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  2. Macintosh startup - Wikipedia

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    Mac OS 8.6 and later include the version number in the splash screen (for example, "Mac OS 9" in big black text). On early Macs without an internal hard drive , the computer boots up to a point where it needs to load the operating system from a floppy disk .

  3. Black screen of death - Wikipedia

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    The most common issue contributing to a black screen of death on startup is usually due to a missing file. [1] It also occurs when the user enables file compression on all the files, causing the entire operating system to become compressed and unbootable. Rarely an experienced user would reinstall Windows.

  4. Alias (Mac OS) - Wikipedia

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    In classic Mac OS System 7 and later, and in macOS, an alias is a small file that represents another object in a local, remote, or removable [1] file system and provides a dynamic link to it; the target object may be moved or renamed, and the alias will still link to it (unless the original file is recreated; such an alias is ambiguous and how it is resolved depends on the version of macOS).

  5. Mac (computer) - Wikipedia

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    At WWDC 2019, Apple unveiled a new Mac Pro with a larger case design that allows for hardware expandability, and introduced a new expansion module system (MPX) for modules such as the Afterburner card for faster video encoding. [123] [124] Almost every part of the new Mac Pro is user-replaceable, with iFixit praising its high user-repairability ...

  6. macOS Monterey - Wikipedia

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    Mac Pro (Late 2013 or later) Mac Studio (2022) By using patch tools, macOS Monterey can be unofficially installed on earlier computers that are officially unsupported, such as the 2014 iMac and the 2013 MacBook Pro. [30] Using these methods, it is possible to install macOS Monterey on computers as old as a 2008 MacBook Pro and iMac and 2009 Mac ...

  7. Classic Mac OS - Wikipedia

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    Mac OS (originally System Software; retronym: Classic Mac OS [a]) is the series of operating systems developed for the Macintosh family of personal computers by Apple Computer, Inc. from 1984 to 2001, starting with System 1 and ending with Mac OS 9. The Macintosh operating system is credited with having popularized the graphical user interface ...

  8. .DS_Store - Wikipedia

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    The file .DS_Store is created in any directory (folder) accessed by the Finder application, even on remote file systems mounted from servers that share files (for example, via Server Message Block (SMB) protocol or the Apple Filing Protocol (AFP)). [5] Remote file systems, however, could be excluded by operating system settings (such as ...

  9. Resource fork - Wikipedia

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    Each resource has an OSType identifier (a four byte value), an ID (a signed 16-bit word), and an optional name.There are standardized resource types for dialog boxes (DITL), images (), sounds (snd ) – and executable binaries (CODE) which, until the advent of the PowerPC processor, were without exception stored in the resource fork.