Technotes

Additional Information

This area tells you how to get copies of existing Technotes, download them or contribute new Notes.

If you have questions or feedback on Technotes, please contact Tom Maremaa at maremaa@apple.com.

Availability

Paper: Hard copies of the new and revised Technotes are available through Field Copy and Printing. Order the complete printed collection of the new and revised Macintosh Technotes and a subscription to the next three quarterly updates. Or if you already have the set of printed Technotes, order a new subscription, which includes four quarterly mailings.
To order, contact Field Copy and Printing:
Phone: (415) 323 - 3155
Applelink: FIELDCOPY
Online: Technotes are available for you to read right now or to download in Acrobat, QuickView, or ClarisWorks 4 format.
Developer CD Series: All issues of the new & revised Technotes are now also available as part of the Developer CD Series, Reference Library Edition, available from the Apple Developer Catalog.

Downloading

You can download Technotes in either Acrobat, ClarisWorks 4, or QuickView formats. Those options are available on each individual Technote page. If you would like to take advantage of this, you need to first download the requisite software.

Acrobat Reader can be downloaded, free of charge, from Adobe,
ClarisWorks 4 can be purchased from Claris, and
QuickView can be downloaded, free of charge, from the Apple ftp site.

Contributing a Technote

Apple welcomes contributions from all members of the Apple developer community. If you have solved a particularly gnarly engineering or design problem, or you want to share insights you've gained in addressing an important development or operating system issue with other Apple developers, a Technote may be just the right vehicle for you.

If you're interested in writing or contributing a Technote, you might want to check out the Author's Guidelines, which provide an outline of the structure Apple has evolved for Macintosh Technotes, and download the ClarisWorks 4 Technote Template; then contact the Technote Editor, Tom Maremaa, at maremaa@apple.com to discuss your idea.

Indexing the "Old" Technical Notes

If you need a match between a Technical Note's old number and its reorganized new number, you'll want to download one of the three enclosed files. For example, old Technical Note 306, "Icon Drawing in 7," has been renumbered as Technical Note QD 18, "Drawing Icons the System 7 Way," and can be found in the QuickDraw folder.

This renumbering predates the new and revised Technotes.

The 3 downloadable files are in Microsoft Word 5.1a format, binhexed for Web accessing:

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