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Creating an OpenGL texture from an NSView
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QA1325: Addresses the issues involved with using an NSView as the source data for an OpenGL texture.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2004-02-13 |
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Creating color spaces that ensure color matching.
(HTML)
QA1396: How to create color spaces that ensure color matching.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2005-01-13 |
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Creating Double-byte Bitmap Fonts
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TX10: Some information about converting to the 'NFNT' and 'sbit' font formats.
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Carbon, Text & Fonts |
1998-02-10 |
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Creating Gray Scaled Images > 8 bits
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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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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, User Experience |
1997-11-17 |
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Creating install packages from the command line
(HTML)
QA1284: Describes how to create install packages from the command line.
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Tools |
2003-10-08 |
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Creating JNI Libraries with Project Builder
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Deprecated - JAVA28: Building JNI libraries for use in 1.3.1 on Mac OS X 10.1.
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Java |
2001-06-19 |
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Creating Mac OS X applications from Java JAR files
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Deprecated - JAVA29: Creating Mac OS X applications from Jar files on Mac OS X 10.0.
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Java |
2000-12-27 |
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Creating Sample Descriptor Atoms for a Non-Mac Device
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QTPC06: Lists a reference for information on QuickTime atoms and their formats.
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QuickTime |
1995-08-01 |
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Creating serialVersionUIDs using MRJ
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Deprecated - JAVA13: Creating serialVersionUIDs using MRJ on Mac OS Classic Java.
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Java |
1999-05-17 |
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Creating Sub GWorlds using QTNewGWorldFromPtr
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QA1014: Using QTNewGWorldFromPtr to create sub GWorlds which reference the pixel data of other GWorlds.
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, QuickTime |
2001-03-20 |
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Creating Thumbnail PICTs
(HTML)
QTICM08: Describes transforming the generic icons of QuickTime PICT-created files into thumbnail icons of these PICTs.
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QuickTime |
1995-05-01 |
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Creating track references when editing movies
(HTML)
QTMTB61: Explains how to use the InsertTrackSegment function to copy a track reference rather than the actual media.
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QuickTime |
2000-09-05 |
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Current GDevice Dependencies
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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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Carbon, Games, Graphics & Imaging, Porting |
2002-02-13 |
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Customizing Component Border Colors
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QA1272: Retaining Aqua background for JComboBox menus with custom control borders.
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Java |
2003-07-31 |
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Customizing Font Properties
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Deprecated - JAVA10: Customizing Font Properties in Mac OS Classic Java.
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Java |
1999-05-17 |
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The Data Browser GetDataBrowserUserState API
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QA1270: Explains a problematic Data Browser API definition and how to work around it.
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Carbon |
2003-07-22 |
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DDR SDRAM ICs for PowerBooks and iBooks that use Memory bus slewing
(HTML)
QA1344: Specifies DDR SDRAM IC optimization for PowerBooks and iBooks that use Memory bus slewing.
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Hardware |
2004-03-18 |
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Debugging arbitrary applications with Xcode
(HTML)
QA1305: Debugging an application with Xcode without requiring the project that built the application.
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Tools |
2003-09-15 |
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Debugging Graphics with QuartzDebug
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QA1236: Explains how to use QuartzDebug to debug graphics issues.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Games, Graphics & Imaging, Java, Performance |
2003-02-25 |
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Decompressing IMA WAVE files
(HTML)
QTMCC11: Describes how to use the Sound Manager to decompress and play Window's Microsoft ADPCM-compressed WAVE files.
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QuickTime |
1998-10-19 |
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Decompressing MP3
(HTML)
QTMCC15: Discusses decompressing an MP3 file into a buffer using SoundConverter APIs.
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QuickTime |
2000-09-22 |
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Defining user properties with MRJAppBuilder
(HTML)
Deprecated - JAVA24: How to define user properties using MRJAppBuilder in Mac OS Classic Java.
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Java |
2000-04-17 |
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Derived Media Handler Components Update
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QTMCC08: Gives practical limits for data transfer rates under QuickTime 2.5.
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QuickTime |
1996-08-21 |
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Deselecting Icons in the Finder
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IC04: Shows how to programmatically deselect icons in the Finder.
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AppleScript, Carbon |
1997-07-11 |
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Detecting a CD-ROM
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DV18: Demonstrates CD-ROM drive detection.
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Accessibility, Device Drivers, Hardware |
1997-01-31 |
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Detecting Classic and Carbon X Environments
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OV03: Describes how to find out if your application is running in the Classic environment in Mac OS X.
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Carbon, Porting |
2000-10-16 |
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Detecting Macsbug
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PLAT30: Explains how to detect whether MacsBug or another debugger is loaded and provides a code snippet.
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Tools |
1997-05-01 |
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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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Carbon, Cocoa, Hardware |
1999-10-05 |
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Detecting the Debugger
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QA1361: Shows how to determine whether you're being run under the debugger.
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Tools |
2004-10-27 |
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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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Carbon, Networking |
1998-06-01 |
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Determining MRJ's Version
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Deprecated - JAVA17: Determining the version of MRJ currently in use for Mac OS Classic Java.
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Java |
1999-09-27 |
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Determining Open Firmware configuration variables
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HW56: Discusses how to determine the Open Firmware variables on a system.
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Darwin, Device Drivers, Graphics & Imaging, Hardware, Music & Audio, Networking, Performance, QuickTime |
1999-03-29 |
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Determining Open Firmware version
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HW100: Demonstrates how to find out the version of Open Firmware on your Macintosh.
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Device Drivers, Hardware |
2000-10-06 |
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Determining QuickDrawVideo Media Pixel Depth
(HTML)
QTMTB17: Demonstrates how to retrieve the pixel depth of a QuickTime video media or movie.
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QuickTime |
1995-05-01 |
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Determining RAM size & location in New World Machines
(HTML)
QA1065: Demonstrates Open Firmware method of determining RAM size & location in New World Machines.
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Accessibility, Hardware |
2001-08-01 |
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Determining required components for QuickTime movies
(HTML)
QA1093: Shows how to determine if a given QuickTime movie requires a component that's not currently installed on the system.
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QuickTime |
2001-11-07 |
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Determining the version of Open Firmware on your Mac
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HW60: Describes a method to display the version of Open Firmware on a Macintosh.
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Hardware |
1999-03-29 |
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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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Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Darwin, Mac OS X Server |
2002-04-08 |
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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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Carbon |
1998-09-14 |
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Developer Tools JBoss and Tomcat Do Not Start After Installing Java 1.4.2 Update
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QA1025: Describes how to re-enable JBoss and Tomcat after installing the Java 1.4.2 update.
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Darwin, Internet & Web, Java |
2004-03-04 |
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Developing a QuickTime Musical Instrument
(HTML)
Deprecated - QTMA05: Explains resolving the lack of QuickTime 2.0 API support for creating new music components.
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QuickTime |
1995-05-01 |
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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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Carbon, Cocoa |
2003-03-26 |
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Developing with ZeroLink: small applications and launching on other computers
(HTML)
QA1322: Resolving issues caused by the ZeroLink feature in Xcode.
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Tools |
2003-10-31 |
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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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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, Porting |
2001-04-11 |
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Diagnosing a Hang in vSyncWait
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PLAT18: Gives tips for diagnosing a hang in the vSyncWait loop.
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Tools |
1996-02-15 |
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Difference between an Open Firmware word and method
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HW46: Describes the differences between an Open Firmware word and an Open Firmware method.
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Device Drivers, Hardware |
1999-02-15 |
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Difference between using Restart or Shut Down in the Finder's Special menu in Open Firmware
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HW47: Explains the differences between using Restart or Shut Down on Open Firmware
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Device Drivers, Graphics & Imaging, Hardware, Mac OS X Server, Music & Audio, Networking, QuickTime |
1999-02-15 |
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Directories Appear as Volume Aliases
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QA1351: Discusses how VFS plug-ins should handle device numbers to ensure compatibility with Carbon applications.
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Carbon, Darwin |
2004-05-25 |
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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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Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Darwin, Device Drivers, Graphics & Imaging, Hardware, Music & Audio, Performance, Tools |
2002-05-22 |
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Disabling QuickTime Error Dialogs When Opening or Tasking a Movie
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QA1164: How to disable QuickTime error dialogs which may be presented when opening or tasking a movie.
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QuickTime |
2003-03-20 |
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Disconnected aliases on CD-ROM and Alias Manager
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OPS05: Explains why aliases may become disconnected on a CD-ROM.
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Carbon |
2001-03-26 |
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Discovering all advertised Rendezvous service types
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QA1337: Explains how to discover all Rendezvous service types being advertised on the local network.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Darwin, Hardware, Networking |
2004-06-01 |
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Displaying Help
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QA1006: Discusses how an application can ask the Help Viewer to display help about a particular topic.
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User Experience |
2001-02-21 |
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Displaying Java compiler errors in Japanese
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Deprecated - QA1092: Explains and resolves garbled Project Builder compiler errors under Mac OS X 10.1 for Japanese systems.
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Java |
2001-11-08 |
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Displaying PCI Configuration Registers contents in Open Firmware
(HTML)
QA1036: Demonstrates how to display PCI Configuration Resister contents in Open Firmware.
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Device Drivers, Hardware |
2001-05-18 |
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dl command in 1 machine mode
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HW51: Describes using the "dl" command in 1 machine mode.
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Hardware |
1999-03-29 |
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dlsDelta field in PRAM's time zone MachineLocation record
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OPS21: Explains how to access and preserve the Daylight Savings state when changing the GMT.
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Carbon, Text & Fonts |
2001-03-26 |
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Do I have to call CreateRootControl after creating my window?
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QA1215: Explains when and when not to call CreateRootControl after creating a window.
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Carbon |
2002-11-12 |
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Do PowerBooks have a PCI bus?
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HW43: Explains that a Powerbook has a PCI bus.
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Device Drivers, Hardware |
1999-02-15 |
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Documentation for getattrlist
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QA1327: The behaviour of getattrlist, and other Apple enhancements to the BSD file system programming interface.
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Darwin |
2003-12-15 |
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Documentation updater for Project Builder shipping with Mac OS X 10.2
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QA1207: Updating Project Builder to find new symbols, including the Bluetooth framework under Mac OS X.
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Tools |
2002-10-25 |
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Does Safari support 128-bit encryption?
(HTML)
QA1320: Discusses support for 128-bit encryption in Apple's Safari web browser.
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Apple Applications, Internet & Web, Security |
2004-09-10 |
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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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Carbon, Cocoa, Networking |
2003-10-15 |
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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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Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Networking |
2003-10-29 |
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DR Emulator Caches
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Deprecated - HW28: Describes the Dynamic Recompiling emulator's cache, including a description of when to flush the cache.
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Hardware |
1996-04-08 |
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Drag Manager: Promising and Tracking
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TB43: Explains why you cannot always obtain the promised flavor data in your drag tracking handler.
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Carbon |
1998-12-22 |
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DRAM DIMM power pin connections for Macintosh Computers
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QA1271: Discusses design considerations for DRAM DIMM power pin connections for Macintosh Computers.
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Hardware |
2003-07-04 |
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Drawing a Path Multiple Times
(HTML)
QA1047: Explains that path drawing operations consume the path.
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Carbon, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, Printing |
2001-07-02 |
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The dreaded "incompatible flag -framework" error
(HTML)
QA1096: Explains how to eliminate the incompatible flag -framework error in Project Builder.
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Darwin, Device Drivers, Hardware |
2001-12-05 |
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Driver Gestalt & Icon Services
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DV37: Describes the interaction of Driver Gestalt & Icon Services
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Device Drivers, Hardware |
1999-10-05 |
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Duplicate Rendezvous services while browsing
(HTML)
QA1333: Explains how to work with multiple network interfaces when browsing for Rendezvous services.
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Networking |
2004-02-06 |
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DV Codec settings and performance
(HTML)
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QA1149: Discusses the difference between compression quality, decompression quality, and performance with the DV codec.
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QuickTime |
2004-01-20 |
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'dynamic shared library not made a weak library in output with MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET...' bug
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QA1233: Why 'ld' may give a warning about the Mac OS X_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET environment variable and its failure to weak link.
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Tools |
2003-04-01 |
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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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Carbon, QuickTime |
2004-06-07 |
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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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Carbon, Hardware, User Experience |
1998-07-06 |
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Embedding ICC Profiles
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CS06: Gives downloads for documents describing embedding ICC profiles in EPS, PICT, and TIFF files.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1996-02-09 |
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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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Carbon, Hardware |
2003-04-21 |
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Enabling Macintosh-style Menu Bars
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QA1003: Enabling Macintosh-style Menu Bars in JDK 1.3.1 on Mac OS X.
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Java |
2001-02-02 |
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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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Carbon |
2001-10-30 |
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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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Carbon |
2004-10-15 |
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Enabling X11 Forwarding
(HTML)
QA1383: Describes how to enable ssh clients to receive X11 communication from a Mac OS X system.
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Darwin, Internet & Web, Mac OS X Server, Security |
2004-10-25 |
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Endian Concerns When Playing 'snd ' Resources
(HTML)
QTW97: Use the Resource Manager to avoid byte-swapping 'snd ' resources before playing under Windows
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QuickTime |
1999-11-08 |
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Energy Star PCI Device
(HTML)
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QA1108: Provides useful information for developers of Energy Star-compliant PCI devices.
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Accessibility, Darwin, Device Drivers, Hardware |
2002-01-15 |
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Environment Variables
(HTML)
QA1255: Describes how a process gets its environment variables.
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Carbon, Cocoa |
2003-10-29 |
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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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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, Performance, User Experience |
1995-09-15 |
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Error -3168 (kOTStateChangeErr) and Handoff Endpoints
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Deprecated - NW22: Explains why a kOTStateChangeErr -3168 occurs when there is a handoff endpoint involved.
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Carbon, Networking |
1996-04-08 |
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Exception in JFileChooser.setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed
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Deprecated - QA1280: Workaround for a known issue in Java 1.4.1 Update 1 on Jaguar.
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Java |
2003-10-07 |
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Expanding the Set of Menu Item Modifier Keys
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TB53: Explains how to use the shift and option keys with the menu command keys.
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Carbon |
1998-12-22 |
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Expansion ROM device properties
(HTML)
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HW50: Describes the Open Firmware properties that should be included in a boot device's expansion ROM.
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Darwin, Device Drivers, Graphics & Imaging, Hardware, Mac OS X Server, Music & Audio, Networking, Printing, QuickTime |
1999-03-29 |
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Explanation of SDRAM configuration Nomenclature
(HTML)
HW75: Explains the three-part "Device configuration" numbers for SDRAM in the Power Mac G4 Computer Developer Note.
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Hardware |
1999-10-18 |
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Exporting TIFF files in little-endian format
(HTML)
QA1044: Explains how to export a TIFF file in little-endian format.
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QuickTime |
2001-06-26 |
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Extracting DV Fields using QTNewGWorldFromPtr
(HTML)
QA1017: Describes using QTNewGWorldFromPtr to access individual fields contained within a frame of DV source.
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Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, QuickTime |
2001-03-20 |
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Faster DDR DRAM in the 867MHz Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors)
(HTML)
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QA1191: Confirms the use of faster DDR DRAM in the 867MHz Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors).
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Accessibility, Hardware |
2002-08-19 |
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fBroadCastAddr Always Zero
(HTML)
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Deprecated - NW58: Explains why the fBroadcastAddr field may be zero after a call to OTInetGetInterfaceInfo and includes the workaround.
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Carbon, Networking |
1999-03-08 |
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FCode & OS X
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QA1106: Provides useful tips for Open Firmware debugging on on machines introduced in 2001 or later.
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Hardware |
2002-01-15 |
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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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Carbon, Darwin |
2003-01-20 |
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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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Carbon, QuickTime |
2003-07-23 |
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Filtering the Effects List returned by QTGetEffectsList
(HTML)
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QA1190: Shows how to edit the list of effects returned by the QTGetEffectsList function.
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QuickTime |
2002-09-04 |
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Finding an NSView's current magnification.
(HTML)
QA1346: How to discover the current magnification (zoom level) of any NSView.
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Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, User Experience |
2004-12-13 |
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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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Carbon, Games, Graphics & Imaging |
2002-12-23 |
