Released in 2011 and 2012, Mac OS X Lion and OS X Mountain Lion were the last paid software updates for the Mac. Ten years ago, users needed to pay Apple $19.99 for the latest version of its OS X, and ...
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 ...
Aside from new features, the macOS 26.1 update also contains a wide range of security patches – 90 in total by our count.
On May 17th, Mac OS X 10.4.1, the first major update to Tiger. The release is available through Software Update, or as a standalone download [37 MB]. The new release includes the following ...
What are the best Mac emulators? What’s the best way to run old software and retro console games in macOS? Software and videogames were once on borrowed time, surviving only as long as the hardware on ...
About nine months ago, I acquired a 13-inch MacBook Air. At that point, the first Ultrabooks had been announced but were not yet shipping. Even so, I might have waited, except that the Ultrabooks I’d ...
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 ...
Today marks the 20th anniversary of Mac OS X, the Mac operating system that changed everything. Arriving only a couple years after the first iMac, it helped forge Apple’s image as the king of cool — ...
Apple's desktop operating system, macOS, has been the staple crop for its iMacs and MacBooks. Here we go back to where it all began in 2001 (when it was known as Mac OS X). On March 24, 2001, Apple ...
I hate the new icons in Mac OS X Yosemite – especially the new red iTunes icon. How do I change icons in Mac OS X Yosemite and (for example) get the original blue iTunes icon back? Icons represent all ...
October 25, 2003: Mac OS X Panther arrives on Macintosh computers, bringing several useful new features and making Safari Apple’s default web browser for the first time. The new Exposé feature in OS X ...