OS Development for Apple

By madisonreeves12

  • System 1 Released

    Very first Macintosh operating system was unique because it lacked a command line which every other computer had at the time.

  • System 3 Relased

    Significant for Macintosh and computing because it had a larger file system (Hierarchial File System).

  • System 7 Released

    Was released on widest array of platforms; first ever operating system that required a computer to have a hard drive

  • Mac OS 7.6 Released

    First version to use Mac OS in name; arose out of Apple's need to copyright the operating system as it was appearing as a third party computer.

  • Mac OS 8 Released

    Steve Jobs came back to Apple and sold over 3 million copies in 6 months; featured an updated visual style called Platinum.

  • Mac OS 9 Released

    It added more support for Airport wireless networking and remote software.

  • Mac OS X Released

    This was a bigger feature to the operating system that gave it more of a modern look.

  • "Jaguar" Released (OS X 10.2)

    First iteration of OS X marketed by codename; much faster & stable than the previous versions of OS X.

  • "Tiger" Released (OS X 10.4)

    Sold over 2 million copies after being on market for 6 weeks; first operating system to support Apple machines running Intel x86 processors

  • "Leopard" Released (OS X 10.5)

    Represented a dramatic visual depart from Tiger; added more features that are kept up to date today

  • "Lion" Released (OS X 10.7)

    Release began to mark between iOS on mobile devices and Mac computers; first OS available primarily for download in app store for $29

  • "Mountain Lion" Announced/Released (OS X 10.8)

    All new operating system that made changed to different names of apps and more support in iCloud.