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An OS by any other name
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This week Graham and Cody delve into the history of Apple's original operating system, looking at how its name has changed over the past two decades
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The Macintosh Operating System Throughout The Years
- System Software (1984 - 1991)
- Very confusing era for version numbers
- Example: in 1987 Apple released System Software 2.0 which ran system version 4.0(don't even get started with Finder version numbers)
- Jumped from System Software 2.0 to 5.0 in 1987 (running system version 4.2)
- Version numbers were unified starting with System Software 6 in 1988
- Very confusing era for version numbers
- System (1991 - 1997)
- Simplified name starting with version 7
- Mac OS (1997 - 2001)
- Version 7.6
- Changed so the name would be trademarkable
- Part of Apple's process for cutting off clones
- Mac OS X (2001 - 2012)
- Changed version numbering
- 10.2 - 10.3 would be equivalent to 6.0 - 7.0 from the classic Mac
- Was referred to by version number until 10.2 which was known as 'Jaguar'
- Each version was referred to by a different cat rather than a number
- Changed version numbering
- OS X (briefly in 2007, 2012 - 2016)
- Name originally changed when iPhone was introduced
- Was meant to unify the Mac and iPhone under a single OS
- "iPhone runs OS X" - Steve Jobs
- Changed formally in 2012, but only referred to the OS running on Macs
- Carried over the cat naming scheme from Mac OS X, but switched to locations in California starting in 2013
- Name originally changed when iPhone was introduced
- macOS (2016 - present)
- Changed to be brought in line with Apple's other platforms
- iOS, tvOS, watchOS
- Carries over the California location naming scheme
- Changed to be brought in line with Apple's other platforms
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