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2007-12-11 Token Field Programming Guide for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
New document that describes how to set up and programatically manage a token field.
First Version User Experience
2007-10-31 Audio Queue Services Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
New document that describes how to record and play audio using Audio Queue Services.
First Version Audio
2007-10-31 Calendar Store Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
New document that describes concepts and common tasks when using the Calendar Store framework to access iCal data.
First Version Apple Applications, Data Management, General
2007-10-31 Instant Message Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
New document that describes how to use the Instant Message framework to access iChat information and use iChat Theater.
First Version Apple Applications, General, Internet & Web
2007-10-31 Interface Builder User Guide (HTML) (PDF)
New document that describes how to use the Interface Builder application.
First Version Tools
2007-10-31 QTKit Capture Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Describes how to capture media and output it QuickTime movies. First public release.
First Version QuickTime
2007-10-31 Ruby and Python Programming Topics for Mac OS X (HTML) (PDF)
New document that describes Ruby and Python on Mac OS X, and especially the bridges between them and Objective-C and Open Scripting Architecture.
First Version Design Guidelines, Scripting & Automation, Tools
2008-03-11 AppleScript Language Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Updated to describe AppleScript features through Mac OS X v10.5 and AppleScript 2.0.
Content Update Scripting & Automation
2008-02-08 Low-Level Core Data Tutorial (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
Content Update Data Management, Design Guidelines
2008-02-08 Threading Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Performed a major rewrite and update of thread-related concepts and tasks.
Content Update Performance, Process Management
2007-10-31 Apple Help Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Added information about Knowledge Base searching, ExactMatch, and generated lists. Updated all screen shots.
Content Update Apple Applications, User Experience
2007-10-31 AppleScript Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Updated to reflect AppleScript changes for Mac OS X version 10.5.
Content Update Scripting & Automation
2007-10-31 Archives and Serializations Programming Guide for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Added discussion of how to distinguish old archives from keyed archives.
Content Update Data Management
2007-10-31 Carbon-Cocoa Integration Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v 10.5. Made minor editorial and technical corrections.
Content Update Design Guidelines
2007-10-31 Cocoa Application Tutorial (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OSX v10.5. Added Objective-C 2.0 content such as garbage collection and declared properties.
Content Update Objective-C Language
2007-10-31 Cocoa Drawing Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Updated the content for Mac OS X v10.5.
Content Update Graphics & Imaging
2007-10-31 Cocoa Fundamentals Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Updated to describe new and enhanced features, including garbage collection, properties, fast enumeration, and development tools. Also added section on multithreading.
Content Update Design Guidelines
2007-10-31 Collections Programming Topics for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5. Fixed various minor errors.
Content Update Data Management
2007-10-31 Debugging with GDB (HTML)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5
Content Update Tools
2007-10-31 Mac OS X Technology Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5. The document was also reorganized.
Content Update Accessibility
2007-10-31 Sync Services Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Updated sync schema description to reflect the addition of the UIHelperClass key.
Content Update Apple Applications, Internet & Web, Syncing
2007-10-31 User Defaults Programming Topics for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Updated information about periodic autosave behavior.
Content Update Data Management, User Experience
2008-04-08 Animation Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typos.
Minor Change Games, Graphics & Imaging
2008-04-08 Animation Types and Timing Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typos.
Minor Change Graphics & Imaging
2008-04-08 Image Unit Tutorial (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected several technical errors in the code listings.
Minor Change Graphics & Imaging
2008-04-08 Uniform Type Identifiers Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Added information about the UTI character set.
Minor Change File Management, Interapplication Communication
2008-04-08 View Programming Guide for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typos.
Minor Change Graphics & Imaging
2008-03-11 Accessibility Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Removed the Children attribute from the Busy Indicator role information.
Minor Change Accessibility
2008-03-11 Apple Human Interface Guidelines (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed minor errors.
Minor Change Accessibility, Design Guidelines, User Experience
2008-03-11 CFNetwork Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor typographical corrections and clarifications.
Minor Change Networking, Security
2008-03-11 Cocoa Scripting Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Minor corrections for working with sdefs.
Minor Change Design Guidelines, Scripting & Automation
2008-03-11 Core Animation Cookbook (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typos.
Minor Change Graphics & Imaging
2008-03-11 Core Animation Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typos.
Minor Change Graphics & Imaging
2008-03-11 Cursor Management (HTML) (PDF)
Updated information about cursor size and types. Replaced one article with a more relevant article.
Minor Change Events & Other Input, User Experience
2008-03-11 Garbage Collection Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typographical errors.
Minor Change Design Guidelines, Objective-C Language, Performance, Runtime Architecture
2008-03-11 Scripting Bridge Programming Guide for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Changed occurrences of the nonexistent method name +classForApplicationWithBundleIdentifier to the correct method name, +applicationWithBundleIdentifier:.
Minor Change Scripting & Automation
2008-02-08 Atomic Store Programming Topics (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typographical errors.
Minor Change Data Management
2008-02-08 Core Data Model Versioning and Data Migration Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Added a note about migrating stores from Mac OS X v10.4 (Tiger).
Minor Change Data Management
2008-02-08 Core Data Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Enhanced the discussions of legacy data importing and memory management.
Minor Change Data Management, Design Guidelines
2008-02-08 Font Handling (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typo in "Responding to Font Changes" code example.
Minor Change Text & Fonts
2008-02-08 Low-Level File Management Programming Topics (HTML) (PDF)
Removed references to deprecated Java classes.
Minor Change File Management
2008-02-08 Memory Management Programming Guide for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected a broken link to the "Carbon-Cocoa Integration Guide."
Minor Change Design Guidelines, Objective-C Language
2008-02-08 Model Object Implementation Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected the implementation example for setNilValueForKey:; updated the examples for dependent keys.
Minor Change Design Guidelines
2008-02-08 NSPersistentDocument Core Data Tutorial (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typographical errors.
Minor Change Data Management, Design Guidelines
2008-02-08 Number and Value Programming Topics for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
Minor Change Data Management
2008-02-08 The Objective-C 2.0 Programming Language (HTML) (PDF)
Extended the discussion of properties to include mutable objects.
Minor Change Objective-C Language, Tools
2008-02-08 Quick Look Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected minor errors.
Minor Change User Experience
2008-02-08 Search Fields (HTML) (PDF)
Clarified the behavior of the cancel button.
Minor Change User Experience
2008-02-08 Security Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Added descriptions of new features for Mac OS X v10.5.
Minor Change Security
2008-02-08 Text Editing Programming Guide for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typographical errors.
Minor Change Text & Fonts
2008-02-08 Xcode User Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Moved source control content to Xcode Source Management Guide.
Minor Change Tools
2007-12-11 Automator Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Added information about specifying action input and output, and about bringing Tiger actions forward to Leopard.
Minor Change Apple Applications, Tools
2007-12-11 Button Programming Topics for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Renamed "Using Switch Buttons" to "Using Checkboxes."
Minor Change User Experience
2007-12-11 Object-Oriented Programming with Objective-C (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected a typographical error.
Minor Change Design Guidelines, Objective-C Language
2007-12-11 PDF Kit Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor corrections.
Minor Change Graphics & Imaging
2007-12-11 Quartz Composer Custom Patch Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed a minor technical error.
Minor Change Graphics & Imaging
2007-12-11 Text Layout Programming Guide for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected indexing error in sample code in "Using Text Tables."
Minor Change Text & Fonts
2007-12-04 Image Kit Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Revised a figure and changed an instance variable name.
Minor Change Graphics & Imaging
2007-10-31 Audio Unit Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Clarified the discussion of audio unit parameters and automation.
Minor Change Audio
2007-10-31 Core Image Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
Minor Change Graphics & Imaging
2007-10-31 Providing PDF Workflow Options in the Print Dialog (HTML) (PDF)
Added information about Automator workflows.
Minor Change Printing
2007-10-18 String Programming Guide for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected minor typographical errors.
Minor Change Data Management, Text & Fonts
2007-10-02 Exception Programming Topics for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Made several minor corrections.
Minor Change Objective-C Language, Performance
2007-10-02 Text System Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor change to code snippet in "Simple Text Tasks" to set font trait.
Minor Change Text & Fonts