The origins of the macOS we use today are pretty ancient and actually, you can trace the lineage back to Steve Jobs' other computing company NeXT (which Apple eventually bought, heralding the return of Jobs to Apple). Initially, Apple named its OS after big cats (Puma, Jaguar, Tiger and so on) before switching to Californian landmarks when the well ran dry. Indeed, Big Sur isn't that much of a step on, but it signals a new beginning for the Mac as it says goodbye to Intel power and hello to Apple Silicon. The developer beta we tested last year was numbered 10.16 so clearly, the decision to move to version 11.0 was a late one. Like the iPhone X, the X in Mac OS X was pronounced 'ten'.īut even Big Sur was going to be the 17th version, 10.16 at one point (there were 16 versions but Cheetah was 10.0). Big Sur, the latest iteration of macOS – as it's now styled – has finally made it to version 11.0. Called Mac OS X, version 10.0 onwards turned out to be a 19-year odyssey with 16 updates that became annual after a while.
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Looking back at Apple's legendary iMac G3Īnd although it was relatively simple to use, it was really a single-tasking OS in a multitasking world and looked dated compared to Windows 95 and the even better Windows 98.Ģ0 years ago today, Apple lifted the lid on its successor to Mac OS 9.Certainly it hadn't changed a great since 1991 when System 7 was launched. Known as Mac OS 9, it had changed too little from the first Macintosh in 1984, truth be told. (Pocket-lint) - 20 years ago Apple wasn't the global success it now is, but it had had a period of success in terms of the Mac with the almighty iMac G3 having been around for over two years and the PowerMac G4 on the shelves.īut the operating system that launched on the iMac G3 was creaking.
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