Digital Trends

Mac OS X is 20 years old today. Here’s why it was so revolutionary

Today marks the 20th anniversary of Mac OS X, the Mac operating system that changed everything. Arriving only a couple years after the first iMac, it helped forge Apple’s image as the king of cool — ...
CNET

Mac OS X 10.4.1: Release Notes, difference between Software Update/download versions

On May 17th, Mac OS X 10.4.1, the first major update to Tiger. The release is available through Software Update, or as a standalone download [37 MB]. The new release includes the following ...
CNET

OS.X Macarena 'virus' (#2): No viable threat posed; Not exploiting a Mac OS X bug; not a 'warning' of more viruses to come

Intego is the latest publisher of Mac OS X antivirus software to document and claim protection against the largely innocuous OS.X Macarena virus -- a simple C program, not found in the wild (outside ...
Cult of Mac

How to run Mac OS X on your iPhone or iPad without jailbreaking

It’s highly unlikely Apple will ever give us an iPad that runs macOS — and that’s OK. Because with a few tricks (that do not require a jailbreak), you can ...
Macworld

Apple offers free downloads of OS X Lion and Mountain Lion

Until recently if you wanted to upgrade (or downgrade) old Mac to Mac OS X Lion (from 2011) or Mountain Lion (from 2012) you needed to pay Apple and the company would send you a special download code ...
Tidbits

Mac OS X at 20: The OS That Changed Everything

Has it really been that long? 24 March 2021 marked the 20th anniversary of Mac OS X. For those of us who were there to witness its release, it’s stunning to think that most of today’s Apple users ...
PC Magazine

Mac OS X Turns 20: A Look Back at the Operating System That Helped Save Apple

OS X may be retired, but it deserves to be remembered. Take a trip back with these 14 key milestones in the double-decade history of the operating system that helped transform a nearly bankrupt Apple ...
Cult of Mac

Mac OS X turns 20: Why it’s Apple’s most important software yet

OS X, the most important piece of software in Apple history, turns 20 today. Going on sale in its full, public version on March 24, 2001, Mac OS X 10.0 — code-named Cheetah, the first of many ...

Original Mac calculator design came from letting Steve Jobs play with menus for 10 minutes

The longevity of Jobs’ 10-minute design session suggests the approach worked. The calculator survived nearly two decades of ...
Macworld

Everything you need to know about OS X Mavericks

Apple’s new operating system, Mavericks has been available to download since the end of October 2013. It’s a free upgrade for all versions of Mac OS X going back to 2009 – that’s Snow Leopard and ...
Ars Technica

what does "Mac OS X uses PDF as the basis of its imaging model" really mean?

I don't understand how it works or what exactly PDF actually IS. All I know is that it is basically an image format. Why does OS X use it and how does it use it?<BR><BR>they say "Quartz enables on-the ...