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PrefsPane (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A Cocoa sample System Preferences bundle that demonstrates how to use the NSPreferencePane class.
Cocoa, User Experience 2007-06-06
SpeedometerView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to make a custom NSView.
Cocoa, User Experience 2007-06-06
WebKitPluginStarter (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to make a minimal WebKit plug-in.
Apple Applications, Cocoa, Internet & Web 2007-06-06
WebKitPluginWithJavaScript (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to call JavaScript from a WebKit plug-in and vice versa.
Apple Applications, Cocoa, Internet & Web 2007-06-06
CoreTextArc (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates the use of fonts, lines, and runs in a CoreText text drawing Carbon application.
Carbon, Core Foundation, Text & Fonts, User Experience 2007-06-04
WebKitPluginWithSimpleGUI (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A WebKit plug-in with an Interface Builder GUI
Apple Applications, Cocoa, Internet & Web 2007-06-04
AppleFWAudio Vendor Specific Override Driver (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
This KEXT allows third-party vendors to customize AppleFWAudio with their own device-specific information.
Hardware & Drivers 2007-06-01
Core Data HTML Store (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Implementation of a Core Data atomic store based on HTML tables
Cocoa 2007-06-01
NewsReader (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates use of the Publication Subscription framework to create a simple RSS reader application.
Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking 2007-06-01
OSXAdapter (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Hooks into the Mac OS X Application Menu with the com.apple.eawt classes via reflection.
Java 2007-06-01
TextLayoutDemo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Customizing NSTextView with NSLayoutManager and a custom NSTextContainer.
Cocoa, Text & Fonts, User Experience 2007-06-01
TimelineToTC (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Sample application demonstrating parsing/conversion of FCP XML Files.
Apple Applications 2007-06-01
CrossEvents (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to send CarbonEvents and NSNotifications between Carbon and Cocoa.
Carbon, Cocoa 2007-05-31
Departments and Employees (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Source code for NSPersistentDocument Core Data Tutorial.
Cocoa 2007-05-31
SimpleUserClient (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to create a user client for an I/O Kit kernel driver.
Audio, Darwin, Hardware & Drivers, Mac OS X Server 2007-05-31
SMARTQuery (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstration of how to access and use S.M.A.R.T. disk monitoring functionality
Hardware & Drivers, Mac OS X Server, Storage 2007-05-30
HIView-NSView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to embed an NSView within an HIView in a Carbon window.
Carbon, Porting, User Experience 2007-05-29
StarMenu (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to create a Custom Star Shape menu using the new HIMenuView class.
Carbon 2007-05-24
AutoSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to run and display Automator workflows in your application.
Cocoa, Scripting & Automation 2007-05-23
ObjectPath (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the NSPathControl class.
Cocoa, User Experience 2007-05-22
VideoHardwareInfo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Query VRAM, Quartz Extreme support, OpenGL extensions and renderer, GLSL version and support.
Cocoa, Games, Graphics & Imaging 2007-05-14
vDSP Examples (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
vDSP sample code
Performance 2007-05-10
LSMSmartCategorizer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates the Latent Semantic Mapping (LSM) framework by automatically categorize RSS feeds.
Cocoa, Internet & Web, Networking 2007-05-09
HIFleetingControls (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Implements fleeting controls such as seen in QuickTime Player full screen mode or iPhoto slideshow
Carbon 2007-05-08
KauthORama (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Prints each Kauth request, illustrating how Kauth interacts with high-level operations, like copying files.
Darwin, Security 2007-04-30
DatePicker (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the NSDatePicker control.
Cocoa, User Experience 2007-04-25
SearchField (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use and customize the features of the "NSSearchField" control.
Cocoa, User Experience 2007-04-25
QTRecorder (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use the new QTKit capture classes introduced in 10.5.
Cocoa, QuickTime 2007-04-10
PictureTaker (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates the PictureTaker in a basic Cocoa application
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2007-04-02
MultiprecisionFP (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to utilize the gmp and arprec multiprecision floating point packages on Mac OS X
Mac OS X Server, Open Source, Performance 2007-03-26
CocoaSpeechSynthesisExample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use the Carbon Speech Synthesis API from within a Mac OS X Cocoa application.
Games, User Experience 2007-03-23
ImageBrowser (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates the ImageKit's IKImageBrowserView to browse images in a basic Cocoa application.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2007-03-13
AESendThreadSafe (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to send Apple events from threads other than the main thread.
Carbon, Cocoa 2007-03-09
CallJS (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to call JavaScripts on a web page in a WebView from Objective-C and vice versa
Cocoa, Internet & Web 2007-03-09
ScriptingDefinitions (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Provides a starting sdef (scripting definition) and a completed one for the Sketch example code.
Scripting & Automation 2007-03-05
SimpleScripting (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates the minimal steps required to make an application scriptable.
Scripting & Automation 2007-03-05
SimpleScriptingObjects (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to add scriptable objects to an AppleScriptable application.
Scripting & Automation 2007-03-05
SimpleScriptingProperties (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to add some properties to the terminology provided by an AppleScriptable application.
Scripting & Automation 2007-03-05
SimpleScriptingVerbs (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to add verbs to the terminology provided by an AppleScriptable application.
Scripting & Automation 2007-03-05
TrackIt (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the NSTrackingArea class.
Cocoa, User Experience 2007-03-05
SimpleCarbonAppleScript (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A simple example illustrating how to add readable and writable AppleScript properties to Carbon Application.
Scripting & Automation 2007-03-01
Grady (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the NSGradient class.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, User Experience 2007-02-28
RecordAudioToFile (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates recording audio to an AAC file using Core Audio
Audio, Carbon, Games, Performance 2007-02-27
TwoManyControllers (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to use an intermediate NSArrayController to populate an NSTableView across two to-many relationships.
Cocoa, User Experience 2007-02-23
SCSIHBAEmulator (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstration of how to implement a virtual parallel tasking SCSI host bus adapter (HBA)
Darwin, Hardware & Drivers, Mac OS X Server 2007-02-20
UIElementInspector (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates using the Accessibility API introduced in Mac OS X 10.2, which allows manipulation of an application's UI.
Cocoa, User Experience 2007-02-19
FSReplaceObject (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
FSReplaceObject is an example command line tool showing how to exercise the FSReplaceObject and FSPathReplaceObject related APIs.
Carbon 2007-02-14
SoftVDigX (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates the "Compressed Source" model and an updated implementation of the Video Digitizer APIs for Mac OS X.
QuickTime 2007-02-14
Cocoa_With_Carbon_or_CPP (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to call Carbon routines and C++ code from within an Objective-C Cocoa program.
Carbon, Cocoa 2007-02-05
CarbonCocoa_PictureCursor (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use NSCursor from a Carbon based application.
Carbon, Cocoa, Porting, User Experience 2007-01-12
CoreTextTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to handle the CoreText objects to display text.
Carbon, Core Foundation, Text & Fonts 2006-12-19
SCSIOldAndNew (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates a backward-compatible technique for communicating with SCSI parallel devices on Mac OS X.
Hardware & Drivers 2006-12-07
SetMouseAcclSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Find HID System Manager and get/set cursor acceleration
Carbon, Cocoa, Games, Hardware & Drivers, User Experience 2006-11-28
tcplognke (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates a TCP socket filter based on supported Kernel Programming Interfaces for Tiger
Hardware & Drivers, Networking 2006-11-27
EmptyFS (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A very simple VFS plug-in that mounts a volume that is completely empty.
Darwin 2006-11-09
LittleArrowsShowcase (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to increment and decrement the LittleArrows value when the user clicks on the up and down buttons.
Carbon 2006-11-09
MFSLives (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Sample VFS plug-in for the Macintosh File System (MFS) volume format, as used on 400KB floppies.
Darwin 2006-11-09
QTExtractAndConvertToAIFF (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates using MovieAudioExtraction and an AudioConverter to extract and convert audio to a AIFF file.
Audio, Cocoa, QuickTime 2006-11-08
QTExtractAndConvertToMovieFile (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates using MovieAudioExtraction and an AudioConverter to extract and convert audio to a QuickTime movie file.
Audio, Cocoa, QuickTime 2006-11-08
NSFontAttributeExplorer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to gather and display various metric information for installed fonts using NSFont.
Cocoa, Text & Fonts, User Experience 2006-10-26
TremoloUnit (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Audio unit sample demonstrating how to build an effect unit with a generic view.
Audio, Carbon, Cocoa 2006-10-26
SimplePlayThru (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Use the HAL's Audio Output Unit (AUHAL) for device input and output on a single device (play-thru)
Audio, Carbon, Games, Hardware & Drivers 2006-10-25
AppleJavaExtensions (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Stub classes for compiling com.apple.eawt/com.apple.eio references on non-Mac OS X platforms.
Java 2006-10-17
SeeMyFriends (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to use SyncServices API in a Carbon (HLTB) based application
Apple Applications, Carbon 2006-10-16
USBPrivateDataSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates notifications when a USB device is hotplugged and associating arbitrary data with each device.
Hardware & Drivers 2006-10-16
VolumeToBSDNode (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to iterate across all mounted volumes and retrieve their BSD node names.
Carbon, Darwin, Hardware & Drivers, Mac OS X Server, Storage 2006-10-16
CFFTPSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A simple example showing how to use CFFTPStream to download and upload files.
Core Foundation, Networking 2006-10-13
CFPrefTopScores (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to access globally shared (writable) user preferences without requiring authentication.
Carbon, Core Foundation, Games, Porting 2006-10-09
MyCustomColorPicker (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to write a custom color picker using Cocoa.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, User Experience 2006-10-09
RecentItems (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Implements "Recent items" menu(s)
Carbon, Core Foundation 2006-10-09
SampleCMPlugIn (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A contextual menu plugIn for Mac OS X.
Carbon, Scripting & Automation 2006-10-09
CarbonBonjour (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates using CFNetServices (Bonjour) in a Carbon application.
Carbon, Core Foundation, Networking 2006-10-03
CxxNewDelete (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to override the C++ 'new' and 'delete' operators.
Tools 2006-10-03
CarbonQuartzComposer_TV (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to integrate Cocoa based QuartzComposer window into a Carbon based application
Carbon, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, Porting 2006-10-02
ImageBackground (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to draw an image in the background of an NSOutlineView and NSTableView.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, User Experience 2006-10-02
PBORenderToVertexArray (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
This sample demonstrates render-to-vertex-array using FBO, PBO, and VBO.
Graphics & Imaging 2006-10-02
VendorSpecificType00 (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to access vendor-specific storage device functionality using a simple interface from user space code.
Darwin, Hardware & Drivers 2006-10-02
CITransitionSelectorSample2 (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Showing all available Core Image transitions in a scrollable NSOpenGLView
Graphics & Imaging 2006-09-18
FBOBunnies (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use framebuffer objects (FBO)
Graphics & Imaging, Performance 2006-09-18
Quartz2DBasics (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Carbon and Cocoa sample code demonstrating some basic usage of the Quartz 2D API
Carbon, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging 2006-09-11
InstallerPluginSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Provides instructions for extending software installation using custom plugins
Games, Tools, User Experience 2006-08-30
SCAudioCompress (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates audio compression using QuickTime Standard Audio Compression Component
QuickTime 2006-08-22
StickiesExample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Contains sample code and tools used by Sync Services Tutorial to demonstrate debugging syncing applications.
Apple Applications, Carbon, Cocoa, Internet & Web, User Experience 2006-08-08
QCFundamentals (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates Coordinate, Interpolation, and Iterative systems in Quartz Composer with an amusing animation
Apple Applications, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, Tools 2006-08-07
QCGalaxy (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates use of Particle Systems and Core Image Filters in Quartz Composer
Apple Applications, Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, Tools 2006-08-07
ABPresence (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Displays a list of all the people in your Address Book and their iChat status.
Apple Applications, Carbon, Cocoa, Internet & Web, Storage, User Experience 2006-08-04
HIToolboxSOU-Delegates (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use the HIObject Delegate API.
Carbon 2006-08-04
HIToolboxSOU-MenuItemViews (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use the Menu Item View API.
Carbon 2006-08-04
iChatAppleScriptSamples (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Sample AppleScripts demonstrating new iChat AppleScript features in Leopard, including Event Handlers.
Apple Applications 2006-08-04
SayIt (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Web Kit plug-in which speaks text passed via JavaScript
Apple Applications, Cocoa, Internet & Web, User Experience 2006-08-04
Watcher (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses FSEvents to monitor a directory hierarchy to keep track of its total size
Carbon, Cocoa, Core Foundation, Darwin 2006-08-04
WebKitDOMElementPlugIn (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A Web Kit plug-in that modifies its own DOM element style
Apple Applications, Cocoa, Internet & Web 2006-08-04
AudioQueueTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates AudioQueue, an audio playback API introduced in Mac OS X 10.5
Audio, Carbon 2006-08-01
BlockAnimation (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A bit of java code which INCORRECTLY handles animation
Java, Tools 2006-08-01
Dicey (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Dicey is a dice game project that demonstrates various techniques for making a Cocoa application accessible.
Cocoa 2006-08-01
DynamicProperties (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates dynamically resolved properties, using a new Objective C 2.0 feature: dynamically resolved methods.
Cocoa 2006-08-01
IBFragmentView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates building an Interface Builder plugin including a custom inspector and library integration for a custom view.
Tools 2006-08-01
IKSlideshowDemo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
This small sample project shows how to use the ImageKit Slideshow to display images or PDFs.
Graphics & Imaging 2006-08-01
iSync Sample Document (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
iSync Plug-in Maker sample document, illustrating how to build an iSync plug-in for a SyncML phone.
Apple Applications, Tools 2006-08-01
LiveVideoMixer3 (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
LiveVideoMixer3 is extended to support Video In via QTKit
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, QuickTime 2006-08-01