Category:Apple Documentation

📖 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:

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 – Pina's Macintosh II companion, Brady, 1991, 283 pp.
The Dead Mac Scrolls – Pina, Peachpit Press / Goldstein & Blair, 1992, 489 pp: symptom-to-repair, board level, machine by machine.
Troubleshooting Your Macintosh 1992 – Douglass High, M&T Books, 1992, 471 pp. User-level, not board-level; chapter 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, follow Apple.

Apple's LaserWriter service training

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

LaserWriter II Service Course – 79 pp, the whole LaserWriter II family
LaserWriter Pro 600/630 Service Course – 54 pp
LaserWriter Select Service Course – 65 pp
Personal LaserWriter SC/NT/LS Service Course – 76 pp

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

The Basic Elements Of Design Apple Computer 1991 – Apple Computer, 1991, 80 pp, from the Apple Publishing System series
Macintosh XL Screen Kit – Apple, 1985, part number 030-1240-A, 28 pp; the MacWorks XL screen kit
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

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:

The Apple Macintosh Primer 1984 (Sadler / DATAMOST, Reston, 1984, 113 pp) · Presenting the Macintosh 1984 (Miller and Myers, dilithium Press, 1984, 125 pp)
The Apple Macintosh Book, 2nd ed. (Cary Lu, Microsoft Press, 1985, 422 pp) and 3rd ed. (Lu with Chu, 1988, 395 pp)
Under the Apple 1987 (Bornstein, 1987, 363 pp, on desk accessories) · The Color Mac 1992 (Miller and Zaucha, Hayden, 1992, 333 pp) · The Tao of AppleScript 1993 (Schneider for BMUG, Hayden, 1993, 311 pp)
The PowerPC Macintosh Book 1994 (Somogyi, Addison-Wesley, 1994, 241 pp) · The Power Mac Book 1995 (Pronk, Coriolis, 1995, 411 pp)
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 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

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

Macintosh service guides and procedures

Macintosh developer notes and technical references

LaserWriter manuals and service guides

Other Apple publications

Subcategories

This category has only the following subcategory.

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Apple Programming Documentation (154 P, 152 F)

Pages in category "Apple Documentation"

The following 105 pages are in this category, out of 105 total.

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Chilton's Guide to Macintosh Repair and Maintenance

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Hands-On AppleTalk 1989

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OS 8.1 Emergency Handbook 1998

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Under the Apple 1987

Media in category "Apple Documentation"

The following 189 files are in this category, out of 189 total.

12 monochrome display.pdf 0 × 0; 714 KB
12 rgb display.pdf 0 × 0; 1.01 MB
16 color display.pdf 0 × 0; 1.21 MB
21 color display.pdf 0 × 0; 1.74 MB
Apple 3.5 drive.pdf 0 × 0; 222 KB
Apple 400k drive.pdf 0 × 0; 118 KB
Apple 800k drive.pdf 0 × 0; 137 KB
Apple Astec Power Supplies Service Package 1982.pdf 0 × 0; 6.16 MB
Apple color printer.pdf 0 × 0; 1.08 MB
Apple Dealer Price Lists February 1984.pdf 0 × 0; 5.23 MB
Apple Directly Connected Disks Specification 1985.pdf 0 × 0; 556 KB
Apple Disk II Floppy Disk Subsystem Installation and Operating Manual.pdf 0 × 0; 1.96 MB
Apple Extended Keyboard II Owner's Guide 1989.pdf 0 × 0; 1.15 MB
Apple Graphics Tablet Operation and Reference Manual 1979.pdf 0 × 0; 5.96 MB
Apple Guide to the Macintosh Family Hardware 2nd Edition 1990.pdf 0 × 0; 28.81 MB
Apple II 3.5 Disk Controller Card Owners Guide 1991.pdf 0 × 0; 3.87 MB
Apple II Mouse Interface Card Schematic 050-0101-A.pdf 0 × 0; 275 KB
Apple II Reference Manual 1979.pdf 0 × 0; 8.1 MB
Apple II Schematic.pdf 0 × 0; 725 KB
Apple II Technical Note IIc 1 Mouse Differences on IIe and IIc.pdf 0 × 0; 91 KB
Apple II Technical Note UniDisk 3.5 4 Accessing Macintosh Disks.pdf 0 × 0; 158 KB
Apple II Technical Note UniDisk 3.5 5 Architectural Differences.pdf 0 × 0; 109 KB
Apple II UniDisk 3.5 Owners Manual 1985.pdf 0 × 0; 1.26 MB
Apple IIc Plus Owners Guide 1988.pdf 0 × 0; 23.74 MB
Apple IIc ROM Versions.pdf 0 × 0; 102 KB
Apple IIc Technical Reference Manual 1985.pdf 0 × 0; 34.26 MB
Apple IIe Enhancement Kit Dealer Installation Instructions.pdf 0 × 0; 2.78 MB
Apple IIe Reference Manual 1982.pdf 0 × 0; 9.45 MB
Apple IIGS Hardware Reference 1989.pdf 0 × 0; 13.39 MB
Apple IIGS Owners Reference.pdf 0 × 0; 16.19 MB
Apple IIGS Technical Note 26 ROM Revision Summary 1989.pdf 0 × 0; 348 KB
Apple III Owners Guide 1981.pdf 0 × 0; 16.24 MB
Apple III Plus Owners Guide.pdf 0 × 0; 24.06 MB
Apple Joystick IIe and IIc Users Instructions.pdf 0 × 0; 444 KB
Apple LaserWriter II Service Training Participant Manual Version 1.1 Oct 1992.pdf 0 × 0; 12.93 MB
Apple LaserWriter Printers Volume I.pdf 0 × 0; 9.83 MB
Apple Laserwriter Reference 0-201-19258-6 1988.pdf 0 × 0; 33.3 MB
Apple Lisa 2 Owners Guide 1983.pdf 0 × 0; 8.5 MB
Apple Lisa 2 Owners Guide 1984.pdf 0 × 0; 4.68 MB
Apple Lisa DataPower Power Supply Schematic (reverse-engineered).pdf 0 × 0; 61 KB
Apple Lisa I-O Board Schematic 050-4008-K.pdf 0 × 0; 733 KB
Apple Lisa Level 1 Technical Procedures Mar85.pdf 0 × 0; 11.85 MB
Apple Lisa Owners Guide 1983.pdf 0 × 0; 9.96 MB
Apple Lisa Power Supply Schematic 050-4011-H.pdf 0 × 0; 257 KB
Apple Lisa Video Board Schematic 050-4012-E.pdf 0 × 0; 254 KB
APPLE MACINTOSH SERVICE GUIDE VOL1 1990.pdf 0 × 0; 34.81 MB
APPLE MACINTOSH SERVICE GUIDE VOL2 1992.pdf 0 × 0; 23.15 MB
Apple Numeric Keypad II and IIe Technical Procedures.pdf 0 × 0; 1.08 MB
Apple pc 5.25 drive.pdf 0 × 0; 164 KB
Apple Service Guide for LaserWriter Printers Volume I 072-0631-B 1992.pdf 0 × 0; 9.84 MB
Apple Service Guide for LaserWriter Printers Volume I Sept 1993.pdf 0 × 0; 2.43 MB
Apple Service Guide LaserWriter Printers January 1992.pdf 0 × 0; 37.34 MB
Apple Service Guide LaserWriter Printers Volume I Addendum Sept 1993.pdf 0 × 0; 823 KB
Apple Service Guide LaserWriter Printers Volume II Sept 1993.pdf 0 × 0; 7.34 MB
Apple Service Guide LaserWriter Printers Volume III July 1995.pdf 0 × 0; 10.78 MB
Apple Service Guide LaserWriter Printers Volume IV Nov 1995.pdf 0 × 0; 10.04 MB
Apple Service Level 1 The Macintosh Office Technical Procedures 072-0163 April 1985.pdf 0 × 0; 10.39 MB
Apple Service Level 1 The Macintosh Office Technical Procedures 072-0163 March 1986.pdf 0 × 0; 8.95 MB
Apple Service Technical Procedures Lisa-Macintosh XL.pdf 0 × 0; 46.93 MB
Apple Service Technical Procedures The Macintosh Office March 1986.pdf 0 × 0; 34.06 MB
Apple SuperDrive Users Guide 1991.pdf 0 × 0; 1.78 MB
Apple superdrive.hdi 20.pdf 0 × 0; 195 KB
Apple tape backup 40sc.pdf 0 × 0; 234 KB
Apple Tech Info Library 1307 UniDisk 3.5 Specifications.pdf 0 × 0; 5 KB
Apple Tech Info Library ADB keyboard and mouse articles.pdf 0 × 0; 40 KB
Apple Technical Note HW 9 Macintosh IIfx The Inside Story.pdf 0 × 0; 19 KB
Apple TechStep Users Guide.pdf 0 × 0; 39.23 MB
Apple-1 Operation Manual 1976.pdf 0 × 0; 1.69 MB
Applecd 150-300.pdf 0 × 0; 413 KB
Applecd 300e plus-600e.pdf 0 × 0; 216 KB
Applecd sc-sc plus.pdf 0 × 0; 352 KB
Applevision 1710av display.pdf 0 × 0; 3.6 MB
Audiovision 14 display.pdf 0 × 0; 1.08 MB
Basic color monitor.pdf 0 × 0; 146 KB
Cinema display.pdf 0 × 0; 601 KB
Classic ii.performa 200.pdf 0 × 0; 1.01 MB
Color classic ii.perf 275.pdf 0 × 0; 1.35 MB
Color classic.pdf 0 × 0; 1.34 MB
Color onescanner 1200 30.pdf 0 × 0; 3.01 MB
Color plus 14 display.pdf 0 × 0; 116 KB
Emac service source.pdf 0 × 0; 4.99 MB
EMateServiceManual.pdf 0 × 0; 2.84 MB
Enhanced Power Macintosh Computers Developer Note (1994).pdf 0 × 0; 214 KB
External hard drive sc.pdf 0 × 0; 393 KB
Hands-On AppleTalk 1989.pdf 0 × 0; 23.27 MB
Hard disk 20.pdf 0 × 0; 224 KB
Highres monochrome monitor.pdf 0 × 0; 836 KB
Inside AppleTalk Second Edition 1990.pdf 0 × 0; 57.34 MB
Inside Macintosh Networking 1994.pdf 0 × 0; 26.85 MB
Inside Macintosh Volumes I-II-III 1985.pdf 0 × 0; 51.16 MB
Inside the Apple LaserWriter 1989.pdf 0 × 0; 66.36 MB
Intro to Macintosh 1985.pdf 0 × 0; 4.46 MB
Introduction to Laserwriter Service 2.0 1997.pdf 0 × 0; 1.28 MB
Laserwriter 10.600 a3plus.pdf 0 × 0; 8.16 MB
LaserWriter 8.0 Driver 1993.pdf 0 × 0; 1.96 MB
LaserWriter and LaserWriter Plus manual 030-1296-A 1986.pdf 0 × 0; 24.68 MB
LaserWriter II NT NTX Owners Guide 1988.pdf 0 × 0; 16.54 MB
Laserwriter ii.pdf 0 × 0; 1.56 MB
LaserWriter IINT NTX Owners Guide 1990.pdf 0 × 0; 32.3 MB
Laserwriter plus.pdf 0 × 0; 284 KB
LaserWriter Printers Service Guide Volume II Sept 1993.pdf 0 × 0; 21.12 MB
LaserWriter Printers Service Guide Volume II September 1993.pdf 0 × 0; 21.12 MB
LaserWriter Printers Service Guide Volume III July 1995.pdf 0 × 0; 24.57 MB
LaserWriter Printers Service Guide Volume IV Color LaserWriter 12-600PS November 1995.pdf 0 × 0; 16.27 MB
LaserWriter Printers Volume III Service Guide July 1995.pdf 0 × 0; 25.02 MB
LaserWriter Pro 1993.pdf 0 × 0; 22.12 MB
Laserwriter pro 600.630.pdf 0 × 0; 2.06 MB
Laserwriter select.pdf 0 × 0; 1.68 MB
LC575.pdf 0 × 0; 6.57 MB
Lisa Do It Yourself Guide.pdf 0 × 0; 1.09 MB
Lisa Hardware Manual Sep 1982.pdf 0 × 0; 10.78 MB
Macintosh 128k.512k.pdf 0 × 0; 585 KB
Macintosh Centris 610 Centris 650 and Quadra 800 Developer Note.pdf 0 × 0; 4.08 MB
Macintosh Classic - Classic II.pdf 0 × 0; 803 KB
Macintosh Color Classic II.pdf 0 × 0; 1.13 MB
Macintosh Color Classic.pdf 0 × 0; 1.19 MB
Macintosh color display.pdf 0 × 0; 946 KB
Macintosh Disk Drive and UniDisk 3.5.pdf 0 × 0; 313 KB
Macintosh II Repair and Upgrade Secrets 1991.pdf 0 × 0; 44.89 MB
Macintosh IIci Developer Note.pdf 0 × 0; 479 KB
Macintosh IIfx Special Options and Technical Information.pdf 0 × 0; 25.03 MB
Macintosh IIsi Developer Note.pdf 0 × 0; 532 KB
Macintosh IIvx IIvi and Performa 600 Developer Note.pdf 0 × 0; 374 KB
Macintosh LC 475 and Quadra 605 Developer Note.pdf 0 × 0; 558 KB
Macintosh LC 520 Developer Note.pdf 0 × 0; 811 KB
Macintosh LC 575 Developer Note.pdf 0 × 0; 950 KB
Macintosh LC 630 and Quadra 630 Developer Note.pdf 0 × 0; 753 KB
Macintosh LC 630 DOS Compatible User's Guide (1995).pdf 0 × 0; 3.37 MB
Macintosh LC Developer Note.pdf 0 × 0; 438 KB
Macintosh LC II Developer Note.pdf 0 × 0; 211 KB
Macintosh LC III Developer Note.pdf 0 × 0; 471 KB
Macintosh Performa 5400 Series User's Manual.pdf 0 × 0; 3.85 MB
Macintosh PowerBook 140 and 170 Developer Note 1991.pdf 0 × 0; 649 KB
Macintosh Quadra 700 Schematic.pdf 0 × 0; 9.66 MB
Macintosh Quadra 840AV and Centris 660AV Developer Note.pdf 0 × 0; 4.39 MB
Macintosh Repair & Upgrade Secrets.pdf 0 × 0; 63.24 MB
Macintosh Repair and Maintenance Chilton 1986.pdf 0 × 0; 23.28 MB
Macintosh XL Screen Kit.pdf 0 × 0; 1.56 MB
MacsBug Reference and Debugging Guide.pdf 0 × 0; 1.4 MB
MacWorks Manual.pdf 0 × 0; 119.58 MB
MacWorld August 2010 Four Reasons why the LaserWriter mattered 2010.pdf 0 × 0; 714 KB
Multiple scan 14 display.pdf 0 × 0; 348 KB
Multiple scan 15 display.pdf 0 × 0; 368 KB
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Multiple scan 20 display.pdf 0 × 0; 1.3 MB
Multiple scan 720 display.pdf 0 × 0; 3.08 MB
OS 8.1 Emergency Handbook 1998.pdf 0 × 0; 11.05 MB
Performa display.plus.pdf 0 × 0; 122 KB
Platinum Apple IIe Variants Compared.pdf 0 × 0; 1.06 MB
Power Macintosh 5200-75 and 6200-75 Computers Developer Note (1995).pdf 0 × 0; 813 KB
Power Macintosh 5260 Computer Developer Note (1996).pdf 0 × 0; 933 KB
Power Macintosh 5260 Series User's Manual.pdf 0 × 0; 2.62 MB
Power Macintosh 5400 Computer Developer Note (1996).pdf 0 × 0; 1,019 KB
Power Macintosh 5500 and 6500 Computers Developer Note (1997).pdf 0 × 0; 716 KB
Power Macintosh 6500 Series User's Manual.pdf 0 × 0; 3.41 MB
Power Macintosh Computers Developer Note (1994).pdf 0 × 0; 946 KB
Presenting the Macintosh 1984.pdf 0 × 0; 13.11 MB
Programming the LaserWriter 1991.pdf 0 × 0; 83.54 MB
Programming with AppleTalk 1991.pdf 0 × 0; 12.5 MB
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Service Support Tranning Programs Laserwriter Technical Procedures Jan 1985.pdf 0 × 0; 9.77 MB
Service Training Introduction to Laser Printer Service Version 1.0 1992.pdf 0 × 0; 4.87 MB
Service Training Introduction to Laser Printer Service Version 1.0.1 1996.pdf 0 × 0; 4.35 MB
Service Training LaserWriter II Service Course Participant Manual Version 1.1 1996.pdf 0 × 0; 3.45 MB
Service Training LaserWriter Pro 600 630 Service Course Version 1.1 1996.pdf 0 × 0; 1.81 MB
Service Training LaserWriter Select Service Course Version 1.1 1996.pdf 0 × 0; 1.93 MB
Service Training Personal LaserWriter SC NT LS Service Course Version 1.1 1996.pdf 0 × 0; 2.39 MB
The Apple Macintosh Book 3rd edition 1988.pdf 0 × 0; 81.09 MB
The Apple Macintosh Book Second Edition 1985.pdf 0 × 0; 27.58 MB
The Apple Macintosh Primer 1984.pdf 0 × 0; 5.84 MB
The Basic Elements of Design Apple Computer 1991.pdf 0 × 0; 11.69 MB
The Color Mac 1992.pdf 0 × 0; 68.06 MB
The Dead Mac Scrolls 1992.pdf 0 × 0; 56.09 MB
The Great Macintosh Easter Egg Hunt 1998.pdf 0 × 0; 15.15 MB
The Laser Writer Family 1992.pdf 0 × 0; 4.25 MB
The Macintosh Bible 1st edition 1986.pdf 0 × 0; 21.59 MB
The Macintosh Bible 2nd edition 1989.pdf 0 × 0; 144.03 MB
The Macintosh Bible 3rd Edition 1991.pdf 0 × 0; 219.08 MB
The Macintosh Bible 4th edition 1992.pdf 0 × 0; 247.77 MB
The Power Mac Book 1995.pdf 0 × 0; 29.32 MB
The PowerPC Macintosh Book 1994.pdf 0 × 0; 47.55 MB
The Tao of AppleScript 1993.pdf 0 × 0; 20.41 MB
Troubleshooting Your Macintosh 1992.pdf 0 × 0; 22.19 MB
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Under the Apple 1987.pdf 0 × 0; 16.08 MB