<Table> macOS <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Screenshot of the macOS High Sierra desktop </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Developer </Th> <Td> Apple , Inc . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Written in </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> C++ </Li> <Li> Objective - C </Li> <Li> Swift </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> OS family </Th> <Td> Macintosh , Unix </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Working state </Th> <Td> Current </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Source model </Th> <Td> Closed source ( with open source components ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Initial release </Th> <Td> March 24 , 2001 ; 17 years ago ( 2001 - 03 - 24 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Latest release </Th> <Td> 10.13. 4 ( 17E202 ) ( April 24 , 2018 ; 36 days ago ( 2018 - 04 - 24 ) ) ( ± ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Latest preview </Th> <Td> 10.13. 5 beta 5 ( 17F70a ) ( May 14 , 2018 ; 16 days ago ( 2018 - 05 - 14 ) ) ( ± ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Marketing target </Th> <Td> Personal computing </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Available in </Th> <Td> 34 languages </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> List of languages As of macOS Sierra : Arabic , Catalan , Croatian , Chinese ( Simplified ) , Chinese ( Traditional ) , Czech , Danish , Dutch , English , Finnish , French , German , Greek , Hebrew , Hungarian , Indonesian , Italian , Japanese , Korean , Malay , Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese ( Brazil ) , Portuguese ( Portugal ) , Romanian , Russian , Slovak , Spanish ( Mexico ) , Spanish ( Spain ) , Swedish , Thai , Turkish , Ukrainian , Vietnamese </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Update method </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Mac App Store ( 10.8 + ) </Li> <Li> Software Update ( 10.0 -- 10.7 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Platforms </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> x86 - 64 ( 10.4. 7 - present ) </Li> <Li> IA - 32 ( 10.4. 4 -- 10.6. 8 ; discontinued ) </Li> <Li> PowerPC ( 10.0 -- 10.5. 8 ; discontinued ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Kernel type </Th> <Td> Hybrid ( XNU ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Default user interface </Th> <Td> Graphical ( Aqua ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> License </Th> <Td> Commercial software , proprietary software </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Classic Mac OS </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Official website </Th> <Td> www.apple.com/macos </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Support status </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Supported </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> macOS <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Screenshot of the macOS High Sierra desktop </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Developer </Th> <Td> Apple , Inc . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Written in </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> C++ </Li> <Li> Objective - C </Li> <Li> Swift </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> OS family </Th> <Td> Macintosh , Unix </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Working state </Th> <Td> Current </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Source model </Th> <Td> Closed source ( with open source components ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Initial release </Th> <Td> March 24 , 2001 ; 17 years ago ( 2001 - 03 - 24 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Latest release </Th> <Td> 10.13. 4 ( 17E202 ) ( April 24 , 2018 ; 36 days ago ( 2018 - 04 - 24 ) ) ( ± ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Latest preview </Th> <Td> 10.13. 5 beta 5 ( 17F70a ) ( May 14 , 2018 ; 16 days ago ( 2018 - 05 - 14 ) ) ( ± ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Marketing target </Th> <Td> Personal computing </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Available in </Th> <Td> 34 languages </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> List of languages As of macOS Sierra : Arabic , Catalan , Croatian , Chinese ( Simplified ) , Chinese ( Traditional ) , Czech , Danish , Dutch , English , Finnish , French , German , Greek , Hebrew , Hungarian , Indonesian , Italian , Japanese , Korean , Malay , Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese ( Brazil ) , Portuguese ( Portugal ) , Romanian , Russian , Slovak , Spanish ( Mexico ) , Spanish ( Spain ) , Swedish , Thai , Turkish , Ukrainian , Vietnamese </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Update method </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Mac App Store ( 10.8 + ) </Li> <Li> Software Update ( 10.0 -- 10.7 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Platforms </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> x86 - 64 ( 10.4. 7 - present ) </Li> <Li> IA - 32 ( 10.4. 4 -- 10.6. 8 ; discontinued ) </Li> <Li> PowerPC ( 10.0 -- 10.5. 8 ; discontinued ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Kernel type </Th> <Td> Hybrid ( XNU ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Default user interface </Th> <Td> Graphical ( Aqua ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> License </Th> <Td> Commercial software , proprietary software </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Classic Mac OS </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Official website </Th> <Td> www.apple.com/macos </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Support status </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Supported </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who created the mac operating system and when
who created the mac operating system and when
Apple , Inc . March 24 , 2001
Apple , Inc . March 24 , 2001