Enrolling as an Apple Developer

Most of the time, you register as a developer at developer.apple.com. The terms and conditions vary from country to country, and they have changed and will probably continue to change as Apple’s business changes. You need to choose your program and then select the type of enrollment you want. Certain program resources, such as basic documentation, do not require registration or enrollment. You can easily see what is available by going to developer.apple.com and not logging in. (If you see “Hi, Guest” on many pages, you are not logged in. If you are greeted by name then a cookie has been used to log you in and you see resources that might not be available to unregistered guests.)

For a personal account, the entire process is automated so you can be enrolled in a matter of minutes as long as you have a credit card handy to pay the basic program fee of $99 per year for a Mac OS or iOS membership.