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  2. Macintosh startup - Wikipedia

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    Mac OS 8.6 and later include the version number in the splash screen (for example, "Mac OS 9" in big black text). On early Macs without an internal hard drive, the computer boots up to a point where it needs to load the operating system from a floppy disk.

  3. Aqua (user interface) - Wikipedia

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    Aqua is the successor to Platinum, which was used in Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9, and developer releases of Rhapsody (including 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 2020 which Apple calls the "biggest design upgrade since the introduction of ...

  4. macOS Big Sur - Wikipedia

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    The release of Big Sur was the first time the major version number of the operating system had 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 11 in 2020, and every subsequent version has also incremented the major version number, similarly ...

  5. Splash screen - Wikipedia

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    A splash screen is a graphical control element consisting of a window containing an image, a logo, and the current version of the software. A splash screen can appear while a game or program is launching. A splash page is an introduction page on a website. [1] [2] A splash screen may cover the entire screen or web page; or

  6. macOS Monterey - Wikipedia

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    Have a Live Memoji and Animoji right on the lock screen. A yellow privacy indicator on the menu bar for indicating if the Mac's microphone or camera is active. Live Text, which allows a user to copy, paste, translate and look up text from images displayed by Photos, Screenshot, Quick Look, and Safari. New Passwords Manager for Mac

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  8. Dashboard (macOS) - Wikipedia

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    Dashboard uses a variety of graphical effects for displaying, opening, and using widgets. For instance, a 3-D flip effect is used to simulate the widget flipping around; by clicking on a small i icon in the right bottom corner, the user can change the preferences on the reverse side; other effects include crossfading and scaling from icon to body (when opening widgets), a "spin-cycle effect ...

  9. SpringBoard - Wikipedia

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    SpringBoard is the standard application that manages the iPhone's home screen. Other tasks include starting WindowServer, launching and bootstrapping applications, and setting some of the device's settings on startup. Android's equivalent of iOS' SpringBoard would be a Launcher, offering similar functionalities.