The Evolution Of MAC OS Software

Mac OS software or more popularly named as Macintosh System Software by Apple was designed for the first time to be used with 68K processors from Motorola. It was the first operating system for Macintosh machines. This revolutionary invention was introduced in 1984. It was a single user system with full path to directories and folders hidden from the user. The unique thing about the system was that the Mac OS software systems don't have the normal command line prompt as we saw with the old MS DOS systems. Instead it was integrated with a MultiFinder System (MFS).

The Evolution Of MAC OS Software

The Evolution Of MAC OS Software

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The Evolution Of MAC OS Software

The Evolution Of MAC OS Software

The first Mac OS system that was officially launched with the MFS was the Mac OS Software 3.0. Further progress saw many other newer versions that were launched such as Mac OS software System 5.0. The Mac OS software System 6.0 was introduced back in 1988 with 1 MB RAM and 2GB hard disk. Mac OS software 8 was released in 1991 and had 2MB RAM which doubled that of the System 6.0. The future versions of the Mac Os software such as System Software 7.5 was launched in 1994 required 4MB RAM. It could be run on both Power and 68K Macintosh machines. Mac OS 7.6 is a Mac OS software version which can work very well with any Mac Computer having a 68030 processor and 32-bit adDress. With this version the memory manageMent is better and the recovery time after a system crash has also improved.

July 1997 saw the emergence of the Mac OS software system 8 which required PowerPC or a 68040 processor supporting 120 MB memory and 32 MB RAM. Multithreads are used in the finder of this version and include two browsers Netscape Navigator 3.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0. Information storage is far more efficient and partition size is enTirely dependent on the hardware of the system. 2 TB is the maximum size for the PowerMac and all Quadra Mac systems. Two billion files can be managed with it with a support for file systems such as FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 and VFAT.

The next version of Mac OS software was version 8.5 which improved the speed and the stability of the previous version. Internet search wizard is one of the best features of the system. AppleScript speed has also improved with this version. QuickDraw routines have enhanced the graphical display too. It also has an automatic tool for detecting and fixing errors. The usage of software and hardware by the system is tracked by the Apple System Profile which ensures that the users are aware of how much a particular application is being used in a given amount of time. This version includes Finder 8.5 Mac OS Runtime for Java 2.0, QuickTime Pro 3, Open Transport 2, Internet Explorer 4.01, File Exchange 3, Outlook Express 4.01 and Netscape Navigator 4.0.5.

Mac OS software 8.6 has 24 MB RAM and 250 MB of disk space. It has an extended support for PowerPC G4 processor too. Mac OS 9 was the OS version which was released with a name of Sonata in 1999. It has more than 50 new features compared to the previous OS. Mac OS X software is the latest operating system software released. It is equipped with Mach Kernel, tools from FreeBSD and NetBSD and GUI Aqua. Various applications of Mac OS X includes digital photography, audio processing and web design, all of which are great advanceMents in technology today.

The Evolution Of MAC OS Software