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# MTLSharedEventHandle

An instance you use to recreate a shareable event.

```
class MTLSharedEventHandle
```

## Overview

To create a `MTLSharedEventHandle` instance, call the [`makeSharedEventHandle()`](/documentation/Metal/MTLSharedEvent/makeSharedEventHandle()) method on an [`MTLSharedEvent`](/documentation/Metal/MTLSharedEvent) instance. Use an XPC conection to pass a `MTLSharedEventHandle` instance to another process. To recreate the event, call the [`makeSharedEvent(handle:)`](/documentation/Metal/MTLDevice/makeSharedEvent(handle:)) on an [`MTLDevice`](/documentation/Metal/MTLDevice) instance.

## Topics

### Identifying the shareable event handle

[`label`](/documentation/Metal/MTLSharedEventHandle/label)

A string that identifies the shareable event.


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