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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 to replace its "classic" Mac OS. That system, up to and including its final release Mac OS 9 , was a direct descendant of the operating system Apple had used in its Mac computers since their ...
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, for a price of $129 after a public beta.
It is also the final release with PowerPC Mac support. Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard was the first version of Mac OS X to be built exclusively for Intel Macs, and the final release with 32-bit Intel Mac support. [39]
OS X El Capitan (/ ɛ l ˌ k æ p ɪ ˈ t ɑː n / el KAP-i-TAHN) (version 10.11) is the twelfth major release of macOS (named OS X at the time of El Capitan's release), Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating system for Macintosh. It focuses mainly on performance, stability, and security. [3]
Mac OS X Snow Leopard (version 10.6) (also referred to as OS X Snow Leopard [10]) is the seventh major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers. Snow Leopard was publicly unveiled on June 8, 2009 [ 11 ] at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference .
OS X Lion, [5] [6] also known as Mac OS X Lion, [2] (version 10.7) is the eighth major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system for Mac computers. A preview of OS X 10.7 Lion was publicly shown at the "Back to the Mac" Apple Special Event on October 20, 2010.
The classic Mac OS is the original Macintosh operating system introduced in 1984 alongside the first Macintosh and remained in primary use on Macs until Mac OS X in 2001. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Apple released the original Macintosh on January 24, 1984; its early system software is partially based on Lisa OS , and inspired by the Alto computer, which ...
macOS Sierra (version 10.12) [4] is the thirteenth major release of macOS (formerly known as OS X and Mac OS X), Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers. The name "macOS" stems from the intention to unify the operating system's name with that of iOS, watchOS and tvOS.