Classic Mac OS

E6173
graphical operating system operating system proprietary software

Classic Mac OS is the original graphical operating system for Apple’s Macintosh computers, known for its intuitive interface, single-tasking roots, and evolution from System 1 through Mac OS 9 before being replaced by macOS.

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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
Classic Mac OS canonical 57
classic Mac OS 23
Macintosh System Software 12

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf graphical operating system ⓘ
operating system ⓘ
proprietary software ⓘ
api Carbon (late transitional API) ⓘ
Macintosh Toolbox ⓘ
architecture cooperative multitasking (later versions) ⓘ
single-tasking (early versions) ⓘ
single-user ⓘ
brandingChange System 7 renamed to Mac OS 7.6 ⓘ
defaultFileSystem HFS ⓘ
HFS Plus ⓘ
MFS ⓘ
developer Apple Inc. ⓘ
surface form: Apple Computer, Inc.

Apple Inc. ⓘ
discontinuationApproxDate 2002 ⓘ
emulationEnvironment Classic Environment in Mac OS X ⓘ
fileManager Finder ⓘ
finalReleaseDate 2001-12-05 ⓘ
finalReleaseVersion Classic Mac OS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mac OS 9.2.2
includedApplication MacPaint ⓘ
MacWrite ⓘ
SimpleText ⓘ
TeachText ⓘ
initialReleaseDate 1984-01-24 ⓘ
initialReleaseVersion System 1.0 ⓘ
initialReleaseWith original Macintosh 128K ⓘ
kernelType monolithic kernel ⓘ
license proprietary ⓘ
majorVersion Classic Mac OS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mac OS 8

Mac OS 9 ⓘ
System 1 ⓘ
System 2 ⓘ
System 3 ⓘ
System 4 ⓘ
System 5 ⓘ
Classic Mac OS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: System 6

Classic Mac OS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: System 7
multitaskingModel cooperative multitasking ⓘ
networkingSupport AppleTalk ⓘ
TCP/IP ⓘ
notableFeature Control Panels ⓘ
Extensions ⓘ
Classic Mac OS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Platinum appearance (Mac OS 8)

QuickDraw graphics system ⓘ
DirectShow ⓘ
surface form: QuickTime multimedia framework

balloon help ⓘ
drag and drop interface ⓘ
resource fork-based file structure ⓘ
notableLimitation lack of preemptive multitasking ⓘ
lack of protected memory ⓘ
system-wide instability from extensions conflicts ⓘ
operatingSystemFamily macOS ⓘ
surface form: Mac OS
platform Apple Macintosh computers ⓘ
surface form: Apple Macintosh

Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
surface form: Motorola 68000

PowerPC ⓘ
predecessor Apple Lisa ⓘ
surface form: Apple Lisa OS
primaryProgrammingLanguage C ⓘ
Pascal ⓘ
successor macOS ⓘ
surface form: Mac OS X

macOS ⓘ
supportStatus discontinued ⓘ
targetHardware 68k Macintosh computers ⓘ
Apple Macintosh computers ⓘ
surface form: PowerPC Macintosh computers
userInterface desktop metaphor ⓘ
graphical user interface ⓘ
userInterfaceElement Finder ⓘ
icons ⓘ
menu bar ⓘ
trash can ⓘ
windows ⓘ

Referenced by (126)

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

Apple Macintosh computers → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
Internet Explorer → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS
Classic Mac OS → finalReleaseVersion → Classic Mac OS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS 9.2.2
Classic Mac OS → notableFeature → Classic Mac OS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Platinum appearance (Mac OS 8)
Classic Mac OS → majorVersion → Classic Mac OS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: System 6
Classic Mac OS → majorVersion → Classic Mac OS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: System 7
Classic Mac OS → majorVersion → Classic Mac OS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS 8
LC series → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
subject surface form: Macintosh LC series
this entity surface form: System 6
LC series → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
subject surface form: Macintosh LC series
this entity surface form: System 7
Quadra series → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: System 7
Quadra series → platform → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: classic Mac OS
Motorola 68000 family → supportedOperatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS (Classic)
macOS → family → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macintosh operating systems
PowerBook → platform → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS
PowerBook → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: System 7
Performa → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: System 7
Macintosh II series → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: System 6
Macintosh II series → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: System 7
original Macintosh 128K → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
subject surface form: Macintosh 128K
this entity surface form: Macintosh System Software
iBook → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS
Macintosh SE → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: System 7
Macromedia → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: classic Mac OS
Lotus 1-2-3 → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macintosh System Software
System 1.0 → operatingSystemFamily → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
Finder → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
MFS → usedOnOperatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS
AppleTalk → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
AppleTalk → relatedTechnology → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macintosh System Software
QuickDraw graphics system → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
subject surface form: QuickDraw
System 1 → operatingSystemFamily → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
MacWrite → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
MacPaint → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
SimpleText → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
TeachText → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
Macintosh Toolbox → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
Macintosh Toolbox → partOf → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macintosh system software
Carbon (late transitional API) → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: classic Mac OS
NetBSD/mac68k → targetPlatform → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: classic Macintosh
Mosaic (web browser) → platform → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
subject surface form: Mosaic
Macintosh Quadra → osFamily → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
Mac → previousOperatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
Bud Tribble → workedOn → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macintosh system software
System 4 → family → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: classic Mac OS
System 4 → userInterface → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macintosh desktop metaphor
System 4 → partOfSeries → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: System Software (classic Mac OS)
System 4 → branding → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macintosh System Software
Apple Desktop Bus Mouse → usedWithOperatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
Frog → associatedOperatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: classic Mac OS
Mr. T → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macintosh System Software
Mr. T → operatingSystem → Classic Mac OS ⓘ