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The Mac OS X startup screen from versions 10.2 to 10.9, displaying a dark-gray Apple logo on a lighter gray-white background as well as a loading throbber In 2002, with the release of version 10.2 , the Happy Mac symbol was retired and replaced with the Apple logo.
Before the release of Mac OS X in 2001, users modified system settings using control panels. [1] Control panels, like the preference panes found in System Preferences, were separate resources (cdevs) that were accessed through the Apple menu's Control Panel.
Sosumi is an alert sound introduced by Apple sound designer Jim Reekes in Apple Inc.'s Macintosh System 7 operating system in 1991. The name is derived from the phrase "so, sue me!" because of a long running court battle with Apple Corps, the similarly named music company, regarding the use of music in Apple Inc.'s computer products.
Macs made after 1987 but prior to 1998, upon failing the POST, will immediately halt with a "death chime", which is a sound that varies by model; it can be a simple beep, a car crash sound, the sound of shattering glass, a short musical tone, or more. On the screen, if working, will be the Sad Mac icon, along with two hexadecimal strings, which ...
launchd has two main tasks. The first is to boot the system, and the second is to load and maintain services.. Here is a simplified view of the Mac OS X Tiger system startup on a PowerPC Mac (on an Intel Mac, EFI replaces Open Firmware and boot.efi replaces BootX):
The Classic Environment is supported on PowerPC-based Macintosh computers running versions of Mac OS X up to 10.4 "Tiger", but not with 10.5 "Leopard" or Macintoshes utilizing any other architecture than PowerPC. The Classic Environment is a descendant of Rhapsody's "Blue Box" virtualization layer, which served as a proof of concept.
System 7 (later named Mac OS 7) is the seventh major release of the classic Mac OS operating system for Macintosh computers, made by Apple Computer. It was launched on May 13, 1991, to succeed System 6 with virtual memory , personal file sharing , QuickTime , TrueType fonts, the Force Quit dialog, and an improved user interface.
Core Audio is a low-level API for dealing with sound in Apple's macOS and iOS operating systems.It includes an implementation of the cross-platform OpenAL. [1]Apple's Core Audio documentation states that "in creating this new architecture on Mac OS X, Apple's objective in the audio space has been twofold.