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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 ...
OS X Yosemite (/ j oʊ ˈ s ɛ m ɪ t i / yoh-SEM-it-ee; version 10.10) is the eleventh major release of macOS, Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers. OS X Yosemite was announced and released to developers on June 2, 2014, at WWDC 2014 and released to public beta testers on July 24, 2014.
The first 100 Mac OS X 10.0 customers would receive a free commemorative Mac OS X T-shirt. [11] On the day, the store was completely packed with customers and fans of Apple products. Steve Wozniak, one of the co-founders of Apple, also attended the launch party. [12]
The first version of Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server 1.0, was a transitional product, featuring an interface resembling the classic Mac OS, though it was not compatible with software designed for the older system. Consumer releases of Mac OS X included more backward compatibility.
Mac OS X Server 10.5 – also marketed as Leopard Server; Mac OS X Server 10.6 – also marketed as Snow Leopard Server; Starting with Lion, there is no separate Mac OS X Server operating system. Instead the server components are a separate download from the Mac App Store. Mac OS X Lion Server – 10.7 – also marketed as OS X Lion Server
The current Mac operating system is macOS, originally named Mac OS X until 2012 and then OS X until 2016. [3] It was developed between 1997 and 2001 after Apple's purchase of NeXT . It brought an entirely new architecture based on NeXTSTEP , a Unix system, that eliminated many of the technical challenges that the classic Mac OS faced, such as ...
Mac OS X 10.1 was released on September 25, 2001, as a free update for Mac OS X 10.0 users. The operating system was handed out for free by Apple employees after Steve Jobs' keynote speech at the Seybold publishing conference in San Francisco. It was subsequently distributed to Mac users on October 25, 2001, at Apple Stores and other retail ...
The Verge stated that OS X Mavericks was "a gentle evolution of the Mac operating system". [60] CNET generalized OS X Mavericks as a "solid foundation" to OS X, lacking new features but praised it as a free update that incorporates additional iOS features. [61] Criticism was brought to the insufficient updates to existing applications. [61]