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'''Mac OS X''' is a proprietary, [[Unix]]-based [[operating system]] developed, marketed, and sold by [[Apple Inc.]]. Its [[Aqua (user interface)|Aqua]] [[graphical user interface]] and [[Cocoa (API)|Cocoa]] [[API]] are based on technologies of the dead [[OPENSTEP]] operating system from [[NeXT]]<ref>{{ cite web | last = Singh | first = Amit | title = A Brief History of Mac OS X | url = http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/history.html | work = What is Mac OS X? | date = 2004-01-07 }}</ref>, absorbed with Apple's purchase in late 1996. Mac OS X has become the most used and probably most popular Unix in the world. Its [[open source]] core, named [[Darwin (operating system)|Darwin]], is based on [[FreeBSD]] and the [[Mach]] [[microkernel]] and integrates many open source software.<ref>{{ cite web | last = Singh | first = Amit | title = Architecture of Mac OS X | url = http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/arch.html | work = What is Mac OS X? | date = 2004-01-07 }}</ref>
'''Mac OS X''' is a proprietary, [[Unix]]-based [[operating system]] developed, marketed, and sold by [[Apple Inc.]], which currently ships on all Macintosh computers. It succeds the original [[Mac OS]] with its [[Aqua (user interface)|Aqua]] [[graphical user interface]] and [[Cocoa (API)|Cocoa]] [[API]], based on technologies of the dead [[OPENSTEP]] operating system from [[NeXT]]<ref>{{ cite web | last = Singh | first = Amit | title = A Brief History of Mac OS X | url = http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/history.html | work = What is Mac OS X? | date = 2004-01-07 }}</ref>, absorbed with Apple's purchase in late 1996. Mac OS X has become the most used and probably most popular Unix in the world. Its [[open source]] core, named [[Darwin (operating system)|Darwin]], is based on [[FreeBSD]] and the [[Mach]] [[microkernel]] and integrates many open source software.<ref>{{ cite web | last = Singh | first = Amit | title = Architecture of Mac OS X | url = http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/arch.html | work = What is Mac OS X? | date = 2004-01-07 }}</ref>


==Platforms==
==Platforms==

Revision as of 18:05, 23 February 2007

A screenshot of the developer preview of Mac OS 10.5 "Leopard".

Mac OS X is a proprietary, Unix-based operating system developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., which currently ships on all Macintosh computers. It succeds the original Mac OS with its Aqua graphical user interface and Cocoa API, based on technologies of the dead OPENSTEP operating system from NeXT[1], absorbed with Apple's purchase in late 1996. Mac OS X has become the most used and probably most popular Unix in the world. Its open source core, named Darwin, is based on FreeBSD and the Mach microkernel and integrates many open source software.[2]

Platforms

Mac OS X is multi-platform, with builds in Apple products running on PowerPC processors, x86 processors, and at least one form of ARM processor.

History

Following the limited success of Apple attempts to modernize its Mac OS (the Copland Project), the company decided to use existing technology for the tenth version of its operating system. While Be Inc seemed to be the most appropriate candidate, NeXT's technologies were chosen as the basis for Apple's new operating system. Rhapsody, code name for the system, joined the Mach microkernel, a BSD operating system layer, the Yellow Box object-oriented frameworks from OPENSTEP and the Blue Box environment for backwards-compatibility with the classic Mac OS. Rhapsody evolved into Mac OS X Server 1.0[3], which became the predecessor to Mac OS X.

Mac OS X has seen 5 releases as of early 2007. Mac OS 10.0 was the first release, and Mac OS 10.4 is the most recent, with a projected release of the next major iteration —Mac OS 10.5 "Leopard"— sometime in spring 2007.

Releases

Version Code name* Release date Major new features
10.0 Cheetah March 24, 2001[4]
10.1 Puma September 25, 2001 CD and DVD burning, DVD Player[5]
10.2 Jaguar August 24, 2002 iChat[6]
10.3 Panther October 24, 2003 Exposé, Safari[7]
10.4 Tiger April 29, 2005 Spotlight, Dashboard[8]
10.5 Leopard Spring 2007 Time Machine, Spaces[9]
  • From version 10.2 onwards, code names were employed for branding.

References

  1. ↑ Singh, Amit (2004-01-07). A Brief History of Mac OS X. What is Mac OS X?.
  2. ↑ Singh, Amit (2004-01-07). Architecture of Mac OS X. What is Mac OS X?.
  3. ↑ Anguish, Scott (1998-07-09). Apple Renames Rhapsody, now Mac OS X Server.
  4. ↑ Mac OS X “Gold Master” Released To Manufacturing (2001-03-07).
  5. ↑ Apple Previews Next Version of Mac OS X (2001-07-18).
  6. ↑ Apple Introduces “Jaguar,” the Next Major Release of Mac OS X (2002-07-17).
  7. ↑ Apple Announces Mac OS X “Panther” (2003-10-24).
  8. ↑ Apple Unleashes “Tiger” Friday at 6:00 p.m. (2005-04-28).
  9. ↑ Apple Previews Mac OS X Leopard (2006-08-07).

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