37 Mac OS X specific services

This chapter describes modules that are only available on the Mac OS X platform.

See the chapters mac-scripting and undoc-mac-modules for more modules, and the HOWTO using-on-mac for a general introduction to Mac-specific Python programming.

Note

Most of the OS X APIs that these modules use are deprecated or removed in recent versions of OS X. Many are not available when Python is executing in 64-bit mode. These modules have been removed in Python 3. You should avoid using them in Python 2.

• 1. ic — Access to the Mac OS X Internet Config
• 2. MacOS — Access to Mac OS interpreter features
• 3. macostools — Convenience routines for file manipulation
• 4. findertools — The finder‘s Apple Events interface
• 5. EasyDialogs — Basic Macintosh dialogs
• 6. FrameWork — Interactive application framework
• 7. autoGIL — Global Interpreter Lock handling in event loops
• 8. Mac OS Toolbox Modules
• 9. ColorPicker — Color selection dialog