Today marks the 25th anniversary of Apple launching Mac OS X, the operating system that serves as the foundation of ...

The first Mac software was called System 1 and it was released on January 24, 1984, and there have been 30 major updates ...

It replaced the polished but limited Mac OS9 with a UNIX-underpinned reimagining of computer operating systems.

OS X changed the game for Apple. Image: Killian Bell/Cult of Mac OS X, the most important piece of software in Apple history, turns 20 today. Going on sale in its full, public version on March 24, ...

Has it really been that long? 24 March 2021 marked the 20th anniversary of Mac OS X. For those of us who were there to witness its release, it’s stunning to think that most of today’s Apple users ...

Copland never saw the light of day. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac April 26, 1996: Mac OS Copland, Apple’s eagerly anticipated but much-delayed operating system for the Macintosh, suffers a fatal blow ...

Mac OS X Snow Leopard is a deep old cove -- the first thing you'll notice after installing it over Leopard is that little seems to have changed. This school of thought underlies almost every other ...

At an event in California today, Apple head honcho Steve Jobs showed off a new version of Mac OS X. As many predicted, the operating system will go by the name OS X Lion, but Jobs also announced that ...

Microsoft may still dominate the operating system market, but Linux and Apple’s Mac OS platforms were the fastest-growing in 2010, according to new data from Gartner. Worldwide operating system ...

While macOS has come a long way, I like to remind myself every once in a while of where the technology used to be. And thanks to Mihai Parparita, it’s very easy to actually experience vintage versions ...