๐ Discover the Apple Developer forums
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Whether youโre chatting with the community, asking questions, or getting clarifications from Apple engineers, the Apple Developer Forums are a great place to learn and share information about Apple platforms.
The forums have a ton of great content, and we want to help you get the most out of your visit. Check out some tips and tricks to discover how you can post like a pro, up your reputation, quickly find the best answers, and more.
Personalize your profile
While anyone can view and browse the forums, youโll need to sign in with your Apple ID if you want to ask or answer questions. Once you register, you can customize your profile with a preset avatar, add your location if youโre comfortable doing so, and share a link to one of your apps on the App Store.
Just follow a few simple steps:
- Sign into your account.
- Go to your profile silhouette in the upper right corner of the screen.
- Click or tap on your silhouette.
- Click or tap Edit Profile.
From there, you can change whatever youโd like to change, as well as choose to show information like how long youโve been on the forums. From your homepage you can also keep an eye on threads youโve authored and watched, and favorite tags youโre interested in following.
Tag, youโre it
The forums are organized by tags: When someone asks a new question, they can add up to four tags to help categorize their post. If you have a question about building watchOS apps with SwiftUI, for example, you might tag that post SwiftUI and watchOS, and people searching either topic would get it in their search results.
Tags are listed on every post in the forums: You can view all of the most recent questions filed under a given tag by clicking or tapping on it โ as well as check out any relevant technical documentation or information for that tag.
You can also personalize your homepage with tags and threads that youโre most interested in. For example, you can add the โWWDC21โ tag to your โMy Tagsโ list so you can quickly view all the discussions happening.
See all available tags on the forums
Search swiftly
Available on every forums page, the search bar lets you look for questions, tags, and profiles. You can supercharge your search queries with a few quick tips โ hereโs how.
Keyword search Type in a word thatโs three characters or longer and hit return to get question titles or descriptions related to the word (or words) youโve typed.
Tag search Want to search for a tag? Type it in brackets, like so:
[Mac]
This query will return information on tags with the word โMacโ in them. Type in the name of a specific tag, and youโll go straight to the tagโs landing page, which contains a brief description of the tag and a list of recently tagged questions.
Combination searches If you know the name of a specific tag or multiple tags, you can combine them with a keyword to further refine your search. For example:
[macOS][Beta] Catalyst
This search will return all questions that have โCatalystโ in their title or description and are tagged with both โmacOSโ and โBeta.โ
Find a person Want to take a look at someoneโs profile? Use the following:
user:username
Replace โusernameโ with the personโs username that youโre looking for to get a list of matching people (or, if youโve entered an exact match, youโll visit that personโs profile).
Quickly spot Apple Recommended answers
When browsing forum threads, you can use colors and shapes to quickly learn a bit more about that post. If using a mouse or trackpad, you can also hover your pointer over any box to get more information about that post.
All unsolved questions appear with a blue box to the left of the thread title, with the number of replies inside that box.
Once a question has been marked โsolved,โ that box turns green. And if an Apple Developer Forums admin has marked that answer โApple Recommended,โ the postโs green box gains a darker border around it.
Tip: Be a problem-solver
Our community has a wealth of knowledge of both Apple platforms and products. If you spot a question on the forums that you think you can answer, you can reply to that post with your suggested solution. If it helps the author of the post, they can mark your answer as the solution to their problem, and you get reputation points for providing the best answer. If one of the Apple staff members agrees, they may promote your answer to Apple Recommended โ netting you even more reputation.
When you're viewing threads themselves, you can spot answers marked as Apple Recommended along the left side of the screen: Theyโre represented with a black circular icon with a white Apple logo inside of it.
You can also add comments on questions and answers to provide context or ask for clarification.
Rep your reputation
Great community members are key to a great experience โ and on the Apple Developer Forums, you can help your community surface important questions and earn reputation through constructive participation in threads. Moderators may review forum posts to ensure a safe and secure platform for you and other developers. Once a post has been approved, however, the community can rank and promote posts to the front page or top of a tag.
The forums use a points-based system: Participating in threads and constructively providing answers can help you gain points and privileges.
Here are some of the perks you can gain on the forums for participating actively:
- When you provide a helpful solution, the author can mark your answer as โAcceptedโ and your profile lists the number of accepted answers youโve provided.
- When you provide a solution that admins mark as โApple Recommended,โ you receive an โApple Recommendedโ badge on your profile.
- You can report posts for being duplicates or spam. (Requires at least 50 points reputation)
- You can downvote questions or replies. (Requires at least 100 points reputation)
Gain points by:
- Providing a reply that gets marked as โApple Recommendedโ: 25 points
- Providing a reply that gets marked as "Answered" by the author: 15 points
- Asking a question that gets upvoted: 5 points
- Providing a reply that gets upvoted: 5 points
Lose points by:
- Having an upvote rescinded for your question or reply: -5 points (neutralizes the previous upvote)
- Providing a question or reply that gets downvoted: -2 points
- Having spam or inappropriate/ abusive content that you posted removed: -15
Share replies within a post
Want to link out to a forum thread in Messages, email, or elsewhere? You can share the original post or any reply by going to a thread and tapping or clicking on the Share button, found inline to the right of the post.
You can also use RSS support to you keep up with forums you are interested on with for favorite RSS reader.
Post like a pro
Ready to ask a question or share your thoughts? Hereโs how to make your post look great.
Content is crucial When posting a question, consider what you can provide as background to help people understand your issue. Try to mention any limitations, assumptions, or simplifications. If you forget something or make a typo, you can edit your content for up to 15 minutes after posting.
Tag it up You can add up to four tags to any post. Pick tags that relate directly to your question, and consider whether youโd want to see your post listed within that tag if it were being made by someone else. You can see tag descriptions when choosing tags for your question so you can quickly select the most appropriate ones.
Mark it down The forums take advantage of the Markdown language to quickly and easily style your text without cumbersome formatting, including:
- Headers
- Ordered lists, tasks, and unordered lists
- Bold and italic text
- Links
- Code and syntax highlighting
- Blockquotes, code, and text quotes
Attach an image or a file Upload an image to your question or answer to provide supporting visual details.
Attach a log If your post would benefit from attaching log content, click or tap on the attachment icon in the text editor. Add a title, paste your log content, and click Add Text. This text will be linked in the body of your post.
Mark as Accepted If someone provides you with a great answer on the thread, donโt forget to mark the answer as Accepted. You can only mark one reply as solved, and it canโt be unmarked. (You also canโt solve your own question.)
Event excitement
At WWDC21, the forums are offering several event-specific tags to explore. Everyone can view and read all WWDC-tagged posts. When you sign in with your Apple ID, you can also share your thoughts using the WWDC21 Community tag or request help around conference logistics with the WWDC21 Support tag.
Have more thoughts on the forums? You can provide feedback by contacting Apple Developer Support or by creating a post and adding the Forums Feedback tag.
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