Hardware & Drivers Reference Library

	Leopard Reference Library Hardware & Drivers Apple provides information hardware developers can use to create products that are compatible with Macintosh computers and programming interfaces software developers can use to create software that drives or accesses devices.


Getting Started A guided learning path for hardware and driver developers new to Mac OS X.	Fundamentals Essential information for developing drivers and device-access software.	Frameworks API references organized by framework.



Hardware & Drivers Topics View the complete Hardware & Drivers Reference Library List.
AirPort/802.11 Resources for developing devices that operate on AirPort networks.	Apple Hardware Apple computers, including laptop, desktop, and rack-mountable machines.	ATA Resources for creating ATA-compliant storage devices and device-access software.



Audio Resources for developing audio devices and software to access them.	Bluetooth Resources for developing Bluetooth devices and software to access them.	Bonjour Resources for using Bonjour to provide easy access to network services.



Ethernet Resources for developing Ethernet devices and drivers and enabling networking.	Fibre Channel Resources for accessing devices that conform to Fibre Channel standards.	FireWire Resources for developing FireWire devices and software to access them.



Graphics & Imaging Resources for developing, controlling, and querying video and graphics devices.	Human Interface Device & Force Feedback Programming interfaces that support access to human-interface devices.	Mac OS X Server Resources for creating products compatible with Mac OS X Server.



Networking Resources for developing network devices and software to access them.	Open Firmware Programming interfaces that support access to Open Firmware for testing.	PCI and PC Card Resources for developing PCI or PC Card devices and drivers.



Performance Resources for evaluating and improving device and software performance.	Printing Technologies and APIs that support printers and printer drivers.	QuickTime Resources for supporting QuickTime multimedia capabilities in devices.



Scanners Programming interfaces that support access to scanners.	SCSI Resources for accessing SCSI Parallel and SCSI Architecture Model devices.	Security Resources for creating products compatible with Apple security technology.



Serial Programming interfaces that support access to serial-port devices.	Still Cameras Programming interfaces that support access to digital still cameras.	Storage APIs that support access to random- and sequential-access storage devices.



USB Resources for developing USB devices and software to access them.



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