What is best way to report problems, get questions answered?

If we have questions, or think we've found a problem, what is the best way to communicate with Oracle?
- This forum?
- TARs using our beta CSI number?
- emails to [email protected]?
- smoke signals?
Regards,
Steve Locke

Hi Steve,
For questions of a general nature (how do I...) this forum is best.
If you have encountered a specific problem with a reproducible testcase (functionality not working, problems installing) then please work with support to log a TAR. This way a bug can be logged and tracked by the dev team.
-Alvin

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Mac OS X Help
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Isolating Issues in Mac OS
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1388
https://www.apple.com/support/osx/
https://www.apple.com/support/quickassist/
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/help/
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/tour/
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Apple Mac App Store
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How to Buy Mac OS X Mountain Lion/Lion
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