01-25
Differences between QuickDraw GX 1.1.1 and 1.0.x (HTML)
GXNEW01.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Direction of Mesh Contours (HTML)
QD3D25.
Unsupported 1995-09-15
Discipline startup, Documentation (HTML)
PLAT02.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Disconnect/Retry (HTML)
HW07.
Unsupported 1995-07-15
Displaying Java compiler errors in Japanese (HTML) ()
QA1092: Explains and resolves garbled Project Builder compiler errors under Mac OS X 10.1 for Japanese systems.
Deprecated 2001-11-08
Displaying Windows 3DMF Files On A Mac (HTML) ()
QD3D81.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Distorted Panoramas (HTML)
QTVR16.
Unsupported 1995-09-01
Does This Printer Support PostScript? (HTML) ()
QD46.
Unsupported 1997-01-09
DONT_NEED_DDRAW Preprocessor Explained (HTML) ()
QD3D82.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
DR Emulator Caches (HTML) ()
HW28: Describes the Dynamic Recompiling emulator's cache, including a description of when to flush the cache.
Deprecated 1996-04-08
Drag Manager & the -600 (procNotFound) Error (HTML) ()
TB22.
Unsupported 1996-08-21
Drag Manager and windowKind 20 (HTML) ()
TB28.
Unsupported 1996-11-27
Dragging to the Trash (HTML) ()
TB31.
Unsupported 1996-11-27
Drawing Text into a RAVE Context (HTML) ()
QD3D89.
Unsupported 1998-04-20
DriverServicesLib Queue Routines (HTML)
DV40.
Unsupported 2000-01-18
Embedding a GX Picture into a PICT (HTML)
GX07.
Unsupported 1995-09-15
EndFormsPrinting and FormsPrinting PicComments (HTML) ()
QD53.
Unsupported 1998-01-16
Equipment sources for QTVR movies (HTML)
QTVR20.
Unsupported 1995-09-01
Error -151 and NewGWorld (HTML)
QD18: Explains what the error code -151 means when in NewGWorld.
Deprecated 1995-09-15
Error -3168 (kOTStateChangeErr) and Handoff Endpoints (HTML) ()
NW22: Explains why a kOTStateChangeErr -3168 occurs when there is a handoff endpoint involved.
Deprecated 1996-04-08
Error -8976 When Displaying JPEG-Compressed PICTS with DrawPicture (HTML)
QD28.
Unsupported 1995-09-15
Error Loading: DriverServicesLib (-2804) Error Explained (HTML) ()
QD3D59.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Error on Page 4-163 of QDGX Printing Extensions and Drivers (HTML)
GXPD20.
Unsupported 1995-07-01
Errors in QADrawContextNew (HTML) ()
QD3D86.
Unsupported 1998-04-20
Errors on Symbol Names Longer than 64 Characters (HTML) ()
TB33.
Unsupported 1997-01-31
Ethernet Addresses (HTML)
NW05.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Ethernet Driver Interface (HTML)
NW04.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Ethernet Driver Message Blocks (HTML)
HW09.
Unsupported 1995-07-15
Ethernet Error on a PowerMac (HTML)
NW14.
Unsupported 1995-09-15
Exception in JFileChooser.setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed (HTML)
QA1280: Workaround for a known issue in Java 1.4.1 Update 1 on Jaguar.
Deprecated 2003-10-07
Excluding UVs When Building a Vertex List (HTML)
QD3D04.
Unsupported 1995-06-01
Expanding the System Heap (HTML)
OPS02.
Unsupported 2001-03-26
Explicitly Forcing PCI Burst Transfers (HTML)
HW19.
Unsupported 1995-07-15
Exporting Light Groups in QuickDraw 3D (HTML)
QD3D22.
Unsupported 1995-07-15
Extension Off, Macsbug On (HTML)
PLAT31.
Unsupported 2000-05-31
Extensions vs. Libraries (HTML) ()
QD3D37.
Unsupported 1996-04-08
Extracting InstaCompOne Archive Files (HTML) ()
PLAT29.
Unsupported 1997-03-14
FAT Code Resources (HTML)
PPCSYS04.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
fBroadCastAddr Always Zero (HTML) ()
NW58: Explains why the fBroadcastAddr field may be zero after a call to OTInetGetInterfaceInfo and includes the workaround.
Deprecated 1999-03-08
FDecompressImage, StdPix Bottleneck Calls During Printing (HTML)
QD30.
Unsupported 1995-09-15
FetchTaggedData not Called Often (HTML)
GXPD22.
Unsupported 1995-07-01
File Corruption with SCSI Manager 4.3 (HTML)
DV06.
Unsupported 1995-07-01
Find Documents Folder (HTML) ()
OPS17.
Unsupported 2001-03-26
Finder & AOCE (HTML)
FL02.
Unsupported 1995-11-01
Finding The Center Of A Model (HTML) ()
QD3D70.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Finding the VM Backing Store (HTML) ()
ME07.
Unsupported 2001-03-30
Fixed Math Rounding (HTML) ()
OPS20.
Unsupported 1999-05-17
Fixing NSDocumentController to understand HFS file types (HTML)
QA1039.
Unsupported 2001-06-19
Fixing the crash in the Picture Sharing code example (HTML) ()
QA1224.
Unsupported 2003-01-21
Flattening Objects Separately (HTML) ()
GXPD44.
Unsupported 1997-01-09
Fonts not Appearing in Spool File (HTML)
QD10.
Unsupported 1995-07-01
Forcing TextEdit To Draw Over a Background Image (HTML) ()
TX07.
Unsupported 1996-02-15
FWSendSoftwareInterrupt vs. SendSoftwareInterrupt (HTML) ()
QA1002.
Unsupported 2002-02-13
Gathering system information under Traditional Mac OS (HTML)
QA1000.
Unsupported 2001-01-10
GDGetScale (HTML)
QTICM04: Describes the function call GDGetScale, its parameters, and errors it may encounter.
Deprecated 1995-05-01
GDHasScale (HTML)
QTICM03: Describes the function GDHasScale; lists what it returns, its main purpose, parameters, and possible errors.
Deprecated 1995-05-01
GDSetScale (HTML)
QTICM05: Describes the function GDSetScale, its parameters, and the errors it may encounter.
Deprecated 1995-05-01
Gestalt Selectors for Macintosh Networking (HTML) ()
NW41.
Unsupported 1997-01-31
gestaltFWVMBackingStore (HTML) ()
FW04.
Unsupported 1999-10-05
GetDriverDiskFragment and 'ndrv' Drivers (HTML)
HW15.
Unsupported 1995-07-15
GetPortBitMapForCopyBits (HTML) ()
QD61: Describes the proper usage of GetPortBitMapForCopyBits.
Deprecated 2000-11-08