Technical Notes provide you with the latest technical documentation on Apple technologies and system updates, fixes and errata to Inside Macintosh, as well as programming tips and techniques to advance your development efforts. New Technical Notes are published on a regular basis and are reviewed by Apple engineers for technical accuracy and robustness.

Technical Notes by Category
Alphabetical categories for Apple Technical Notes are listed below.

Mac OS

• Color
• Communications
• Cross-Platform
• Devices
• Documentation
• Files
• Hardware
• Help Systems
• High Level Toolbox
• Inside Macintosh
  • Addenda
  • Errata
• Interapplication Communication
• Memory
• Networking
• OS Utilities
• Overviews
• Platforms & Tools
• Printing
• Processes
• QuickDraw
• QuickDraw 3D
• QuickTime Technologies
  • QuickTime
  • QuickTime VR
  • QuickTime for Windows
• Runtime Architecture
• Sound
• System Releases
• Text
  

• AOCE: Apple Open Collaboration Environment
• Apple Media Tool
• QuickDraw GX
• QuickTime Conferencing

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

Q&As
Technical Q&As 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.

Japanese Technotes
For the convenience of our Japanese developers, many of our Technical Notes have been translated into Japanese.

Mac OS TN 1145: Living in a Dynamic TCP Environment By Quinn "The Eskimo!" This Technote describes some of the intricacies of dealing with TCP/IP in a dynamic environment, such as that provided by Open Transport. TN 1144: Writing Custom Hoses For LaserWriter 8.6 By Richard Blanchard and Ingrid Kelly This Technote gives an overview of the custom "hose" specification used by LaserWriter 8.6, which adds the ability for shared libraries to implement various communication methods, and for these libraries to be loaded dynamically based upon a DTP's type. TN 1143: Introducing the LaserWriter 8 Driver Version 8.6 By Ingrid Kelly This Technote outlines some of the new features and changes that Apple has made with the LaserWriter 8 version 8.6 release. TN1142: Mac OS 8.5 By John Montbriand This Technote discusses changes and corrections in the next generation of Mac OS: Mac OS 8.5. TN1141: Extending and Controlling Sherlock By John Montbriand This Technote describes several enhanced searching capabilities in Mac OS 8.5, known collectively as Sherlock. TN 1095: Apple's Object Support Library By Andy Bachorski This Technote is an attempt to clarify the version history of Apple's Object Support Library (OSL).

In addition to our recent Technical Notes, all previous Technical Notes are also available. A quick, easy-to-scan Table of Contents includes all of these Technical Notes in an itemized list sorted by date published on the Web. A more robust Table of Contents, which includes a descriptive passage on each Technical Note, is also available.