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The runtime architecture arbitrates how software is generated into executable code, how code is mapped into memory, and, at execution time, where data is stored, how data is addressed, and how functions and methods call one another.

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Detecting Classic and Carbon X Environments (HTML) ()
OV03: Describes how to find out if your application is running in the Classic environment in Mac OS X.
2000-10-16
Detecting specific ROM-in-RAM Mac (HTML) ()
Deprecated - HW49: Identifying a Mac by name ("iMac"), and better alternatives for determining specific features ("has Firewire").
1999-10-05
Determining user login/logout status (HTML)
QA1133: Tells how to determinine if a user is logged in, and how to get login/logout notification
2002-04-08
Environment Variables (HTML)
QA1255: Describes how a process gets its environment variables.
2003-10-29
How do I use kMPCreateTaskSuspendedMask with MPCreateTask? (HTML)
QA1055: Describes how to start a task that has been suspended with the ability to resume it later.
2001-07-02
How to define a plst resource in a .r file (HTML)
QA1034: Describes how to include a .plist file in a .r file.
2001-05-09
Non Mac OS X Bundled data-fork based Resources (HTML) ()
QA1098: Mac OS X Bundled data-fork based Resources
2003-08-20
OTScheduleDeferredTask When Task Running (HTML) ()
NW52: Describes what happens when you use OTScheduleDefferedTask to schedule a task that is running.
1997-10-13
Resource forks in Mach-O binaries (HTML) ()
QA1175: Advises against using resource forks in Mach-O binaries.
2002-08-07
Setting environment variables for user processes (HTML)
QA1067: Tells how to set environment variables for user processes.
2001-10-25
Static linking of user binaries on Mac OS X (HTML) ()
QA1118: Explains why static linking of user binaries is not supported on Mac OS X, and possible workarounds.
2002-02-07
Storing file references in CFPreferences (HTML)
QA1350: Storing file references in CFPreferences
2004-10-01
Targeting DebuggingCarbonLib asserts (HTML)
Deprecated - QA1033: Describes how to focus DebuggingCarbonLib asserts to a single application.
2001-05-04