A retrospective on Mac OS from I to X showcases Apple's evolution in operating systems over the years.

Macworld reports that macOS 27 will be unveiled at WWDC26 on June 8, 2026, with a September release focusing on stability and ...

The Virtual OS Museum is an epic collection of historically significant operating systems, representing more than 600 OSes ...

Macworld A lot of Mac users don’t remember a time before Mac OS X (or macOS, or OS X, depending on the era), but before OS X ...

In the 1990s, Apple was in trouble. The once-revolutionary Mac OS was creaking and next-gen replacements were going nowhere. Enter Steve Jobs, who returned to the company he founded with a pile of ...

It’s highly unlikely Apple will ever give us an iPad that runs macOS — and that’s OK. Because with a few tricks (that do not require a jailbreak), you can ...

The Basilisk II emulator can be used to run old versions of Mac OS 8 and System 7 on a modern Mac. Here's how to get started using it. Before macOS and OS X, there was Mac OS 9, and before that were ...

The menu bar on a Mac tends to fill up with clutter and icons over time. Between system icons like Spotlight, the date and ...

The fortunes of the Mac platform drastically changed 10 years ago, with the release of a simple CD. On Sept. 13, 2000, Apple released its Mac OS X Public Beta, a limited-time trial run of the ...

Has it really been that long? 24 March 2021 marked the 20th anniversary of Mac OS X. For those of us who were there to witness its release, it’s stunning to think that most of today’s Apple users ...

Back when Ars Senior Products Editor Andrew Cunningham was forced to work in Mac OS 9 by his colleagues in September 2014, he quickly hit a productivity wall. He couldn’t log in to his Ars e-mail or ...