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This category holds the '''general Apple and third-party Macintosh literature''' on this wiki: Apple's
This category holds the general Apple and third-party Macintosh literature on this wiki: Apple's
own non-service publications, the repair books, the LaserWriter service-training manuals and the
own non-service publications, the repair books, the LaserWriter service-training manuals and the
owner-level guides. Apple's own machine service manuals are in
owner-level guides. Apple's own machine service manuals are in
[[:Category:Apple Service Source|Apple Service Source]]; the programming and compiler books are in
[[:Category:Apple Service Source|Apple Service Source]]; the programming and compiler books are in
[[:Category:Apple Programming Documentation|Apple Programming Documentation]]. The repair-relevant
[[:Category:Apple Programming Documentation|Apple Programming Documentation]]. The repair-relevant
titles here are pulled out with what each one is good for on '''[[Macintosh Repair Resources]]'''.
titles here are listed with what each one is good for on [[Macintosh Repair Resources]].
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== The documents here that are genuinely component-level ==
== Component-level repair books ==


Apple published almost nothing below module level for its computers. These four third-party books are
These four third-party books work below module level:
the exception, and they are the reason several capacitor and fault pages on this wiki have a source
at all:


* '''[[Macintosh Repair & Upgrade Secrets]]''' &mdash; Larry Pina, Hayden Books, first edition second printing, 1990, 365 pp. Component-level work on the 128K, 512K, Plus and SE.
* [[Macintosh Repair & Upgrade Secrets]] – Larry Pina, Hayden Books, first edition second printing, 1990, 365 pp. Component-level work on the 128K, 512K, Plus and SE.
* '''[[Macintosh II Repair and Upgrade Secrets]]''' &mdash; Pina's Macintosh&nbsp;II companion, Brady, 1991, 283 pp. '''The page title omits the year'''; the file is named for it.
* [[Macintosh II Repair and Upgrade Secrets]] – Pina's Macintosh&nbsp;II companion, Brady, 1991, 283 pp.
* '''[[The Dead Mac Scrolls]]''' &mdash; Pina, Peachpit Press / Goldstein &amp; Blair, 1992, 489 pp: symptom-to-repair, board level, machine by machine.
* [[The Dead Mac Scrolls]] – Pina, Peachpit Press / Goldstein &amp; Blair, 1992, 489 pp: symptom-to-repair, board level, machine by machine.
* '''[[Troubleshooting Your Macintosh 1992]]''' &mdash; Douglass High, M&amp;T Books, 1992, 471 pp. User-level rather than board-level, but its chapter&nbsp;11 is the reference here for the '''physical''' AppleTalk network: termination, noisy nodes, circular networks and the cable limit.
* [[Troubleshooting Your Macintosh 1992]] – Douglass High, M&amp;T Books, 1992, 471 pp. User-level, not board-level; chapter&nbsp;11 covers the physical AppleTalk network: termination, noisy nodes, circular networks and the cable limit.


'''They are secondary sources.''' Where one of them disagrees with Apple's own service documentation,
They are secondary sources. Where one of them disagrees with Apple's own service documentation,
the Apple document wins.
follow Apple.


== Apple's LaserWriter service training ==
== Apple's LaserWriter service training ==
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Apple's ''Service Training'' participant manuals, all Version&nbsp;1.1, 1996, and all Apple-authored:
Apple's ''Service Training'' participant manuals, all Version&nbsp;1.1, 1996, and all Apple-authored:


* '''[[Service Training Laserwriter Ii Service Course Participant Manual Version 1.1 1996|LaserWriter II Service Course]]''' &mdash; 79 pp, the whole LaserWriter&nbsp;II family
* [[Service Training Laserwriter Ii Service Course Participant Manual Version 1.1 1996|LaserWriter II Service Course]] – 79 pp, the whole LaserWriter&nbsp;II family
* '''[[Service Training Laserwriter Pro 600 630 Service Course Version 1.1 1996|LaserWriter Pro 600/630 Service Course]]''' &mdash; 54 pp
* [[Service Training Laserwriter Pro 600 630 Service Course Version 1.1 1996|LaserWriter Pro 600/630 Service Course]] – 54 pp
* '''[[Service Training Laserwriter Select Service Course Version 1.1 1996|LaserWriter Select Service Course]]''' &mdash; 65 pp
* [[Service Training Laserwriter Select Service Course Version 1.1 1996|LaserWriter Select Service Course]] – 65 pp
* '''[[Service Training Personal Laserwriter Sc Nt Ls Service Course Version 1.1 1996|Personal LaserWriter SC/NT/LS Service Course]]''' &mdash; 76 pp
* [[Service Training Personal Laserwriter Sc Nt Ls Service Course Version 1.1 1996|Personal LaserWriter SC/NT/LS Service Course]] – 76 pp


Older and larger: '''[[Service Support Tranning Programs Laserwriter Technical Procedures Jan 1985]]'''
[[Service Support Tranning Programs Laserwriter Technical Procedures Jan 1985]]
is a 236-page Apple ''Service Support Training Programs'' binder containing '''six separate
is a 236-page Apple ''Service Support Training Programs'' binder containing six separate
documents'''; its centrepiece is Apple's own ''LaserWriter Printer Technical Procedures'' (rev. Jan
documents. The main one is Apple's ''LaserWriter Printer Technical Procedures'' (rev. Jan
and Feb 1985), which carries the '''Laser Power Adjustment (P/N 011-7052)''' and '''Image Skew
and Feb 1985), with the Laser Power Adjustment (P/N 011-7052) and Image Skew
Adjustment (P/N 011-7051)''' procedures and the fuser assembly part number 699-0306 &mdash; none of
Adjustment (P/N 011-7051) procedures and the fuser assembly part number 699-0306.
which is in the later ''Service Source'' LaserWriter volumes. '''Both the file and the page title
[[Macworld August 2010 Four Reasons Why The Laserwriter Mattered 2010]] is a two-page 2010
misspell "Training".''' For context on why that printer mattered,
magazine article on the LaserWriter.
'''[[Macworld August 2010 Four Reasons Why The Laserwriter Mattered 2010]]''' is a two-page 2010
magazine article, not a manual.


== Apple's own non-service publications ==
== Apple's own non-service publications ==


* '''[[The Basic Elements Of Design Apple Computer 1991]]''' &mdash; Apple Computer, 1991, 80 pp, from the Apple Publishing System series
* [[The Basic Elements Of Design Apple Computer 1991]] – Apple Computer, 1991, 80 pp, from the Apple Publishing System series
* '''[[Macintosh XL Screen Kit]]''' &mdash; Apple, 1985, part number '''030-1240-A''', 28 pp; the ''MacWorks XL'' screen kit
* [[Macintosh XL Screen Kit]] – Apple, 1985, part number 030-1240-A, 28 pp; the ''MacWorks XL'' screen kit
* '''[[Programming with AppleTalk 1991]]''' &mdash; Michael Peirce, Addison-Wesley ''Macintosh Inside Out'', 1991, 278 pp. Held here as two scans, both linked from that page
* [[Programming with AppleTalk 1991]] – Michael Peirce, Addison-Wesley ''Macintosh Inside Out'', 1991, 278 pp. Held here as two scans, both linked from that page


== Owner-level books and general references ==
== Owner-level books and general references ==


The four editions of '''''The Macintosh Bible''''' &mdash;
The four editions of ''The Macintosh Bible'':
'''[[The Macintosh Bible 1st edition 1986|1st (1986, 435 pp)]]''' &middot;
[[The Macintosh Bible 1st edition 1986|1st (1986, 435 pp)]] &middot;
'''[[The Macintosh Bible 2nd edition 1989|2nd (1988&ndash;89, 771 pp)]]''' &middot;
[[The Macintosh Bible 2nd edition 1989|2nd (1988&ndash;89, 771 pp)]] &middot;
'''[[The Macintosh Bible 3rd Edition 1991|3rd (1991, 1,126 pp)]]''' &middot;
[[The Macintosh Bible 3rd Edition 1991|3rd (1991, 1,126 pp)]] &middot;
'''[[The Macintosh Bible 4th edition 1992|4th (1987&ndash;92, 1,262 pp)]]''' &mdash; and:
[[The Macintosh Bible 4th edition 1992|4th (1987&ndash;92, 1,262 pp)]]. Other titles:


* '''[[The Apple Macintosh Primer 1984]]''' (Sadler / DATAMOST, Reston, 1984, 113 pp) &middot; '''[[Presenting the Macintosh 1984]]''' (Miller and Myers, dilithium Press, 1984, 125 pp)
* [[The Apple Macintosh Primer 1984]] (Sadler / DATAMOST, Reston, 1984, 113 pp) &middot; [[Presenting the Macintosh 1984]] (Miller and Myers, dilithium Press, 1984, 125 pp)
* '''[[The Apple Macintosh Book Second Edition 1985|The Apple Macintosh Book, 2nd ed.]]''' (Cary Lu, Microsoft Press, 1985, 422 pp) and '''[[The Apple Macintosh Book 3rd edition 1988|3rd ed.]]''' (Lu with Chu, 1988, 395 pp)
* [[The Apple Macintosh Book Second Edition 1985|The Apple Macintosh Book, 2nd ed.]] (Cary Lu, Microsoft Press, 1985, 422 pp) and [[The Apple Macintosh Book 3rd edition 1988|3rd ed.]] (Lu with Chu, 1988, 395 pp)
* '''[[Under the Apple 1987]]''' (Bornstein, 1987, 363 pp, on desk accessories) &middot; '''[[The Color Mac 1992]]''' (Miller and Zaucha, Hayden, 1992, 333 pp) &middot; '''[[The Tao of AppleScript 1993]]''' (Schneider for BMUG, Hayden, 1993, 311 pp)
* [[Under the Apple 1987]] (Bornstein, 1987, 363 pp, on desk accessories) &middot; [[The Color Mac 1992]] (Miller and Zaucha, Hayden, 1992, 333 pp) &middot; [[The Tao of AppleScript 1993]] (Schneider for BMUG, Hayden, 1993, 311 pp)
* '''[[The PowerPC Macintosh Book 1994]]''' (Somogyi, Addison-Wesley, 1994, 241 pp) &middot; '''[[The Power Mac Book 1995]]''' (Pronk, Coriolis, 1995, 411 pp)
* [[The PowerPC Macintosh Book 1994]] (Somogyi, Addison-Wesley, 1994, 241 pp) &middot; [[The Power Mac Book 1995]] (Pronk, Coriolis, 1995, 411 pp)
* '''[[The Great Macintosh Easter Egg Hunt 1998]]''' &mdash; David Pogue, Berkley Books, 1998, 140 pp. A catalogue of hidden messages and jokes in Apple hardware and software, '''expressly unauthorised by Apple''' in its own copyright page. Nothing serviceable in it
* [[The Great Macintosh Easter Egg Hunt 1998]] – David Pogue, Berkley Books, 1998, 140 pp. A catalogue of hidden messages and jokes in Apple hardware and software; its copyright page says it is not authorised by Apple.


'''None of the books in this last group is a repair source.''' They carry no schematic, no parts list
None of the books in this group is a repair source: they carry no schematics, parts lists or
and no component value, and no figure on this wiki should be cited from any of them. They are useful
component values. They are useful for establishing what a machine shipped with and how it was meant
for establishing what a machine shipped with and how it was meant to behave.
to behave.


== Pages here whose file was never uploaded ==
== Apple II, Apple III and Lisa ==
* Apple-1 and Apple II: [[Apple-1 Operation Manual 1976]], [[Apple II Reference Manual]], [[Apple II Schematics]]
* Apple IIe: [[Apple IIe Reference Manual]], [[Apple IIe Enhancement Kit]], [[Platinum Apple IIe Variants Compared]]
* Apple IIc: [[Apple IIc Technical Reference Manual]], [[Apple IIc ROM Versions]], [[Apple IIc Plus Owner's Guide]]
* Apple IIGS: [[Apple IIGS Hardware Reference]], [[Apple IIGS Owner's Reference]], [[Apple IIGS ROM Revision Summary]]
* Apple III: [[Apple III Owner's Guide]], [[Apple III Plus Owner's Guide]]
* Lisa and Macintosh XL: [[Apple Lisa Owners Guide 1983]], [[Apple Lisa 2 Owners Guide 1983]], [[Apple Lisa 2 Owners Guide 1984]], [[Lisa Do It Yourself Guide]], [[Apple Lisa Level 1 Technical Procedures Mar85]], [[Apple Service Technical Procedures Lisa/Macintosh XL]], [[MacWorks Manual]]
* Storage: [[Apple Directly Connected Disks Specification]]


'''[[Programming The Laserwriter 1991]]''' names a document that is not on this wiki &mdash; both the
== Macintosh service guides and procedures ==
embed and the download link are dead. The page is kept so the gap is visible, and asserts nothing
* [[Apple Macintosh Service Guide Volume 1 1990]], [[Apple Macintosh Service Guide Volume 2 1992]]
about the document.
* [[Apple Service Level 1 The Macintosh Office Technical Procedures 072-0163 April 1985]], [[Apple Service Level 1 The Macintosh Office Technical Procedures 072-0163 March 1986]], [[Apple Service Technical Procedures The Macintosh Office March 1986]]
* [[Apple Astec Power Supplies Service Package]]
* [[Apple TechStep User Guide]]
* [[Chilton's Guide to Macintosh Repair and Maintenance]]
 
== Macintosh developer notes and technical references ==
* Developer notes: [[Macintosh IIci Developer Note]], [[Macintosh IIsi Developer Note]], [[Macintosh IIvx IIvi and Performa 600 Developer Note]], [[Macintosh LC Developer Note]], [[Macintosh LC II Developer Note]], [[Macintosh LC III Developer Note]], [[Macintosh LC 475 and Quadra 605 Developer Note]], [[Macintosh LC 520 Developer Note]], [[Macintosh LC 575 Developer Note]], [[Macintosh LC 630 and Quadra 630 Developer Note]], [[Macintosh Centris 610 Centris 650 and Quadra 800 Developer Note]], [[Macintosh Quadra 840AV and Centris 660AV Developer Note]]
* Macintosh IIfx: [[Macintosh IIfx Special Options and Technical Information]], [[Apple Technical Note HW 9 Macintosh IIfx The Inside Story]]
* Inside Macintosh and networking: [[Inside Macintosh Volumes I-II-III 1985]], [[Inside Macintosh Networking 1994]], [[Inside AppleTalk Second Edition 1990]], [[Hands-On AppleTalk 1989]]
* Debugging: [[MacsBug Reference and Debugging Guide]]
 
== LaserWriter manuals and service guides ==
* Owner's guides and references: [[Laserwriter And Laserwriter Plus Manual 030-1296-a 1986]], [[Laserwriter Ii Nt Ntx Owners Guide 1988]], [[Laserwriter Iint Ntx Owners Guide 1990]], [[Laserwriter Pro 1993]], [[Apple Laserwriter Reference 0-201-19258-6 1988]], [[Inside The Apple Laserwriter 1989]], [[Laserwriter 8.0 Driver 1993]], [[The Laser Writer Family 1992]]
* Service guides: [[Apple Service Guide Laserwriter Printers January 1992]], [[Apple Service Guide For Laserwriter Printers Volume I 072-0631-b 1992]], [[Apple Service Guide For Laserwriter Printers Volume I Sept 1993]], [[Apple Service Guide Laserwriter Printers Volume I Addendum Sept 1993]], [[Apple Service Guide Laserwriter Printers Volume Ii Sept 1993]], [[Laserwriter Printers Service Guide Volume Ii Sept 1993]], [[Laserwriter Printers Service Guide Volume Ii September 1993]], [[Apple Service Guide Laserwriter Printers Volume Iii July 1995]], [[Laserwriter Printers Service Guide Volume Iii July 1995]], [[Laserwriter Printers Volume Iii Service Guide July 1995]], [[Apple Service Guide Laserwriter Printers Volume Iv Nov 1995]], [[Laserwriter Printers Service Guide Volume Iv Color Laserwriter 12-600ps November 1995]]
* Service training: [[Apple Laserwriter Ii Service Training Participant Manual Version 1.1 Oct 1992]], [[Service Training Introduction To Laser Printer Service Version 1.0 1992]], [[Service Training Introduction To Laser Printer Service Version 1.0.1 1996]], [[Introduction To Laserwriter Service 2.0 1997]]
 
== Other Apple publications ==
* [[Intro to Macintosh 1985]]
* [[OS 8.1 Emergency Handbook 1998]]
* [[Apple Dealer Price Lists February 1984]]


[[Category:Apple_Vintage_Computers]]
[[Category:Apple_Vintage_Computers]]
[[Category:Service_Manuals]]
[[Category:Service_Manuals]]

Revision as of 12:54, 30 September 2026

📖 Apple Documentation
Apple Books, Service Guides and More



This category holds the general Apple and third-party Macintosh literature on this wiki: Apple's own non-service publications, the repair books, the LaserWriter service-training manuals and the owner-level guides. Apple's own machine service manuals are in Apple Service Source; the programming and compiler books are in Apple Programming Documentation. The repair-relevant titles here are listed with what each one is good for on Macintosh Repair Resources.

Component-level repair books

These four third-party books work below module level:

They are secondary sources. Where one of them disagrees with Apple's own service documentation, follow Apple.

Apple's LaserWriter service training

Apple's Service Training participant manuals, all Version 1.1, 1996, and all Apple-authored:

Service Support Tranning Programs Laserwriter Technical Procedures Jan 1985 is a 236-page Apple Service Support Training Programs binder containing six separate documents. The main one is Apple's LaserWriter Printer Technical Procedures (rev. Jan and Feb 1985), with the Laser Power Adjustment (P/N 011-7052) and Image Skew Adjustment (P/N 011-7051) procedures and the fuser assembly part number 699-0306. Macworld August 2010 Four Reasons Why The Laserwriter Mattered 2010 is a two-page 2010 magazine article on the LaserWriter.

Apple's own non-service publications

Owner-level books and general references

The four editions of The Macintosh Bible: 1st (1986, 435 pp) · 2nd (1988–89, 771 pp) · 3rd (1991, 1,126 pp) · 4th (1987–92, 1,262 pp). Other titles:

None of the books in this group is a repair source: they carry no schematics, parts lists or component values. They are useful for establishing what a machine shipped with and how it was meant to behave.

Apple II, Apple III and Lisa

Macintosh service guides and procedures

Macintosh developer notes and technical references

LaserWriter manuals and service guides

Other Apple publications

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