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Mac OS X 10.1 (code named Puma) is the second major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system.It superseded Mac OS X 10.0 and preceded Mac OS X Jaguar.Mac OS X 10.1 was released on September 25, 2001, as a free update for Mac OS X 10.0 users.
macOS Catalina (version 10.15) is the sixteenth major release of macOS, Apple Inc.'s desktop operating system for Macintosh computers. It is the successor to macOS Mojave and was announced at WWDC 2019 on June 3, 2019 and released to the public on October 7, 2019.
Dashboard uses a variety of graphical effects for displaying, opening, and using widgets. For instance, a 3-D flip effect is used to simulate the widget flipping around; by clicking on a small i icon in the right bottom corner, the user can change the preferences on the reverse side; other effects include crossfading and scaling from icon to body (when opening widgets), a "spin-cycle effect ...
The first release of the new OS — Mac OS X Server 1.0 — used a modified version of the Mac OS GUI, but all client versions starting with Mac OS X Developer Preview 3 used a new theme known as Aqua. Aqua was a substantial departure from the Mac OS 9 interface, which had evolved with little change from that of the original Macintosh operating ...
The bitmap output from Quartz 2D, OpenGL, Core Image, QuickTime, or other process is written to a specific memory location, or backing store.The Compositor then reads the data from the backing stores and assembles each into one image for the display, writing that image to the frame buffer memory of the graphics card.
Mac OS X Leopard is the last version of macOS that supports the PowerPC architecture as its successor, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, functions solely on Intel based Macs. According to Apple, Leopard contains over 300 changes and enhancements compared to its predecessor, Mac OS X Tiger, [ 9 ] covering core operating system components as well as ...
As with Mavericks and Mountain Lion, 2 GB of RAM, 8 GB of available storage, and Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or later are required. These are the models that are compatible with OS X Yosemite: iMac (Mid 2007 to Mid 2015) MacBook (Late 2008 to Mid 2010) 12-inch MacBook (2015) MacBook Air (Late 2008 to Early 2015) MacBook Pro (Mid 2007 to Mid 2015)
CNET rated Mac OS X 10.0, a 6 out of 10, calling it "more stable than previous Mac OSs", along with compliments on its UI, memory management and speed, but isn't "ready for the masses", due to issues such as the lack of native third-party applications for the platform, missing DVD playback and hard to use user interfaces. [19]