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Technical Q&As: Legacy Technologies
As Mac OS X and Apple hardware devices evolve, the APIs and technologies they encompass change to meet the needs of developers and users. As part of this evolution, less efficient features, interfaces, and programming techniques are deprecated or retired in favor of newer ones. Apple makes these changes only when deemed absolutely necessary. A technology identified in the ADC Reference Library as deprecated has been superseded and may become unsupported in the future. A technology identified as unsupported is no longer available from Apple for use by developers. Legacy documents help developers understand legacy technologies, identify replacements, and update their products to run on current Apple platforms.

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Native App Slowdown (HTML)
PPCSYS05.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Native QuickDraw Hardware Acceleration notSrcCopy Blits (HTML) ()
QD60.
Unsupported 1999-06-28
No Limit To The Number Of Vertices In A Polygon (HTML) ()
QD3D66.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
No Standard UV Parameters For Mesh (HTML) ()
QD3D74.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Normal Line of Object Pick (HTML)
QD3D14.
Unsupported 1995-06-01
NuBus Declaration ROM (HTML)
HW02.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Page Setup/Format Dialog Extensions (HTML)
GXPD32.
Unsupported 1995-08-01
Paper Type Menu not Updated Often (HTML)
GXPD23.
Unsupported 1995-07-01
Parsing the PICT File Format (HTML) ()
QD56: Explains where to find information on the PICT file format and warns against parsing a PICT file.
Deprecated 1998-02-10
PCI Device and Driver Matching (HTML)
HW16.
Unsupported 1995-07-15
PCI Video Card Bus Error (HTML) ()
QD50.
Unsupported 1997-11-17
PDD File Format API (HTML) ()
GXPD40.
Unsupported 1996-06-01
pointOfInterest (HTML) ()
QD3D40.
Unsupported 1996-04-08
PostScript Color Printing Bug (HTML) ()
GXPD39.
Unsupported 1996-05-14
PowerBook and Sleep Mode (HTML)
HW04.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
PPDs (HTML)
QD01.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Print Job Cancelling (HTML)
GXPD08.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Print Scaling (HTML)
QD05.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Printer Drivers and KanjiTalk 7.5 (HTML)
QD02.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Printing, Forward and Reverse Line Feeds (HTML)
QD03.
Unsupported 1997-12-01
Problem Getting PICTS to Display in Correct Colors (HTML)
QD24: Using a custom color table to get PICTs to display with the right colors in an offscreen GWorld.
Deprecated 1995-09-15
Problem with PaintRgn on 256-color Screens (HTML)
QD23: PaintRgn with RGBForeColor and transfer mode addOver doesn't return color to original on 256-color-screens.
Deprecated 1995-09-15
Problems Creating a Mask for a Picture (HTML)
QD27: Demonstrates creating a mask where the mask is 0 for pure white pixels and 1 everywhere else.
Deprecated 1995-09-15
Problems with Caching Drivers on PowerMac 9500 (HTML)
DV19.
Unsupported 1995-09-15
Problems with DiffRgn (HTML)
QD25.
Unsupported 1995-09-15
Providing QuickDraw with a Known Good Port (HTML) ()
QA1237: How to use SetPort( NULL) to provide QuickDraw with a known good port.
Deprecated 2003-09-29
'ptyp' Resource Documentation (HTML)
GXPD33.
Unsupported 1995-08-01
Q3Exit Causes Application Crashes and Error Messages (HTML)
QD3D18.
Unsupported 1995-06-01
Q3View_Sync/Q3View_Flush Differences (HTML) ()
QD3D68.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
QD3D Does Not Free Memory Used By Geometries (HTML) ()
QD3D71.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
QD3D Does Not Provide Z-Buffer Information (HTML) ()
QD3D57.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
QD3D Functions Not Interrupt Safe (HTML) ()
QD3D78.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
QD3D Is Not Thread-Safe (HTML) ()
QD3D72.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
QD3D Macintosh High Quality Postscript Output (HTML) ()
QD3D53.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
QD3D Plug-In Renderer Handlers (HTML) ()
QD3D67.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
QD3D Windows High Quality Postscript Output (HTML) ()
QD3D54.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
QD3D Windows Interactive Renderer (HTML) ()
QD3D80.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
QD3D Windows Pixel Format Support (HTML) ()
QD3D83.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Quality of Video Textures (HTML) ()
QD3D44.
Unsupported 1996-04-08
QuickDraw 3D -- Meshes or Patches? (HTML)
QD3D20.
Unsupported 1995-06-01
QuickDraw 3D and Submit Calls (HTML)
QD3D15.
Unsupported 1995-06-01
QuickDraw 3D Debugging Tools (HTML) ()
QD3D27.
Unsupported 1996-02-09
QuickDraw 3D Documentation (HTML) ()
QD3D28.
Unsupported 1996-02-09
QuickDraw 3D Projection Chain (HTML)
QD3D06.
Unsupported 1995-06-01
QuickDraw 3D Rendering (HTML)
QD3D16.
Unsupported 1995-06-01
QuickDraw GX 'ptyp' Page Size Calc (HTML)
GXPD14.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX 'ptyp' resources (HTML)
GXPD15.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX and Adobe Type Reunion (HTML)
GXPD09.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX and Color Profiles (HTML)
GX03.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX and DoesPaperFit Message (HTML)
GXPD10.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX and GXConvertQDFont (HTML)
GXTY02.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX and Hypercard (HTML)
GXTY03.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX and Layout Shapes (HTML)
GXTY04.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX and PDDs (HTML)
GXPD11.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX and Text Justification (HTML)
GXTY05.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX Font Format (HTML)
GXTY06.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX Font Problems (HTML)
GXTY07.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX General Print Panel (HTML)
GXPD12.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX Layered Drawing (HTML)
GX04.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX Print Extension (HTML)
GXPD13.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX Printer Drivers & Configuration (HTML)
GXPD04.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX Printing Extensions (HTML)
GXPD03.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX Raster and Blank Lines (HTML)
GXPD16.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Quickdraw GX Raster Printer Drivers (HTML)
GXPD05.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw GX's 'xdtl' Implementation (HTML)
GXPD17.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDraw Printer Drivers and Colorsync (HTML)
QD04.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDrawGX Fonts (HTML)
GXTY08.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
QuickDrawGX Printer Drivers (HTML)
GXPD02.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
RAVE and DrawSprocket Integration (HTML) ()
QD3D85.
Unsupported 1998-04-20
RAVE Multiple GDevice support (HTML) ()
QD3D94.
Unsupported 1998-04-20
RAVE Notifications (HTML) ()
QD3D88.
Unsupported 1998-04-20
RAVE Support for Apple 3D Accelerator (HTML) ()
QD3D91.
Unsupported 1998-04-20
RAVE Z-Buffer Access (HTML) ()
QD3D92.
Unsupported 1998-04-20
Reentrancy in QDGX Printer Drivers (HTML) ()
GXPD37.
Unsupported 1996-02-09
Region Structure (HTML) ()
QD3D50.
Unsupported 1996-04-08
Registered Custom-Attribute Types (HTML)
QD3D23.
Unsupported 1995-07-15
Reordering of Vertices in a Mesh (HTML)
QD3D07.
Unsupported 1995-06-01
Saving Paper Type Information (HTML)
GXPD18.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Screen Flickering (HTML) ()
QD3D43.
Unsupported 1996-04-08
Setting A Default Papertype for GX Printers (HTML) ()
GXPD38.
Unsupported 1996-04-08
Setting Data For Q3ViewerUseData (HTML) ()
QD3D63.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Setting GX Paper Types (HTML) ()
GXPD42.
Unsupported 1996-10-25
Setting Up a gxCustomMatrixType (HTML)
GX01.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
ShaderUV/SurfaceUV Attribute Differences (HTML) ()
QD3D52.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Shading Using Trigrids (HTML)
QD3D21.
Unsupported 1995-07-15
Small Point Size and Hinting (HTML) ()
GXTY09.
Unsupported 1996-04-08
Sources of 3DMF Documentation (HTML) ()
QD3D32.
Unsupported 1996-04-08
Specular Control Range in QuickDraw 3D (HTML)
QD3D08.
Unsupported 1995-06-01
Spooling a pixMap into a Window (HTML)
QD14.
Unsupported 1995-09-15
Spooling in or out of CompressPicture or CompressImage (HTML)
QD17: Recommends alternatives to spooling the results of CompressPicture or CompressImage to or from disk.
Deprecated 1995-09-15
Spot Light Not Working (HTML)
QD3D11.
Unsupported 1995-06-01
Storing an Array Name in a Field in Another Array (HTML)
AMTPE24.
Unsupported 1995-08-01
Supporting QuickDraw GX with EPS (HTML) ()
GX05.
Unsupported 1996-10-27
Suppressing the LaserWriter 8.3 Manual Feed Alert (HTML)
QD09.
Unsupported 1996-02-01
Testing PCI drivers without any device (HTML)
HW23.
Unsupported 1995-07-15
Text Mask Mode and QuickDraw (HTML) ()
QD58.
Unsupported 1998-09-07
Textures & BitMaps Explained (HTML) ()
QD3D51.
Unsupported 1996-08-21
TQ3Ellipsoid Data Caps Field Explanation (HTML) ()
QD3D58.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
TQ3ViewObject and Bounding Box Calculating Routines (HTML)
QD3D17.
Unsupported 1995-06-01
Transparency not Working on Laptops (HTML)
AMTPE26.
Unsupported 1995-08-01