
MacOS Catalina also gets security improvements to keep hackers at bay. The new OS will also include the new Sidecar and security features. In Catalina, users will see that Apple is replacing iTunes with its popular entertainment apps - Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and the Apple TV app.

MacOS Mojave began a California geographical feature streak and ended what Apple's senior vice president of software engineering called a "four-year mountain bender." Before the mountain names, Apple was fond of big cats.

According to Craig Federighi, senior vice president of software engineering, the new OS is called Catalina.Ĭatalina takes a turn from Apple's last few years of naming patterns.

The installed base of Mac users reaches 1 million.Apple announced its new MacOS at WWDC 2019.Īpple unveiled the new name of its MacOS Monday at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference held at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. Both machines debut the inclusion of expansion slots in Macs. Along with the Mac II, Apple releases the Mac SE with the classic all-in-one design. 1987Īpple ships the Mac II, the first Mac to eschew an all-in-one design and to support color displays. Later that year, the company releases Windows 1.01. Microsoft licenses some of the Mac's technology in order to develop Office for Mac. The Mac II (photo: Alexander Schaelss, GNU FDL 1.2 license) Some models are converted and sold as the Mac XL. 1985Īfter a power struggle with Apple CEO John Sculley, during which Steve Jobs is stripped of operational responsibilities, Jobs resigns from Apple and founds NeXT Inc. Although unique and innovative, the program fails because too few Macs are initially available, and many are not returned to stores in perfect condition. The Test drive a Mac program is launched, enabling users to take a Mac home from resellers for a 24-hour trial period. The Apple Lisa 2 is introduced for $3,495. The original Macintosh 128k (photo: Marco Mioli, All About Apple, GNU FDL 1.2 license) 1984 It is aired only one other time, during the 1984 Super Bowl. In mid-December, Apple's marketing company airs the now-famous 1984 TV commercial during sign-off in an Idaho market to qualify for the year's advertising awards. Apple's Lisa and Mac divisions are combined.
