Apple produces information for programmers and other innovators who are developing products in all areas of Apple technology. From this page, you can go directly to product-specific pages to read and search documents online, download documents in compatible compression formats, and order printed books. This page also has links to other Apple resources, such as develop, Technical Notes, and Technical Q&A's, and to third-party web sites of interest to Apple developers.

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Mac OS

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Rhapsody

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• OPENSTEP
• Other Resources

QuickTime

• QuickTime 3
• Sound & Speech

Hardware

• Power Macintosh Desktop CPU's
• Power Macintosh Portable CPU's
• Macintosh 680X0 Desktop CPU's
• Macintosh 680X0 Portable CPU's
• Printers
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Enterprise and Internet

• WebObjects
• Enterprise Objects Framework

Documentation Archives

News and Information

ColorSync 2.5 New features available with ColorSync Manager Version 2.5.

Carbon Specification Details the level of support that the Carbon API will provide for each of the functions defined in the Mac OS Universal Interfaces version 3.1.

Carbon Paper Explains the goals and advantages of the Carbon programming interface.

Other Apple Resources

develop, The Apple Technical Journal
Take advantage of the wealth of information in these archived editions. The full-length articles include sample code and time-saving programming techniques.

Technical Notes
Informational notes from Apple's Worldwide Developer Technical Support (WWDTS) engineers.

Technical Q&A's
Answers to questions from other developers, straight from Apple's Worldwide Developer Technical Support (WWDTS) engineers.

Third-Party Resources

MacTech Magazine
Features articles and columns written by some of the industry's top professionals (including Apple Engineers), and includes source code, industry news, product reviews, conference reports, and more.

Stepwise
A server providing a central access point for Rhapsody-related news and information.

Omni Development, Inc.
A NEXTSTEP, OpenStep, and Rhapsody software development company specializing in information exchange applications.

WOSource
A website providing WebObjects, Apple Computer's Enterprise web and database application development platform information.