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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
2008-04-08 2D Graphics Release Notes for Mac OS X v10.5 (HTML)
Update information on garbage collection.
 Minor Change Release Note Carbon, Cocoa, Games, Graphics & Imaging
2008-04-08 64-Bit Transition Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed minor typographical errors and links.
 Minor Change Guides Darwin, Mac OS X, Open Source, Performance, Porting
2008-03-17 AbstractTree (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Fixed a typo in the definition of a leaf node.
 Minor Change Sample Code Cocoa, User Experience
2008-04-08 Accessibility (ApplicationServices/HIServices) Reference (HTML)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
 Minor Change Reference User Experience
2008-03-11 Accessibility Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Removed the Children attribute from the Busy Indicator role information.
 Minor Change Guides Carbon, Cocoa, Java, User Experience
2008-04-28 AirPort Developer Note (HTML)
Updated to include information on the iMac computers introduced in April 2008.
 Minor Change Guides Hardware & Drivers
2008-04-08 Animation Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typos.
 Minor Change Guides Carbon, Cocoa, Games, Graphics & Imaging
2008-04-08 Animation Types and Timing Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typos.
 Minor Change Guides Cocoa
2008-04-23 Aperture 2.1 SDK Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Update for Aperture 2.1 SDK.
 Content Update Guides Apple Applications
2008-04-23 Aperture 2.1 SDK Reference (HTML)
Documents the Aperture APIs for creating an export plug-in or an image editing plug-in.
 Content Update Reference Apple Applications
2008-03-11 Apple Human Interface Guidelines (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed minor errors.
 Minor Change Guides Carbon, Cocoa, Java, Mac OS X, 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
2008-03-11 AppleScript Language Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Updated to describe AppleScript features through Mac OS X v10.5 and AppleScript 2.0.
 Content Update Guides Carbon, Cocoa, Scripting & Automation
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
2008-04-28 Audio Developer Note (HTML)
Updated to include information on the iMac computers introduced in April 2008.
 Minor Change Guides Hardware & Drivers
2008-01-15 Audio Queue Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Clarified descriptions of the AudioQueueOutputCallback and AudioQueuePropertyListenerProc callback functions.
 Minor Change Reference Audio, Carbon
2008-02-29 Audio Units: Embedding a Carbon View in a Cocoa Window (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Note Audio
2008-01-30 Authorization for Everyone (HTML)
Updated to include BetterAuthorizationSample References.
 Minor Change Technical Note Carbon, Security
2008-04-28 Bluetooth Developer Note (HTML)
Updated to include information on the iMac computers introduced in April 2008.
 Minor Change Guides Hardware & Drivers
2008-04-08 Bluetooth Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Darwin, Hardware & Drivers
2008-04-08 Bluetooth User Interface Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Darwin, Hardware & Drivers
2008-03-25 Bonjour Printer Subtype for HTTP (HTML)
Restructured the document to clarify possible ambiguities.
 Minor Change Technical Q&A Apple Applications, Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Darwin, Enterprise IT, Networking, Open Source, Printing
2008-03-11 CAAnimationGroup Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Clarified that the animations grouped within a CAAnimationGroup do not get delegate messages, but that the group does.
 Content Update Reference Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging
2008-03-10 CALayer Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected method signature for removeAnimationForKey:.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging
2008-03-11 CAOpenGLLayer Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Clarified that copyCGLPixelFormatForDisplayMask:, copyCGLContextForPixelFormat:, releaseCGLContext:, and releaseCGLPixelFormat: should only be implemented, never called.
 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
2008-04-08 CFMachPort Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected description of CFMachPortCallBack's "msg" parameter.
 Minor Change Reference Core Foundation
2008-03-11 CFNetwork Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor typographical corrections and clarifications.
 Minor Change Guides Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Networking, Open Source, Security
2008-03-11 CFString Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added information to CFStringCreateExternalRepresentation function description about string encodings that do not include a BOM.
 Minor Change Reference Core Foundation, Internationalization
2008-04-08 CGAffineTransform Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor corrections.
 Minor Change Reference Graphics & Imaging
2008-04-08 CGContext Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made a minor typographical change.
 Minor Change Reference Graphics & Imaging
2008-04-08 CGDataProvider Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added the version field to two callback data structures.
 Minor Change Reference Graphics & Imaging
2008-04-08 CGGeometry Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor technical corrections.
 Minor Change Reference Graphics & Imaging
2008-04-08 CGImage Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added a cross reference to Quartz 2D Programming Guide.
 Minor Change Reference Graphics & Imaging
2008-04-08 CGPDFPage Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor corrections to the introduction.
 Minor Change Reference Graphics & Imaging
2008-04-24 CIColorTracking (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
More comments. Fixed some errors in the project.
 Content Update Sample Code Carbon, Cocoa, Games, Graphics & Imaging
2008-03-11 Cocoa Scripting Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Minor corrections for working with sdefs.
 Minor Change Guides Cocoa, Scripting & Automation
2008-02-27 Common mistakes with delegation in Cocoa (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&A Cocoa
2008-05-01 Compressing QuickTime Movies for the Web (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Note Internet & Web, QuickTime
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
2008-03-11 Core Animation Cookbook (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typos.
 Minor Change Guides Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging
2008-05-06 Core Animation Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typos.
 Minor Change Guides Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging
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
2008-04-08 Core MIDI Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Audio
2008-04-08 Core MIDI Server Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Audio
2008-04-08 Core Services Identity Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Core Foundation, Networking, Security
2008-02-08 Core Text Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed bad link to sample code in Introduction.
 Minor Change Guides Carbon, Text & Fonts
2008-04-08 CPlusTest Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Carbon, Tools
2008-04-01 CrashReporter (HTML)
Corrected a long-standing mistyping of the srr0 register name.
 Minor Change Technical Note Tools
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 Darwin, Networking, Security
2008-03-11 Cursor Management (HTML) (PDF)
Updated information about cursor size and types. Replaced one article with a more relevant article.
 Minor Change Guides Cocoa
2008-02-20 Customizing Process Stack Size (HTML)
Updated NSThread section for Leopard.
 Minor Change Technical Q&A Carbon, Cocoa, Darwin
2008-04-08 Darwin Notification API Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Darwin, Networking, Open Source
2008-04-08 Data Browser Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor technical fixes.
 Minor Change Reference Carbon, User Experience
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 Carbon, Cocoa, Darwin
2008-04-08 Directory Service Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Mac OS X Server, Networking, Open Source
2008-02-27 Disabling text completion in an NSTextField (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&A Cocoa
2008-04-08 Disc Recording Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Audio, Carbon, Cocoa
2008-04-08 Disc Recording UI Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Audio, Carbon, Cocoa, User Experience
2008-04-08 Disk Arbitration Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Darwin, Hardware & Drivers
2008-04-23 DNS Service Discovery API Reference for C (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Darwin, Networking, Open Source
2008-03-25 Drawing attributed strings that are both filled and stroked (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&A Cocoa, Text & Fonts
2008-01-17 Embedding Bonjour in Windows Applications (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Note Networking, Porting, 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
2008-04-28 Ethernet Developer Note (HTML)
Updated to include information on the iMac computers introduced in April 2008.
 Minor Change Guides Hardware & Drivers
2008-03-11 File System Events Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed typos.
 Minor Change Guides Core Foundation, Darwin, Storage
2008-04-08 FireWire Audio User Library Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Audio, Hardware & Drivers
2008-04-28 FireWire Developer Note (HTML)
Updated to include information on the iMac computers introduced in April 2008.
 Minor Change Guides Hardware & Drivers
2008-02-08 Font Handling (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typo in "Responding to Font Changes" code example.
 Minor Change Guides Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, Text & Fonts
2008-04-08 Force Feedback Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Darwin, Games, Hardware & Drivers, User Experience
2008-03-11 Foundation Data Types Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated float to CGFloat where appropriate.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-02-08 Foundation Functions Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected minor typographical errors.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa
2008-04-08 FSEvents Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Core Foundation, Darwin
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
2008-03-11 Garbage Collection Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typographical errors.
 Minor Change Guides 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
2008-04-08 HeaderDoc User Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
Content Update Guides Darwin, Open Source, Tools
2008-04-09 HID Explorer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Update for new Leopard API's and Universal Binary. Dropped MWCW, Project Builder and CFM support.
Content Update Sample Code Games, User Experience
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 Carbon
2008-04-24 How can I find out what non-RGB pixel formats a codec supports? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
Editorial
 Minor Change Technical Q&A QuickTime
2008-03-27 How to get a native QuickTime movie object from the QuickTime ActiveX/COM control (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&A QuickTime
2008-03-11 How to work around HIMovieViewCreate failing (HTML)
Editorial
 Minor Change Technical Q&A Carbon, QuickTime, Tools
2008-04-08 I/O Kit Framework Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Audio, Darwin, Hardware & Drivers
2008-03-31 iChatStatusFromApplication (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Updated to ensure compatibility with Xcode Tools 3.0 and Mac OS X version 10.5.
 Minor Change Sample Code Apple Applications
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
2008-01-08 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
2008-04-08 IKImageView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added information to the delegate property.
 Minor Change Reference Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging
2008-04-28 iMac Developer Note (HTML)
New document that specifies the internal design, I/O features, and expansion capabilities of iMac computers introduced in April 2008.
 First Version Guides Hardware & Drivers
2008-04-08 Image Capture Applications Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Graphics & Imaging
2008-04-08 Image Capture Device Modules Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Graphics & Imaging, Hardware & Drivers
2008-04-08 Image Unit Tutorial (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected several technical errors in the code listings.
 Minor Change Guides Carbon, Cocoa, Games, Graphics & Imaging
2008-01-24 ImageApp (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Fixed memory leaks. Upgraded project to Xcode 2.5.
 Content Update 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
2008-05-02 Java for Mac OS X v10.5 Update 1 Release Notes (HTML) (PDF)
First version of Java for Mac OS X v10.5 Update 1 Release Notes.
 First Version Release Note Internet & Web, Java, Mac OS X Server, Security
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