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# NSWindow.BackingLocation

The following constants and the related data type represent a window’s possible backing locations.

```
enum BackingLocation
```

## Topics

### Constants

[`NSWindowBackingLocationDefault`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWindow/BackingLocation-swift.enum/default)

Determined by the operating system.

[`NSWindowBackingLocationVideoMemory`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWindow/BackingLocation-swift.enum/videoMemory)

Video memory.

[`NSWindowBackingLocationMainMemory`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWindow/BackingLocation-swift.enum/mainMemory)

Physical memory.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`BitwiseCopyable`](/documentation/Swift/BitwiseCopyable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

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