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As someone who lived through the transition, Mac OS X was a huge leap forward. Mac OS X introduced concepts then foreign to Mac users, like the Dock and Terminal. Screenshot courtesy Stephen Hackett of 512 Pixels. Stephen Hackett maintains a gallery of screenshots from Mac OS X 10.0, and it’s amazing how well it holds up two decades later. When Mac OS X (now simply called macOS) debuted in 2001, it felt like something from the future, with its photo-realistic icons and animations. ![]() Look at how far you’ve come from a young Cheetah. When Steve slashed a large X on the wall and smiled. Happy 20th Birthday Mac OS X! I still remember when we named you. For those of us who were there to witness its release, it’s stunning to think that most of today’s Apple users never used the “classic” Mac OS that powered the Mac from 1984 to 2001 (and beyond: some people still use it).įormer Apple executive Scott Forstall made a rare tweet to commemorate the occasion, recalling when Steve Jobs slashed an X into a wall to declare the name. ![]() Has it really been that long? 24 March 2021 marked the 20th anniversary of Mac OS X. Mac OS X at 20: The OS That Changed Everything
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