Quartz Compositor

E736567
compositing engine macOS component window server

Quartz Compositor is macOS’s system-wide window server and compositing engine that combines graphical content from applications into the final on-screen display using the Quartz graphics technologies.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf compositing engine ⓘ
macOS component ⓘ
window server ⓘ
communicatesWith WindowServer process ⓘ
developer Apple Inc. ⓘ
graphicsModel device-independent coordinate system ⓘ
display-agnostic rendering ⓘ
hardwareAcceleration supports GPU acceleration ⓘ
uses graphics hardware for compositing ⓘ
input window buffers from applications ⓘ
introducedIn Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah NERFINISHED ⓘ
manages Dock compositing ⓘ
desktop background rendering ⓘ
menu bar compositing ⓘ
operatingSystem Mac OS X NERFINISHED ⓘ
OS X NERFINISHED ⓘ
macOS ⓘ
output final on-screen image ⓘ
partOf Quartz graphics system NERFINISHED ⓘ
macOS graphics subsystem ⓘ
platform Apple silicon Macs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Intel-based Macs NERFINISHED ⓘ
PowerPC-based Macs ⓘ
primaryFunction combine graphical content from applications into final display ⓘ
relatedTo Core Animation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Core Graphics NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quartz Extreme NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor clipping of window regions ⓘ
compositing multiple windows into a single framebuffer ⓘ
z-ordering of windows ⓘ
role composites application windows into final display ⓘ
manages on-screen drawing of windows and UI elements ⓘ
system-wide window server ⓘ
runsAs system service ⓘ
supportsFeature alpha compositing ⓘ
animated window effects ⓘ
desktop compositing ⓘ
double buffering ⓘ
drop shadows ⓘ
offscreen rendering ⓘ
resolution independence ⓘ
subpixel rendering ⓘ
window transparency ⓘ
usesTechnology Core Graphics NERFINISHED ⓘ
Core Image NERFINISHED ⓘ
Metal ⓘ
OpenGL NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quartz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quartz 2D NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quartz Extreme NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quartz 2D → integratesWith → Quartz Compositor ⓘ
Cheetah → displayServer → Quartz Compositor ⓘ
Quartz → component → Quartz Compositor ⓘ
subject surface form: Quartz (Apple graphics)