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2. macOS version history - Wikipedia

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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 ...

3. macOS - Wikipedia

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   At macOS's core is a POSIX-compliant operating system built on top of the XNU kernel, [78] (which incorporated large parts of FreeBSD kernel [11]) and FreeBSD userland [11] for the standard Unix facilities available from the command line interface. Apple has released this family of software as a free and open source operating system named Darwin.

4. Mac operating systems - Wikipedia

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   The system was originally marketed as simply "version 10" of Mac OS, but it has a history that is largely independent of the classic Mac OS. It is a Unix-based operating system [11] [12] built on NeXTSTEP and other NeXT technology from the late 1980s until early 1997, when Apple purchased the company and its CEO Steve Jobs returned to Apple. [13]

5. Darwin (operating system) - Wikipedia

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   Darwin is the core Unix-like operating system of macOS, iOS, watchOS, tvOS, iPadOS, audioOS, visionOS, and bridgeOS.It previously existed as an independent open-source operating system, first released by Apple Inc. in 2000.

6. macOS Big Sur - Wikipedia

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   macOS Big Sur (version 11) is the seventeenth major release of macOS, Apple's operating system for Macintosh computers. It was announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 22, 2020, [4] and was released to the public on November 12, 2020.

7. XNU - Wikipedia

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   XNU ("X is Not Unix") is the computer operating system (OS) kernel developed at Apple Inc. since December 1996 for use in the Mac OS X (now macOS) operating system and released as free and open-source software as part of the Darwin OS, which, in addition to being the basis for macOS, is also the basis for Apple TV Software, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, visionOS, and tvOS.

8. macOS Monterey - Wikipedia

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   The operating system is named after Monterey Bay, continuing the trend of releases named after California locations since 2013's 10.9 Mavericks. macOS Monterey is the final version of macOS that supports the 2015–2017 MacBook Air, Retina MacBook Pro, 2014 Mac Mini, 2015 iMac and cylindrical Mac Pro, as its successor, macOS Ventura, drops ...

9. System 7 - Wikipedia

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   System 7 (later named Mac OS 7) is the seventh major release of the classic Mac OS operating system for Macintosh computers, made by Apple Computer. It was launched on May 13, 1991, to succeed System 6 with virtual memory , personal file sharing , QuickTime , TrueType fonts, the Force Quit dialog, and an improved user interface.