Apple’s macOS operating system has changed a lot over the last 25 years, with new features and designs coming and going as the decades have passed. Even the name has been adjusted, starting out as Mac ...

Apple’s macOS journey began in 2001, evolving from a buggy pioneer to an AI powerhouse. Listing macOS names in order, from Cheetah to Sequoia, illuminates feature leaps, design shifts, and ecosystem ...

Technically, NeXTSTEP and OpenStep were under NeXT, not Apple. Steve Jobs founded NeXT in 1985 after leaving Apple—its greatest innovations include these operating systems. However, they’re the design ...

The Basilisk II emulator can be used to run old versions of Mac OS 8 and System 7 on a modern Mac. Here's how to get started using it. Before macOS and OS X, there was Mac OS 9, and before that were ...

New Mac models have the current macOS pre-installed by default. Some MacBooks, however, pack an older OS version rather than the latest macOS Sonoma. Or, if you have an older Mac or purchase a ...

macOS Sequoia is coming soon. Find out if your Mac can run Sequoia and if it will support all the new features. Apple has announced its next instalment in the macOS franchise, with season 15 given the ...

Although you can run Windows applications on Apple's Leopard anyway, many vendors at Macworld are debuting Mac OS editions of products originally designed for Windows. This, in spite of the vaunted ...

With Snow Leopard, Apple said it refined 90% of the foundational "projects" that were built into Mac OS X. Apple pitched the update as offering a more responsive Finder app, an improved Mail app that ...