OS X

Apple's desktop operating system, Mac OS X, is considered the soul of the Macintosh computer. This BSD-based OS is built on technologies developed at NeXT that were acquired by Apple in early 1996. The first consumer-oriented release of OS X was in March, 2001. Since then, Apple has had a very aggressive release schedule with significant updates coming every 12 to 24 months.

All versions of OS X have an associated "big cat" code name - 10.0 was "Cheetah", 10.1 was "Puma" and so on. Over time, Apple began using the code names in marketing materials and even began branding the releases, starting with OS X "Jaguar". A client version and a server version are usually released in parallel.

As with Apple hardware, there is a huge rumor ecosystem based on speculation of what features the next release will hold. There are also many tip sites and troubleshooting sites to help with operating system issues or running software on these operating systems.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “OS X”

• VMware Fusion 3 vs Parallels Desktop 5

  
  Zit Seng's Superwall — Authority: 128
  For many Mac users, it is inevitable that Microsoft Windows will be needed at some point or other. There are a few solutions to running Windows on a Mac hardware. I much prefer the virtualization solution than running Bootcamp because I can still access the Mac OS X system at all times. The two main virtualization ...
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• Apple’s Magic Mouse Unboxing and Review

  
  Learn Free Internet Marketing Learn Free Internet Marketing Strategies using Video, Articles, Social Networking, Social Media, Web 2.0, Blogs, Affiliate Marketing — Authority: 167
  http://go.tagjag.com/magicmouse/ - http://twitter.com/chrispirillo - I believe in magic. I also believe in Apple. Therefore, I had to buy the new Apple Magic Mouse. There is no scroll ball on this particular mouse, as there was on the Mighty Mouse. The entire surface of the Magic Mouse is touch-enabled. I like this a ...
  9 hours ago

• Psystar to investors: We’ll sell up to 12 million in 3 years

  
  Boy Genius Report — Authority: 774
  Back in 2008 after its legal woes with Apple began, Psystar, seller of Mac clones, was seeking out the support of investors in an effort to secure $24 million to continue development, expansion and “compete directly against Apple.” The reason that Psystar was seeking such a large amount of funding had to do with ...
  10 hours ago

• An Apple Without Steve Jobs (It Almost Happened) [Steve Jobs]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 888
  Before he was a kingmaker at TechCrunch, Mike Arrington was a lawyer at Silicon Valley firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he worked on the deal that brought NeXT Software—and Steve Jobs —to Apple. It almost didnt happen . Apples decision to buy the ousted Jobs NeXT Software was a last minute ...
  16 hours ago

• Internet in Terminal

  
  The UNIX and Linux Forums — Authority: 171
  Hi Guys, Please pardon my ignorance in advance, Im still new to Unix. Im trying to view websites through Terminal, on OS X Leopard. im expecting to see just text, and thats all I need - dont care about graphics. Im using ZSH. I found a tool that will do this on Linux ...
  18 hours ago

• Psystar Thought It Could Sell Twelve Million Mac Clones a Year

  
  Technologizer — Authority: 627
  Fascinating coda to the story of Pystar, the unauthorized maker of OS X computers which Apple is trying to put out of business: Gregg Keizer of Computerworld has reported on the sales projections that Psystar made to to prospective investors . Under its conservative projections, Psystar told investors it would sell ...
  19 hours ago

• Black Friday: Get The AppleBerry Theme Suite For $1.99 Today Only! [Deal]

  
  BlackBerry Rocks! — Authority: 531
  BlingBerry Themes is having a “Black Friday Blowout sale” where you can get the AppleBerry Theme Suite for $1.99 at 68% off today only! The Theme Suite, which includes AppleBerry Classic for all compatible devices and AppleBerry Glass for the Curve 8900 and Storm, comes in four versions: Version 1: Today ...
  21 hours ago

• Avidemux 2.5.1 r5567

  
  TechBeta — Authority: 149
  Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks.It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities. Avidemux is available for ...
  22 hours ago

• OmmWriter: The Weirdest Writing Experience I’ve Had on a Computer

  
  WebWorkerDaily — Authority: 683
  Eliminating distraction is a constant concern for the at-home worker. My PS3 is around three feet from my workstation, and the TV is just another foot beyond that. When I want to sit down and do some writing, I’ll try anything to make sure my attention stays focused where it should. That includes OmmWriter , a new ...
  22 hours ago

• Auto complete text in OS X

  
  Macgasm — Authority: 442
  If you haven’t realized yet that OS X has a host of hidden features that make lives easier than you need to bookmark our RSS feed. We’re constantly trying to shed some light on some of these things as we find them. Did you know that you can auto complete words in OS X? Maybe you know how to spell the first ...
  22 hours ago

• Chinese Character Input in Mac OS X

  
  OS X Daily — Authority: 662
  With Mac OS X Snow Leopard you can input Chinese Characters directly into the trackpad! This is an extremely cool feature but requires a newer Mac with a multitouch trackpad. Enable Chinese Character Input in Mac OS X * Launch System Preferences * Select the Languages and Text pane * Click the “Input Sources” ...
  23 hours ago

• What happens if you break the Apple licensing agreement or terms of service?

  
  http://diddy.name — Authority: 169
  I know that things like running Mac OS X on Windows or jailbreaking an iPod Touch break the agreement. But what happens if you do it? Do you actually go to jail or does it just void the warranty? Or what?
  23 hours ago

• Boxee Remote Widget Controls Your Media Center from a Mac [Downloads]

  
  Lifehacker — Authority: 816
  Mac OS X: If you lack for an infrared remote or Boxee remote app , or just like to keep your laptop near your big screen, one intrepid coder has whipped up a remote control widget for the social media center. The widget uses the remote web interface of Boxee to control the media center, which also happens to be the ...
  1 day ago

• Giving Thanks - Brandon Savage

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 167
  In the United States, we take the fourth Thursday in November to give thanks for all the things we appreciate, and all the people who matter. I know that without PHP, my life wouldn’t be nearly the same; the language I use every day plays a critical role in everything else I do: it provides money to pay bills, a ...
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• Changing OSX Terminal Man Page Colors

  
  The UNIX and Linux Forums — Authority: 171
  For a long time, when I type man anything on my Mac, both the manpage header fonts and the background was black, so I had to use my mouse to highlight the manpage output to read it. It was really annoying. The problem was the same both locally or using the terminal and going ssh somewhere. Finally! I ...
  1 day ago

• Windows 7 Leading Mac OS X In Market Share

  
  UwidoNews - Submitted news — Authority: 171
  Within one month of its launch, Windows 7 is already ahead of Mac OS X in term of its market share. With the failure of Windows Vista, the market share of Windows has already been dropped in the past.
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• Modder OS Xbox Pro

  
  Iccellphone — Authority: 155
  You may ask why we need an OS Xbox Pro.Well,the original Xbox features 4 hard drives,a 16GB SSD,8GB RAM,a GeForce 9800GT video card as well as two 2.93GHz Core 2 Quad processors. There are better OS like Ubuntu,OS X and Windows 7 have been installed on it.The big advantage of the OS Xbox Pro is that the price will ...
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• Windows 7 beats Mac OS X after just one month – Microsoft owns Apple

  
  VISTA.BLORGE — Authority: 494
  Poor, poor Apple. It spends years trying to grab market share from Microsoft and yet still only manages to [...]Related posts: Apple beats Windows PC manufacturers for customer satisfaction Vista market share plunges as Windows 7 surges early So, Is Windows 7 inspired by Mac OS X and does Microsoft owe Apple?
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• Mozilla’s Thunderbird 3 email client gets a release candidate

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 158
  Filed under: E-mail, MozillaThunderbird 3, the next version of Mozilla’s email client, is almost ready for final release. Although it’s almost a year behind schedule, the release candidate rolled out on Tuesday for all operating systems, and it delivers several significant new features, including tabs, better ...
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• Handbrake 0.94 transcodes DVDs even faster

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 158
  Filed under: Video, Windows, Macintosh, Linux Handbrake, the insanely great multi-platform video transcoder – or “dvd ripper,” if you’re really being honest – just got its first update in almost a year. The biggest new change is 64-bit support, which means a 10% jump in encoding speed. According to our ...
  1 day ago

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