Mac OS X Launched 25 Years Ago Today: 'The Future of the Mac'

Today marks the 25th day of Apple launching Mac OS X, the operating strategy that serves arsenic the instauration of modern-day macOS.


Apple released a nationalist beta of Mac OS X in September 2000, and the operating strategy officially launched connected March 24, 2001.

"Mac OS X is the aboriginal of the Mac, and we anticipation it volition delight our customers with its unrivaled powerfulness and easiness of use," said Steve Jobs, successful 2001. "The Public Beta has generated unthinkable feedback and enactment from Mac users and developers, which has helped america to marque Mac OS X the astir precocious operating strategy ever."

Mac OS X was a next-generation, UNIX-based operating strategy for the Mac, succeeding the classical Mac OS operating system. It ushered successful Apple's iconic "Aqua" interface, the Dock, an improved Finder app with hierarchical navigation, and more.


"Mac OS X is the astir important bundle from Apple since the archetypal Macintosh operating strategy successful 1984 that revolutionized the full industry," said Jobs.

In the U.S., Mac OS X was priced astatine $129. Apple stopped charging for macOS releases successful 2013, erstwhile OS X Mavericks was released escaped of charge.

Mac OS X was renamed to OS X successful 2012 and to macOS successful 2016:

• Mac OS X 10.0 (2001): "Cheetah"


• Mac OS X 10.1 (2001): "Puma"


• Mac OS X 10.2 (2002): Jaguar


• Mac OS X 10.3 (2003): Panther


• Mac OS X 10.4 (2005): Tiger


• Mac OS X 10.5 (2007): Leopard


• Mac OS X 10.6 (2009): Snow Leopard


• Mac OS X 10.7 (2011): Lion


• OS X 10.8 (2012): Mountain Lion


• OS X 10.9 (2013): Mavericks


• OS X 10.10 (2014): Yosemite


• OS X 10.11 (2015): El Capitan


• macOS 10.12 (2016): Sierra


• macOS 10.13 (2017): High Sierra


• macOS 10.14 (2018): Mojave


• macOS 10.15 (2019): Catalina


• macOS 11 (2020): Big Sur


• macOS 12 (2021): Monterey


• macOS 13 (2022): Ventura


• macOS 14 (2023): Sonoma


• macOS 15 (2024): Sequoia


• macOS 26 (2025): Tahoe

Mac OS X was a large portion of Apple's renaissance, which began erstwhile Jobs returned to the institution successful the precocious 1990s. Big hits successful those archetypal fewer years aft his instrumentality included the iMac successful 1998, the iBook successful 1999, and Mac OS X and the iPod successful 2001. In this sense, it is poetic that this milestone comes conscionable a week up of Apple's 50th anniversary.
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