macOS

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Apple software product Unix-like operating system desktop operating system operating system

macOS is Apple’s proprietary Unix-based operating system known for its graphical user interface, tight integration with Apple hardware and services, and strong emphasis on usability and security.

Aliases (23)

Mac OS X ×30
Mac OS ×9
macOS Sonoma ×3
Apple macOS ×2
OS X ×2
macOS Big Sur ×2
macOS High Sierra ×2
macOS Monterey ×2
macOS Ventura ×2
Apple Developer documentation for macOS virtualization ×1
Apple Mac OS X ×1
Mac OS X (as primary Mac operating system line) ×1
Mac OS X family ×1
Mac OS X on Intel ×1
MacOSX ×1
OS X Yosemite ×1
Today view (earlier macOS versions) ×1
macOS (on Developer Transition Kit) ×1
macOS (on Intel-based Macs) ×1
macOS (until macOS Mojave) ×1
macOS Finder ×1
macOS Sierra ×1
macOS on Apple silicon ×1

Statements (91)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Apple software product → Unix-like operating system → desktop operating system → operating system →
basedOn	Darwin → Unix →
defaultUserInterface	Aqua →
developer	Apple Inc. →
family	Macintosh operating systems →
firstReleaseDate	2001-03-24 →
firstReleaseVersion	Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah →
hasDefaultBrowser	Safari →
hasDefaultMailClient	Mail →
hasDefaultMediaPlayer	Music app →
hasDefaultPhotoManager	Photos →
hasDefaultTerminalEmulator	Terminal →
hasDefaultTextEditor	TextEdit →
hasPackageManager	none by default →
hasThirdPartyPackageManager	Fink → Homebrew → MacPorts →
hasUpdateDistributionMethod	Mac App Store → Software Update →
includesApplicationStore	Mac App Store →
integratesWithHardware	AirPods → Apple Watch → iPad → iPhone →
integratesWithService	Apple Music → Apple TV+ → FaceTime → iCloud → iCloud Keychain → iMessage →
kernel	XNU →
kernelType	hybrid kernel →
license	proprietary software license →
marketingTarget	consumer → professional →
owner	Apple Inc. →
previousName	Mac OS X → OS X →
sourceModel	closed source with open-source components →
supportsAccessibilityFeature	Closed Captions → Switch Control → VoiceOver → Zoom →
supportsArchitecture	ARM64 → Apple silicon → x86-64 →
supportsDevelopmentFramework	Cocoa → SwiftUI →
supportsFeature	AirDrop → Continuity → Control Center → Handoff → Mission Control → Notification Center → Sidecar → Siri → Spaces virtual desktops → Spotlight search → Time Machine backup → Universal Clipboard →
supportsFileSystem	APFS → HFS+ →
supportsInternationalization	multiple languages →
supportsNetworkingProtocol	Bluetooth → TCP/IP → Wi‑Fi →
supportsPackageFormat	.dmg disk image → app bundle →
supportsPlatform	Mac → Mac Pro → Mac Studio → Mac mini → MacBook → iMac →
supportsProgrammingLanguage	C → C++ → Java → JavaScript → Objective-C → Python → Ruby → Swift →
supportsSecurityFeature	FileVault → Gatekeeper → System Integrity Protection → sandboxing →
supportsVirtualization	Hypervisor framework →

Referenced by (396)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
AOL Desktop → Adobe Acrobat → Adobe After Effects → Adobe Audition → Adobe Creative Cloud → Adobe Dreamweaver → Adobe Express → Adobe Illustrator → Adobe InDesign → Adobe Lightroom → Adobe Photoshop → Adobe XD → Apple Inc. → Apple Macintosh computers → Apple Maps → Apple Safari → Apple Safari ("Mac OS X") → Apple Wallet → Apple hardware → Apple iChat → Apple iChat ("Mac OS X") → Apple iWork → Apple silicon Mac Pro models → AppleTalk ("Mac OS X") → Bitcoin Core → Brave → CUPS → Carbon (late transitional API) ("Mac OS X") → ChakraCore → Chromium → Classic Environment ("Mac OS X") → Cocoa → Comodo Dragon → Control Center (macOS) → Docker → Eclipse IDE → FaceTime → FileVault → Final Cut Pro → Find My iPhone → Finder → Finder ("Mac OS X") → Fink → GNU Automake → GNU Awk → GNU Binutils → GNU Diffutils → GNU Emacs → GNU Make → GNU Octave → GNU Privacy Guard → GNU Screen → GNU Sed → GNU Tar → GNU Wget → GNU toolchain → Gatekeeper → Google Chat → Google Chrome → Google Chrome Canary → Google Docs → Google Earth → Google Meet → Google Workspace → HFS Plus → HFS Plus ("Mac OS X") → Homebrew → Hypervisor framework → IntelliJ IDEA → Iron Browser → Logic Pro → Lotus Notes → M2 Pro Mac mini → Mac → Mac Pro → Mac Studio → Mac mini → MacBook → MacBook Pro → MacPorts → Macromedia → Mail → MariaDB → Metal → Microsoft Edge → Microsoft Edge → Microsoft Excel → Microsoft Outlook → Microsoft PowerPoint → Microsoft Teams → Mosaic ("Mac OS") → Mozilla Firefox → MySQL → Naver Whale → NetBeans IDE → Netscape Mail ("Mac OS") → Netscape Navigator ("Mac OS") → Notification Center → OneNote → Opera → Opera → PGP → Photos → Plink → PostgreSQL → PowerBook ("Mac OS X") → PowerShell → Presto → PuTTY → R → RStudio → Rider → Rosetta 2 → Roslyn compiler → SRWare Iron → Safari → Screen Time → Sidecar → Siri → Slack → Snap Camera → Spotlight search → StarOffice → Subsurface → Swift Package Manager → Tableau → Telegram → Terminal (macOS) → TextEdit → TextEdit ("OS X") → TextEdit ("Mac OS X") → Ungoogled Chromium → VirtualBox → Visual Studio → Visual Studio Code → Vivaldi → VoiceOver → WebKit → WebObjects → XNU → Xcode → Yarn → Zoom (macOS accessibility feature) → fetchmail → iBook ("Mac OS X") → iMac → iTunes → macOS Cocoa → npm → ripgrep →	operatingSystem
AIM → AOL Instant Messenger → Activation Lock → AirDrop → App Store → Apple Arcade → Apple Music → Apple Pay → Apple TV+ → Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 → Chrome Web Store → Combine → Common Language Runtime → Cốc Cốc → Dev channel → Doom franchise → EVE Online → Find My iPhone → GNAT → Google Drive → Guitar Hero ("Mac OS X") → Handoff → Hearthstone → HomeKit framework → Hypervisor framework → ICQ → JavaScriptCore → Maxthon (Chromium-based versions) → Microsoft 365 → Microsoft Teams → Minecraft → Minecraft Realms → Minecraft: Education Edition → OneDrive → OpenJDK → Oracle JDK → PowerBook ("Mac OS X") → ProRes → Quake franchise ("Mac OS") → Remote Desktop Protocol → RenderMan → Sky Go → Skype → Spotify → StarCraft ("Mac OS") → Swift (programming language) → Swift Standard Library → SwiftUI → TI-Nspire Navigator system → Terminal (macOS) → The Elder Scrolls Online → Universal App Quick Start Program → Universal Clipboard → WhatsApp → World of Warcraft → World of Warcraft: Shadowlands → Xcode → Zoom (macOS accessibility feature) → iCloud → iTunes Store →	platform
Amazon Luna → Amazon Music → Bevy → Box → Bun → Delphi → Eclipse CDT → FMX → G-DRIVE → GNU Compiler Collection → GNU Debugger → GNU Pascal → Google Sheets → HotSpot JVM → LEGO Mindstorms EV3 → Lazarus IDE → MAUI → Makey Makey extension → Microsoft Word → Mojang Studios → Opera Crypto Browser → SQLite → Samba Team → Scratch → Servo → TeamViewer → TensorFlow → The Chromium Project → Tidal → Twitch → Unity → Webex → Xamarin → Xcode → Zoho Workplace → pip →	supportsPlatform
.NET Core → AMD64 architecture ("macOS (on Intel-based Macs)") → Aircrack-ng → Apple M1 Pro ("macOS Monterey") → Apple M1 Pro ("macOS Ventura") → Apple M1 Pro ("macOS Sonoma") → Apple silicon → Avast Secure Browser → Doom Emacs → Dropbox → Eclipse → Eclipse Temurin → Epic Privacy Browser → GDB → Git → Hadoop → Kinza Browser → LLVM → MacBook Air (M1, 2020) ("macOS Sonoma") → Microsoft Azure → Multi-Touch trackpad → Node.js → PHP → Spacemacs → Sugar Labs → Touch ID → WhatsApp → Yandex Browser → uWSGI →	supportsOperatingSystem
Apple A12Z Bionic ("macOS (on Developer Transition Kit)") → Apple M1 ("macOS Big Sur") → Apple M1 ("macOS Monterey") → Apple M1 ("macOS Ventura") → Apple M1 ("macOS Sonoma") → DTrace → FaceTime HD camera → Opera Software → exFAT →	operatingSystemSupport
CPython → Deno → GPC → ODBC → Objective-C → PyPy → Stackless Python → UPX → Vapor →	runsOn
NeXTSTEP ("Mac OS X") → NeXTSTEP → NeXTstation ("Apple Mac OS X") → NeXTstation ("Apple macOS") → NeXTstation ("Mac OS X") → Unix →	influenced
Apple Magic Keyboard → Calliope mini → HP DeskJet printers → Makey Makey Go → Progressive Web Apps →	compatibleWith
Apple iChat ("Mac OS X") → Mail → Terminal (macOS) → TextEdit → VoiceOver →	includedWith
Classic Mac OS ("Mac OS X") → Classic Mac OS → Mac OS 9 ("Mac OS X") → NeXTSTEP ("Mac OS X") → NeXTSTEP →	successor
Cocoa ("Mac OS X") → Hypervisor framework ("Apple Developer documentation for macOS virtualization") → Terminal (macOS) ("Mac OS X") → Zoom (macOS accessibility feature) ("Apple macOS") →	introducedBy
APFS → Classic Mac OS ("Mac OS") → Mac OS 8 ("Mac OS") → Mac OS 9 ("Mac OS") →	operatingSystemFamily
Audible → Dropbox Paper → Microsoft To Do →	availableOn
Apple M3 → CRAN → Microsoft 365 E3 →	supports
Apple Neural Engine → Clang → Uvicorn →	targetPlatform
IANA time zone database → Olson database → SQLite →	usedBy
Gunicorn → mod_wsgi →	hostPlatform
Apple iWork ("macOS Finder") → Touch Bar →	integratesWith
Classic Environment ("Mac OS X on Intel") → Classic Environment →	notAvailableIn
Apple M-series → Python →	osSupport
macOS ("Mac OS X") → macOS ("OS X") →	previousName
Mac OS 8 ("Mac OS X (as primary Mac operating system line)") → Mac OS 9 ("Mac OS X") →	replacedBy
NeXT Inc. ("Mac OS X") → NeXT Inc. →	successorSoftware
HP OfficeJet → PlaidML →	supportsOS
Aqua → Aqua ("Mac OS X") →	usedInOperatingSystem
Apple News+ →	availableOnPlatform
Telnet →	commonlyAvailableOn
AirPort →	configurationSoftwareRunsOn
Apple Safari →	defaultBrowserOn
Finder →	defaultFileManagerFor
HFS Plus ("macOS Sierra") →	defaultFileSystemOf
CUPS →	defaultPrintSystemOf
Firestorm ("macOS on Apple silicon") →	designedFor
Apple WWDC 2022 →	featuresPlatform
macOS Cocoa ("Mac OS X") →	firstAppearedIn
APFS ("macOS High Sierra") →	firstShippedIn
Macworld New York 1999 ("Mac OS") →	focus
OPENSTEP →	formsFoundationFor
Slimjet →	hasOperatingSystem
iTunes ("macOS (until macOS Mojave)") →	includedIn
Notification Center ("Today view (earlier macOS versions)") →	includes
The Elder Scrolls Online →	initialReleasePlatform
FaceTime HD camera →	integratedWith
Handoff ("OS X Yosemite") →	introducedIn
Steve Jobs ("Mac OS X") →	knownFor
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2006 ("Mac OS X") →	mainFocus
G-DRIVE →	oftenPreformattedFor
Lens Studio →	operatesOn
MacBook Air (M1, 2020) ("macOS Big Sur") →	operatingSystemAtLaunch
NeXT Inc. →	operatingSystemBasisFor
NeXTcube →	osInfluence
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah ("Mac OS X family") →	partOf
ISO 9660 →	platformCompatibility
Embarcadero Technologies →	platformSupported
Mac ("Mac OS X") →	previousOperatingSystem
Homebrew →	primaryPlatform
HFS Plus ("macOS High Sierra") →	replacedAsDefaultIn
Macworld Conference & Expo 2006 ("Mac OS X") →	subject
SMB →	supportedBy
NFS →	supportedOn
Adobe Flash →	supportedPlatform
ASP.NET →	supportsHostingEnvironment
Intel C++ Compiler →	targetOperatingSystem
ZM →	underlyingCompanyPlatformAvailability
Darwin →	usedAsFoundationFor
Carbon (late transitional API) ("Mac OS X") →	usedIn
Retina display →	usedInOperatingSystemFamily
FairPlay →	usedOnPlatform
Matplotlib ("MacOSX") →	usesBackend