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NSScriptObjectSpecifier Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the abstract class used to instantiate objects that represent references to scriptable objects.
Cocoa, Scripting & Automation 2007-06-29
Pasteboard Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for creating and interacting with pasteboards.
Carbon 2007-06-29
QuickDraw Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for the legacy two-dimensional drawing engine in Mac OS. Replaced by Quartz 2D.
Carbon, Graphics & Imaging 2007-06-29
ATSUI Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for rendering Unicode-encoded text with advanced typographic features.
Carbon, Graphics & Imaging, Internationalization, Text & Fonts 2007-06-28
CGBitmapContext Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Quartz functions that relate to bitmap contexts.
Graphics & Imaging 2007-06-28
CGL Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for the lowest-level accessible interface for the Apple implementation of the OpenGL graphics system.
Carbon, Graphics & Imaging 2007-06-28
DVD Playback Framework Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the DVD Playback framework, which supports adding DVD playback features to applications.
Graphics & Imaging 2007-06-28
Memory Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for controlling dynamic allocation of memory in versions of the Macintosh operating system prior to Mac OS X.
Carbon 2007-06-27
NSFastEnumeration Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol that supports the Objective-C 2.0 fast enumeration feature.
Cocoa 2007-06-27
NSHashTable Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Cocoa class used to contain a set of objects, optionally using weak references.
Cocoa 2007-06-26
QCComposition Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that represents a Quartz Composer composition.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2007-06-26
vDSP Complex Vector Conversion Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Carbon, Performance 2007-06-15
vDSP Correlation, Convolution, and Filtering Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Carbon, Performance 2007-06-15
vDSP Matrix Operations Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Carbon, Performance 2007-06-15
vDSP Reference Collection (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the vDSP programming interface defined in the Accelerate framework for digital signal processing.
Performance 2007-06-15
vDSP Single-Vector Operations Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Carbon, Performance 2007-06-15
vDSP Two-Dimensional Fast Fourier Transforms Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Carbon, Performance 2007-06-15
vDSP Vector Scalar Arithmetic Operations Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Carbon, Performance 2007-06-15
vDSP Vector-To-Scalar Operations Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Carbon, Performance 2007-06-15
vDSP Vector-to-Vector Arithmetic Operations Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Carbon, Performance 2007-06-15
NSSplitView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that displays multiple subviews within a single view and allows the user to change their relative sizes.
Cocoa, User Experience 2007-06-13
HIGeometry Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API that defines basic geometric objects for HIToolbox.
Carbon, Graphics & Imaging 2007-06-11
CIImage Additions Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the API for supporting Cocoa images in Core Image.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2007-06-08
NSFont Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that represents fonts to an application.
Cocoa, Text & Fonts 2007-06-08
Text Input Source Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the API for operating on text input sources, such as keyboards, character palettes, and ink input.
Carbon, Internationalization, Text & Fonts 2007-06-07
IMKInputController Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that controls input on the input method side.
Cocoa, Internationalization, Text & Fonts, User Experience 2007-06-06
IMKServer Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that manages connections to input method clients.
Cocoa, Internationalization, Text & Fonts, User Experience 2007-06-06
IMKServerInput Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the informal protocol used to receive text events.
Cocoa, Internationalization, Text & Fonts, User Experience 2007-06-06
Input Method Kit Framework Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the API for building input methods for Chinese, Japanese, and other languages.
Cocoa, Internationalization, Text & Fonts, User Experience 2007-06-06
IMKCandidates Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that supports the use of candidate windows for an input method.
Cocoa, Internationalization, Text & Fonts, User Experience 2007-06-05
IMKMouseHandling Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol used to receive mouse events for an input method client session.
Cocoa, Internationalization, Text & Fonts, User Experience 2007-06-05
IMKStateSetting Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol used to set or access state values for an input method client session.
Cocoa, Internationalization, Text & Fonts, User Experience 2007-06-05
IMKTextInput Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol used to send and obtain data from an input method client session.
Cocoa, Internationalization, Text & Fonts, User Experience 2007-06-05
CTFontDescriptor Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Core Text opaque type used to represent a font descriptor.
Carbon, Text & Fonts 2007-05-30
NSBox Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that implements a view that can display its border and a title.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, Printing, User Experience 2007-05-30
Audio File Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes a C programming interface for reading and writing audio files.
Audio, Carbon, Cocoa 2007-05-29
Core Endian Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for creating and installing callbacks to byte swap custom data.
Carbon, Cocoa, Darwin 2007-05-29
Dictionary Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Objective-C and C routines that support programmatic access to dictionaries.
Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, User Experience 2007-05-29
SBApplication Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the automatically defined class through which Cocoa applications can communicate with scriptable applications using Objective-C.
Cocoa 2007-05-29
SBApplicationDelegate Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the informal protocol for handling error Apple events returned from target applications.
Cocoa 2007-05-29
SBElementArray Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Scripting Bridge class for dealing with collections of related SBObjects.
Cocoa 2007-05-29
SBObject Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Scripting Bridge class that provides methods for communicating with objects in a scriptable application.
Cocoa 2007-05-29
Scripting Bridge Framework Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Objective-C API that allows Cocoa applications to communicate with scriptable applications.
Cocoa, Scripting & Automation 2007-05-29
Text Utilities Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for operating on strings (formatting, sorting, converting, comparing).
Carbon, Text & Fonts 2007-05-29
CTLine Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Core Text opaque type used to represent a line of text.
Carbon, Text & Fonts 2007-05-24
CTRun Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Core Text opaque type used to represent a glyph run.
Carbon, Text & Fonts 2007-05-24
CFDateFormatter Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the opaque type for describing the textual representation of dates and times.
Core Foundation, Internationalization 2007-05-23
CFFileDescriptor Reference (HTML) (PDF)
CFFileDescriptor provides an opaque type to monitor file descriptors for read and write activity via CFRunLoop.
Carbon, Core Foundation 2007-05-23
CFLocale Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the opaque type for representing a locale.
Core Foundation, Internationalization 2007-05-23
CFNumberFormatter Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the opaque type for describing the textual representation of numbers.
Core Foundation, Internationalization 2007-05-23
CFTimeZone Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the opaque type used to represent time zones.
Core Foundation 2007-05-23
CFArray Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the opaque for managing an immutable ordered collection of values.
Core Foundation 2007-05-22
CFBag Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the opaque type for managing an immutable unordered collection of values that may contain duplicates.
Core Foundation 2007-05-22
NSEntityMapping Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class used to specify the mapping of an entity in a Core Data migration.
Cocoa 2007-05-22
NSEntityMigrationPolicy Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Core Data class used to customize the migration process for an entity mapping.
Cocoa 2007-05-22
NSMappingModel Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Core Data class used to specify a mapping from one schema to another during migration.
Cocoa 2007-05-22
NSMigrationManager Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Core Data class that performs a migration of data from one persistent store to another.
Cocoa 2007-05-22
NSPropertyMapping Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class used to specify how to map a Core Data property during migration.
Cocoa 2007-05-22
Spotlight Metadata Attributes Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the usage and types of metadata attributes for various file types used with Spotlight.
Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation 2007-05-22
CTFontCollection Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Core Text opaque type used to store a collection of font references.
Carbon, Text & Fonts 2007-05-16
Authorization Plug-in Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for implementing an authorization plug-in.
Carbon, Security 2007-05-15
CFHTTPAuthentication Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for applying authentication credentials to HTTP messages.
Core Foundation, Networking 2007-05-15
Speech Synthesis Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for converting text into synthesized speech.
Carbon, User Experience 2007-05-15
CBGroupIdentity Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for operating on user identities.
Cocoa, Networking, Security, User Experience 2007-05-14
CBIdentity Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class used to create and operate on identities.
Cocoa, Networking, Security, User Experience 2007-05-14
CBIdentityAuthority Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class used to manipulate identity authority databases.
Cocoa, Networking, Security, User Experience 2007-05-14
CBIdentityPicker Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that manages the identity picker.
Cocoa, Networking, Security, User Experience 2007-05-14
CBUserIdentity Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for operating on user identities.
Cocoa, Networking, Security, User Experience 2007-05-14
Collaboration Framework Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Objective-C API for monitoring and editing identities.
Cocoa, Networking, Security, User Experience 2007-05-14
Identity Services Reference Collection (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the APIs for using identities and the Identity Picker.
Cocoa, Core Foundation, Networking, Security, User Experience 2007-05-14
Automator Constants Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the constants defined in the Automator framework not described in individual classes.
Apple Applications, Cocoa 2007-05-10
NSObject Interface Builder Kit Additions Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes additional methods on the NSObject class used by Interface Builder.
Cocoa, Tools 2007-05-10
NSView Interface Builder Kit Additions Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes additional methods on the NSView class used by Interface Builder.
Cocoa, Tools 2007-05-10
CTGlyphInfo Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Core Text opaque type used to override a font's mapping from Unicode to the glyph ID.
Carbon, Text & Fonts 2007-05-09
QCCompositionParameterView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class used to edit the input parameters of a composition in a view.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2007-05-09
QCCompositionParameterViewDelegate Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol for responding to changes in a QCCompositionParameterView object.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2007-05-09
QCCompositionPickerPanel Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class used to display a utility window for browsing and selecting a composition.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2007-05-09
QCCompositionPickerView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class used to display a view for browsing and selecting a composition.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2007-05-09
QCCompositionPickerViewDelegate Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol for responding to changes in a QCCompositionPickerView object.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2007-05-09
QCCompositionRepository Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that represents a system-wide, central repository of Quartz Composer compositions.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2007-05-09
QCPlugInContext Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the protocol used by execution contexts.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2007-05-09
QCPlugInOutputImageProvider Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the methods for managing image data that's produced as output from a QCPlugIn object.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2007-05-09
QCPlugInViewController Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that provides a controller object for a user interface to edit the settings for a QCPlugIn object.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2007-05-09
QCRenderer Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class used to load, play, and control a Quartz Composer composition to an arbitrary OpenGL context.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2007-05-09
QCView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class used to load, play, and control a Quartz Composer composition to a custom NSView object.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2007-05-09
NSCoder_QTKitAdditions Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the API for managing QuickTime categories on the NSCoder class.
QuickTime 2007-05-07
NSValue_QTKitAdditions Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for managing QuickTime categories on the NSValue class.
QuickTime 2007-05-07
Open Scripting Architecture Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the API for compiling and executing scripts in applications and writing scripting components.
Carbon, Scripting & Automation 2007-05-07
CGImageDestination Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the opaque type for writing image data.
Graphics & Imaging 2007-05-04
CFReadStream Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the opaque type for reading a byte stream.
Core Foundation 2007-05-03
CFStream Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for using streams.
Core Foundation, Networking 2007-05-03
CFWriteStream Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the opaque type used for writing a byte stream.
Core Foundation 2007-05-03
Directory Service Reference Update (HTML) (PDF)
Summarizes the symbols added to the Directory Service framework.
Networking 2007-05-02
NSViewController Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class used to manage a view, usually a view stored in a nib file.
Cocoa 2007-05-02
CGGradient Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the functions that create and operate on Quartz gradient objects.
Graphics & Imaging 2007-05-01
Core Text String Attributes Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the CFAttributedString attributes recognized by Core Text.
Carbon, Text & Fonts 2007-05-01
CTFrame Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Core Text opaque type used to represent a frame containing multiple lines of text.
Carbon, Text & Fonts 2007-05-01
CTTextTab Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Core Text opaque type used to represent a tab in a paragraph style.
Carbon, Text & Fonts 2007-05-01
CTTypesetter Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Core Text opaque type used to represent a typesetter, which performs line layout.
Carbon, Text & Fonts 2007-05-01
QTMovieView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class for managing the display of QuickTime movies.
Cocoa, QuickTime 2007-05-01