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# MTLSharedTextureHandle

A texture handle that can be shared across process address space boundaries.

```
class MTLSharedTextureHandle
```

## Overview

`MTLSharedTextureHandle` objects may be passed between processes using XPC connections and then used to create a reference to the texture in another process. The texture in the other process needs to be created using the same [`MTLDevice`](/documentation/Metal/MTLDevice) on which the shared texture was originally created. To identify which device it was created on, you can use the [`device`](/documentation/Metal/MTLSharedTextureHandle/device) property of the `MTLSharedTextureHandle` object.

## Topics

### Identifying the shared texture handle

[`device`](/documentation/Metal/MTLSharedTextureHandle/device)

The device object that created the texture.

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

A string that identifies the texture.


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