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macOS Big Sur (version 11) is the seventeenth major release of macOS, Apple's operating system for Macintosh computers. It was announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 22, 2020, [4] and was released to the public on November 12, 2020. [5] [4] [6] Big Sur is the successor to macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15).
XNU ("X is Not Unix") is the computer operating system (OS) kernel developed at Apple Inc. since December 1996 for use in the Mac OS X (now macOS) operating system and released as free and open-source software as part of the Darwin OS, which, in addition to being the basis for macOS, is also the basis for Apple TV Software, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, visionOS, and tvOS.
Apple’s latest and greatest desktop OS, macOS Big Sur, is finally available for public consumption — just in time for the new Macs. Big Sur has been in beta since WWDC, and it brings a ...
ChromeOS, sometimes styled as chromeOS and formerly styled as Chrome OS, is a Linux distribution developed and designed by Google. [8] It is derived from the open-source ChromiumOS operating system and uses the Google Chrome web browser as its principal user interface.
The history of macOS, Apple's current Mac operating system formerly named Mac OS X until 2011 and then OS X until 2016, began with the company's project to replace its "classic" Mac OS. That system, up to and including its final release Mac OS 9 , was a direct descendant of the operating system Apple had used in its Mac computers since their ...
macOS Big Sur was released in 2020 to introduce the current design iteration of macOS. The system was launched as Mac OS X, renamed OS X from 2012—2016, [10] and then renamed macOS as the current Mac operating system that officially succeeded the classic Mac OS in 2001.
Sales of Google OS-equipped (Android and Chrome) devices saw a 29 percent increase over 2014 propelled by Chromebook sales, while Apple devices declined 12 percent and Windows devices fell 8 percent." [77] As of October 28, 2024 Lenovo Chromebook N23 Intel Celeron is the cheapest Chromebook in the world. [78]
Learn how to download and install or uninstall the Desktop Gold software and if your computer meets the system requirements.