Reference Library
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2008-06-18 BootstrapDump (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Fix a benign bug that was tripping an assert.
 Minor Change Sample Code Interprocess Communication, Process Management
2008-06-09 Using Doxygen to Create Xcode Documentation Sets (HTML)
First Version Articles Open Source
2008-06-03 Getting a Packet Trace (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
Streamlined product descriptions and reorganized the Miscellaneous notes. Restructured entire document and added additional packages. Added additional Hub/Switch information.
 Minor Change Technical Q&As Networking
2008-04-29 Mac OS X Man Pages (HTML)
Updated Java manual pages.
 Content Update Reference General, Networking, Tools
2008-04-23 DNS Service Discovery API Reference for C (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Networking
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&As Process Management
2008-04-08 64-Bit Transition Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed minor typographical errors and links.
 Minor Change Guides Interprocess Communication, Performance, Porting
2008-04-08 Bluetooth Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Hardware & Drivers
2008-04-08 Bluetooth User Interface Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Hardware & Drivers
2008-04-08 Darwin Notification API Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference General, Interprocess Communication
2008-04-08 Disk Arbitration Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference General
2008-04-08 Force Feedback Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Hardware & Drivers
2008-04-08 FSEvents Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference File Management
2008-04-08 HeaderDoc User Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
Content Update Guides Tools
2008-04-08 I/O Kit Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference General, Hardware & Drivers
2008-04-08 Kernel Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference General, Hardware & Drivers
2008-04-08 Network Kernel Extensions Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Added additional details about msleep function.
 Minor Change Guides Kernel, Networking
2008-04-08 Porting UNIX/Linux Applications to Mac OS X (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed minor typographical errors and omissions.
 Minor Change Guides Porting, Tools
2008-04-08 System Configuration Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Networking
2008-03-25 Bonjour Printer Subtype for HTTP (HTML)
Restructured the document to clarify possible ambiguities.
 Minor Change Technical Q&As Networking, Printing
2008-03-25 Supported KPIs (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&As Kernel
2008-03-19 UTXplorer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses the <utmpx.h> API to display current login sessions and login history.
 First Version Sample Code Process Management
2008-03-17 CryptNoMore (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Corrected a bug with Open Directory-based authentication that was uncovered by Mac OS X 10.5. Also, Open Directory authentication now works correctly when built 64-bit.
 Content Update Sample Code Security
2008-03-11 File System Events Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed typos.
 Minor Change Guides File Management, Interprocess Communication, Kernel, Performance
2008-03-11 Network Device Driver Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Added note about how to remove the IP protocol from an interface to permit KEXT unloading.
 Minor Change Guides Hardware & Drivers
2008-03-11 Suppressing the "unexpectedly quit" alert (HTML)
Updated content for Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5. Fixed a typographical error. "~Library/Preferences/com.apple.CrashReporter.plist" should be "~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.CrashReporter.plist."
 Minor Change Technical Q&As Security
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
2008-02-20 Customizing Process Stack Size (HTML)
Updated NSThread section for Leopard.
 Minor Change Technical Q&As Process Management, Resource Management
2008-02-08 Security Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Added descriptions of new features for Mac OS X v10.5.
 Minor Change Guides Security
2008-01-23 Programmatically causing restart, shutdown and/or logout (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
Added information for daemon authors.
 Content Update Technical Q&As Hardware & Drivers
2008-01-04 Kernel's MAC framework (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&As Kernel