Apple operating systems

E209744
operating system family software platform family

Apple operating systems are a family of proprietary platforms, including macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS, designed to power and integrate the company’s hardware devices.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Apple platforms 3
Apple OS family 2
Apple operating systems canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf operating system family ⓘ
software platform family ⓘ
basedOn Darwin ⓘ
Unix-like architecture ⓘ
designedFor Apple hardware ⓘ
tight hardware–software integration ⓘ
developer Apple Inc. ⓘ
distributionChannel preinstalled on Apple devices ⓘ
software update over the air ⓘ
ecosystemIntegration cross-device synchronization ⓘ
shared Apple ID account system ⓘ
unified services and subscriptions ⓘ
includes iOS ⓘ
iPadOS ⓘ
macOS ⓘ
tvOS ⓘ
visionOS ⓘ
watchOS ⓘ
kernelType hybrid kernel (XNU) for most platforms ⓘ
license proprietary software license ⓘ
securityFeature FileVault ⓘ
surface form: FileVault (macOS)

Secure Enclave integration ⓘ
System Integrity Protection ⓘ
surface form: System Integrity Protection (macOS)

code signing ⓘ
sandboxing ⓘ
supports AirDrop ⓘ
App Store ⓘ
Apple ecosystem services ⓘ
Continuity features ⓘ
FaceTime ⓘ
Handoff ⓘ
iCloud ⓘ
iMessage ⓘ
supportsArchitecture ARMv8-A ⓘ
surface form: ARM64

Apple silicon ⓘ
x86-64 (macOS, legacy) ⓘ
updateModel frequent minor updates and security patches ⓘ
regular major annual releases ⓘ
userInterface graphical user interface ⓘ
userInterfaceFramework macOS Cocoa ⓘ
surface form: AppKit (macOS)

SwiftUI ⓘ
UIKit ⓘ
surface form: UIKit (iOS, iPadOS, tvOS)

WatchKit ⓘ
surface form: WatchKit (watchOS)
usesProgrammingLanguage C ⓘ
C++ ⓘ
Objective-C ⓘ
Swift ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Handoff → operatingSystemFamily → Apple operating systems ⓘ
Metal graphics API → platform → Apple operating systems ⓘ
subject surface form: Metal
this entity surface form: Apple platforms
audioOS → family → Apple operating systems ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apple OS family
Apple WWDC 2017 → focus → Apple operating systems ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apple platforms
SpriteKit → runsOn → Apple operating systems ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apple platforms
Aperture → category → Apple operating systems ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apple software
Tempo → appliesToProductLine → Apple operating systems ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macintosh operating systems
Genius Bar → supports → Apple operating systems ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apple software
bridgeOS → family → Apple operating systems ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apple OS family
Core Data → operatingSystem → Apple operating systems ⓘ
NeXT Computer line → influenced → Apple operating systems ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apple Mac OS X
Macworld Expo → hasTheme → Apple operating systems ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apple Macintosh platform
MultiFinder → category → Apple operating systems ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macintosh operating system technology