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2008-03-11 Accessibility Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Removed the Children attribute from the Busy Indicator role information.
 Minor Change Guides Accessibility
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 Guides Apple Applications
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 Reference Audio
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 Guides Audio
2008-01-15 Audio Queue Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Clarified descriptions of the AudioQueueOutputCallback and AudioQueuePropertyListenerProc callback functions.
 Minor Change Reference Audio
2007-10-31 Audio Unit Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Clarified the discussion of audio unit parameters and automation.
 Minor Change Guides Audio
2008-04-08 Disc Recording Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Audio
2008-04-08 Disc Recording UI Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Audio
2007-10-31 DiscRecording Release Notes (HTML)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5
 Content Update Release Note Audio
2007-10-31 Core Foundation Framework Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5. Added link to CFFileDescriptor reference.
 Content Update Reference Core Foundation
2007-10-31 CoreFoundation Framework Release Notes (HTML)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5
 Content Update Release Note Core Foundation
2008-03-11 Strings Programming Guide for Core Foundation (HTML) (PDF)
Added information to "Handling External Representations of Strings" about string encodings that do not include a BOM.
 Minor Change Guides Core Foundation
2008-03-11 Strings Programming Guide for Core Foundation (HTML) (PDF)
Added information to "Handling External Representations of Strings" about string encodings that do not include a BOM.
 Minor Change Guides Data Management
2008-04-08 Uniform Type Identifiers Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Added information about the UTI character set.
 Minor Change Guides Data Management
2007-12-11 64-Bit Guide for Carbon Developers (HTML) (PDF)
Added information about vImage.
 Minor Change Guides Design Guidelines
2008-03-11 Apple Human Interface Guidelines (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed minor errors.
 Minor Change Guides Design Guidelines
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 Guides Design Guidelines
2007-09-14 Thread-safe programming in QuickTime (HTML)
Updated for QuickTime 7.3 and Mac OS X 10.5. Added QTKit information. Editorial corrections.
Content Update Technical Note Design Guidelines
2007-10-31 Apple Events Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Updated document links.
 Minor Change Guides Events & Other Input
2007-10-31 Carbon Event Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor technical corrections.
 Minor Change Reference Events & Other Input
2008-03-10 CarbonCocoaTempConverter (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Updated to produce a universal binary. Added code and comments for clarification.
 Content Update Sample Code Events & Other Input
2007-10-31 Event Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor technical and format changes.
 Minor Change Reference Events & Other Input
2008-01-23 Programmatically causing restart, shutdown and/or logout (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
Added information for daemon authors.
 Content Update Technical Q&A Events & Other Input
2007-10-31 Quartz Event Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
 Minor Change Reference Events & Other Input
2007-10-31 Carbon Core Release Notes (HTML)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
 Content Update Release Note File Management
2008-04-08 Disc Recording Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference File Management
2008-04-08 Disc Recording UI Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference File Management
2007-10-31 DiscRecording Release Notes (HTML)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5
 Content Update Release Note File Management
2007-09-24 Expanding Tilde-based paths (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&A File Management
2008-02-25 FSMegaInfo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Prints information about various file system objects; helpful when debugging VFS plug-ins.
 First Version Sample Code File Management
2007-10-31 Launch Services Release Notes (HTML)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
 Content Update Release Note File Management
2007-10-31 Resource Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Moved functions out of the Miscellaneous section. Added information about the ResType data type.
 Minor Change Reference File Management
2008-04-08 Uniform Type Identifiers Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Added information about the UTI character set.
 Minor Change Guides File Management
2008-01-04 AGL Changes for Mac OS X Leopard (v. 10.5) (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&A Games
2008-04-08 Animation Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typos.
 Minor Change Guides Games
2008-01-23 New HID Manager APIs for Mac OS X version 10.5 (HTML)
Fixed typo's, indentation and some (miss)parameterization. Run loop code now Carbon/Cocoa agnostic.
Minor Change Technical Note Games
2007-12-12 Requirements for Quartz GL (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&A Games
2007-10-31 Application Services Framework Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added Core Printing. Removed Launch Services.
 Content Update Reference General
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 Reference General
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 Reference General
2007-10-31 OS Services Framework Release Notes (HTML)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5
 First Version Release Note General
2008-04-08 2D Graphics Release Notes for Mac OS X v10.5 (HTML)
Update information on garbage collection.
 Minor Change Release Note Graphics & Imaging
2008-01-04 AGL Changes for Mac OS X Leopard (v. 10.5) (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&A Graphics & Imaging
2007-10-31 AGL Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated with three new functions.
 Content Update Reference Graphics & Imaging
2008-04-08 Animation Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typos.
 Minor Change Guides Graphics & Imaging
2007-10-31 CGImageProperties Reference (HTML) (PDF)
New document that describes property constants for source and destination images.
 First Version Reference Graphics & Imaging
2008-04-24 CIColorTracking (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
More comments. Fixed some errors in the project.
 Content Update Sample Code Graphics & Imaging
2007-10-31 Core Image Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
 Minor Change Guides Graphics & Imaging
2007-12-04 Display Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated legacy document information.
 Minor Change Reference Graphics & Imaging
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 Reference Graphics & Imaging
2008-04-08 Image Unit Tutorial (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected several technical errors in the code listings.
 Minor Change Guides Graphics & Imaging
2007-09-27 MassiveImage (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use a CGDataProvider to save a very large image with Image IO
 First Version Sample Code Graphics & Imaging
2007-12-11 PDF Kit Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor corrections.
 Minor Change Guides Graphics & Imaging
2007-12-11 Quartz 2D Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Revised text chapter and added a glossary.
 Content Update Guides Graphics & Imaging
2007-10-31 Quartz Display Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
 Minor Change Reference Graphics & Imaging
2007-12-12 Requirements for Quartz GL (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&A Graphics & Imaging
2007-11-01 Son of Grab (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use the new CGWindow to get window images from the Window Server.
 First Version Sample Code Graphics & Imaging
2007-10-31 Application Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor editorial corrections.
 Minor Change Reference Human Interface Toolbox
2008-04-08 Data Browser Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor technical fixes.
 Minor Change Reference Human Interface Toolbox
2007-10-31 Dialog Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor technical corrections and format changes.
 Minor Change Reference Human Interface Toolbox
2007-09-20 DTSCarbonShell (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Minor project update. No code change.
 Content Update Sample Code Human Interface Toolbox
2007-10-31 High Level Toolbox Release Notes (10.5) (HTML)
New document that describes new HIToolbox features and enhancements for Mac OS X v10.5.
 First Version Release Note Human Interface Toolbox
2008-03-11 High Level Toolbox Release Notes (10.5.2) (HTML)
New document that describes HIToolbox enhancements for Mac OS X v10.5.2.
 First Version Release Note Human Interface Toolbox
2007-10-31 HIView Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Added information about HICocoaView.
 Minor Change Guides Human Interface Toolbox
2007-12-11 List Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added deprecation information.
 Minor Change Reference Human Interface Toolbox
2007-10-31 Window Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor technical corrections.
 Content Update Reference Human Interface Toolbox
2007-10-31 GNU C/C++/Objective-C 4.0.1 Compiler User Guide (HTML)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
 Content Update Reference Intel-Based Macs
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 Guides Interapplication Communication
2007-10-31 AppleScript Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Updated to reflect AppleScript changes for Mac OS X version 10.5.
 Content Update Guides Interapplication Communication
2007-12-11 Scrap Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added deprecation information.
 Minor Change Reference Interapplication Communication
2008-04-24 Scripting Additions for Mac OS X (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
Add sample project.
 Minor Change Technical Note Interapplication Communication
2008-04-08 Uniform Type Identifiers Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Added information about the UTI character set.
 Minor Change Guides Interapplication Communication
2007-10-31 Carbon Core Release Notes (HTML)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
 Content Update Release Note Internationalization
2008-03-11 Strings Programming Guide for Core Foundation (HTML) (PDF)
Added information to "Handling External Representations of Strings" about string encodings that do not include a BOM.
 Minor Change Guides Internationalization
2008-04-08 JavaScriptCore Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Internet & Web
2008-03-25 Bonjour Printer Subtype for HTTP (HTML)
Restructured the document to clarify possible ambiguities.
 Minor Change Technical Q&A Networking
2007-10-31 OS Services Framework Release Notes (HTML)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5
 First Version Release Note Networking
2007-12-11 64-Bit Guide for Carbon Developers (HTML) (PDF)
Added information about vImage.
 Minor Change Guides Performance
2007-10-31 Multiprocessing Services Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor editorial and technical corrections.
 Minor Change Guides Performance
2008-02-08 Multiprocessing Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated the description of the MPRemoteCall function.
 Minor Change Reference Performance
2007-12-12 Requirements for Quartz GL (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&A Performance
2008-02-08 Threading Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Performed a major rewrite and update of thread-related concepts and tasks.
 Content Update Guides Performance
2007-12-11 64-Bit Guide for Carbon Developers (HTML) (PDF)
Added information about vImage.
 Minor Change Guides Porting
2008-01-23 New HID Manager APIs for Mac OS X version 10.5 (HTML)
Fixed typo's, indentation and some (miss)parameterization. Run loop code now Carbon/Cocoa agnostic.
Minor Change Technical Note Porting
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 Reference 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 Reference 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 Reference Printing
2007-10-31 Providing PDF Workflow Options in the Print Dialog (HTML) (PDF)
Added information about Automator workflows.
 Minor Change Guides Printing
2008-02-20 Customizing Process Stack Size (HTML)
Updated NSThread section for Leopard.
 Minor Change Technical Q&A Process Management
2007-11-05 Daemons and Agents (HTML)
Major update for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
 Content Update Technical Note Process Management
2008-04-14 Determining console user login status (HTML)
A complete rewrite to account for fast user switching, and to simplify the code.
 Minor Change Technical Q&A Process Management
2007-10-31 Multiprocessing Services Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor editorial and technical corrections.
 Minor Change Guides Process Management
2008-02-08 Multiprocessing Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated the description of the MPRemoteCall function.
 Minor Change Reference Process Management
2007-10-26 PreLoginAgents (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Pre-login launchd agents to display UI using AppKit and HIToolbox.
 First Version Sample Code Process Management
2007-12-04 Process Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated description of ProcessInformationCopyDictionary function.
 Minor Change Reference Process Management
2008-01-23 Programmatically causing restart, shutdown and/or logout (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
Added information for daemon authors.
 Content Update Technical Q&A Process Management
2008-02-08 Threading Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Performed a major rewrite and update of thread-related concepts and tasks.
 Content Update Guides Process Management
2007-11-16 HackTV Carbon (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Updated executable, now built using Mac OS X 10.5 GM tools
 Content Update Sample Code QuickTime
2008-03-11 How to work around HIMovieViewCreate failing (HTML)
Editorial
 Minor Change Technical Q&A QuickTime
2007-09-14 Thread-safe programming in QuickTime (HTML)
Updated for QuickTime 7.3 and Mac OS X 10.5. Added QTKit information. Editorial corrections.
Content Update Technical Note QuickTime
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