![]() Mac OS X was officially renamed macOS with the Sierra update. Some examples of this were the addition of public transport options in Apple Maps and the Notes app getting an updated UI. Mac OS X 10.11, El Capitan (2015)Įl Capitan refined and improved features rather than adding new ones. IPhoto and Aperture combined into the Photos app, matching the iOS Photos app, as Yosemite’s graphics matched up with iOS 7’s graphics too. Users could now answer calls and texts and edit Pages and Numbers documents on whichever Apple device they wanted. With the Continuity and Handoff features, Yosemite saw even more integration between iOS and Mac devices. This OS update was totally free, as all Mac OS updates and upgrades are to this day. Mavericks improved with battery life and added even more iOS apps to Mac, like iBooks and Apple Maps, with more iCloud integration, too. Perhaps finally out of big cats, Apple shifted its OS naming convention to Californian locations with Mavericks. All of this was joined by more app syncing between iOS and Mac devices too. The Game Center and Notification Center were added to Mac, along with the Reminders, Notes, and Messages apps.Īpps like iCal updated to Calendar, following iOS updates. Mountain Lion was deeply influenced by updates in iOS. As Apple started building Intel-based Macs, Tiger functioned on these new devices the way it did on existing PowerPC Macs. Tiger added Spotlight, Dashboard, Smart Folders, Automator, and VoiceOver though, and updated Safari, Quicktime, and Mail. Panther had not worked on the Power Macintosh and the PowerBook this meant even more Apple computers were losing OS support. Tiger could only operate on Macs with a built-in FireWire port. It also added a brushed-metal look to the interface, influencing future design choices for a while. Panther added in Safari and FileVault, allowed faster user switching, and included a Finder update. Going forward, users would see the Apple logo when they turned on their Mac instead. The “Happy Mac” face was retired in this update, after 18 years. Jaguar had better performance than its predecessors and better compositing graphics, allowing iChat and Address Book to work on Macs. Upgrading from Classic Mac OSs cost users money at this time, but at least upgrading from Cheetah to Puma was free. MacOS Sierra also brings over and integrates features from its other operating systems (iOS in particular), including Siri, the built-in “intelligent assistant” that offers voice control and assistance, Apple Pay, the company’s mobile payments service and digital wallet app, and the ability to unlock your Mac with your Apple Watch.A few months after Puma came out, Apple announced Mac OS X would become the default OS for its computers. MacOS Sierra enhancements include the new Apple File System that now powers all of Apple’s operating systems, Picture in Picture, iCloud Drive Desktop access, optimized storage features, a universal clipboard, desktop Tabs, enhanced Messages and Photos for Mac, Apple Music improvements and more. macOS Sierra is named for the Sierra (or Sierra Nevada) mountain range in California (and Nevada) that includes well-known locales like the Yosemite National Park and Lake Tahoe. With the Sierra release of Mac OS, Apple continues its recent pattern of naming the latest OS based on a location in Apple’s home state of California, a pattern that started with the Mavericks release. MacOS Sierra serves as the twelfth update in the macOS / Mac OS X line of operating system updates, following earlier updates for the operating system: Cheetah (v10.0), Puma (v10.1), Jaguar (v10.2), Panther (v10.3), Tiger (v10.4), Leopard (v10.5), Snow Leopard (v10.6), Lion (v10.7), Mountain Lion (v10.8), Mavericks (v10.9), Yosemite (v10.10) and El Capitan (v10.11). MacOS Sierra was introduced at Apple’s 2016 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in early June 2016 alongside iOS 10, with official availability for both operating systems expected in the fall. macOS Sierra Officially Arrives in Fall 2016 ![]() MacOS Sierra is version 10.12 of Apple Computer’s Mac OS X operating system for Macintosh desktop, laptop and server computers, and it serves as the successor to Mac OS X El Capitan.Īpple tweaked the naming scheme of its flagship OS with the macOS Sierra release, dropping the Mac OS X moniker for the shorter and simpler “macOS,” which also fits better with the company’s full lineup of operating systems that includes iOS, watchOS and tvOS.
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