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Mac OS X (say Mac OS Ten) is the tenth version of the operating system (OS) that controls a Macintosh computer (known as a Mac for short). The equivalent for some other computers would be the Windows operating system. Mac OS X has been around for nearly ten years and replaced Mac OS 9 which was the last version of what is known as the "classic" Mac OS. Although a few Macs still use Mac OS 9 all Macs sold since 2002 have come with Mac OS X and would now be considered a regular Mac. (See links below)
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What is Mac OS X and types of Mac OS X operating system?
Mac OS X is an operating system released by Apple Inc. It is designed for Apple branded computers, which is why you will never see a Dell, or an HP computer run Mac OS X. There are only two important versions of Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, and regular Mac OS X. Mac OS X server was designed for servers, while regular Mac OS X was designed for most computers. The current version of Mac OS X (10.6) is named Snow Leopard.
What is the second name of mac OS 10.4.5?
The second name of Mac OS X v10.4.5 is Mac OS X v10.4 Intel.Mac OS X 10.4 was known as Mac OS X Tiger.
Can you download mac os x 10.4 tiger with mac os x 10.2.8?
Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) needs to be purchased as it is not possible to update from Mac OS X 10.2.8
What is the difference between a Mac OS and iMac OS?
Mac OS 9 is the old version of Mac OS. Mac OS X was completely rebuilt from the ground up. Except some of the programs. The interface and look is different, but things like Disk Utility and stuff are the same. Terminal is a program that never gets improvements so that's the same too.
My Mac g3 doesn't have the same look as a regular Mac why not?
There could be several reasons. One likely one is that you do not have a modern version of Mac OS X. G3s shipped with Mac OS 8.6 or Mac OS 9. They cannot run Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) at all, and can only run Mac OS X 10.4 with hefty and usually unsupported upgrades. In the Related links section, you will find screenshots of Mac OS 8.6, Mac OS 9, Max OS X 10.0, and Mac OS X 10.1, so you can get an idea of what those systems look like, and if they look like the one you are running. There is also a link on how you can upgrade older Macs, although it is probably not worth the effort.
Is the MacBook Pro a mac os x?
Yes, it is. Any type of MacBook that comes out now is a Mac OS X. The most recent version of Mac OS X is Mac OS X Lion, coming out soon.
What is Mac OS X core called?
Mac OS X uses Darwin.
What is the engine behind Mac os X?
Mac OS X is based on UNIX.
What are the 4 apple products launched in 1998?
The 4 Applications that were released were: 1. iTunes 2. iMovie 3. iPhoto 4. iDVD All of these were created to run on OS 9 until OSX came out. All Mac OSX Releases (in order): -Mac OS X Server 1.0 "Hera" -Mac OS X Public Beta "Kodiak" -Mac OS X 10.0 "Cheetah" -Mac OS X 10.1 "Puma" -Mac OS X 10.2 "Jaguar" -Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther" -Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" -Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" -Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" -Mac OS X 10.7 "Cougar" (still in development, scheduled for 2011 release)
How can I install Mac OS X on VMware?
Mac OS X can only be installed on Apple hardware so Vmware is unable to support Mac OS X on anything other than a Mac by running, for example, a virtual installation of Mac OS X Server on a standard Mac OS X machine. Conversely Vmware's Fusion allows the running of Windows, and other operating systems, on an Intel Mac running Mac OS X.
How do you downgrade from Mac OS X to Mac OS 9?
You cannot without erasing your hard drive and installing Mac OS 9 from scratch. Even then Mac OS 9 may not run on modern Mac hardware because Mac OS 9 needs the ROM chip to boot. Modern Mac OS X hardware uses EFI to boot the system instead of a ROM chip to boot. Mac OS X v10.0 - Mac OS X v10.4 support Mac OS 9 applications and can run them, you just need to install the Mac OS 9 compatibility program which can be found on the Mac OS X Install CD.
What is Mac OS X?
Mac OS X is one of the major releases of operating systems from Apple Inc. It features a low level Mach_kernel, underlying Unix OS, a 3D graphical user interface. Mac OS X can only be installed on computers made by Apple Inc. Recent versions of Mac OS X include: Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Starting in Mac OS 10.5 an automatic backup utility called Time Machine is available. The current version is Mac OS X 10.10 and an early release version of Mac OS X 10.11 is available to install.
