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 Desktop metaphor, as macOS Big Sur included a different and updated one more based on iOS. All standard configuration Macs that supported macOS...
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The history of macOS, Apple's current Mac operating system formerly named MAC OS XXX until 2011 and then OS X until 2016, began with the company's project...
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successor to macOS Big Sur, it was announced at WWDC 2021 on June 7, 2021, and released on October 25, 2021. macOS Monterey was succeeded by macOS Ventura...
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systems (versions of the classic Mac OS) were named using Arabic numerals, as with Mac OS 8 and Mac OS 9. Until macOS 11 Big Sur, all versions of the operating...
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refined in subsequent releases of macOS. Time Machine was revamped in macOS 11 Big Sur to support APFS, thereby enabling "faster, more compact, and more reliable...
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Apple Mail (redirect from Mail (macOS))
for macOS's new "dark mode" was added to Mail. Added support for Block Sender, Unsubscribe, Mute Thread and layout options. In macOS Big Sur, Mail was...
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Finder (software) (redirect from Finder (MacOS))
through files visually. In MacOS Catalina, with the removal of iTunes, iOS device management is now done in the app. macOS Big Sur introduces a complete graphical...
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from an iPhone running iOS 18 as a macOS window, has been introduced. It is supported on all Macs since 2017 except the 2019 iMac, which lacks a T2 chip...
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libraries in Mac OS X Jaguar, and continued to do so through at least macOS Big Sur, Apple only included their ODBC Administrator through Mac OS X Leopard...
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Aqua (user interface) (redirect from Aqua (Mac OS X))
Mac OS X Server 1.2). The appearance of Aqua has changed frequently over the years, most recently and drastically with the release of macOS Big Sur in...
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compared to its competitors. The current Mac operating system is macOS, originally named Mac OS X until 2012 and then OS X until 2016. It was developed between...
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Apple File System (category MacOS)
macOS Sierra (10.12.4) and later, iOS 10.3, tvOS 10.2, watchOS 3.2, and all versions of iPadOS. It aims to fix core problems of HFS+ (also called Mac...
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two-dimensional appearance, similar to Mac OS X 10.4, although more translucent and with a iOS 7 blur effect. And in macOS Big Sur and later, the dock remained...
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Hackintosh (redirect from Mac Os X X86)
called OpenCore. It is a necessity for AMD users beyond macOS 10.15.2. macOS Big Sur works on Intel processors. But in 2020, Apple began to move to ARM64-based...
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Macintosh startup (redirect from Sad Mac and Happy Mac)
All Macs made from 2016 to 2020 have the startup chimes disabled by default, however, it was later re-enabled on those Macs running macOS Big Sur or later;...
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Big Sur is a region of the Central California coast. Big Sur may also refer to: macOS Big Sur, a version of the macOS operating system, released in 2020...
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Nvidia's CUDA technology using Nvidia GPU video cards; Octane X for macOS Big Sur, and runs on Metal on AMD, Intel Skylake and Apple Silicon graphics...
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Rosetta (software) (redirect from Rosetta (OS X))
was dropped since Mac OS X Lion (10.7) in 2011. Rosetta 2 was introduced in 2020 as a component of macOS Big Sur, and as part of the Mac transition from...
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List of Apple operating systems (redirect from Apple OS)
(free) macOS Mojave – 10.14 (free) macOS Catalina – 10.15 (free) macOS Big Sur – 11 (free) macOS Monterey – 12 (free) macOS Ventura – 13 (free) macOS Sonoma...
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charge through those hubs. macOS Big Sur 11.2.2 includes a fix to prevent 2019 or later MacBook Pro models and 2020 or later MacBook Air models from being...
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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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install macOS versions in a VM: macOS Big Sur 11, macOS Catalina 10.15, macOS Mojave 10.14, macOS High Sierra 10.13, macOS Sierra 10.12, OS X El Capitan...
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Apple Filing Protocol (section The macOS client)
an AFP server removed later in macOS 11 Big Sur and the client being marked for deprecation in the 15.5 update of MacOS Sequoia. AFP supports Unicode file...
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that began with OS X Mavericks. It succeeded macOS High Sierra and was followed by macOS Catalina. macOS Mojave is the last version of macOS that features...
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FORCEDENTRY (category MacOS malware)
vulnerability exists in iOS versions prior to 14.8, macOS versions prior to macOS Big Sur 11.6 and Security Update 2021-005 Catalina, and watchOS versions prior...
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Debian 1.1 JN – microkernel OS for embedded, Java apps Mac OS 7.6 (First officially-named Mac OS) OS/2 Warp 4.0 Palm OS RISC OS 3.6 Windows NT 4.0 Windows...
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Big Sur. Apple's desktop operating system, macOS Big Sur, announced on June 22, 2020, during WWDC, is named after this region. Big Sur Land Trust Big...
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included in subsequent versions of its computer OS releases. However, in 2020 it was replaced in macOS Big Sur. During the development of System 7, the two...
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macOS Big Sur. Windows NT-based operating systems also provide PathPing, which combines the functionality of ping with that of tracert. The ReactOS version...
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