Reference
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2008-04-08 CPlusTest Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Tools
2008-04-08 Data Browser Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor technical fixes.
 Minor Change Human Interface Toolbox, User Experience
2008-04-08 Disc Recording Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Audio, File Management
2008-04-08 Disc Recording UI Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Audio, File Management, User Experience
2008-04-08 JavaScriptCore Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Internet & Web
2008-02-08 Multiprocessing Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated the description of the MPRemoteCall function.
 Minor Change Performance, Process Management
2008-01-15 Audio Queue Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Clarified descriptions of the AudioQueueOutputCallback and AudioQueuePropertyListenerProc callback functions.
 Minor Change Audio
2007-12-11 Apple Type Services for Fonts Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
 Content Update Text & Fonts
2007-12-11 Dictionary Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Deprecated document, adding to introduction a deprecation statement and pointers to documentation for replacement technology.
 Minor Change Text & Fonts
2007-12-11 Font Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added deprecation and replacement technology information for functions deprecated in Mac OS X v10.4 and v10.5.
 Minor Change Graphics & Imaging, Text & Fonts
2007-12-11 List Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added deprecation information.
 Minor Change Human Interface Toolbox, User Experience
2007-12-11 PDEPanel Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
A new document that describes the informal protocol used to implement custom panes in a printing dialog.
 First Version Printing
2007-12-11 PDEPlugIn Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
A new document that describes the informal protocol used to add custom panes to a printing dialog.
 First Version Printing
2007-12-11 PDEPlugInCallbackProtocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
A new document that describes the informal protocol used to access information about the current print job.
 First Version Printing
2007-12-11 Scrap Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added deprecation information.
 Minor Change Interapplication Communication
2007-12-11 Script Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Deprecated document. Added information about replacement technologies and workarounds for functions deprecated in Mac OS X v10.5.
 Minor Change Text & Fonts
2007-12-04 Core Text Reference Collection (HTML) (PDF)
Changed title from Core Text Framework Reference because it is a subframework of the Application Services framework.
 Minor Change Text & Fonts
2007-12-04 Display Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated legacy document information.
 Minor Change Graphics & Imaging, User Experience
2007-12-04 Process Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated description of ProcessInformationCopyDictionary function.
 Minor Change Process Management
2007-10-31 AGL Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated with three new functions.
 Content Update Graphics & Imaging
2007-10-31 AppleScript Studio Terminology Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added information on the new version number for Mac OS X version 10.5.
 Minor Change Scripting & Automation, Tools
2007-10-31 Application Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor editorial corrections.
 Minor Change Human Interface Toolbox, User Experience
2007-10-31 Application Services Framework Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added Core Printing. Removed Launch Services.
 Content Update General
2007-10-31 Audio Codec Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
New document that describes the programming interface used to configure audio codecs and to encode and decode audio data.
 First Version Audio
2007-10-31 Carbon Event Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor technical corrections.
 Minor Change Events & Other Input
2007-10-31 Carbon Framework Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added three reference documents (HIGeometry, Carbon Printing, Control Manager) and removed two (Carbon Printing Manager, ColorSync Manager).
 Minor Change General
2007-10-31 CGImageProperties Reference (HTML) (PDF)
New document that describes property constants for source and destination images.
 First Version Graphics & Imaging
2007-10-31 Core Foundation Framework Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5. Added link to CFFileDescriptor reference.
 Content Update Core Foundation
2007-10-31 Core Services Framework Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added three documents (Folder Manager, Launch Services, and CFStream Socket Additions) and removed one (Device Manager).
 Minor Change General
2007-10-31 Cryptographic Message Syntax Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
New document that describes the API for encoding and decoding signed and encrypted messages using Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS).
 First Version Security
2007-10-31 Dialog Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor technical corrections and format changes.
 Minor Change Human Interface Toolbox, User Experience
2007-10-31 Event Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor technical and format changes.
 Minor Change Events & Other Input
2007-10-31 Gestalt Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated the description of the gestaltSystemVersion selector.
 Minor Change Resource Management
2007-10-31 GNU C 4.0 Preprocessor User Guide (HTML)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
 Content Update Tools
2007-10-31 GNU C/C++/Objective-C 4.0.1 Compiler User Guide (HTML)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
 Content Update Intel-Based Macs, Tools
2007-10-31 Preferences Utilities Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Noted unsupported domains.
 Minor Change User Experience
2007-10-31 QLThumbnailRequest Reference (HTML) (PDF)
New document that describes the opaque type used by Quick Look generators to create thumbnail images for documents.
 First Version User Experience
2007-10-31 Quartz Display Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
 Minor Change Graphics & Imaging
2007-10-31 Quartz Event Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
 Minor Change Events & Other Input
2007-10-31 Resource Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Moved functions out of the Miscellaneous section. Added information about the ResType data type.
 Minor Change File Management, Resource Management
2007-10-31 Window Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor technical corrections.
 Content Update Human Interface Toolbox, User Experience