What is macOS and history of MacOS: An Operating System which is being used only on Apple computers (since their introduction in 1984). As Apple computers known as Mac that’s why operating system. Which are being used on these computers known as MacOS(Macintosh operating systems).
Originally it named as Mac OS X until 2012 and then OS X till 2016. And after that only known as ‘classic’ macOS. In now a day’s demand of Mac systems are increasing day by day as macOS are a bit faster than windows OS. And also macOS is free upgrade unlike windows OS. But Apple computers are a bit costlier than other windows-based systems.
Keep reading the history of macOS to get all details.
Brief History of MacOS:
Rhapsody Developer Release (Grail1Z4 / Titan1U): Release Date was August 31, 1997- the most recent stable version was DR12 released on May 14, 1998.
Mac OS X Server 1.0 (Hera): Mac OS X Server 1.0 release Date was March 16, 1999. The most recent stable version was 1.2v3 released on October 27, 2000.
Mac OS X Developer Preview: Release Date was March 28, 1999. The most recent stable version was DP4 and tht released on April 5, 2000.
Mac OS X Public Beta (Kodiak): Release Date of Mac OS X Public Beta was September 13, 2000. The support for this version Ended on March 24, 2001.
Mac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah): Release on March 24, 2001. The support for this most recent stable version was 10.0.4 (4Q12) release on June 22, 2001.
Mac OS X 10.1 (Puma): Mac OS X10.1 release on September 25, 2001. The support for this most recent stable version was 10.1.5 (5S60) release on June 6, 2002.
Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar): This MacOS release Date was August 24, 2002. The support for this most recent stable version was 10.2.8 released on October 3, 2003.
Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther): Release Date was October 24, 2003. The support for this most recent stable version was 10.3.9 (7W98) released on April 15, 2005.
Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger): This MacOS release Date was April 29, 2005. The support for this most recent stable version was 10.4.11 released on November 14, 2007.
Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard): This MacOS release date is October 26, 2007. The support for this most recent stable version was 10.5.8 (9L31a) released on August 13, 2009.
Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard): This MacOS release Date is August 28, 2009- the support for this most recent stable version was 10.6.8 (10K549) released on July 25, 2011.
Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion): Release Date was July 20, 2011- the support for this most recent stable version was 10.7.5 (11G63) released on October 4, 2012.
OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion): Release Date is July 25, 2012. The support for this most recent stable version was 10.8.5 (12F2560) released on August 13, 2015.
OS X 10.9 (Mavericks): Release Date was October 22, 2013- the support for this most recent stable version was 10.9.5 (13F1911) released on July 18, 2016.
OS X 10.10 (Yosemite): Release Date was October 16, 2014- the support for this most recent stable version was 10.10.5 (14F2511) released on July 19, 2017.
OS X 10.11 (EL Capitan): This MacOS release Date was September 30, 2015. The support for this most recent stable version was 10.11.6 (15G22010) released on July 9, 2018.
macOS 10.12 (Sierra): This operating system release date was September 20, 2016. The support for this most recent version is 10.12.6 (16G2136) released on September 26, 2019.
macOS 10.13 (High Sierra): MacOS 10.13 released on September 25, 2017. The support for this most recent stable version is 10.13.6 (17G12034) released on March 24, 2020.
macOS 10.14 (Mojave): Release Date was September 24, 2018. The support for this most recent stable version is 10.14.6 (18G4032) released on March 24, 2020.
macOS 10.15 (Catalina): MacOS 10.15 released on October 7, 2019- the support for this most recent stable version is 10.15.4 Supplemental Update (19E287) released on April 8, 2020.
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