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top notch body shop motorcycle part needed repair and paint, was told two weeks, 2 months later still no parts, paid up front kansas city Missouri
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motorcycle parts needed rapair and paint was told 2 weeks, 2 months later still no parts, paid 1/2 of the cost up front, mistake number 1, when i go to the shop they tell me they don't have the parts , that johnnie has them , johnnie says he took them to another shop to have painted and says the paint job did not turn out right , now when i call , NO ANSWER, IMAGINE THAT
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Progressive Automations Charges Visa Card for orders that they never deliver, then lie about shipping etc.... , Internet
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So I sent the following e-mail: I ordered two (2) 40" actuators on Jan 31,2011.....I was told 10 day lead time....On 2/14 I spoke with Anton about notifying me when the actuators were ready to ship as I wanted to Next Day Air them to Florida. On 2/17 I called and was told the order was shipped ground freight. I have called 5 times since then trying to get a tracking number. I spoke to Anton 2 times today and each time was promised return phone calls. I have been promised return phone calls from Ajay (from Anton) and so far that has not happened either. Its now 7:40 EST and no one has answered your phone for the past 3 hours, I still have not received a return phone call and still have not received the tracking number. Can anyone tell me when my order will be here???????
I have a pending order for 160 more of these actuators but feel compelled to search other suppliers because of your lack of customer service and constant lies.
Here is Ajays reply on Sunday Feb. 27, 2011
I apologize that you were not able to get through to one of our sales associates, last few days of every month is one of our busiest times.
However you were not ignored one of our sales associates as well as myself did try to contact you with no answer and for some reason we were not able to leave a voice mail on your phone.
As for your units, I am unclear as to what you were told but when the units arrived at our shipping facility from our manufacturing facility the final QC prior to shipping failed. Unfortunately your units have to be re-manufactured and will take at minimum of an additional 10 business days. I am very sorry for the inconvenience but due to recent weather conditions on the east coast and your units failing QC we have had serious delays.
We have a couple options at this point,
- we can offer a full refund - we can give an additional 15% discoount on these units and 25% on the 160 units if you decide to order (usual discount of 160 units would be between 15%)
Please advise how you would like to proceed.
Thanks, Ajay Arora Sales Manager Progressive Automations Inc
Tel: (toll free) 1-800-676-6123 Fax: (888) 812-4189 www.progressiveautomations.com
All summed up, I believe they are a RIPOFF company and I'm not sure they even make actuators.
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My 360 recently just recently got the red ring and I did the fix and it worked great for about 3 weeks. Just the other day I threw in a game and out of the blue the image started having a lot of color errors, it almost looks like you're looking at the matrix. I took pictures and a video, I will put the links at the end of this. I opened the box back up and the thermal pads on what i believe is the ram had begun to melt and were not staying on the ram chip. It has not given me an error yet, but one time it shut down automatically and when it restarted it said it had been shut off due to poor ventilation. If anyone knows how to fix this that would be awesome, thank you.
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its a cold solder spot under the gpu,the only way to fix this permanently is a reflow or reball.
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Deandra nodded when she took her Pokedex and was given a flow of information about this-and-that. When Ambella Coal finished and wished her good luck, Deandra gave her thanks. She looked left and right, seeing who was here and who left. Everyone seemed to have dispersed except that fat kid and the guy with the Zigzagoon. Trying to remember everyone's face, she was sure all of the trainers here were older than her, except Auryn, of course. Speaking of Auryn, where did she go? She'd been given a wave before she went off, but Deandra's little information catch up must have given her enough time to get off too far to see. Deandra wondered if maybe she'd catch up.
She looked ahead at the volcano that framed the scene. She'd have to go over there? There was something about volcano that didn't seem like the safest thing to her, and the way Butler ran around... Deandra, in a half-struggle with her Pokemon, managed to take out the ball from her pack and return him. This may have been the second time in years that he'd been introduced to it. She knew he wouldn't like it, but she didn't want him to accidentally stumble into a lava puddle. With a half-glance at the remaining people, she started on her path towards the area.
Here, it was hot (obviously), hotter than it was when they were by the lab. She tried to ignore it, but... Deandra took off her jacket, tying the arms around her waist so she wouldn't have to put it up. The volcano was surprisingly calm at its base and of an interest to observe. While there was nothing going on in its rock face, she'd never looked at a volcano, or this volcano, up close. The simple fact that it was a volcano made it cool and anything that lived around it cool. Not many people got to say the first Pokemon they caught lived by or in a volcano, but Deandra herself was no particularly interested in capturing Pokemon. It was asked of her though, so she figured she may do it. In her walk she was surprised by the amount of grass that was around, but didn't make much of a comment on it. By this time she had managed to isolate herself and felt more at ease than she did when she was around a bunch of people she didn't know.
The area was pretty quiet, save for the occasional noise from a Pokemon or the rustle of leave or screaming girl. The whole scene was surprisingly peaceful and... And... Wait. She said she heard a screaming girl like two seconds ago right? Deandra, alarmed, looked this way and that.
Was that...?
She hoped not. She hoped for and dreaded another scream that would point her in the right direction. She stayed in place, listening for that tell-tale noise. Sure enough, it came. Hoping and praying that she didn't change direction, Deandra ran in the directions of the scream. It sounded close but in her running she must not have been close enough, because she didn't see anyone. Becoming larger and larger ahead of her was a forest--no, a
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Government Grant Association - Gilbert Williams4100 E. Bay Drive Clearwater, Florida U.S.A.
Government Grant Association - Gilbert Williams ripoff looking for my bank account number Clearwater Florida
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"Gilbert" tried to convince me that his company is going about making "select" phone calls to people who could use government grant money to improve their financial situation.
I waited for the catch, and got it at the end of the conversation when he asked for my bank account number. I declined to give it, although he tried hard to convince me that they were legit.
His principal points to try to convince me of their credibility were that they weren't asking for my credit card number or my signature, and that they couldn't do anything with my bank account anyway without my permission.
NOT TRUE! If they have your bank account number and your bank's transit number, they can commit electronic fraud!
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Homes of MeritHillsborough Cty, Florida United States of America
Homes of Merit Bankuptcy Giants, Ripoff Artists of the century Hillsborough Cty, Florida
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I am trying to find any older reports regarding Homes of Merit in the state of Florida.
Back in 2004/2005 my Mom was in the process of purchasing a home from them and the dealership went bankrupt and my Mom was out $50K!!!!! Tried to get her money back and before she could accomplish that she unfortunately passed away in June of 2005. I have been trying to finish what she started and keep running into dead-ends.
If you could maybe post or send me some of the older complaints, maybe I can find out what dealership it was and possibly sue the company itself or at least have some background to give to an attorney to help me. I do know that there were approximately 40 families total that this happened to from the same dealership. I also believe that it may have been somewhere in Hillsborough County, Florida.
Thank you in advance for your help
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Keep your messy eater's dining room tidy with a slip-resistant mat. The easy-clean PetRageous Designs Pet Paws Cobalt Blue Placemat protects your floors and carpet from food and water spills your four-footed pal makes when he's busy eating like it's the last meal he'll ever see. The Pet Paws Cobalt Blue Placemat adds the final touch to pet decor when partnered iwth the Pet Paws Bowl.
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Rated 4.1 out of 5 by 17 reviewers.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Moni66 Perfect! Great way to keep things nice and neat at feeding time. August 15, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by Fancncy Pet Paws Blue Placemat Great under his dish and makes clean-up easy, just wipe it off and it's ready to be used again. June 20, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by 4rudyv great product nd a wonderful price for the amount you get! They are so easy to wipe clean and love th epattern! I purchased this item and did not realize until it was delivered that you get 6 of them. They are amazing, good quality, easy to clean, love the pattern. Great for gifts to other pet owners! February 25, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by Sunshine The product is great So easy to keep clean and keeps food off the floor. February 15, 2016
Rated 4 out of 5 by vera it was a great Christmas gift affordable and very useful, I got for may clients with pets, it was very well received January 11, 2016
Rated 4 out of 5 by Dawn looks good! matches the bowls on the site perfectly, only small criticism is it moves too easily on linoleum. When I attempt to sweep I have to hold it down to prevent it from moving across the kitchen. November 4, 2015
Rated 4 out of 5 by Christopher Great and Inexpensive Addition to the Matching Bowls Would have preferred white non-see through background. October 23, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5 by vronny very nice Great for keeping food area clean. Perfect size to fit food and water bowl October 18, 2015


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Normally my checks clear literally within two days of the date that I mail my payment out. Also if payment is not recieved by the 1st they mail out a letter to you reminding you that you have not paid them yet.
Well this month my experience was a disaster. I mailed my payment in on Friday the 4th of November and while checking my checking account noticed by mid week that the check had not been cashed yet which I did think was odd, because they normally cash it the second it comes in the door. So I waited, and then started the automated phone calls, some 3 times a day telling me that payment was not recieved yet, this went on until the 11th.
I finally spoke to a customer service rep who then told me to wait until Monday the 14th and if they do not recieve payment by then I could make payment over the phone. I called them on Monday and sure enough the check had not been recieved. I was then told that I could pay a 2.00 fee to pay by phone, and already upset that I would have to spend 20 bucks to stop payment on the check I had already sent them I was angered to say the least. I was then advised that I could make payment on line and no fee would be charged and also that I would not have to stop payment on the check I mailed them because they would notate the system to mail the check back to me and not cash it. Big mistake!!!
I woke up this morning the 16th and checked with my bank and they processed my on line payment on the 15th and miraculously the check I mailed them suddenly appeared only for them to cash it and not mail it back to me. This a huge hit since my mortgage payment monthly is 1734.10 so I obviously was in the negative digits on my bank account, which is now going to cause my outstanding checks with other bills I have outstanding to bounce and incur me many fees.
I then contact the Customer Service Dept at Option One, livid as I was and they not only were not concerned about what they had done to me nor did they apologize for this horrendous inconvenience but they went on to actually say that if I wanted a refund to my account that I would have to provide them with my bank statement showing that they took payment out twice. I was shocked that I would have to do such a thing since I was told by the CSR that they could see that payment was made twice. I then asked for a manager who got on the phone with me only to tell me the same thing and then hung up on me when I told her that I would be writing about them on this web site letting everyone know what a horrible company they are.
Fed up I finally called my bank to have them fax a copy of my private bank statement to this terrible and incompetant company which I think is totally uncalled for and a violation of my privacy, but had no choice as I need my money back in my account ASAP, as I do have other bills that need to be paid other than my mortgage.
I was told I would be reimbursed for all fees that I am charged for any checks that I bounce or for any charges from my bank for going in the negative digits on my checking account, but I cringe at the thought that it may be a nightmare to recover this and I also have to provide them bank statements showing these charges as they happen.
Well that's my story, I hope no one else has to go through what I just went through with them, but I can see I am not the only one who has had issues with this company.
Harleysville, Pennsylvania
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Screenshot of the latest stable release of El Capitan (OS X v.10.11) as of June 2016
|Apple Inc.
|Written in
|OS family
|Working state
|Source model
|Closed source (with open source components)
|Initial release
|March 24, 2001
|Latest release
|10.11.6 (Build 15G31) (July 18, 2016[9]) [±]
|Latest preview
10.12 Public Beta 3 (August 2, 2016 ) [±]
|Marketing target
|Personal computing
|Available in
|34 languages[10][11]
|Update method
|Kernel type
|Hybrid (XNU)
|Default user interface
|Graphical (Aqua)
|Commercial software, proprietary software
|Preceded by
|Mac OS 9
|Official website
OS X is a series of Unix-based graphical interface operating systems (OS) developed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is designed to run on Macintosh computers, having been pre-installed on all Macs since 2002. Within the market of desktop, laptop and home computers, and by web usage, OS X is the second most widely used desktop OS after Windows.[12][13]
Launched as Mac OS X in 2001, it is the successor to the "classic" Mac OS, the final release of which was OS 9 from 1999, which had been Apple's primary operating system since 1984. The first version released was Mac OS X Server 1.0 in 1999; a desktop version, Mac OS X Cheetah followed in March 2001. In 2012, the software was renamed to OS X. Releases were named after big cats through OS X Mountain Lion; starting in 2013 with OS X Mavericks, they were named after California landmarks.[14] The latest software version is OS X El Capitan, which was publicly released in September 2015. In June 2016, Apple announced the rebranding of the software to macOS starting with the upcoming release, macOS Sierra, giving the operating system a name similar to the names of Apple's other operating systems, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS.
OS X is based on technologies developed at NeXT between the second half of the 1980s and Apple's purchase of the company in late 1996. The X in "Mac OS X" and "OS X" is the Roman numeral for 10 and was a prominent part of its brand identity. It was also used to showcase UNIX compatibility; UNIX 03 certification was achieved for Intel CPU's v.10.5,[2] and 10.6 to 10.11.[3][4][5][6][7][8] iOS, the mobile OS for the iPhone, iPod Touch,[15] iPad, and the 2nd and 3rd generation Apple TV,[16] tvOS, the OS for the 4th generation Apple TV, and watchOS, the OS for the Apple Watch, share the Unix-based core and many OS X frameworks. A v.10.4 variant powers the first-generation Apple TV.[17] Apple also formerly issued a separate line for server computing.
The first releases of OS X from 1999 to 2006 can run only on the PowerPC-based Macs from the time period. After Apple announced shift to using Intel x86 CPUs from 2006 onwards, Tiger and Leopard were released in versions for Intel and PowerPC processors, but Snow Leopard dropped PowerPC support. Support for 32-bit Intel processors was dropped after Lion; it now runs exclusively on 64-bit Intel CPUs.
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The heritage of what would become OS X had originated at NeXT, a company founded by Steve Jobs following his departure from Apple in 1985. There, the Unix-like NeXTSTEP operating system was developed, and then launched in 1989. The kernel of NeXTSTEP is based upon the Mach kernel, which was originally developed at Carnegie Mellon University, with additional kernel layers and low-level user space code derived from select parts of BSD. Its graphical user interface was built on top of an object-oriented GUI toolkit using the Objective-C programming language.
Throughout the early 1990s, Apple had tried to create a "next-generation" OS through the Taligent, Copland and Gershwin projects, although these were eventually abandoned.[18] This led Apple to purchase NeXT in 1996, allowing NeXTSTEP, then called OPENSTEP, to serve as the basis for Apple's next generation OS.[19] This purchase also led to Steve Jobs returning to Apple as first an interim and then the permanent CEO, shepherding the transformation of the programmer-friendly OPENSTEP into a system that would be adopted by Apple's primary market of home users and creative professionals. The project was first code named "Rhapsody" and then officially named "Mac OS X".[20][21]
The first version of Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server 1.x, was a transitional product, featuring an interface resembling Mac OS. It was not compatible with software designed for the original Mac OS. Consumer releases of Mac OS X included more backward compatibility. Mac OS applications could be rewritten to run natively via the Carbon API; many could also be run directly through the Classic Environment with a reduction in performance.
The consumer version of Mac OS X was launched in 2001. Reviews were variable, with extensive praise for its sophisticated, glossy Aqua interface but criticising it for sluggish performance.[22] With Apple's popularity at a low, the makers of several classic Mac applications such as FrameMaker and PageMaker declined to develop new versions of their software for OS X.[23] Ars Technica columnist John Siracusa, who reviewed every major OS X release up to 10.10, described the early releases in retrospect as 'dog-slow, feature poor' and Aqua as 'unbearably slow and a huge resource hog'.[22][24][25]
Apple rapidly developed several new releases of OS X. Siracusa's review of version 10.3, Panther, noted "It's strange to have gone from years of uncertainty and vaporware to a steady annual supply of major new operating system releases."[26] Version 10.4, Tiger, reportedly shocked executives at Microsoft by offering a number of features, such as fast file searching and improved graphics processing, that Microsoft had spent several years struggling to add to Windows with acceptable performance.[27]
In 2006, the first Intel Macs released used a specialized version of 10.4 "Tiger".[28] In 2007, 10.5 "Leopard" was the first to run on both PowerPC and Intel Macs with the use of Universal Binaries.[29] 10.6 "Snow Leopard" was the first version of OS X to drop support for PowerPC Macs.[30]
As the operating system evolved, it moved away from the legacy Mac OS, with applications being added and removed. Targeting the consumer and media markets, Apple emphasised its new "digital lifestyle" applications such as the iLife suite, integrated home entertainment through the Front Row media center and the Safari web browser.[31] With increasing popularity of the internet, Apple offered additional online services, including the .Mac, MobileMe and most recently iCloud products. It also began selling third-party applications through the Mac App Store.
New OS X versions also included modifications to the general interface, moving away from the striped gloss and transparency of the initial versions. Some applications began to use a brushed metal appearance, or non-pinstriped titlebar appearance in version 10.4.[32] In Leopard, Apple announced a unification of the interface, with a standardised gray-gradient window style.[33][34]
A key development for OS X was the announcement and release of the iPhone from 2007 onwards. While Apple's previous iPod mobile devices used a minimal operating system, the iPhone used an operating system based on OS X, which would later be called "iPhone OS" and then iOS. The simultaneous release of two operating systems based on the same frameworks placed tension on Apple, which cited the iPhone as forcing it to delay OS X Leopard.[35] However, after Apple opened the iPhone to third-party developers its commercial success drew attention to OS X, with many iPhone software developers showing interest in Mac development.[36]
In two succeeding versions, Lion and Mountain Lion, Apple moved some applications to a highly skeumorphic style of design inspired by contemporary versions of iOS, at the same time simplifying some elements by making controls such as scroll bars fade in when needed.[24] This direction was, like brushed metal interfaces, unpopular with some users, although it continued a trend of greater animation and variety in the interface previously seen in design aspects such as the Time Machine backup utility, which presented past file versions against a swirling nebula, and the glossy translucent dock of Leopard and Snow Leopard.[37] In addition, with Lion, Apple ceased to release separate server versions of OS X, selling server tools as a separate downloadable application. A review described the trend in OS X server as becoming 'cheaper and simpler...shifting its focus from large businesses to small ones.'[38]
Apple removed the head of OS X development, Scott Forstall, in 2012, and switched designs towards a more minimal direction.[39] Apple's new user interface design, using deep color saturation, text-only buttons and a minimal, 'flat' interface, was debuted in iOS 7 in 2013. With OS X engineers reportedly diverted to working on iOS 7, the version of OS X released in 2013, Mavericks, was something of a transitional release, with some of the skeumorphic design of iOS removed but the general interface of OS X largely unchanged.[40] The next version, Yosemite, adopted a design similar to iOS 7 but with greater complexity suitable for an interface controlled with a mouse.[41]
From 2012 onwards, OS X shifted to an annual release schedule similar to that of iOS, after releases generally coming every second year in the 10.3-10.7 period. It also steadily cut the cost of updates from Snow Leopard onwards, before removing upgrade fees altogether from 2013 onwards.[42] Some journalists and third-party software developers have suggested that this decision, while allowing more rapid feature release, meant less opportunity to focus on stability, with no version of OS X recommendable for users requiring stability and performance above new features.[43] Apple's 2015 update, El Capitan, was announced to focus specifically on stability and performance improvements.
In 2012, with the release of OS X 10.8, the "Mac" prefix was officially dropped in all references to the operating system name within its web site.[44]
OS X is the tenth major version of Apple's operating system for Macintosh computers. Previous Macintosh operating systems were named using Arabic numerals, e.g. Mac OS 8 and Mac OS 9. The letter X in OS X's name refers to the number 10, a Roman numeral. It is therefore correctly pronounced "ten" /ˈtɛn/ in this context.[45][46] However, a common mispronunciation is "X" /ˈɛks/.[47]
OS X's core is a POSIX compliant operating system (OS) built on top of the XNU kernel, with standard Unix facilities available from the command line interface. Apple has released this family of software as a free and open source operating system named Darwin. On top of Darwin, Apple layered a number of components, including the Aqua interface and the Finder, to complete the GUI-based operating system which is OS X.[48]
OS X introduced a number of new capabilities to provide a more stable and reliable platform than its predecessor, Mac OS 9. For example, pre-emptive multitasking and memory protection improved the system's ability to run multiple applications simultaneously without them interrupting or corrupting each other.[49] Many aspects of OS X's architecture are derived from OPENSTEP, which was designed to be portable, to ease the transition from one platform to another. For example, NeXTSTEP was ported from the original 68k-based NeXT workstations to x86 and other architectures before NeXT was purchased by Apple,[50] and OPENSTEP was later ported to the PowerPC architecture as part of the Rhapsody project.
The most visible change was the Aqua theme. The use of soft edges, translucent colors, and pinstripes—similar to the hardware design of the first iMacs—brought more texture and color to the user interface when compared to what OS 9 and OS X Server 1.0's "Platinum" appearance had offered. According to John Siracusa, an editor of Ars Technica, the introduction of Aqua and its departure from the then conventional look "hit like a ton of bricks."[51] Bruce Tognazzini (who founded the original Apple Human Interface Group) said that the Aqua interface in Mac OS X v10.0 represented a step backwards in usability compared with the original Mac OS interface.[52][53] Third-party developers started producing skins for customizable applications and other operating systems which mimicked the Aqua appearance. To some extent, Apple has used the successful transition to this new design as leverage, at various times threatening legal action against people who make or distribute software with an interface the company says is derived from its copyrighted design.[54] Since 2012, Apple has sold many of its Mac models with high-resolution Retina displays, and OS X and its APIs have extensive support for resolution-independent development on supporting high-resolution displays. Reviewers have described Apple's support for the technology as superior to that on Windows.[55][56][57]
The architecture of OS X incorporates a layered design.[58] The layered frameworks aid rapid development of applications by providing existing code for common tasks.[59]
OS X includes its own software development tools, most prominently an integrated development environment called Xcode. Xcode provides interfaces to compilers that support several programming languages including C, C++, Objective-C, and Swift. For the Apple–Intel transition, it was modified so that developers could build their applications as a universal binary, which provides compatibility with both the Intel-based and PowerPC-based Macintosh lines.[60] First and third-party applications can be controlled programatically using the AppleScript framework, retained from classic Mac OS, or using the newer Automator application.[citation needed]
The Darwin sub-system in Mac OS X is in charge of managing the filesystem, which includes the Unix permissions layer. In 2003 and 2005, two Macworld editors expressed criticism of the permission scheme; Ted Landau called misconfigured permissions "the most common frustration" in Mac OS X, while Rob Griffiths suggested that some users may even have to reset permissions every day, a process which can take up to 15 minutes.[61] More recently, another Macworld editor, Dan Frakes, called the procedure of repairing permissions vastly overused.[62] He argues that OS X typically handles permissions properly without user interference, and resetting permissions should just be tried when problems emerge.[63]
Applications may be installed by the user from any source, or from the Mac App Store, a marketplace of software maintained by Apple. All App Store applications run within a sandbox, restricting their ability to communicate with other programs or modify the core operating system. This provides increased user security but restricts the features they can offer.[citation needed]
Apple produces OS X applications, some of which are included and some sold separately. This includes iWork, Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, iLife, and the database application FileMaker. With a move to online-only software distribution, Apple has moved most of the iLife and iWork applications to being freely available with lifetime updates on buying a new Mac, and shifted software sales for most applications to the Mac App Store rather than through physical media.[citation needed]
As of September 2011, OS X is the second-most-active general-purpose client operating system in use on the World Wide Web, (after Microsoft Windows), with an 8.45% usage share according to statistics compiled by W3Counter.[64] It is the most successful Unix-like desktop operating system on the web, estimated at over 5 times the usage of Linux (which has 1.5%).[64]
There are twenty-two "System Languages" available for the user at the moment of installation (the "system language" is the entire operating system environment). As of Mac OS X Lion, the languages are Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (European), Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. Input methods for typing in dozens of scripts can be chosen independently of the system language.[65]
Apple offered two main APIs to develop software natively for OS X: Cocoa and Carbon. Cocoa was a descendant of APIs inherited from OpenStep with no ancestry from Mac OS, while Carbon was an adaptation of Mac OS APIs, allowing Mac software to be minimally rewritten in order to run natively on OS X.
The Cocoa API was created as the result of a 1993 collaboration between NeXT Computer and Sun Microsystems. This heritage is highly visible for Cocoa developers, since the "NS" prefix is ubiquitous in the framework, standing variously for Nextstep or NeXT/Sun. The official OpenStep API, published in September 1994, was the first to split the API between Foundation and Application Kit and the first to use the "NS" prefix.[50] Traditionally, Cocoa programs have been mostly written in Objective-C, with Java as an alternative. However, on July 11, 2005, Apple announced that "features added to Cocoa in Mac OS X versions later than 10.4 will not be added to the Cocoa-Java programming interface."[66] OS X also used to support the Java Platform as a "preferred software package"—in practice this means that applications written in Java fit as neatly into the operating system as possible while still being cross-platform compatible, and that graphical user interfaces written in Swing look almost exactly like native Cocoa interfaces. Since 2014, Apple has promoted its new programming language Swift as the preferred language for software development on Apple platforms.
Apple's original plan with OS X was to require all developers to rewrite their software into the Cocoa APIs. This caused much outcry among existing Mac developers, who threatened to abandon the platform rather than invest in a costly rewrite, and the idea was shelved.[21][67] To permit a smooth transition from Mac OS 9 to (Mac) OS X, the Carbon Application Programming Interface (API) was created.[21] Applications written with Carbon were initially able to run natively on both Mac OS and OS X, although this ability was later dropped as OS X developed. Carbon was not included in the first product sold as "Mac OS X": the little-used original release of Mac OS X Server (now referred to as Mac OS X Server 1.x), which also did not include the Aqua interface.[citation needed] Apple limited further development of Carbon from the release of Leopard onwards, announcing Carbon applications would not receive the ability to run at 64-bit.[67] As of 2015, a small number of older Mac OS X apps with heritage dating back to Mac OS still used Carbon, including Microsoft Office. Early versions of OS X could also run some Mac OS applications through the Classic Environment with performance limitations; this feature was removed from 10.5 onwards and all Macs using Intel processors.
Since OS X is POSIX compliant, many software packages written for the other Unix-like systems such as Linux can be recompiled to run on it, including much scientific and technical software.[68] Third-party projects such as Homebrew, Fink, MacPorts and pkgsrc provide pre-compiled or pre-formatted packages. Apple and others have provided versions of the X Window System graphical interface which can allow these applications to run with an approximation of the OS X look-and-feel.[69][70][71] The current Apple-endorsed method is the open-source XQuartz project; earlier versions could use the X11 application provided by Apple or before that the XDarwin project.[72]
Applications can be distributed to Macs through normal ways such as downloading (with or without code signing, available via an Apple developer account) or through the Mac App Store, a process requiring Apple approval. Apps installed through the Mac App Store are sandboxed, with limited ability to exchange information with other applications or change system features: this has been cited as an advantage, by allowing users to install apps with confidence that they should not be able to damage their system, but also as blocking the platform's use by professional applications.[73][74] Applications without any code signature cannot be run by default except from a computer's administrator account.[75][76]
Releases of OS X have steadily dropped compatibility with earlier Macs. As of late 2015, a period of stability has existed since 2012, with four successive OS X releases, from OS X Mountain Lion to OS X El Capitan, supporting all Macs released since early 2009 and some higher-end models released in 2007-8 if fitted with at least 2 GB RAM. Key dividing lines have been the Apple transition to G4/5, and later to Intel processors.
For the early releases of Mac OS X, the standard hardware platform supported was the full line of Macintosh computers (laptop, desktop, or server) based on PowerPC G3, G4, and G5 processors. Later versions discontinued support for some older hardware; for example, Panther does not support "beige" G3s,[77] and Tiger does not support systems that pre-date Apple's introduction of integrated FireWire ports (the ports themselves are not a functional requirement). Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard", introduced October 2007, has dropped support for all PowerPC G3 processors and for PowerPC G4 processors with clock rates below 867 MHz. Mac OS X v10.6 "Snow Leopard" supports Macs with Intel processors, not PowerPC. Mac OS X v10.7 "Lion" requires a Mac with an Intel Core 2 Duo or newer processor.[citation needed]
Tools such as XPostFacto and patches applied to the installation disc have been developed by third parties to enable installation of newer versions of Mac OS X on systems not officially supported by Apple. This includes a number of pre-G3 Power Macintosh systems that can be made to run up to and including Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar, all G3-based Macs which can run up to and including Tiger, and sub-867 MHz G4 Macs can run Leopard by removing the restriction from the installation DVD or entering a command in the Mac's Open Firmware interface to tell the Leopard Installer that it has a clock rate of 867 MHz or greater. Except for features requiring specific hardware (e.g. graphics acceleration, DVD writing), the operating system offers the same functionality on all supported hardware.[citation needed]
PowerPC versions of Mac OS X prior to Leopard retain compatibility with older Mac OS applications by providing an emulation environment called Classic, which allows users to run Mac OS 9 as a process within Mac OS X, so that most older applications run as they would under the older operating system. Classic is not supported on Intel-based Macs or in Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard", but users still requiring Classic applications on Intel Macs can use the SheepShaver emulator to run Mac OS 9 on top of Leopard.[citation needed]
As most Macintosh components since the Intel transition are (or are similar to those) available on the open market (for example Intel processors, Hitachi hard drives, Intel/Radeon/Nvidia graphics cards[78]) some technology-capable groups have developed that install OS X on non-Apple IBM PC compatible computers; these are referred to as Hackintoshes. This violates the EULA (and is therefore unsupported by Apple technical support, warranties etc.), but communities such as tonymacx86 that cater to personal users, who do not install for resale and profit, have generally been ignored by Apple.[79][80][81] Hackintosh construction has been done to create computers models that are either lower cost or more powerful than those supplied by Apple.[82] These self-made computers allow more flexibility and customization of hardware, but at a cost of leaving the user more responsible for their own machine – such as on matter of data integrity or security. Psystar, a business that did attempt to profit from selling OS X on non-Apple certified hardware, was sued by Apple in 2008.[83]
In April 2002, eWeek announced a rumor that Apple had a version of Mac OS X code-named Marklar, which ran on Intel x86 processors. The idea behind Marklar was to keep Mac OS X running on an alternative platform should Apple become dissatisfied with the progress of the PowerPC platform.[84] These rumors subsided until late in May 2005, when various media outlets, such as The Wall Street Journal[85] and CNET,[86] announced that Apple would unveil Marklar in the coming months.[87][88][89]
On June 6, 2005, Steve Jobs announced in his keynote address at the annual Apple Worldwide Developers Conference that Apple would be making the transition from PowerPC to Intel processors over the following two years, and that Mac OS X would support both platforms during the transition. Jobs also confirmed rumors that Apple had versions of Mac OS X running on Intel processors for most of its developmental life. Intel-based Macs would run a new recompiled version of OS X along with Rosetta, a binary translation layer which enables software compiled for PowerPC Mac OS X to run on Intel Mac OS X machines.[90] The system was included with OS X versions up to version 10.6.8.[91] Apple dropped support for Classic mode on the new Intel Macs. Third party emulation software such as Mini vMac, Basilisk II and SheepShaver provided support for some early versions of Mac OS. A new version of Xcode and the underlying command-line compilers supported building universal binaries that would run on either architecture.[92]
PowerPC-only software is supported with Rosetta, though applications eventually had to be rewritten to run properly on the newer OS X for Intel. Apple initially encouraged developers to produce universal binaries with support for both PowerPC and x86.[93] There is a performance penalty when PowerPC binaries run on Intel Macs through Rosetta. Moreover, some PowerPC software, such as kernel extensions and System Preferences plugins, are not supported on Intel Macs. Some PowerPC applications would not run on Intel OS X at all. Plugins for Safari need to be compiled for the same platform as Safari, so when Safari is running on Intel it requires plug-ins that have been compiled as Intel-only or universal binaries, so PowerPC-only plug-ins will not work.[94] While Intel Macs are able to run PowerPC, x86, and universal binaries; PowerPC Macs support only universal and PowerPC builds.[citation needed]
Support for the PowerPC platform was dropped following the transition. In 2009, Apple announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference that Snow Leopard (version 10.6) would drop support for PowerPC processors and be Intel-only.[95] Rosetta continued to be offered (as an optional download or installation choice) in Snow Leopard before being dropped in Lion.[96][96] In addition, new versions of OS X first- and third-party software increasingly required Intel processors, including new versions of iLife, iWork, Aperture and Logic Pro released in the 2010-11 period.
One of the major differences between the previous versions of Mac OS and OS X was the addition of the Aqua GUI, a graphical user interface with water-like elements. Every window element, text, graphic, or widget is drawn on-screen using spatial anti-aliasing technology.[97] ColorSync, a technology introduced many years before, was improved and built into the core drawing engine, to provide color matching for printing and multimedia professionals.[98] Also, drop shadows were added around windows and isolated text elements to provide a sense of depth. New interface elements were integrated, including sheets (document modal dialog boxes attached to specific windows) and drawers.[citation needed]
Apple has continued to change aspects of the OS X appearance and design, particularly with tweaks to the appearance of windows and the menu bar. One example of a UI behavioral change is that previewed video and audio files no longer have progress bars in column view; instead, they have mouse-over start and stop buttons as of 10.5.[citation needed]
The human interface guidelines published by Apple for Mac OS X are followed by many applications, giving them consistent user interface and keyboard shortcuts.[99] In addition, new services for applications are included, which include spelling and grammar checkers, special characters palette, color picker, font chooser and dictionary; these global features are present in every Cocoa application, adding consistency. The graphics system OpenGL composites windows onto the screen to allow hardware-accelerated drawing. This technology, introduced in version 10.2, is called Quartz Extreme, a component of Quartz. Quartz's internal imaging model correlates well with the Portable Document Format (PDF) imaging model, making it easy to output PDF to multiple devices.[98] As a side result, PDF viewing and creating PDF documents from any application are built-in features.[100]
In version 10.3, Apple added Exposé, a feature which includes three functions to help accessibility between windows and desktop. Its functions are to instantly display all open windows as thumbnails for easy navigation to different tasks, display all open windows as thumbnails from the current application, and hide all windows to access the desktop.[101] Also, FileVault was introduced, which is an optional encryption of the user's files with Advanced Encryption Standard (AES-128).[102]
Features introduced in version 10.4 include Automator, an application designed to create an automatic workflow for different tasks;[103] Dashboard, a full-screen group of small applications called desktop widgets that can be called up and dismissed in one keystroke;[104] and Front Row, a media viewer interface accessed by the Apple Remote.[105] Moreover, the Sync Services were included, which is a system that allows applications to access a centralized extensible database for various elements of user data, including calendar and contact items. The operating system then managed conflicting edits and data consistency.[106]
As of version 10.5, all system icons are scalable up to 512×512 pixels, to accommodate various places where they appear in larger size, including for example the Cover Flow view, a three-dimensional graphical user interface included with iTunes, the Finder, and other Apple products for visually skimming through files and digital media libraries via cover artwork. This version includes Spaces, a virtual desktop implementation which enables the user to have more than one desktop and display them in an Exposé-like interface.[107] Mac OS X v10.5 includes an automatic backup technology called Time Machine, which provides the ability to view and restore previous versions of files and application data;[108] and Screen Sharing was built in for the first time.[109]
Finder is a file browser allowing quick access to all areas of the computer, which has been modified throughout subsequent releases of Mac OS X.[110][111] Quick Look is part of Mac OS X Leopard's Finder. It allows for dynamic previews of files, including videos and multi-page documents, without opening their parent applications. Spotlight search technology, which is integrated into the Finder since Mac OS X Tiger, allows rapid real-time searches of data files; mail messages; photos; and other information based on item properties (meta data) and/or content.[112][113] Mac OS X makes use of a Dock, which holds file and folder shortcuts as well as minimized windows.
As the Far East and China in particular are a major Apple target market where Apple is a high-status luxury brand, recent updates have added increasing support for Chinese characters and interconnections with popular Chinese social networks.[114][115][116][117] OS X has developed support for emoji ideograms by including the proprietary Apple Color Emoji font.[118][119] Apple has also sought to connect OS X with Western social networks such as Twitter and Facebook through the addition of share buttons for content such as pictures and text.[120]
Reflecting its popularity with design users, OS X has system support for a variety of professional video and image formats.[121] It also includes an extensive pre-installed font library, featuring many prominent brand-name designs.
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|March 16, 1999
|1.2v3 (October 27, 2000)
|Mac OS X Developer Preview
|May 11, 1998[122]
|March 16, 1999
|DP4 (April 5, 2000)
|Public Beta
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|Mac OS X 10.0
|March 24, 2001
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|July 18, 2001[124]
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|10.1.5 (June 6, 2002)
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|June 2, 2014[137]
|October 16, 2014
|10.10.5 (14F27) (August 13, 2015)
|El Capitan
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With the exception of Mac OS X Server 1.0 and the original public beta, OS X versions were named after big cats until version 10.9, when Apple switched to using California locations. Prior to its release, version 10.0 was code named "Cheetah" internally at Apple, and version 10.1 was code named internally as "Puma". After the immense buzz surrounding version 10.2, codenamed "Jaguar", Apple's product marketing began openly using the code names to promote the operating system. 10.3 was marketed as "Panther", 10.4 as "Tiger", 10.5 as "Leopard", 10.6 as "Snow Leopard", 10.7 as "Lion", 10.8 as "Mountain Lion", and 10.9 as "Mavericks". "Panther", "Tiger" and "Leopard" are registered as trademarks of Apple, but "Cheetah", "Puma" and "Jaguar" have never been registered. Apple has also registered "Lynx" and "Cougar" as trademarks, though these were allowed to lapse.[140] Computer retailer Tiger Direct sued Apple for its use of the name "Tiger". On May 16, 2005 a US federal court in the Southern District of Florida ruled that Apple's use did not infringe on Tiger Direct's trademark.[141]
On September 13, 2000, Apple released a $29.95[142] "preview" version of Mac OS X (internally codenamed Kodiak) in order to gain feedback from users.
The "PB" as it was known marked the first public availability of the Aqua interface and Apple made many changes to the UI based on customer feedback. Mac OS X Public Beta expired and ceased to function in Spring 2001.[143]
On March 24, 2001, Apple released Mac OS X v10.0 (internally codenamed Cheetah).[144] The initial version was slow, incomplete, and had very few applications available at the time of its launch, mostly from independent developers. While many critics suggested that the operating system was not ready for mainstream adoption, they recognized the importance of its initial launch as a base on which to improve. Simply releasing Mac OS X was received by the Macintosh community as a great accomplishment, for attempts to completely overhaul the Mac OS had been underway since 1996, and delayed by countless setbacks. Following some bug fixes, kernel panics became much less frequent.[citation needed]
Later that year on September 25, 2001, Mac OS X v10.1 (internally codenamed Puma) was released. It featured increased performance and provided missing features, such as DVD playback. Apple released 10.1 as a free upgrade CD for 10.0 users, in addition to the US$129 boxed version for people running Mac OS 9. It was discovered that the upgrade CDs were full install CDs that could be used with Mac OS 9 systems by removing a specific file; Apple later re-released the CDs in an actual stripped-down format that did not facilitate installation on such systems.[145] On January 7, 2002, Apple announced that Mac OS X was to be the default operating system for all Macintosh products by the end of that month.[146]
On August 23, 2002,[147] Apple followed up with Mac OS X v10.2 "Jaguar", the first release to use its code name as part of the branding.[148] It brought great raw performance improvements, a sleeker look, and many powerful user-interface enhancements (over 150, according to Apple[149] ), including Quartz Extreme for compositing graphics directly on an ATI Radeon or Nvidia GeForce2 MX AGP-based video card with at least 16 MB of VRAM, a system-wide repository for contact information in the new Address Book, and an instant messaging client named iChat.[150] The Happy Mac which had appeared during the Mac OS startup sequence for almost 18 years was replaced with a large grey Apple logo with the introduction of Mac OS X v10.2.
Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther" was released on October 24, 2003. In addition to providing much improved performance, it also incorporated the most extensive update yet to the user interface. Panther included as many or more new features as Jaguar had the year before, including an updated Finder, incorporating a brushed-metal interface, Fast user switching, Exposé (Window manager), FileVault, Safari, iChat AV (which added videoconferencing features to iChat), improved Portable Document Format (PDF) rendering and much greater Microsoft Windows interoperability.[151] Support for some early G3 computers such as "beige" Power Macs and "WallStreet" PowerBooks was discontinued.[citation needed]
Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger" was released on April 29, 2005. Apple stated that Tiger contained more than 200 new features.[152] As with Panther, certain older machines were no longer supported; Tiger requires a Mac with 256 MB and a built-in FireWire port.[77] Among the new features, Tiger introduced Spotlight, Dashboard, Smart Folders, updated Mail program with Smart Mailboxes, QuickTime 7, Safari 2, Automator, VoiceOver, Core Image and Core Video. The initial release of the Apple TV used a modified version of Tiger with a different graphical interface and fewer applications and services. On January 10, 2006, Apple released the first Intel-based Macs along with the 10.4.4 update to Tiger. This operating system functioned identically on the PowerPC-based Macs and the new Intel-based machines, with the exception of the Intel release dropping support for the Classic environment.[153]
Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard" was released on October 26, 2007. It was called by Apple "the largest update of Mac OS X". It brought more than 300 new features.[154] Leopard supports both PowerPC- and Intel x86-based Macintosh computers; support for the G3 processor was dropped and the G4 processor required a minimum clock rate of 867 MHz, and at least 512 MB of RAM to be installed. The single DVD works for all supported Macs (including 64-bit machines). New features include a new look, an updated Finder, Time Machine, Spaces, Boot Camp pre-installed,[155] full support for 64-bit applications (including graphical applications), new features in Mail and iChat, and a number of new security features. Leopard is an Open Brand UNIX 03 registered product on the Intel platform. It was also the first BSD-based OS to receive UNIX 03 certification.[2][156] Leopard dropped support for the Classic Environment and all Classic applications.[157] It was the final version of Mac OS X to support the PowerPC architecture.
Mac OS X v10.6 "Snow Leopard" was released on August 28, 2009. Rather than delivering big changes to the appearance and end user functionality like the previous releases of Mac OS X, Snow Leopard focused on "under the hood" changes, increasing the performance, efficiency, and stability of the operating system. 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 faster Safari web browser. Snow Leopard only supported machines with Intel CPUs, required at least 1 GB of RAM, and dropped default support for applications built for the PowerPC architecture (Rosetta could be installed as an additional component to retain support for PowerPC-only applications).[158]
Mac OS X v10.6 also featured new 64-bit technology capable of supporting greater amounts of RAM, improved support for multi-core processors through Grand Central Dispatch, and advanced GPU performance with OpenCL.[citation needed]
An update introduced support for the Mac App Store, Apple's digital distribution platform for OS X applications.[159]
Mac OS X v10.7 "Lion" was released on July 20, 2011. It brought developments made in Apple's iOS, such as an easily navigable display of installed applications (Launchpad) and a greater use of multi-touch gestures, to the Mac. This release removed Rosetta, making it incapable of running PowerPC applications.[96]
Changes made to the GUI (Graphical User Interface) include the Launchpad (similar to the home screen of iOS devices), auto-hiding scrollbars that only appear when they are being used, and Mission Control, which unifies Exposé, Spaces, Dashboard, and full-screen applications within a single interface.[160] Apple also made changes to applications: they resume in the same state as they were before they were closed (similar to iOS). Documents auto-save by default.[citation needed]
OS X v10.8 "Mountain Lion" was released on July 25, 2012.[134] It incorporates some features seen in iOS 5, which include Game Center, support for iMessage in the new Messages messaging application, and Reminders as a to-do list app separate from iCal (which is renamed as Calendar, like the iOS app). It also includes support for storing iWork documents in iCloud.[161] Notification Center, which makes its debut in Mountain Lion, is a desktop version similar to the one in iOS 5.0 and higher. Application pop-ups are now concentrated on the corner of the screen, and the Center itself is pulled from the right side of the screen. Mountain Lion also includes more Chinese features including support for Baidu as an option for Safari search engine, QQ, 163.com and 126.com services for Mail, Contacts and Calendar, Youku, Tudou and Sina Weibo are integrated into share sheets.[117]
Starting with Mountain Lion Apple software updates (including the OS) are distributed via the App Store. This updating mechanism replaced the Apple Software Update utility.
OS X 10.9 "Mavericks" was released on October 22, 2013. This is a free upgrade to all users running OS X Snow Leopard or later, and has a 64-bit Intel processor. Its changes include the addition of the previously iOS-only Maps and iBooks applications, improvements to the Notification Center, enhancements to several applications, and many under-the-hood improvements.[162]
OS X 10.10 "Yosemite" was released on October 16, 2014. It features a redesigned user interface skin similar to iOS 7, intended to feature a more minimal, text-based 'flat' design, with use of translucency effects and intensely saturated colours.[163] Apple's showcase new feature in Yosemite is Handoff, which enables users with iPhones running iOS 8.1 or later to answer phone calls, receive and send SMS messages, and complete unfinished iPhone emails on their Mac.
OS X 10.11 "El Capitan" was released on September 30, 2015. Apple described this release as containing "Refinements to the Mac Experience" and "Improvements to System Performance" rather than new features. Refinements include public transport built into the Maps application, GUI improvements to the Notes application, adopting San Francisco as the system font, and the introduction of System Integrity Protection. Metal API, an application enhancing software, had debuted in this operating system, being available to "all Macs since 2012".[164]
macOS 10.12 "Sierra" was announced at WWDC 2016. During the keynote, Apple announced that OS X would be renamed macOS to stylistically match Apple's other operating systems, such as iOS, watchOS, and tvOS. New features announced during the keynote include the addition of Siri, Optimized Storage, and updates to Photos, Messages, and iTunes.[165]
OS X can be updated using the Mac App Store application or the
softwareupdate command line utility. Until OS X Mountain Lion, a separate "Software Update" application performed this functionality. In Mountain Lion and later, this was merged into the Mac App Store application, although the underlying update mechanism remains unchanged, and is fundamentally different than the download mechanism used when purchasing an App Store application.
Software Update is a software tool by Apple Inc. that installs the latest version of Apple software on computers running OS X. It was originally introduced to Mac users in Mac OS 9. A Windows version has been available since the introduction of iTunes 7, under the name Apple Software Update. Software Update automatically informs users of new updates. The program is part of the CoreServices in OS X. Software Update can be set to check for updates daily, weekly, monthly, or not at all; in addition, it can download and store the associated .pkg file (the same type used by Installer) to be installed at a later date and maintains a history of installed updates. Software Updates consist of incremental updates of the Mac OS and its applications, Security Updates, device drivers and firmware updates. All software updates require the user to enter their administrative password, as with all consequential system changes. Some updates require a system restart. Starting with OS X 10.5, updates that require a reboot log out the user prior to installation and automatically restart the computer when complete; in earlier versions, the updates are installed, but critical files are not replaced until the next system startup.
The program is part of the CoreServices in OS X. Software Update can be set to check for updates daily, weekly, monthly, or not at all; in addition, it can download and store the associated .pkg file (the same type used by Installer) to be installed at a later date and maintains a history of installed updates.
Software Updates consist of incremental updates of the Mac OS and its applications, Security Updates, device drivers and firmware updates. All software updates require the user to enter their administrative password, as with all consequential system changes. Some updates require a system restart. Starting with OS X 10.5, updates that require a reboot log out the user prior to installation and automatically restart the computer when complete; in earlier versions, the updates are installed, but critical files are not replaced until the next system startup.
|This section requires expansion with: Critical reception such as Siracusa and Gruber. (December 2015)
Operating system designer Linus Torvalds has criticized the default file system of OS X, HFS Plus, saying it is "probably the worst file-system ever", whose design is "actively corrupting user data". He criticizes the case insensitivity of file names, a design made worse when Apple extended the file system to support Unicode.[166][167]
Initially, HFS+ was designed for classic Mac OS, which runs on big-endian 68K and PowerPC systems. When Apple switched Macintosh to little-endian Intel processors, it continued to use big-endian byte order on HFS+ file systems. As a result, OS X on current Macs must do byte swap when it reads file system data.[168][169] This concern is being addressed with the new Apple File System, to debut officially in 2017.
As a devices company, most large-scale Apple promotion for OS X has been part of the sale of Macs, with promotion of OS X updates generally focused on existing users, promotion at Apple Store and other retail partners, or through events for developers. In large-scale advertising campaigns, Apple specifically promoted OS X as better for handling media and other home-user applications, and comparing OS X with the critical reception Microsoft received for its long-awaited Windows Vista update.[170][171]
a joint venture with IBM, called Taligent, but was discontinued soon thereafter
The developers of the Macintosh OS at Apple have always been in this camp [i.e. not trying to be backwards compatible no matter what]. It's why so few applications from the early days of the Macintosh still work...
Once you reboot, you'll notice that Apple has abandoned the light and airy Aqua interface for the darker, heavier brushed-metal look of iTunes.
The current version of Mac OS is Mac OS X (pronounced "Mac O-S ten").
Even Steve Jobs still says "ecks" instead of "ten" sometimes.
"Of course X /ˈɛks/ does mean 10, but anyone who used to poke around on Unix systems will know that in those days anything Unix had an X (ˈɛks) in it, and OS Ten is written OS X (ˈɛks) in honour of the fact that it is based on Unix, unlike its predecessors. So, hey, you can say it any way you want; me, I'm showing my age and sticking with X (ˈɛks).
As an astrophysicist, having the Unix core underlying the OS is key, since virtually all of our software is Unix-based in some sense
The next area where Apple claims to have made major improvements is the Finder.
Unsurprisingly, each new Mac OS X release has been the vehicle for a parade of Finder fantasies.
Leopard is now an Open Brand UNIX 03 Registered Product, conforming to the SUSv3 and POSIX 1003.1 specifications for the C API, Shell Utilities, and Threads.


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I created this modified vinyasa to help my beginner students build strength and access the actions needed to practice the Chaturanga to Upward Facing Dog transition safely. I'm not a fan of teaching students to drop their knees in...
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Being "Un-Done"
It's been a while since my last blog. Here we are at the mid-point of another year, and this one has been very busy for me. I gave birth to my beautiful baby boy, Bodhi… travelled with him and...
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