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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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...
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A Sense of Purpose "Alias", a song by Scar Tissue from the 2008 album Form/Alkaline alias (command), a shell command Alias (Mac OS), a small file representing...
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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 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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macOS, originally Mac OS X, previously shortened as OS X, is an operating system developed and marketed by Apple since 2001. It is the primary operating...
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a list of Mac software – notable computer applications for current macOS operating systems . For software designed for the Classic Mac OS, see List of...
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System Settings (redirect from Control panel (Mac OS))
System Settings (known as System Preferences prior to macOS Ventura) is an application included with macOS. It allows users to modify various system settings...
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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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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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Mac OS Cyrillic is a character encoding used on Apple Macintosh computers to represent texts in the Cyrillic script. The original version lacked the letter...
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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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Quartz (graphics layer) (redirect from Mac OS/Quartz)
In Apple's macOS operating system, Quartz is the Quartz 2D and Quartz Compositor part of the Core Graphics framework. Quartz includes both a 2D renderer...
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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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Mac OS Central European is a character encoding used on Apple Macintosh computers to represent texts in Central European and Southeastern European languages...
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Apple menu (category MacOS user interface)
drop-down menu that is on the left side of the menu bar in the classic Mac OS, macOS and A/UX operating systems. The Apple menu's role has changed throughout...
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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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Aqua (user interface) (redirect from Aqua (Mac OS X))
iMovie 2, followed by Mac OS X 10.0 the following year. Aqua is the successor to Platinum, which was used in Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9, and developer releases...
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Keychain (software) (redirect from Keychain (Mac OS))
Keychain is the password management system in macOS, developed by Apple. It was introduced with Mac OS 8.6, and has been included in all subsequent versions...
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MultiFinder (category Classic Mac OS-only software made by Apple Inc.)
MultiFinder is an extension for the Apple Macintosh's classic Mac OS, introduced on August 11, 1987 and included with System Software 5. It adds cooperative...
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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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Mac OS Inuit, also called Mac OS Inuktitut or InuitSCII, is an 8-bit, single byte, extended ASCII character encoding supporting the variant of Canadian...
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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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Appearance Manager (redirect from Mac OS Appearance Theme)
The Appearance Manager is a component of Mac OS 8 and Mac OS 9 that controls the overall look of the Macintosh graphical user interface widgets and supports...
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Mac OS Croatian is a character encoding used on Apple Macintosh computers to represent Gaj's Latin alphabet. It is a derivative of Mac OS Roman. The three...
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Macintosh startup (redirect from Sad Mac and Happy Mac)
chimes disabled by default, however it was later re-enabled on those Macs running macOS Big Sur or later; this can be disabled by the user within System Preferences...
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Mac OS Romanian is a character encoding used on Apple Macintosh computers to represent the Romanian language. It is a derivative of Mac OS Roman. IBM uses...
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Sketchbook (software) (redirect from Alias Sketchbook)
app available on Microsoft Windows and macOS, became a paid software available through the Microsoft Store and Mac App Store. Sketchbook features a radial/pie-menu...
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Mac OS Ukrainian is a character encoding used on Apple Macintosh computers prior to Mac OS 9 to represent texts in Cyrillic script which include the letters...
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