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title: IOHIDManager.h
framework: IOKit
role: collectionGroup
role_heading: API Collection
path: iokit/iohidmanager_h
---

# IOHIDManager.h

## Overview

Overview IOHIDManager defines an Human Interface Device (HID) management object. It provides global interaction with managed HID devices such as discovery/removal and receiving input events. IOHIDManager is also a CFType object and as such conforms to all the conventions expected such object. This documentation assumes that you have a basic understanding of the material contained in Introduction to Accessing Hardware From Applications. All of the information described in this document is contained in the header file IOHIDManager.h found at /System/Library/Frameworks/IOKit.framework/Headers/hid/IOHIDManager.h. Included Headers <IOKit/IOTypes.h> <IOKit/IOReturn.h> <IOKit/hid/IOHIDLib.h> <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>

## Topics

### Miscellaneous

- [IOHIDManagerClose](iokit/1438405-iohidmanagerclose.md)
- [IOHIDManagerCopyDevices](iokit/1438391-iohidmanagercopydevices.md)
- [IOHIDManagerCreate](iokit/1438383-iohidmanagercreate.md)
- [IOHIDManagerGetProperty](iokit/1438403-iohidmanagergetproperty.md)
- [IOHIDManagerGetTypeID](iokit/1438375-iohidmanagergettypeid.md)
- [IOHIDManagerOpen](iokit/1438369-iohidmanageropen.md)
- [IOHIDManagerRegisterDeviceMatchingCallback](iokit/1438399-iohidmanagerregisterdevicematchi.md)
- [IOHIDManagerRegisterDeviceRemovalCallback](iokit/1438376-iohidmanagerregisterdeviceremova.md)
- [IOHIDManagerRegisterInputReportCallback](iokit/1438397-iohidmanagerregisterinputreportc.md)
- [IOHIDManagerRegisterInputValueCallback](iokit/1438367-iohidmanagerregisterinputvalueca.md)
- [IOHIDManagerSaveToPropertyDomain](iokit/1438395-iohidmanagersavetopropertydomain.md)
- [IOHIDManagerScheduleWithRunLoop](iokit/1438409-iohidmanagerschedulewithrunloop.md)
- [IOHIDManagerSetDeviceMatching](iokit/1438371-iohidmanagersetdevicematching.md)
- [IOHIDManagerSetDeviceMatchingMultiple](iokit/1438387-iohidmanagersetdevicematchingmul.md)
- [IOHIDManagerSetInputValueMatching](iokit/1438389-iohidmanagersetinputvaluematchin.md)
- [IOHIDManagerSetInputValueMatchingMultiple](iokit/1438379-iohidmanagersetinputvaluematchin.md)
- [IOHIDManagerSetProperty](iokit/1438401-iohidmanagersetproperty.md)
- [IOHIDManagerUnscheduleFromRunLoop](iokit/1438378-iohidmanagerunschedulefromrunloo.md)

### Data Types

- [IOHIDManagerOptions](iokit/iohidmanageroptions.md)
- [IOHIDManagerRef](iokit/iohidmanagerref.md)