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Performance

Getting Started

A guided introduction and learning path to improving performance in Mac OS X software.

Performance is absolutely critical to your application's success on Mac OS X. The latest 64-bit Intel Macs are incredibly powerful, but if your software doesn't launch quickly or isn't responsive, users will perceive your product as slow. To make your application run its best on Mac OS X and to take advantage of the power of the latest hardware, you can optimize your code using Apple's optimization tools, particularly Shark and Instruments, as well as the other Xcode tools, technologies, and programming interfaces. Through performance tuning, your application can be more responsive to user input. And less waiting translates into more productive users. Read More...



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Leopard Technology Series for Developers: Objective-C 2.0 Overview
Objective-C 2.0 in Leopard brings new power and performance to your Cocoa applications.  Learn how Obj-C 2.0 will help you write applications more quickly and with less code. 

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