Mac OS X on Intel
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Mac OS X on Intel is the version of Apple’s Mac operating system designed to run on Intel x86-based Macintosh computers, marking the company’s major architectural shift away from PowerPC processors.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mac OS X on Intel canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mac OS X version
ⓘ
operating system variant ⓘ |
| announcedBy | Steve Jobs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| announcementEvent | WWDC 2005 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecture |
Intel x86
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
x86-64 ⓘ |
| basedOn | Darwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| feature |
ability to run Windows via Boot Camp
ⓘ
improved performance over PowerPC on some workloads ⓘ |
| firstDeveloperRelease | June 2005 GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstPublicHardwareRelease | January 2006 GENERATED ⓘ |
| includesComponent |
Boot Camp
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rosetta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedInVersion | Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger for Intel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kernel | XNU NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kernelType | hybrid kernel ⓘ |
| laterCoexistsWith | macOS on Apple silicon ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software ⓘ |
| notableChange |
allowed dual-boot with Microsoft Windows on Macs
ⓘ
enabled Apple to use commodity Intel processors ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFamily | macOS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform | Intel-based Macintosh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Mac OS X on PowerPC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedArchitecture | PowerPC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceModel | closed source with open-source components ⓘ |
| successor | macOS on Intel ⓘ |
| supports |
32-bit Intel applications
ⓘ
64-bit Intel applications ⓘ Carbon applications ⓘ Cocoa applications ⓘ Rosetta PowerPC translation ⓘ SSE3 instructions ⓘ SSE4 instructions ⓘ Universal Binary applications ⓘ |
| supportsDevelopmentEnvironment | Xcode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsFileSystem |
APFS (in later versions)
NERFINISHED
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HFS+ ⓘ |
| supportsNetworking |
Bluetooth
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TCP/IP NERFINISHED ⓘ Wi‑Fi ⓘ |
| supportsProgrammingLanguage |
C
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C++ ⓘ Objective-C NERFINISHED ⓘ Swift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetHardware |
Intel Core 2 processors
NERFINISHED
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Intel Core processors NERFINISHED ⓘ Intel Xeon processors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transitionType | processor architecture transition ⓘ |
| userInterface | Aqua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Developer Transition Kit (Intel)