-
Apple Dos
- First operating system from apple.
- Developed by Paul Laughton, Randy Wigginton, and Steve Wozniak
- Developed for Apple II
- Comand Line Interface
-
Period: to
Mac OS Classic
-
System 1
- No comand line
- Graphical user Interface
- Finder
- Menu bar
-
System 2
- Faster than System 1
- New icons
- Mini Finder
- New Finder commands for example New Folder, Print Catalog, Use Minifinder and Shutdown.
- Ejecting the disk by draging it to the trash
-
System 3
- Hierarchical File System
- newer, faster and more effecient finder
-
System 4
- Bug fixes for system 3
-
System 6
- GUI interface
- Multitasking allowing users to launch multiple applications and switch between then.
- hardware support for apple printers and post script printers
- Macromaker allows computer to record mouse and keyboard actions.
-
System 7
- Single User GUI
- File Allias (Shortcuts)
- improved file sharing allowing computers to publish any directory to a apple talk network
- Drag n drop allowing draging documents to applications to open
- Include virtual memory to speed up the computer
- Quick time and Quick draw 3d
-
Mac OS 8
- Came after six years of Mac OS 7
- Customizable fonta and system colours
- Contextual pop up menu using ctrl and click
- Multithreaded finder where copy operation can run in the background and don't block the finder window
- Platinum interface
- More effecient file system
- Native versions of Quick draw, apple script in addition to sherlock search utility
- HTML help pages
- Faster performance for virtual memory, AppleScript execution
-
Mac OS 9
- Voice login via voice print password
- Keychain to save passwords in one encrypted location.
- Automatic software update
- USB printer sharing
- Support for files larger than 2 GB
- Native CD burning in the finder.
- USB audio support
-
Cheetah
- Introduce the dock, a new way for accessing the application and settings.
- Terminal to access the Unix core.
- Mail and adress book
- Creates PDF from any application
- The system was heavily critisized because of responsivness problems, stability issues and missing a lot of basic features like DVD playback and CD burning
-
Period: to
Mac OS X
The New Mac OS X -
Puma
- Faster performance
- Easier CD and DVD burning form finder and itunes
- DVD player out of the box
- More than 200 printers models supported
- Easier to acquire images from cameras and scanners
- Was criticized that it is not a mature system. Apple didn't ship their computers with it until later versions.
-
Jaguar
- Mail application with spam filter
- Address book
- Rendez vouz for easier networking and music sharing over itunes
- Network support for microsoft windows
- Universal access providing features to help bind, deaf and handicaped users.
- handwriting recognition
-
Panther
- Default dock has safari instead of internet explorer
- live instant search
- Zip support built in
- Fast user switching that allows a second user to login to the computer while the first one is still logged
- Expose': Helps user to customize the corner of the screen so that when cursor moved any of the corner, an action happened. For Example: Showing all the open windows as thumbnails or showing the desktop
- New ichat with audio and video support
-
Tiger
- Spotlight search provides search as you type in documents , Calendar
- Dashboard for widgets
- Automation: application helping in creating a workflow of actions in the same or diffrent applications.
- Built in dictionary and thesaurus.
-
Leopard
- New interface for automator, makes it easier to create workflow
- Back to my Mac allows users to access files on their computer while they are out using mobile me
- Boot camp allows users to install windows on the same partition as the mac os
- time machine allows automated easy backup and restore.
- New features in ical like group scheduling and sharing. also the calendar icon shows the day's date
- mail to ical scheduling
-
Snow Leopard
- Support microsoft exchange out of the box to be compatiable with mail, calendar and contacts
- Small OS footprint. 7GB less than leopard
- Faster time machine backup
- Better resolution for ichat as it requires less bandwidth
-
Mac OS Lion
- Multi touch gestures allows user to do more with trackpad- Full Screen Apps for a better viewing experience- Mission Control collects all applications in one panel to allow an easier access to all running apps- Autosave and versioning allows user to work without worry about losing any changes - AirDrop a fast way to share documents and media with other close Mac computers-an add on to upgrade to Lion Server Rather than buying a whole separate application.- Mac app store
