Developer Services and Products

Periodicals

Apple Directions

Apple Directions, the developer business report, communicates Apple's strategic, business, and technical directions every month to help you maximize your development dollar. Intended primarily for decision-makers - whether you're an executive, a marketing or technical manager, a VAR, in-house developer, or consultant - Apple Directions tells you where Apple is going so you can plan your next business moves.

develop

develop, Apple's award-winning quarterly technical journal, contains full-length articles, columns, and Q&As that will help reduce your development time and enhance your programming savvy. develop provides an in-depth look at code and techniques that have been reviewed for robustness by Apple engineers.

Developer CD Series

The Developer CD Series - Reference Library CD, Tool Chest CD, and System Software CD - give you the references, tools, and system software necessary to design, implement, test and roll out your Macintosh applications. Every month, you'll receive one in the series of Developer CDs; a must for any programmer needing the newest and most comprehensive Apple material around. This product is available through APDA.

Programs, Marketing, and Training

APDA

APDA is Apple's worldwide source for hundreds of development tools, technical resources, training products, and information for anyone interested in developing applications for Apple computer platforms. Customers receive the APDA Tools Catalog featuring all current versions of Apple and the most popular third-party development tools. APDA offers convenient payment and shipping options including site licensing.

Developer Programs

Apple's Developer Programs provide a broad mix of industry-leading technical information and services for diverse developer needs. Because our goal is to help you succeed in your development endeavors, the Apple Developer Programs offer superior value with targeted options to serve key technologies. These options are customized around the type and level of support Apple developers need.

Developer University

The Developer University (DU) WWW Page contains course descriptions, course schedules, training site listings, and registration forms for courses offered by Apple's Developer University.

Other useful program and marketing information is available in our Programs folder in our ftp site.

Technical Documentation

Inside Macintosh

A collection of books, organized by topic, that describe the system software of Macintosh computers. Together, these books provide the essential reference for programmers, designers, and engineers creating applications for the Macintosh family of computers.

Macintosh Programmer's Toolbox Assistant

Have you ever needed to find current information about using a crucial Macintosh toolbox call whil in the middle of writing your application? Now with just a click of your mouse, you can get instant access to more than 5,000 toolbox calls that are at the heart of Macintosh system software. Macintosh Programmer's Toolbox Assistant in an invaluable CD-ROM database that will help you find key data structures, resources, constants and functions when you need them the most.

Macintosh Technical Notes

Macintosh TechNotes are errata and addenda for Inside Macintosh. They can be viewed online and are available in our Macintosh Technical Notes folder on our ftp site

Macintosh Technical Q & A's

This is a compendium of questions and answers that Apple's Developer Support Center (DSC) has received on a set of specific topics. Some are frequently asked and answered Q & A's, which address issues that come up from developers in the course of building products for the Macintosh; others describe changes in various Macintosh technologies and environments. Macintosh Technical Q & A's provide developers with real-world solutions, workarounds, and code snippets. These Q & A's are currently available in HTML only; we are preparing them for our ftp site in Acrobat.

Macintosh Developer Notes

This series of publications provides developers with detailed hardware and software information that is unique to each Macintosh model and to Apple's laser printers, scanners, and video display products. Developer Notes provide the earliest source of software documentation supporting newly introduced product features. Although this software documentation is currently available only in developer notes, it may eventually migrate into other publications such as Inside Macintosh. Developer Notes are distributed whenever new Macintosh models or imaging products are introduced. Developer Notes can be ordered through APDA and are available in our Developer Notes folder on our ftp site.

Technology Overviews

Overviews of our hottest technologies can be found in our Tools Demos & Tech Overviews folder on our ftp site.

Apple Events Registry & Suites

The Apple Events Registry has been completely redesigned for easy readability and implementation. Use this as a reference when implementing Apple events. They are found in our Apple Events Registry & Suites folder on our ftp site.

Human Interface

Miscellaneous Human Interface documents can be found in our Human Interface folder on our ftp site.

Peripherals Documentation

Apple CD-ROM Handbook, Express Modem Development Guide, Powerbook Modem Guide, and more can found in our Peripherals Documentation folder on our ftp site.

Apple Business Systems (ABS) Technical Notes

ABS Technical Notes contain the latest bugs, tips and tricks for developers of software for AUX, AppleSearch, AppleShare, AppleTalk Remote Access, Apple Workgroup Servers, DAL, and SNAops. They are available in our ABS Technical Notes folder on our ftp site.

Miscellaneous Standards

Miscellaneous Standards documents can be found in our Miscellaneous Standards folder on our ftp site.

Publication Guides

The Apple Publication Glossary and the Apple Style Guide can be found in our Publication Guides folder on our ftp site.

Sample Code

System Software

System Software < 6.0.8

Versions older than 6.0.8 can be found on AppleLink and eWorld. These products are available through APDA

System Software 6.0.8 - 7.0.1 and Updates

These can be found on this ftp site.

System Software > 7.0.1

The most recent versions of Apple system software can be ordered through APDA. The most recent is also delivered, monthly, via the Developer CD Series.

System Software Extensions

Tool Chest

Utilities