period when Mac OS X lacked labels, third-party software replicated the feature. In classic Mac OS versions 7 through 9, applying a label to an item causes...
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Mac OS 8 is the eighth major release of the classic Mac OS operating system for Macintosh computers, released by Apple Computer on July 26, 1997. It includes...
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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...
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Mac OS 9 is the ninth and final major release of Apple's classic Mac OS operating system, which was succeeded by Mac OS X 10.0 in 2001, starting the Mac...
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is now known as the classic Mac OS with its release of the original Macintosh System Software. The system, rebranded Mac OS in 1997, was pre-installed...
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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...
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macOS Catalina (version 10.15) is the sixteenth major release of macOS, Apple Inc.'s desktop operating system for Macintosh computers. It is the successor...
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System Settings (redirect from Control panel (Mac OS))
first version of Mac OS X to replace the control panels found in earlier versions of the Mac operating system. Before the release of Mac OS X in 2001, users...
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Mac OS X Panther (version 10.3) is the fourth major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system. It followed Mac OS X Jaguar and preceded...
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Mac OS (originally System Software; retronym: Classic Mac OS) is the series of operating systems developed for the Macintosh family of personal computers...
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interface of macOS. It is used to launch applications and to switch between running applications. The Dock is also a prominent feature of macOS's predecessor...
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Calculator (Apple) (redirect from Calculator (Mac OS X))
calculator application made by Apple Inc. and bundled with its macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS operating systems. It has three modes: basic, scientific, and...
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Finder (software) (redirect from Finder (Mac OS))
of GS/OS on the Apple IIGS. It was rewritten completely with the release of Mac OS X in 2001. In a tradition dating back to the Classic Mac OS of the...
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HFS Plus (redirect from Mac OS Extended)
HFS Plus or HFS+ (also known as Mac OS Extended or HFS Extended) is a journaling file system developed by Apple Inc. It replaced the Hierarchical File...
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On the classic Mac OS (the original Apple Macintosh operating system), extensions were small pieces of code that extended the system's functionality. They...
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Keychain (software) (redirect from Keychain (Mac OS))
Apple for macOS. It was introduced with Mac OS 8.6, and was included in all subsequent versions of the operating system, as well as in iOS. A keychain...
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Rhapsody (operating system) (redirect from Rhapsody (OS))
Mac OS 8 with that of OPENSTEP. Several existing classic Mac OS frameworks were ported, including QuickTime and AppleSearch. Rhapsody can run Mac OS 8...
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In classic Mac OS System 7 and later, and in macOS, an alias is a small file that represents another object in a local, remote, or removable file system...
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Chooser is an application program for Macintosh systems using the classic Mac OS. The Chooser started out as a desk accessory and became a standalone application...
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Messages (Apple) (redirect from Text (iOS))
software application developed by Apple Inc. for its macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and visionOS operating systems. All version of Messages support Apple's...
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Contacts (Apple) (redirect from Address Book (Mac OS X))
address book software included with the Apple operating systems iOS, iPadOS, watchOS and macOS. It includes various cloud synchronization capabilities and...
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New World ROM (redirect from New World Mac)
models that do not use a Macintosh Toolbox ROM on the logic board. Due to Mac OS X not requiring the availability of the Toolbox, this allowed ROM sizes...
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Macintosh startup (redirect from Sad Mac and Happy Mac)
first introduced in Mac OS X 10.2. With Mac OS X 10.1, a new Happy Mac was included. This is also the last version with a Happy Mac icon. In 2002, with...
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Historically, the classic Mac OS used a form of memory management that has fallen out of favor in modern systems. Criticism of this approach was one of...
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Unsanity (category MacOS-only proprietary software)
Unsanity was a macOS shareware software developer founded in May 2000, notable for coining the term "haxie". Unsanity produced Mac utilities that relied...
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MacsBug is a low-level (assembly language/machine-level) debugger for the classic Mac OS operating system. MacsBug is an acronym for Motorola Advanced...
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System 1 (redirect from Special menu (Mac OS))
The Macintosh "System 1" is the first major release of the classic Mac OS operating system. It was developed for the Motorola 68000 microprocessor. System...
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Microsoft Word (redirect from Microsoft Word:mac)
Mac OS (1985), AT&T UNIX PC (1985), Atari ST (1988), OS/2 (1989), Microsoft Windows (1989), SCO Unix (1990), macOS (2001), Web browsers (2010), iOS (2014)...
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Hierarchical File System (Apple) (redirect from Mac OS Standard)
Mac OS. Originally designed for use on floppy and hard disks, it can also be found on read-only media such as CD-ROMs. HFS is also referred to as Mac...
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