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2008-03-11 How to work around HIMovieViewCreate failing (HTML)
Editorial
 Minor Change Technical Q&A Carbon, QuickTime, Tools
2008-03-11 Managing QTCompressionOptions - An overview of the QTCompressionOptionsWindow sample (HTML)
Editorial
 Minor Change Technical Note Cocoa, QuickTime
2008-03-11 Movie Import Components - MovieImportDataRef Invoked For File Import Operations (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&A QuickTime
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 Darwin, Hardware & Drivers, Networking
2008-03-11 NSDocument Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Revised descriptions of saveDocumentWithDelegate:didSaveSelector:contextInfo: and isDocumentEdited methods. Added descriptions (previously removed) of deprecated methods no longer appearing in header file.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-03-11 NSDocumentController Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Removed false statement that reviewUnsavedDocumentsWithAlertTitle:cancellable:delegate:didReviewAllSelector:contextInfo: can ever return NO for cancellable.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-03-11 NSFontDescriptor Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added description of NSFontFamilyClassMask constant.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-03-11 NSMethodSignature Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added a live link to a cross-reference in the Overview section.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-03-11 NSObject Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated the descriptions of the methods copyScriptingValue:forKey:withProperties: and newScriptingObjectOfClass:forValueForKey:withContentsValue:properties:.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-03-11 NSPersistentStoreCoordinator Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected minor typographical errors.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-03-11 NSPrintInfo Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor technical corrections.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Printing
2008-03-11 NSProgressIndicator Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typos.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa, User Experience
2008-03-11 NSSearchFieldCell Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Disambiguated the descriptions of the methods setSendsSearchStringImmediately: and setSendsWholeSearchString:.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa, User Experience
2008-03-11 NSSet Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added NSFastEnumeration to list of adopted protocols.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-03-11 NSString Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added paragraph to introduction describing the byte-order assumptions of factory and initialization methods taking UTF-16 input.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-03-11 NSURLCache Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated discussion for the -sharedURLCache method.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking
2008-03-11 NSView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected information about the isOpaque method that's found in the discussion of the drawRect: method.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, Printing
2008-03-11 QTKit Capture - Specifying Media Compression Settings (HTML)
Editorial
 Minor Change Technical Q&A Graphics & Imaging, QuickTime
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 Guides Cocoa, Scripting & Automation
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 Carbon, Core Foundation, Internationalization, Open Source, Text & Fonts
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&A Carbon, Cocoa, Darwin
2008-03-11 WebObjects 5.4.1 Reference (HTML)
Updated for WebObjects 5.4.1.
Content Update Reference Internet & Web, Java, Mac OS X Server, Tools
2008-03-10 CALayer Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected method signature for removeAnimationForKey:.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging
2008-03-10 CarbonCocoaTempConverter (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Updated to produce a universal binary. Added code and comments for clarification.
 Content Update Sample Code Carbon, Cocoa
2008-03-06 Missing Results in Xcode Project Find Window (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&A Tools
2008-03-06 QTKit Capture - Setting DecompressedVideoOutput CVPixelBuffer Attributes (HTML)
Editorial
 Minor Change Technical Q&A QuickTime
2008-03-05 PhotoSearch (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Removed pre-Leopard workarounds for highlighting cells. Also replaced deprecated -selectRows:byExtendingSelection: and -columnsInRect: with their modern NSIndexSet replacements.
 Content Update Sample Code Cocoa
2008-03-04 15-Inch MacBook Pro Developer Note (HTML)
New document that specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the 15-inch MacBook Pro computer introduced in February 2008.
 First Version Guides Hardware & Drivers
2008-03-04 17-Inch MacBook Pro Developer Note (HTML)
New document that specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the 17-inch MacBook Pro computer introduced in February 2008.
 First Version Guides Hardware & Drivers
2008-03-04 MacBook Developer Note (HTML)
New document that specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the MacBook computer introduced in February 2008.
 First Version Guides Hardware & Drivers
2008-02-29 Audio Units: Embedding a Carbon View in a Cocoa Window (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Note Audio
2008-02-28 SBSendEmail (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Using the Scripting Bridge to tell Mail.app to send an email message with an optional attachment.
 First Version Sample Code Cocoa, Internet & Web, Scripting & Automation
2008-02-27 Common mistakes with delegation in Cocoa (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&A Cocoa
2008-02-27 Disabling text completion in an NSTextField (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&A Cocoa
2008-02-27 NSDate - Natural language date parsing in early Leopard releases (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&A Cocoa
2008-02-25 FSMegaInfo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Prints information about various file system objects; helpful when debugging VFS plug-ins.
 First Version Sample Code Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Darwin
2008-02-22 QTCompressionOptionsWindow (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how easy it is to manage QTCompressionOptions instances with a user interface.
 First Version Sample Code Cocoa, QuickTime
2008-02-21 Xserve G5 Developer Note (HTML) (PDF)
Redirected website reference links.
 Minor Change Guides Hardware & Drivers
2008-02-20 Customizing Process Stack Size (HTML)
Updated NSThread section for Leopard.
 Minor Change Technical Q&A Carbon, Cocoa, Darwin
2008-02-20 PowerMac G4 (HTML) (PDF)
Redirected website reference links.
 Minor Change Guides Hardware & Drivers
2008-02-08 Application Kit Functions Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated thread safety information for the NSApplicationMain function.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-02-08 Atomic Store Programming Topics (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typographical errors.
Minor Change Guides Cocoa
2008-02-08 Core Audio Glossary (HTML) (PDF)
Added definition for "Core Audio"; clarified definition for V1 audio units.
 Minor Change Reference Audio
2008-02-08 Core Audio Glossary (HTML)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
 First Version Guides Audio
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 Guides Cocoa
2008-02-08 Core Data Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Enhanced the discussions of legacy data importing and memory management.
 Minor Change Guides Cocoa
2008-02-08 Core Text Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed bad link to sample code in Introduction.
 Minor Change Guides Carbon, Text & Fonts
2008-02-08 Font Handling (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typo in "Responding to Font Changes" code example.
 Minor Change Guides Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, Text & Fonts
2008-02-08 Foundation Functions Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected minor typographical errors.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-02-08 GLUT (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
1) Better Joystick/Spaceball handling. 2) Better startup times. 3) Fixed issue with leaving gamemode. 4) Improved bundled appilcation handing. 5) Improved mouse button handling. 6) Fixed issue with child menu handling.
 Minor Change Sample Code Graphics & Imaging
2008-02-08 Instruments User Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Explained how playing protected content affects systemwide data collection.
 Minor Change Guides Tools
2008-02-08 JavaScript Scripting Guide for QuickTime (HTML) (PDF)
Added new QuickTime JavaScript DOM events, workarounds for calling JavaScript functions from QuickTime using Iframes, and JavaScript chapter functions.
 Content Update Guides Internet & Web, QuickTime, Scripting & Automation
2008-02-08 Low-Level Core Data Tutorial (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
 Content Update Guides Cocoa
2008-02-08 Low-Level File Management Programming Topics (HTML) (PDF)
Removed references to deprecated Java classes.
 Minor Change Guides Cocoa
2008-02-08 Memory Management Programming Guide for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected a broken link to the "Carbon-Cocoa Integration Guide."
 Minor Change Guides Cocoa
2008-02-08 Model Object Implementation Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected the implementation example for setNilValueForKey:; updated the examples for dependent keys.
 Minor Change Guides Cocoa
2008-02-08 Multiprocessing Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated the description of the MPRemoteCall function.
 Minor Change Reference Carbon
2008-02-08 NSAnimationContext Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typos.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-02-08 NSAutoreleasePool Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typographical errors.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Performance
2008-02-08 NSConnection Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated information for the enableMultipleThreads method.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-02-08 NSCursor Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Clarified the function of the currentCursor method.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa, User Experience
2008-02-08 NSData Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typographical errors.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-02-08 NSDictionary Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typographical errors.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-02-08 NSEntityDescription Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated the discussion of the method insertNewObjectForEntityForName:inManagedObjectContext: for Mac OS X v10.5.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-02-08 NSExpression Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected errors in the table describing the expressionForFunction:arguments: method.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-02-08 NSFetchRequest Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected the discussion of the resultType method.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-02-08 NSLocale Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Enhanced the description of the NSLocaleMeasurementSystem constant.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Internationalization, User Experience
2008-02-08 NSLock Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added a warning describing what happens when you unlock a lock that is not currently locked.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-02-08 NSMenu Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected parameter descriptions for popUpContextMenu:withEvent:forView:withFont:.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa, User Experience
2008-02-08 NSMenuItem Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected the discussion for setKeyEquivalentModifierMask:.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa, User Experience
2008-02-08 NSNetService Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typographical errors.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Networking
2008-02-08 NSNumber Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Clarified the restricted return values that the (NSValue) objCType method returns.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-02-08 NSPasteboard Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Enhanced discussions of color and URL pasteboard types.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-02-08 NSPersistentDocument Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected a minor link error.
Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-02-08 NSPersistentDocument Core Data Tutorial (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typographical errors.
 Minor Change Guides Cocoa
2008-02-08 NSRuleEditor Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Removed a broken link.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-02-08 NSRunLoop Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated the description of the runMode:beforeDate: method.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Performance
2008-02-08 NSTimeZone Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Enhanced the discussions of the methods systemTimeZone and resetSystemTimeZone.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Internationalization
2008-02-08 Number and Value Programming Topics for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
Minor Change Guides Cocoa
2008-02-08 The Objective-C 2.0 Programming Language (HTML) (PDF)
Extended the discussion of properties to include mutable objects.
 Minor Change Guides Cocoa, Tools
2008-02-08 OpenGL Driver Monitor User Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed a link.
 Minor Change Guides Graphics & Imaging, Tools
2008-02-08 OpenGL Profiler User Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed a link.
 Minor Change Guides Graphics & Imaging, Tools
2008-02-08 OutputBins2PDE (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A Printer PDE demonstrating new features in 10.5
 First Version Sample Code Printing
2008-02-08 Quick Look Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected minor errors.
 Minor Change Guides Carbon, Cocoa, User Experience
2008-02-08 Re-enabling dragging from NSTableView to other applications (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
Updated for resolution of issue in Mac OS X 10.4.
 Minor Change Technical Q&A Cocoa, User Experience
2008-02-08 Search Fields (HTML) (PDF)
Clarified the behavior of the cancel button.
Minor Change Guides Cocoa, User Experience
2008-02-08 Security Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Added descriptions of new features for Mac OS X v10.5.
 Minor Change Guides Carbon, Cocoa, Darwin, Mac OS X, Networking, Open Source, Security
2008-02-08 Text Editing Programming Guide for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typographical errors.
 Minor Change Guides Cocoa, Text & Fonts
2008-02-08 Threading Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Performed a major rewrite and update of thread-related concepts and tasks.
 Content Update Guides Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Performance
2008-02-08 Xcode Source Management Guide (HTML) (PDF)
New document that describes how to manage source changes using source control and snapshots.
 First Version Guides Tools
2008-02-08 Xcode User Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Moved source control content to Xcode Source Management Guide.
 Minor Change Guides Carbon, Cocoa, Java, Tools
2008-02-08 Xserve Developer Note (HTML)
Specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the 4-core and 8-core Xserve introduced in January 2008.
Minor Change Guides Hardware & Drivers
2008-02-06 OpenGL Filter Basics Cocoa (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to use Objective-C and MVC design patterns in installing and utilizing filters in an OpenGL rendering pipeline
 First Version Sample Code Cocoa, Games, Graphics & Imaging, Performance
2008-01-30 Authorization for Everyone (HTML)
Updated to include BetterAuthorizationSample References.
 Minor Change Technical Note Carbon, Security
2008-01-29 MyRecorder (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Added code to specify audio & video compression options when recording.
 Content Update Sample Code QuickTime
2008-01-29 QTControlCommandLine (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Using the QuickTime COM Control object from the command line to export a movie to a different file format
 First Version Sample Code QuickTime
2008-01-24 ImageApp (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Fixed memory leaks. Upgraded project to Xcode 2.5.
 Content Update Sample Code Graphics & Imaging
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 Carbon, Games, Hardware & Drivers, Porting, User Experience
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 Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Darwin, Hardware & Drivers, Mac OS X Server, Tools
2008-01-21 Connecting the Font Menu in Interface Builder 3 (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&A Cocoa, Text & Fonts, Tools, User Experience
2008-01-21 Enabling the application menu's "Preferences" menu item on Mac OS X (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&A Cocoa, User Experience
2008-01-21 QTAudioContextInsert (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Editorial
 Minor Change Sample Code Audio, Cocoa, QuickTime
2008-01-18 IconCollection (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use NSCollectionView along with NSWorkspace and named images to determine its content.
 First Version Sample Code Cocoa, User Experience
2008-01-18 MacBook Air Developer Note (HTML)
New document specifies internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the MacBook Air computer introduced in January 2008. First public release.
 First Version Guides Hardware & Drivers
2008-01-18 WhackedTV (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Fixed a bug in SGAudioSettings.mm where multiple audio devices with the same name would only be listed once.
 Content Update Sample Code Audio, Carbon, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, QuickTime
2008-01-17 Embedding Bonjour in Windows Applications (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Note Networking, Porting, User Experience
2008-01-15 Apple JavaScript Coding Guidelines (HTML) (PDF)
Changed the title from "JavaScript Coding Guidelines for Mac OS X."
 Minor Change Guides Apple Applications, Internet & Web, QuickTime, Scripting & Automation, Tools
2008-01-15 Audio Queue Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Clarified descriptions of the AudioQueueOutputCallback and AudioQueuePropertyListenerProc callback functions.
 Minor Change Reference Audio, Carbon
2008-01-15 QuickTime Media Optimization Properties (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&A QuickTime
2008-01-15 Safari CSS Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made changes to terminology.
 Minor Change Reference Apple Applications, Internet & Web, Open Source
2008-01-15 Safari HTML Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Moved reference information for the viewport meta key from Safari Web Content Guide for iPhone.
 Minor Change Reference Apple Applications, Internet & Web, Open Source
2008-01-15 Web Kit DOM Reference (HTML)
Fixed missing content.
 Minor Change Reference Apple Applications, Cocoa, Internet & Web, Scripting & Automation, Tools
2008-01-09 Mac Pro Developer Note (HTML)
New document that specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of the 8-core Mac Pro computers introduced in January 2008.
 First Version Guides Hardware & Drivers
2008-01-08 Identifying Java on Mac OS X (HTML)
Version info for Java for Mac OS X 10.5 and Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 6 (Tiger)
 Minor Change Technical Note Java, Porting
2008-01-08 QuickTime Audio - Rendering QuickTime Movie audio to a specific Audio Device (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&A QuickTime
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