MacOS version history (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "MacOS version history" in English language version.

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Espósito, Filipe (2022-10-24). "macOS Ventura now available for Mac users with Camera Continuity and Stage Manager". 9to5mac.com. Retrieved 2022-10-24.

apple.com

"Apple Releases Mac OS X Developer Preview 4 with Final API Specs". Apple Newsroom. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
"Apple's Mac OS X to Ship on March 24". Apple Newsroom. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
"Apple Previews Next Version of Mac OS X" (Press release). Apple. July 18, 2001. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Apple Previews "Jaguar", the Next Major Release of Mac OS X" (Press release). Apple. May 6, 2002. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Apple Previews Mac OS X "Panther"" (Press release). Apple. June 23, 2003. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Steve Jobs to Kick Off Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference 2004 with Preview of Mac OS X "Tiger"" (Press release). Apple. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Apple Executives to Preview Mac OS X "Leopard" at WWDC 2006 Keynote" (Press release). Apple. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Apple Previews Mac OS X Snow Leopard to Developers" (Press release). Apple. June 9, 2008. Archived from the original on November 1, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Apple Gives Sneak Peek of Mac OS X Lion" (Press release). Apple. October 20, 2010. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Apple Releases OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview with Over 100 New Features" (Press release). Apple. February 16, 2012. Archived from the original on November 23, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Mountain Lion Available Today From the Mac App Store" (Press release). Apple. July 25, 2012. Archived from the original on October 10, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Apple Releases Developer Preview of OS X Mavericks With More Than 200 New Features" (Press release). Apple. June 10, 2013. Archived from the original on February 13, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Apple Announces OS X Yosemite" (Press release). Apple. June 2, 2014. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Apple Announces OS X El Capitan with Refined Experience & Improved Performance" (Press release). Apple. June 8, 2015. Archived from the original on October 8, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Apple previews major update with macOS Sierra" (Press release). Apple. June 13, 2016. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Apple Makes Mac OS X the Default Operating System on All Macs" (Press release). Apple. January 7, 2002. Retrieved December 3, 2006.
"Jaguar "Unleashed" at 10:20 p.m. Tonight" (Press release). Apple. August 23, 2002. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
The headline of the press release mention "Jaguar", while the codename was not mentioned for earlier versions. See Apple.com, "Jaguar" press release, compared to Mac OS X 10.0 press release and Mac OS X 10.1 press release
"Apple – Mac OS X". Apple. August 29, 2002. Archived from the original on August 29, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2008.
"Apple Previews "Jaguar," the Next Major Release of Mac OS X" (Press release). Apple. May 6, 2002. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
"Apple Announces Mac OS X "Panther"" (Press release). Apple. October 8, 2003. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
"Apple Unleashes "Tiger Friday at 6:00 p.m." (Press release). Apple. April 28, 2005. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
"Apple – BootCamp". Apple. 2006. Archived from the original on June 2, 2006. Retrieved June 5, 2006.
"Mac OS X Leopard – Technology – UNIX". Leopard Technology Overview. Apple. Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2007. Leopard is now an Open Brand UNIX 03 Registered Product, conforming to the SUSv3 and POSIX 1003.1 specifications for the C API, Shell Utilities, and Threads.
"Apple – OS X Lion – The world's most advanced desktop operating system". Apple. October 20, 2010. Archived from the original on October 22, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
"Apple – OS X Mountain Lion – The world's most advanced desktop operating system". Apple. February 16, 2012. Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
"OS X Mountain Lion – See everything the new OS X can do". Apple. Section "Notes". Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
"OS X Mountain Lion – Inspired by iPad. Made for the Mac". Apple. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
"Apple Releases Developer Preview of OS X Mavericks With More Than 200 New Features" (Press release). Apple Inc. June 10, 2013.
WWDC 2013 Keynote. Apple Inc. June 10, 2013. Archived from the original on February 18, 2014.
"Apple Announces OS X El Capitan with Refined Experience & Improved Performance". www.apple.com (Press release). Retrieved January 10, 2018.
"macOS High Sierra". Apple. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
"macOS – Mojave Preview". Apple. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
"Apple introduces macOS Big Sur with a beautiful new design" (Press release). Apple Inc. June 22, 2020.
"macOS Sonoma brings new capabilities for elevating productivity and creativity". Apple Newsroom. June 5, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
"macOS Sonoma is available today". Apple Newsroom. September 26, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.

developer.apple.com

Apple (March 6, 2006). "Developing 64-bit applications". Apple Developer Connection. Archived from the original on September 25, 2007. Retrieved March 5, 2007.
Although the version is now called Cheetah by users, rare evidences can be found to prove that it was called so internally. For instance, a Q&A was created in 2005 which mentions it "Technical Q&A". Apple. October 4, 2005. Archived from the original on May 18, 2008. Retrieved December 20, 2006.
"Cross-Development". Apple. November 11, 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-05-20. Retrieved December 20, 2006.

product.info.apple.com

"Apple Announces Future Macintosh Operating System (OS) Strategy and Road Map". Apple.com. Apple Computer, Inc. 7 January 1997. Archived from the original on 16 January 1999. Retrieved 18 September 2018.

opensource.apple.com

"Makefile". Apple. June 2005. Archived from the original on 2009-01-14. Retrieved December 15, 2008. RC Release is Kodiak (Public Beta)

docs.info.apple.com

"Do Classic applications work with Mac OS X 10.5 or Intel-based Macs?". Knowledge Base. Apple. January 13, 2006. Archived from the original on October 25, 2007. Retrieved October 25, 2007.

devstreaming.apple.com

Dhiraj, Rav (June 2015). "What's New in Metal, Part 1" (PDF). Apple Developer. Apple. p. 84. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2017.

support.apple.com

How to find 32-bit applications

appleinsider.com

"Road to Mac OS X Snow Leopard: 64-bit to the Kernel". AppleInsider. October 28, 2008. Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
"Apple unveils Intel iMacs". AppleInsider. January 2006. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
Gallagher, William (June 7, 2021). "Apple unveils macOS Monterey at WWDC 2021". AppleInsider. Retrieved September 20, 2022.

archive.org

Isaacson, Walter (2011). Steve Jobs. Simon & Schuster. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-4087-0374-8.
Linzmayer, Owen W. (1999). Apple Confidential: The Real Story of Apple Computer, Inc. ISBN 9781886411289.

arstechnica.com

John Siracusa (April 28, 2005). "Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger". Ars Technica. p. 4. Retrieved February 25, 2007.
John Siracusa. "Mac OS X Beta – Page 1 – (10/2000)". Ars Technica. Condé Nast Digital. Archived from the original on October 30, 2009. Retrieved March 11, 2010.
Cheng, Jacqui (25 July 2012). "OS X Mountain Lion now available via Mac App Store". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on August 27, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2012.

cbsnews.com

Mastroianni, Brian (June 13, 2016). "Apple unveils iOS 10, macOS, and more at WWDC 2016". CBS News. Perhaps one of the announcements that stood out the most was a slight name change. The desktop operating system Mac OS X will now be called macOS to better match with the way the company's other operating systems are named.

cnet.com

news.cnet.com

Davis, Jim (May 11, 1998). "OS X is the future for Apple". CNET. Archived from the original on September 13, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
Reisinger, Don (January 6, 2011). "Mac App Store launches on Snow Leopard". CNET. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on August 10, 2012.

cnet.com

"Older 64-bit Macs out of the picture for Mountain Lion". CNET. July 11, 2012. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2015.

cnn.com

Walsh, Jeff (January 5, 1999). "Jobs Macworld keynote gets a warm reception". CNN. Archived from the original on March 15, 2002. Retrieved May 6, 2024.

digitaltrends.com

"How to run iOS apps on your M1 Mac". 28 January 2021.

engadget.com

"iOS apps will run natively on ARM-powered Macs".

hardocp.com

Lynch, Steven (June 12, 2008). "Mac OS X Snow Leopard Drops PowerPC Support". HardOCP. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2010.

macobserver.com

"Mac OS X Public Beta Expires Today | News". The Mac Observer. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2010.

macrumors.com

"macOS Sierra: Siri, Apple Pay for the Web, and More, Available Now". www.macrumors.com. July 19, 2017. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
"macOS Catalina: Just Announced, Coming This Fall". www.macrumors.com. June 27, 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
Fathi, Sami (October 18, 2021). "Apple Releasing macOS Monterey on October 25". MacRumors. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
"macOS Monterey: All the New Features Detailed". MacRumors. Retrieved 2022-03-16.

macworld.co.uk

Haslam, Karen. "macOS Big Sur is here now... and so are the problems". Macworld UK. Retrieved 2020-11-20.

mashable.com

Mauran, Cecily (June 6, 2022). "Apple WWDC introduces the world to macOS Ventura". Mashable. Retrieved September 20, 2022.

medium.com

dilushasandaruwani07.medium.com

sandaruwani, dilusha (2020-08-06). "Evolution of Mac OS". Medium. Retrieved 2023-07-05.

networkworld.com

Steven Borden-Weill (April 15, 2011). "Kodiak to Lion: 10 years of Mac OS X". Network World. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016.

opengroup.org

The Open Group. "Mac OS X version 10.5 Leopard on Intel-based Macintosh computers certification". Archived from the original on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
The Open Group. "Mac OS X version 10.6 Leopard on Intel-based Macintosh computers certification". Archived from the original on 2014-11-16. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
The Open Group. "Mac OS X version 10.8 Mountain Lion on Intel-based Macintosh computers certification". Archived from the original on 2014-11-16.
The Open Group. "Mac OS X version 10.9 Mavericks on Intel-based Macintosh computers certification". Archived from the original on 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
The Open Group. "OS X version 10.10 Yosemite on Intel-based Macintosh computers certification". Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2014-11-13.

readwriteweb.com

Titlow, John Paul. "Apple's Convergence of Desktop and Mobile Continues With Mountain Lion". ReadWriteWeb. SAY Media. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.

techcrunch.com

Ha, Anthony (2013-06-10). "Apple Has A New, California-Based Naming Scheme For OS X, Starting With OS X Mavericks". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
Ha, Anthony (Jun 10, 2013). "Apple Has A New, California-Based Naming Scheme For OS X, Starting With OS X Mavericks". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 2017-07-09.
"iOS apps will run on macOS with Project Catalyst". 3 June 2019.

social.techcrunch.com

"Apple unveils macOS 11.0 Big Sur, featuring a new aesthetic and redesigned apps". TechCrunch. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-22.

thenextweb.com

Panzarino, Matthew (February 16, 2012). "Apple courts China with Sina Weibo, Baidu, Youku and more integrated in Mountain Lion". The Next Web. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved March 15, 2012.

theverge.com

Souppouris, Aaron (October 22, 2013). "OS X Mavericks now available as a free download". The Verge. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013.

translate.goog

korben-info.translate.goog

"How to launch an iOS app on macOS?". fr:Korben. 11 August 2021.

uspto.gov

Trademark #78257226 for Panther, #78269988 for Tiger, #78270003 for Leopard, #78271630 for Cougar and #78271639 for Lynx, all registered in 2004 by Apple Computer, Inc. "United States Patent and Trademark Office". Archived from the original on December 20, 2006. Retrieved December 20, 2006.

web.archive.org

The Open Group. "Mac OS X version 10.5 Leopard on Intel-based Macintosh computers certification". Archived from the original on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
The Open Group. "Mac OS X version 10.6 Leopard on Intel-based Macintosh computers certification". Archived from the original on 2014-11-16. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
The Open Group. "Mac OS X version 10.8 Mountain Lion on Intel-based Macintosh computers certification". Archived from the original on 2014-11-16.
The Open Group. "Mac OS X version 10.9 Mavericks on Intel-based Macintosh computers certification". Archived from the original on 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
The Open Group. "OS X version 10.10 Yosemite on Intel-based Macintosh computers certification". Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2014-11-13.
"Apple Announces Future Macintosh Operating System (OS) Strategy and Road Map". Apple.com. Apple Computer, Inc. 7 January 1997. Archived from the original on 16 January 1999. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
Walsh, Jeff (January 5, 1999). "Jobs Macworld keynote gets a warm reception". CNN. Archived from the original on March 15, 2002. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
Davis, Jim (May 11, 1998). "OS X is the future for Apple". CNET. Archived from the original on September 13, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
Steven Borden-Weill (April 15, 2011). "Kodiak to Lion: 10 years of Mac OS X". Network World. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016.
"Apple Previews Next Version of Mac OS X" (Press release). Apple. July 18, 2001. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Apple Previews "Jaguar", the Next Major Release of Mac OS X" (Press release). Apple. May 6, 2002. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Apple Previews Mac OS X "Panther"" (Press release). Apple. June 23, 2003. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Steve Jobs to Kick Off Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference 2004 with Preview of Mac OS X "Tiger"" (Press release). Apple. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Apple Executives to Preview Mac OS X "Leopard" at WWDC 2006 Keynote" (Press release). Apple. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Road to Mac OS X Snow Leopard: 64-bit to the Kernel". AppleInsider. October 28, 2008. Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
"Apple Previews Mac OS X Snow Leopard to Developers" (Press release). Apple. June 9, 2008. Archived from the original on November 1, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Apple Gives Sneak Peek of Mac OS X Lion" (Press release). Apple. October 20, 2010. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Older 64-bit Macs out of the picture for Mountain Lion". CNET. July 11, 2012. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
"Apple Releases OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview with Over 100 New Features" (Press release). Apple. February 16, 2012. Archived from the original on November 23, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Mountain Lion Available Today From the Mac App Store" (Press release). Apple. July 25, 2012. Archived from the original on October 10, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Apple Releases Developer Preview of OS X Mavericks With More Than 200 New Features" (Press release). Apple. June 10, 2013. Archived from the original on February 13, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Apple Announces OS X Yosemite" (Press release). Apple. June 2, 2014. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Apple Announces OS X El Capitan with Refined Experience & Improved Performance" (Press release). Apple. June 8, 2015. Archived from the original on October 8, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
"Apple previews major update with macOS Sierra" (Press release). Apple. June 13, 2016. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
Apple (March 6, 2006). "Developing 64-bit applications". Apple Developer Connection. Archived from the original on September 25, 2007. Retrieved March 5, 2007.
Trademark #78257226 for Panther, #78269988 for Tiger, #78270003 for Leopard, #78271630 for Cougar and #78271639 for Lynx, all registered in 2004 by Apple Computer, Inc. "United States Patent and Trademark Office". Archived from the original on December 20, 2006. Retrieved December 20, 2006.
John Siracusa. "Mac OS X Beta – Page 1 – (10/2000)". Ars Technica. Condé Nast Digital. Archived from the original on October 30, 2009. Retrieved March 11, 2010.
"Makefile". Apple. June 2005. Archived from the original on 2009-01-14. Retrieved December 15, 2008. RC Release is Kodiak (Public Beta)
"Mac OS X Public Beta Expires Today | News". The Mac Observer. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2010.
Although the version is now called Cheetah by users, rare evidences can be found to prove that it was called so internally. For instance, a Q&A was created in 2005 which mentions it "Technical Q&A". Apple. October 4, 2005. Archived from the original on May 18, 2008. Retrieved December 20, 2006.
"Cross-Development". Apple. November 11, 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-05-20. Retrieved December 20, 2006.
"Apple – Mac OS X". Apple. August 29, 2002. Archived from the original on August 29, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2008.
"Apple – BootCamp". Apple. 2006. Archived from the original on June 2, 2006. Retrieved June 5, 2006.
"Mac OS X Leopard – Technology – UNIX". Leopard Technology Overview. Apple. Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2007. Leopard is now an Open Brand UNIX 03 Registered Product, conforming to the SUSv3 and POSIX 1003.1 specifications for the C API, Shell Utilities, and Threads.
"Do Classic applications work with Mac OS X 10.5 or Intel-based Macs?". Knowledge Base. Apple. January 13, 2006. Archived from the original on October 25, 2007. Retrieved October 25, 2007.
Reisinger, Don (January 6, 2011). "Mac App Store launches on Snow Leopard". CNET. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on August 10, 2012.
Lynch, Steven (June 12, 2008). "Mac OS X Snow Leopard Drops PowerPC Support". HardOCP. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
"Apple – OS X Lion – The world's most advanced desktop operating system". Apple. October 20, 2010. Archived from the original on October 22, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
"Apple – OS X Mountain Lion – The world's most advanced desktop operating system". Apple. February 16, 2012. Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
Panzarino, Matthew (February 16, 2012). "Apple courts China with Sina Weibo, Baidu, Youku and more integrated in Mountain Lion". The Next Web. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
"OS X Mountain Lion – See everything the new OS X can do". Apple. Section "Notes". Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
Titlow, John Paul. "Apple's Convergence of Desktop and Mobile Continues With Mountain Lion". ReadWriteWeb. SAY Media. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
"OS X Mountain Lion – Inspired by iPad. Made for the Mac". Apple. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
Cheng, Jacqui (25 July 2012). "OS X Mountain Lion now available via Mac App Store". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on August 27, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
WWDC 2013 Keynote. Apple Inc. June 10, 2013. Archived from the original on February 18, 2014.
Ha, Anthony (Jun 10, 2013). "Apple Has A New, California-Based Naming Scheme For OS X, Starting With OS X Mavericks". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 2017-07-09.
Souppouris, Aaron (October 22, 2013). "OS X Mavericks now available as a free download". The Verge. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013.
Gupta, Poornima; Chan, Edwin (October 22, 2013). "Apple unveils iPad Air, new Macs for holidays". Reuters. Archived from the original on April 24, 2016.
Dhiraj, Rav (June 2015). "What's New in Metal, Part 1" (PDF). Apple Developer. Apple. p. 84. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2017.

wikipedia.org

fr.wikipedia.org

"How to launch an iOS app on macOS?". fr:Korben. 11 August 2021.

yahoo.com

finance.yahoo.com

Gupta, Poornima; Chan, Edwin (October 22, 2013). "Apple unveils iPad Air, new Macs for holidays". Reuters. Archived from the original on April 24, 2016.