Wikipedia:WikiProject Apple Inc./Resources

Talk page templates

 * Please see our Assessment department for usage instructions.


 * WikiProject Apple Inc. is to be placed on the corresponding talkpage of an article. This helps categorize the articles!  See example below:

Article templates

 * Stub templates:
 * mac-stub is for stub articles relating to the Macintosh:
 * mac-software-stub is for stub articles relating to third party software for Macintosh.
 * General use:
 * cite mac to cite Macintosh tech specs
 * lowercase is used because Wikipedia software cannot display the first letter of a title as lowercase. However, Apple has many articles that do just that (like iPad).
 * Infobox computing device is an infobox for hardware articles, such as MacBook Pro, where you can see the template in action.
 * Navigation:
 * Apple is a navigational template for Apple Inc.-related articles.
 * Apple celeb
 * Apple hardware before 1998
 * Apple hardware since 1998 is a navigational template for Apple hardware articles, preferably recent ones as the name says.
 * Apple hardware
 * Apple operating systems
 * Apple printers
 * Apple professional video applications
 * Apple silicon
 * Apple software is used for software
 * Apple software on Windows
 * Apple TV+
 * Classic Mac OS
 * Classic Mac OS sidebar
 * Core Foundation
 * Darwin derivations
 * iOS
 * iPod
 * Logic Studio
 * macOS
 * macOS sidebar
 * macOS developer tools
 * macOS Server
 * macOS typefaces
 * Original Macintosh Design Team
 * Wi-Fi base stations by Apple


 * Lists, tables, and timelines:
 * Complete timeline of Macintosh models
 * List of iPod models
 * Timeline of iPod models
 * Timeline of compact iPod models
 * Timeline of MacBook family models
 * Timeline of Apple products
 * Timeline of Apple II family models
 * Table of current Macintosh models
 * Timeline_of_iPhone_models

Userpage templates

 * Project Apple Inc. for your user page or your talk page to keep track of this project (template shown at the top of this page). It does not add a category.
 * User WikiProject Apple Inc. is for UBX tags. It adds the page to Category:WikiProject Apple Inc. participants. If you do not wish to display this template, add the category by regular means to your userpage.


 * If you don't like userboxes, you can use our KIS label, WP:KIS/WikiProject Apple Inc.:

General
One of the best resources for a good Wikipedian is your fellow Wikipedian. Do not be discouraged at a lack of reliable sources or skills, if you know something is essential but you don't know how to communicate it in a high quality encyclopedic fashion. Speak on the Talk page to collaborate and we'll turn Apple lore into real history.
 * Peer review—for those looking to make an article recognized content
 * How to upload icons
 * Starter code for articles
 * List of subpages

Mac

 * How to upload macOS app icons to Wikipedia

Templates

 * - Project banner
 * Article templates:
 * Infobox Software – Infobox for use in software articles that is not a game

Online
Internet Archive has searchable, browsable, and downloadable copies of print and software works. The Wayback Machine has archives of websites through history such as Apple.com. There are thousands of instantly playable Apple II games and applications in browser-based emulation.

Google Books has free access to searchable and browsable print works. Google Books is tricky, so don't blindly trust its global search. You might want to browse an entire magazine series for a particular issue, or you might need to find a particular series (such as ComputerWorld or InfoWorld) and just do a search within that.

The Wikipedia Library (WP:LIBRARY) invites you to apply for access to proprietary databases such as EBSCO. These are archives of even more magazines and journals from the computing and scientific industries and trades.

VintageApple.org has many old magazines concerning Apple's early history, which can be searched with Google.

Sometimes, Google Search will offer you many low-quality results, when better articles exist for your search query. You can try a query like:, customizing the list of sites as needed, which will filter out the SEO-optimized junk and fluff; and, thanks to   most forum posts will be filtered out too.

There are many more outside websites for the archival of print media, if you google for your favorite books and magazines by name.

Print
Some books have PDF versions online, and your local public library may have an ebook lending service. Post on the Talk page to ask your fellow WikiProject members for a favor about sourcing, because many people have familiarity with or personal collections of books.

Style guide
Strive to comply with all Wikipedia manual of style guidelines. What follows is a more specific style guide for Apple-related articles.

Software release names
To minimize reader confusion, when first mentioning a Mac operating system release, state both the version number and marketing name. Do so in the following form used by secondary sources:
 * Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
 * OS X 10.10 Yosemite
 * macOS 13 Ventura

Do not prefix the version number with the letter v or place the version number at the end, which could lead readers to think that 10.4 is a version of Tiger, rather than being Tiger itself:
 * Mac OS X Tiger v10.4.

On subsequent mention, consider only referring to the codenames, for example: Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard (without "Mac OS X" or the version number).

When referring to a specific version, mention the version number only at the end. This is done by Apple and reliable sources:
 * macOS 13 Ventura 13.2
 * macOS 13.2 Ventura
 * macOS Ventura 13.2

'''Be appropriately precise. Do not add unnecessary decimals to product versions:'''

Example:
 * Avoid iOS 6.0 unless you are referring to that specific version.
 * Prefer iOS 6.

Per Wikipedia guidelines, avoid MOS:SEAOFBLUE:

Example:
 * Avoid iOS 6, where iOS and 6 link to separate articles.
 * Prefer iOS 6.