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  2. Restart the computer and close programs on Mac - AOL Help

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    1. Click the Apple menu, and then click Shut Down. Note: Wait for 20 seconds, and then turn on the computer. 2. On the keyboard, hold down the Command and Option keys, and then tap the esc key. In the Force Quit Applications window, click any program other than Finder to highlight it, and then click Force Quit. 3.

  3. Internet kill switch - Wikipedia

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    An Internet kill switch is a countermeasure concept of activating a single shut off mechanism for all Internet traffic.. The concept behind having a kill switch is based on creating a single point of control (i.e. a switch) for a single authority to control or shut down the Internet in order to protect it or its users.

  4. Mac operating systems - Wikipedia

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    The system was originally marketed as simply "version 10" of Mac OS, but it has a history that is largely independent of the classic Mac OS. It is a Unix-based operating system [11] [12] built on NeXTSTEP and other NeXT technology from the late 1980s until early 1997, when Apple purchased the company and its CEO Steve Jobs returned to Apple ...

  5. macOS - Wikipedia

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    For most users, the most noticeable changes were: the disk space that the operating system frees up after a clean install compared to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, a more responsive Finder rewritten in Cocoa, faster Time Machine backups, more reliable and user-friendly disk ejects, a more powerful version of the Preview application, as well as a ...

  6. Mac OS X Snow Leopard - Wikipedia

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    Mac OS X Snow Leopard is a release that refined the existing feature set, expanded the technological capabilities of the operating system, and improved application efficiency. [ neutrality is disputed ] Many of the changes involve how the system works in the background and are not intended to be seen by the user.

  7. macOS Big Sur - Wikipedia

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    The release of Big Sur was the first time the major version number of the operating system had been incremented since the Mac OS X Public Beta in 2000. After sixteen distinct versions of macOS 10 ("Mac OS X"), macOS Big Sur was presented as version 11 in 2020, and every subsequent version has also incremented the major version number, similarly ...

  8. List of built-in macOS apps - Wikipedia

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    Calendar, previously known as iCal before OS X Mountain Lion, is a personal calendar app made by Apple Inc., originally released as a free download for Mac OS X v10.2 on September 10, 2002, before being bundled with the operating system as iCal 1.5 with the release of Mac OS X v10.3. It tracks events and appointments added by the user and ...

  9. Classic Mac OS - Wikipedia

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    Support for Macintosh clones was first exhibited in System 7.5.1, which was the first version to include the "Mac OS" logo (a variation on the original Happy Mac startup icon), and Mac OS 7.6 was the first to be named "Mac OS" instead of "System". These changes were made to disassociate the operating system from Apple's own Macintosh models.