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Each Sample Code project is buildable and executable source example of how to accomplish a task for a specific Apple technology. They show the correct sequence of calls and parameter data types to provide a generalized method for API use that developers can modify for their specific needs.

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ABPresence (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Displays a list of all the people in your Address Book and their iChat status.
Apple Applications 2006-08-04
AddressBookCarbon (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates some basic manipulations of the Mac OS X 10.2.x (and beyond) Address Book API.
Apple Applications 2003-01-14
AddressBookCocoa (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates some basic manipulations of the Mac OS X 10.2.x (and beyond) Address Book API.
Apple Applications 2003-01-14
AlbumToSlideshow (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates using CF and NSXML to create Final Cut Pro XML.
Apple Applications 2005-08-01
Aperture Image Resizer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Sample Aperture Export Plug-In code
Apple Applications 2007-06-08
AppleScriptRunner (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to send mail and execute other AppleScripts from a Carbon application.
Apple Applications 2006-07-31
Apply Firmware Password (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to create an Automator Action for System Image Utility.
Apple Applications 2007-06-12
AutomatorHandsOn (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates several methods for building Automator Actions
Apple Applications 2007-06-12
Birthdays (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Dashboard widget with a plug-in that queries AddressBook.framework for contacts with upcoming birthdays
Apple Applications 2006-07-28
CalendarItems (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Creates new iCal Events and Tasks ("To Do's") using Objective-C 2 and the Calendar Store framework
Apple Applications 2007-10-15
CapabilitiesSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to detect Image Capture device capabilities and send messages to devices with ICAObjectSendMessage.
Apple Applications 2003-01-14
CocoaPeoplePicker (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the AddressBook framework's ABPeoplePickerView.
Apple Applications 2003-12-11
Duplicate Finder Items (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to build an Automator action targeting Finder using AppleScript.
Apple Applications 2005-06-06
Fader (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates fading of elements inside a Dashboard widget
Apple Applications 2007-09-12
FinalCutPro_AppleEvents (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses Apple Events to interact with Final Cut Pro 5.1.2 or later.
Apple Applications 2007-11-16
Fortune (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Demonstrates use of a widget plug-in
Apple Applications 2005-06-01
Gamma Filter for FxPlug and AE (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Cross-application FxPlug and After Effects plug-in code.
Apple Applications 2007-06-08
Goodbye World (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates display and use of widget preferences to save a widget's state
Apple Applications 2007-06-28
Hello Welt (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates localization techniques for Dashboard widgets
Apple Applications 2007-06-25
Hello World (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Introductory Dashboard widget example
Apple Applications 2005-06-01
ICADownloadFirst (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates using the Image Capture APIs asynchronously to download the first image in the first device found.
Apple Applications 2003-01-14
ICAObjectDumper (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A command-line tool that uses the Image Capture APIs to display the ICAObject hierarchy.
Apple Applications 2003-01-14
iChatAppleScriptSamples (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Sample AppleScripts demonstrating new iChat AppleScript features in Leopard, including Event Handlers.
Apple Applications 2006-08-04
iChatStatusFromApplication (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to communicate with iChat using Scripting Bridge.
Apple Applications 2008-03-31
ImagesToQTMovie (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Creates a QuickTime movie from the images of any connected camera.
Apple Applications 2003-01-14
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 2006-08-01
iTunesController (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
iTunesController allows you to control iTunes without having to bring it to the foreground.
Apple Applications 2006-02-23
MovieAssembler (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates AppleEvent communication with FCP, project modification using XML, and media file identification using metadata.
Apple Applications 2007-11-14
PredicateEditorSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the NSPredicateEditor class.
Apple Applications 2007-06-06
QCFundamentals (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates Coordinate, Interpolation, and Iterative systems in Quartz Composer with an amusing animation
Apple Applications 2006-08-07
QCGalaxy (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates use of Particle Systems and Core Image Filters in Quartz Composer
Apple Applications 2006-08-07
Quartz Composer Live DV (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to export a Quartz Composer composition as a real-time DV stream on the FireWire port.
Apple Applications 2005-06-01
Quartz Composer Matrix (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use Quartz Composer to display a QuickTime movie as a series of frames in a 3D world.
Apple Applications 2005-06-01
Quartz Composer Offline Rendering (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to render a Quartz Composer composition as a series of images using an OpenGL pBuffer.
Apple Applications 2005-06-01
Quartz Composer QCTV (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to build a fake TV system using Quartz Composer as the foundation motion graphics.
Apple Applications 2005-07-06
Quartz Composer Texture (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use a Quartz Composer composition as an OpenGL texture.
Apple Applications 2005-06-01
Quartz Composer WWDC 2005 Composition (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to build a parameterized motion graphics composition with Quartz Composer.
Apple Applications 2005-06-01
Quartz Composer WWDC 2005 TextEdit (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrate how to modify TextEdit's about dialog to display a Quartz Composer composition.
Apple Applications 2005-06-01
QuartzComposerSamplePatches (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A short list of new patches in Quartz Composer Mac OS X 10.5
Apple Applications 2007-06-11
Resizer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A widget that demonstrates how to use the Apple Animation and Animator classes.
Apple Applications 2006-08-01
SampleButtonPlugin (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to write a TWAIN button listener plug-in code module.
Apple Applications 2003-07-10
SampleDS (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to implement a TWAIN Data Source (DS) for Mac OS X.
Apple Applications 2003-07-10
SayIt (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Web Kit plug-in which speaks text passed via JavaScript
Apple Applications 2006-08-04
Scroller (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Dashboard widget with a DHTML scrollbar implementation
Apple Applications 2005-11-04
SeeMyFriends (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to use SyncServices API in a Carbon (HLTB) based application
Apple Applications 2006-10-16
SimpleCalendar (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses the Calendar Store framework to fetch iCal events and display them on a custom calendar.
Apple Applications 2006-07-27
SimpleDownload (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use the Image Capture APIs to download a user-selected file to the user's ~/Pictures directory.
Apple Applications 2003-01-14
StickiesExample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Contains sample code and tools used by Sync Services Tutorial to demonstrate debugging syncing applications.
Apple Applications 2006-08-08
Syncer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A widget that demonstrates how to use handle a Dashboard Sync event.
Apple Applications 2006-08-01
TextTrack (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates some simple operations on Final Cut Pro XML files
Apple Applications 2005-06-27
TimelineToTC (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Sample application demonstrating parsing/conversion of FCP XML Files.
Apple Applications 2007-06-01
UnsharpMask (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to build Automator actions using Cocoa frameworks.
Apple Applications 2005-06-06
Voices (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates use of the widget.system command from Dashboard
Apple Applications 2007-06-25
WebKitCIPlugIn (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
This sample WebKit plugin for Safari demonstrate how to use CoreImage in a HTML page.
Apple Applications 2005-11-28
WebKitDOMElementPlugIn (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A Web Kit plug-in that modifies its own DOM element style
Apple Applications 2006-08-04
WebKitPluginStarter (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to make a minimal WebKit plug-in.
Apple Applications 2007-06-06
WebKitPluginWithJavaScript (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to call JavaScript from a WebKit plug-in and vice versa.
Apple Applications 2007-06-06
WebKitPluginWithSimpleGUI (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A WebKit plug-in with an Interface Builder GUI
Apple Applications 2007-06-04
AudioCDSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to discover audio CDs and access the TOC information presented by the CD-DA filesystem.
Audio 2005-10-04
AudioDeviceNotify (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to enumerate audio devices attached to the system and how to handle device notifications
Audio 2006-04-21
AudioQueueTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates AudioQueue, an audio playback API introduced in Mac OS X 10.5
Audio 2006-08-01
CAPlayThrough (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to use the HAL's Audio Output Unit (AUHAL) for device input and the Default Output Audio Unit for output.
Audio 2007-08-22
dist_fft (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Gigaelement FFTs on Apple G5 clusters
Audio 2004-08-23
ExtractMovieAudioToAIFF (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to extract audio from QuickTime Movies and write the data to an AIFF file.
Audio 2006-03-31
MoreIsBetter (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Library providing indispensable wrapers and workarounds for many areas of Mac OS programming.
Audio 2003-10-27
QTAudioContextInsert (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates use of Audio Context Insert APIs to perform custom processing on QuickTime's audio stream.
Audio 2008-01-21
QTAudioExtractionPanel (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Enhances the QTKitPlayer to add an Audio Channel Mapping and Extraction panel
Audio 2005-06-27
QTExtractAndConvertToAIFF (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates using MovieAudioExtraction and an AudioConverter to extract and convert audio to a AIFF file.
Audio 2006-11-08
QTExtractAndConvertToMovieFile (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates using MovieAudioExtraction and an AudioConverter to extract and convert audio to a QuickTime movie file.
Audio 2006-11-08
RecordAudioToFile (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates recording audio to an AAC file using Core Audio
Audio 2007-02-27
SampleUSBAudioPlugin (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
USB audio plugin that performs a lowpass filtering operation on audio streamed through an audio USB Device.
Audio 2005-03-07
SillyFrequencyLevels (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to obtain audio frequency levels from a Movie using SetMovieAudioFrequencyMeteringNumBands and GetMovieAudioFrequencyLevels APIs.
Audio 2006-01-25
SimpleAudioExtraction (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates the QuickTime 7.0 Movie Audio Extraction APIs
Audio 2006-01-03
SimplePlayThru (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Use the HAL's Audio Output Unit (AUHAL) for device input and output on a single device (play-thru)
Audio 2006-10-25
SimpleSpeechRecExample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the Speech Recognition Manager in a simple application.
Audio 2003-03-26
SimpleUserClient (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to create a user client for an I/O Kit kernel driver.
Audio 2007-05-31
TremoloUnit (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Audio unit sample demonstrating how to build an effect unit with a generic view.
Audio 2006-10-26
VelEng FFT (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
G4 Velocity Engine implementation of Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and associated convolution/correlation routines.
Audio 2003-01-14
WhackedTV (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A Cocoa version of the venerable HackTV sample code, demonstrating usage of the Sequence Grabber API's
Audio 2008-01-18
ABPresence (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Displays a list of all the people in your Address Book and their iChat status.
Carbon 2006-08-04
AddNibToNav (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to create a custom area, instantiated from a nib file, in a Navigation Services dialog.
Carbon 2004-01-22
AddressBookCarbon (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates some basic manipulations of the Mac OS X 10.2.x (and beyond) Address Book API.
Carbon 2003-01-14
AddressBookCocoa (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates some basic manipulations of the Mac OS X 10.2.x (and beyond) Address Book API.
Carbon 2003-01-14
AESendThreadSafe (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to send Apple events from threads other than the main thread.
Carbon 2007-03-09
aglClipBufferRect (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows the use of clip regions and buffer rects in AGL.
Carbon 2003-01-14
AGLSurfaceTexture (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Example of render to texture/texture from surface using aglSurfaceTexture.
Carbon 2003-07-07
AlbumToSlideshow (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates using CF and NSXML to create Final Cut Pro XML.
Carbon 2005-08-01
AppleScriptRunner (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to send mail and execute other AppleScripts from a Carbon application.
Carbon 2006-07-31
AsyncPB (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Describes how to chain File System calls from an interrupt handler like a Time Manager task.
Carbon 2003-10-27
ATSUICurveAccessDemo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates low-level ATSUI APIs which allow access to raw glyph curve data.
Carbon 2003-01-14
ATSUIDirectAccessDemo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates some basic manipulations of the ATSUI DirectAccess api.
Carbon 2003-01-14
audioburntest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses the DRTrackCallbackProc and track properties to create a RedBook audio CD from AIFF files.
Carbon 2003-01-14
AudioDeviceNotify (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to enumerate audio devices attached to the system and how to handle device notifications
Carbon 2006-04-21
AudioQueueTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates AudioQueue, an audio playback API introduced in Mac OS X 10.5
Carbon 2006-08-01
BackgroundExporter (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates techniques which can be used to export QuickTime movies in a separate export process.
Carbon 2005-07-22
BasicDataBrowser (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to create a basic, functional data browser.
Carbon 2003-05-08
BasicInputMethod (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
An input method implemented as a text service component for Mac OS X.
Carbon 2003-01-14
BasicPlugIn (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses the CFPlugin to locate, load, execute plugin. Derived from the SillyBalls sample.
Carbon 2003-07-28
BrideOfMungGrab (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates the use of overlay windows and CG to draw text on captured video.
Carbon 2005-08-12
BSDLLCTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Program sample demonstrates how to send and receive raw LLC Ethernet packets.
Carbon 2003-06-12
bulkerase (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to erase media using the DiscRecording framework.
Carbon 2003-01-14
Calculator (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Implements a simple "four-banger" calculator.
Carbon 2003-01-30
CalendarView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to subclass HIView using C, as well as drawing and hit testing.
Carbon 2003-01-30
CallMachOFramework (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows two ways of calling a Mach-O framework from a CFM application on Mac OS X.
Carbon 2003-07-17
Carbon GLSnapshot (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates the use of OpenGL with Quicktime to capture OpenGL content.
Carbon 2003-07-07
Carbon Porting Tutorial (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Porting a simple application from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X
Carbon 2006-07-25
CarbonBonjour (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates using CFNetServices (Bonjour) in a Carbon application.
Carbon 2006-10-03
CarbonCocoa_PictureCursor (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use NSCursor from a Carbon based application.
Carbon 2007-01-12
CarbonCocoaCoreImageTab (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Carbon-based application creates a Cocoa-based web window which used CoreImage filters to transition between tabbed WebViews
Carbon 2006-07-25
CarbonCocoaTempConverter (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to integrate Carbon and Cocoa user interfaces in the same Cocoa application.
Carbon 2008-03-10
CarbonCustomList (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to implement a custom list using Carbon using CreateCustomList.
Carbon 2003-01-30
CarbonInCocoa (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to use Carbon GUI code in a Cocoa application.
Carbon 2003-03-26
CarbonMDEF (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A Mac OS X-compatible, Appearance-savvy sample menu definition function (MDEF).
Carbon 2003-01-30
CarbonQuartzComposer_TV (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to integrate Cocoa based QuartzComposer window into a Carbon based application
Carbon 2006-10-02
CarbonQuartzDrawingWPrinting (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Demonstrates mixing QuickDraw and Quartz 2D drawing both on screen and during printing.
Carbon 2003-01-14
CarbonSketch (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Core Graphics only example of a Sketch application implemented with HIToolbox. Shows 1x1-CGBitmapContext for hit-testing, printing.
Carbon 2005-03-23
CarbonTransparentWindow (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to handle window transparency for compositing, non-compositing, and custom HIView-based Carbon windows.
Carbon 2005-08-10
CFHostSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses the CFHost API to do DNS hostname lookups and to determine host reachability.
Carbon 2004-04-20
CFM_MachO_CFM (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
CFM application calls Mach-O routine, passing in a fixed up CFM function pointer as a callback parameter.
Carbon 2003-07-17
CFMBonjourSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
CFMBonjourSample shows how to use the service discovery routines of CFNetServices from a CFM application.
Carbon 2006-01-03
CFNetworkHTTPDownload (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to download a URL using CFNetworking.
Carbon 2006-01-18
CFPreferences (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use the CFPreferences APIs to access user preferences.
Carbon 2003-01-14
CFPrefsDumper (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use the CFPreferences APIs to access information about the current user preferences.
Carbon 2003-01-14
CFPrefTopScores (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
How to access globally shared (writable) user preferences without requiring authentication.
Carbon 2006-10-09
CheckExecutableArchitecture (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Determine whether a particular Mach-O executable contains a version suitable for executing on a given processor architecture.
Carbon 2006-02-07
CIColorTracking (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
An Objective-C applicaton that implements a GPU-based technique to find the location of a uniquely colored object in a scene
Carbon 2008-04-24
ClockView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
An HIView sample that uses the HIFramework to implement a scalable analog clock.
Carbon 2003-01-30
Cocoa PDE with Carbon Printing (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Application that uses a Cocoa PDE along with the Carbon Printing APIs.
Carbon 2007-07-27
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 2007-02-05
CocoaInCarbon (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates using Cocoa GUI code in a Carbon application.
Carbon 2005-10-04
ColorBars (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to enumerate, select, capture, manipulate, draw to, and release displays using the CGDirectDisplay API.
Carbon 2003-01-14
ColoredCheckBox (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to create a colored check box on a gray window backgrounds.
Carbon 2003-01-30
ColorSwatchView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Implements a color well control as an HIView using HIFramework C++ Carbon Event wrapper classes.
Carbon 2003-01-30
ColorSyncDevices (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the new ColorSync Device Support APIs introduced with Mac OS X.
Carbon 2003-01-14
ColorSyncDevices-Cocoa (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the new ColorSync Device Manager routines in the Cocoa environment.
Carbon 2003-01-14
ComboBoxPrefs (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Use CFPrefs to store URLs to images for use in a browser style combo box.
Carbon 2005-10-04
ControlBackground (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to affect the background color of a control when drawing it.
Carbon 2003-01-30
CopyBits vs. CopyMask (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - CopyBits (using a mask region) vs. CopyMask (using a mask BitMap). Which do you think is faster?
Carbon 2003-07-22
CoreTextArc (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates the use of fonts, lines, and runs in a CoreText text drawing Carbon application.
Carbon 2007-06-04
CoreTextTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to handle the CoreText objects to display text.
Carbon 2006-12-19
CPUGestalt (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Shows how to determine the processor type of the Macintosh you're running on.
Carbon 2003-10-27
CrossEvents (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to send CarbonEvents and NSNotifications between Carbon and Cocoa.
Carbon 2007-05-31
CryptoSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Contains sample code showing symmetric encryption and message digest calculation.
Carbon 2003-02-06
CTMClip (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Shows how to manipulate the Quartz 2D Current Transform Matrix (CTM) for image drawing with clipping.
Carbon 2003-01-14
CTMDemo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Shows how to manipulate the Quartz 2D Current Transform Matrix (CTM) for image drawing without clipping.
Carbon 2003-01-14
Custom_HIView_Tutorial (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Tutorial presenting a step-by-step custom HIView development. All steps are documented and provided as standalone projects.
Carbon 2005-06-01
CustomWindow (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to create a custom window in Mac OS X.
Carbon 2003-01-30
CustomWindowWidget (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates two ways of adding a custom window widget to the window frame of a standard document window.
Carbon 2003-01-30
databurntest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to create a DRFolderRef and burn it to disc.
Carbon 2003-01-14
DialogsToHIViews (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to convert from an old-style resource-based dialog to a modern nib-based window with HIViews.
Carbon 2005-08-24
DisplayURL (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Parses a passed in path URL into its various components displaying server information.
Carbon 2005-10-04
DockBrowser (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use CFNetServices to take advantage of Bonjour service discovery and name resolution.
Carbon 2005-02-08
DragAndDrop Shell (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A Drag and Drop shell for producing QuickTime drag and drop tools.
Carbon 2003-01-14
DrawSprocketTestOld (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Demonstrates basic implementations of DrawSprocket Functions.
Carbon 2003-10-14
DRDataBurnCarbonUI (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
DRDataBurnCarbonUI shows how to use the standard DiscRecording burn setup and progress panel from Carbon.
Carbon 2004-04-09
DREraseCarbonUI (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
DREraseCarbonUI shows how to use the DiscRecording erase setup and progress panel from Carbon.
Carbon 2004-04-09
DropDraw (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates automatic ColorSync color-matching when drawing with QuickTime graphics importers in Panther
Carbon 2005-08-01
DTSCarbonShell (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Provides a modern Mac OS X Carbon Application Skeleton
Carbon 2007-09-20
DumpVolumeInfo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A tool to help folks who are implementing a plug-in file system (VFS plug-in) on Mac OS X.
Carbon 2004-11-12
EmbededAppleScripts (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Extending the functionality of your application by adding precompiled AppleScripts.
Carbon 2003-09-04
EventMonitorTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Receive notification of all keyboard, mouse, and tablet events passed to other processes.
Carbon 2005-11-09
FileNotification (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
kqueue file notification introduced in 10.3. Notification API to detect file system modifications.
Carbon 2005-10-27
filesystem_examples (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Collection of command line tools illustrating filesystem features.
Carbon 2006-01-10
FinderDragPro (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Sample file illustrating drag and drop techniques for use with file system objects.
Carbon 2003-01-14
FinderLaunch (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to open documents by sending Apple Events to the Finder.
Carbon 2003-10-14
FloatingWindow (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates that floating windows are very easy to implement on Mac OS X using Nib files.
Carbon 2003-10-24
Folder Watching (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how a background only application can use Apple events to pass work to another application.
Carbon 2003-01-14
Fragment Tool (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates manipulation of code fragments; combining and separating; viewing and editing information associated with each.
Carbon 2003-01-30
FSCopyObject (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Copy engine for copying files and directories.
Carbon 2004-03-19
FSCreateFileAndOpenForkUnicode (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstartes the use of FSCreateFileAndOpenForkUnicode to create a file with restricted access on disk and a read/write access path.
Carbon 2005-06-01
FSFileOperation (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
This sample shows how to use the FSFileOperation API which supports copying and moving filesystem objects.
Carbon 2005-06-06
FSMegaInfo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Prints information about various file system objects; helpful when debugging VFS plug-ins.
Carbon 2008-02-25
FSRemoveInheritedACEs (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates manipulating access control lists of existing file system objects using the File Manager.
Carbon 2005-06-01
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
FullScreen (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use BeginFullScreen and EndFullScreen to enter and exit full-screen mode.
Carbon 2003-01-14
GetDragHiliteColor (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to obtain the color that Drag Manager uses to hilite regions when calling ShowDragHilite.
Carbon 2003-01-30
GetHWEthernetAddr (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Shows how to obtain the hardware Ethernet address of a machine.
Carbon 2003-01-14
GetMACAddressSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to retrieve the MAC address for each Ethernet interface from the Mac OS X I/O Registry.
Carbon 2003-01-14
GetPrimaryMACAddress (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates retrieving the MAC address of the built-in Ethernet controller. Useful for uniquely identifying a Macintosh system.
Carbon 2005-10-27
GetSetOptions (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates a variety of uses of Open Transport's option management routines.
Carbon 2003-01-14
GLCarbon1ContextPbuffer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demostrates using OpenGL pixel buffers with a single shared context.
Carbon 2004-03-26
GLCarbonAGLFullScreen (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates a full screen AGL application which uses Carbon events to drive the user input.
Carbon 2004-03-26
GLCarbonAGLWindow (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Complete Carbon OpenGL sample with virtual trackball, capability checking, and proper event handling.
Carbon 2004-03-24
GLCarbonCGLFullScreen (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates a full screen CGL application which uses Carbon events to drive the user input.
Carbon 2004-03-26
GLCarbonSharedPbuffer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demostrates sharing a single OpenGL pixel buffer with multiple other contexts.
Carbon 2004-03-26
GLUTSurfaceTexture (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Example of using the new glutSurfaceTexture.
Carbon 2004-03-26
GlyphaIVOld (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - A basic game implementation in the spirit of Joust meant as demonstation of Sprocket usage.
Carbon 2003-10-14
GrabBag (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates variety of techniques and features of Carbon. DataBrowser , PBCatalogSearchAsync, Overlay windows, Tab controls, more...
Carbon 2003-07-29
HackTV Carbon (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
HackTV Carbon shows how to use the sequence grabber to preview and record QuickTime movie files.
Carbon 2007-11-16
HandyScrollingSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows some ways of implementing scrolling.
Carbon 2003-01-30
HexEditorView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
HIView subclass which implements a hex editor similar to those found in resource editors.
Carbon 2003-01-30
HICustomLeftRightSwitch (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to create a custom left/right switch using the HIView functions introduced in Mac OS X 10.2.
Carbon 2003-02-06
HICustomPushButton (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to create a simple custom push button using the HIView functions introduced in Mac OS X 10.2.
Carbon 2005-10-17
HideMenuBar (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to hide the menu bar.
Carbon 2003-01-30
HIDoubleSlider (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to create a double slider using the Appearance and HIView functions introduced in Mac OS X 10.2.
Carbon 2003-10-27
HIEmbedder (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to write a custom embedding HIView which can scroll if set in an HIScrollView.
Carbon 2003-11-13
HIFleetingControls (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Implements fleeting controls such as seen in QuickTime Player full screen mode or iPhoto slideshow
Carbon 2007-05-08
HIFramework (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Contains C++ classes which are used by other HIToolbox sample code releases.
Carbon 2003-02-06
HIObjectThreadController (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how threads can interact with the User Interface handled by the main thread of the application.
Carbon 2005-08-10
HIScrollingTextBox (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Offers replacement custom HIViews for the Scrolling TextBox control which does not work in compositing windows.
Carbon 2003-11-06
HISimpleList (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to create a simple list using the HIView APIs introduced in Mac OS X 10.2.
Carbon 2006-03-03
HITextShowcase (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates some of the different text-related controls, non-controls, and HIViews that are available in Mac OS X 10.3.
Carbon 2003-10-27
HITextViewDemo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Overview of basic HITextView functionality, including Tiger's new font & spelling panel support.
Carbon 2005-06-01
HITextViewShowcase (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to create a HITextView using Interface Builder and using programming functions only.
Carbon 2003-10-30
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
HIView-NSView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to embed an NSView within an HIView in a Carbon window.
Carbon 2007-05-29
HIViewTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
An HIView with rudimentary drawing and hit testing.
Carbon 2003-01-30
HTMLSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Illustrates one way to use the HTMLRenderingLib Library.
Carbon 2003-01-30
HTMLUserPane (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Shows how to display a HTMLRenderingLib object inside of a user pane control.
Carbon 2003-01-30
icon cache demo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates the use of an icon cache to limit the search for icon resource to one resource file.
Carbon 2003-01-30
Icon Play (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates the use of icon utilities and popup control cdef in a program using modal dialogs.
Carbon 2003-01-30
IconUtilCheck (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to determine whether the Icon Utilities are available.
Carbon 2003-01-30
ictbSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Shows an example of ictb resource.
Carbon 2003-01-30
ImageBrowserView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Implementing a simple HIView subclass
Carbon 2005-06-01
ImageClient (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use CFNetwork for synchronous and asynchronou