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 monthly and are reviewed by Apple engineers for technical accuracy and robustness.

Last updated: 20-May-98

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Mac OS TN 1098: ATA Device Software Guide Additions and Corrections by Brian Bechtel This Technote is directed at developers who wish to call the ATA Manager directly. This update includes both corrections to the original ATA Manager guide, as well as some minor additions for ATA Manager 4.0. TN 1129: LaserWriter 8.5.1: The Settings Library by Ingrid Kelly, Apple Computer, Inc. and Richard Blanchard, RBI Software Systems, Inc. This Technote overviews the Settings Library, which was introduced in LaserWriter 8.5.1. TN 1128: Understanding Open Transport Memory Management by Quinn "The Eskimo!" This Technote describes how Open Transport's interrupt-safe memory management system works, and how you can use it for best effect in your software. TN 1127: In Search of Missing Links by George Warner This Technote is of interest to developers attempting to use the classic 68K API's currently missing from InterfaceLib. Rhapsody RTN0004: Moving to Rhapsody Developer Release 2 by Eric Simenel This Technote is of interest to developers attempting to move to Rhapsody Developer Release 2. RTN0002: Dual Boot Installation by Jason Mills updated by Kevyn Shortell This Technote details how to 'Dual Boot' your machine with Mac OS and Rhapsody. This Technote has been updated for Rhapsody Developer Release 2. RTN0001: Rhapsody Boot Process by Timothy Carroll This Technote details the modifications that were made to the Open Firmware configuration to support Rhapsody, and documents the process taken to load the Mach kernel. It also documents the problems of running the Rhapsody developer release on unsupported hardware.

Previous Technical Notes

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