The architecture of macOS describes the layers of the operating system that is the culmination of Apple Inc.'s decades-long research and development process...
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macOS (previously OS X and originally Mac OS X) is a Unix-based operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001. It is the current operating...
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The history of macOS, Apple's current Mac operating system formerly named Mac OS X until 2011 and then OS X until 2016, began with the company's project...
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macOS Tahoe (version 26) is the upcoming twenty-second major release of Apple's macOS operating system. The successor to macOS Sequoia (macOS 15), it...
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macOS Sequoia (version 15) is the twenty-first and current major release of Apple's macOS operating system, the successor to macOS Sonoma. It was announced...
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macOS Ventura (version 13) is the nineteenth major release of macOS, Apple's operating system for Macintosh computers. The successor to macOS Monterey...
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macOS Sonoma (version 14) is the twentieth major release of macOS, Apple's operating system for Mac computers. The successor to macOS Ventura, it was...
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list of Mac software – notable computer applications for current macOS operating systems. For software designed for the Classic Mac OS, see List of old...
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update. Many of the default programs found on macOS have counterparts on Apple's other operating systems, most often on iOS and iPadOS. Apple has also...
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been incremented since the Mac OS X Public Beta in 2000. After sixteen distinct versions of macOS 10 ("Mac OS X"), macOS Big Sur was presented as version...
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macOS Monterey (version 12) is the eighteenth major release of macOS, Apple's desktop operating system for Macintosh computers. The successor to macOS...
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macOS High Sierra (version 10.13) is the fourteenth major release of macOS, Apple Inc.'s desktop operating system for Macintosh computers. macOS High Sierra...
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the use of California-themed names that began with OS X Mavericks. It succeeded macOS High Sierra and was followed by macOS Catalina. macOS Mojave is...
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Notes (Apple) (redirect from Notes (macOS))
Apple Inc provided on the company's iOS, iPadOS, visionOS, and macOS operating systems, the latter starting with OS X Mountain Lion. It functions as a service...
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AirDrop (redirect from AirDrop (Mac OS X))
iOS, macOS, iPadOS and visionOS operating systems that operates over a wireless ad hoc network. AirDrop was introduced in Mac OS X Lion (10.7) and iOS...
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Mac OS X Server is a series of discontinued Unix-like server operating systems developed by Apple Inc., based on macOS. It provided server functionality...
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macOS Catalina (version 10.15) is the sixteenth major release of macOS, Apple Inc.'s desktop operating system for Macintosh computers. It is the successor...
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Mac OS X 10.1 (code named Puma) is the second major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system. It superseded Mac OS X 10.0 and preceded...
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Mac OS X 10.0 (code named Cheetah) is the first major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system. It was released on March 24, 2001...
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macOS Sierra (version 10.12) is the thirteenth major release of macOS (formerly known as OS X and Mac OS X), Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating...
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Mac OS X Jaguar (version 10.2) is the third major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system. It superseded Mac OS X 10.1 and preceded...
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classic Mac OS in the 1990s led to a few cancelled projects, code named Star Trek, Taligent, and Copland. Although the classic Mac OS and macOS (Mac OS X)...
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Mac OS X Tiger (version 10.4) is the 5th major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system for Mac computers. Tiger was released to the...
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Rosetta (software) (redirect from Rosetta (OS X))
translator developed by Apple Inc. for macOS, an application compatibility layer between different instruction set architectures. It enables a transition to newer...
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Darwin (operating system) (redirect from Mac OS/Darwin)
is the core Unix-like operating system of macOS, iOS, watchOS, tvOS, iPadOS, audioOS, visionOS, and bridgeOS. It previously existed as an independent...
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Hackintosh (redirect from Mac Os X X86)
license for macOS only permitting its use on in-house hardware built by Apple itself, in this case the Mac line. Although the practice of "Hackintoshing"...
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Finder (software) (redirect from Finder (MacOS))
com/gadgets/2022/10/macos-13-ventura-the-ars-technica-review/ "Changes to Option key behavior in macOS Sonoma". October 16, 2023. https://appleinsider.com/inside/macos...
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OS X Mavericks (version 10.9) is the 10th major release of macOS, Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers. OS X Mavericks...
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Apple's current operating system for Macintosh computers. macOS (previously Mac OS X and OS X) is said to rarely suffer malware or virus attacks, and...
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In NeXTSTEP, OPENSTEP, and their lineal descendants macOS, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS, and visionOS, and in GNUstep, a bundle is a file directory with...
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