Welcome to the Technical Q&A page for developers. Technical Q&As provide you with the latest information on new Apple technologies as well as programming tips, code snippets and FAQs by Apple's technical support engineers.

Q&As by Category
Alphabetical categories for Apple Q&As are listed below:

Mac OS

• Color
• Communications
• Cross-Platform
• Devices
  • General
  • USB
• Files
• Hardware
• Help Systems
• High Level Toolbox
• Interapplication Communication
• Memory
• Networking
• OS Utilities
• Overviews
• Platforms & Tools
• Printing
• Processes
• QuickDraw
• QuickDraw 3D
• QuickTime-Related Technologies
  • QuickTime Components
  • QuickTime Image Compression Manager
  • QuickTime Movie Resource Formats
  • QuickTime Movie Toolbox
  • QuickTime Music Architecture
  • QuickTime Performance & Compatibility
  • QuickTime VR
  • QuickTime Windows
• Runtime
• Sound
• System Releases
• Text
  

• AOCE: Apple Open Collaboration Environment
• Apple Media Tool
• QuickDraw GX
  • QuickDraw GX New Changes
  • QuickDraw GX Graphics
  • QuickDraw GX Printing
  • QuickDraw GX Typography
• QuickTime Conferencing

QuickTime Movie Toolbox Playing QuickTime 3 Movie Sound Data SetSoundMediaBalance balance parameter clarification

Files Accessing File Control Blocks

Overviews Test What You Ship.

OS Utilities Detecting Control Strip at Startup

QuickTime Components Decompressing IMA WAVE files

Hardware UpTime's values are consistently slow?

High Level Toolbox Appearance Versions (updated)

In addition to our recent Q&As, other technical resources are available on Apple's Developer site:

Technical Notes
Technical Notes provide you with the latest information and programming tips from Apple's developer technical support engineers.

Technical Publications
Apple's Technical Publications group produces information resources for programmers and innovators who are developing with Apple technology. Inside Macintosh volumes can be found on the Technical Publications site. An archive of develop magazine is also available.

Sample Code
Sample code provides you with coding samples for Apple technologies from Apple's technical support engineers.