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macOS Insights for Tech Enthusiasts

macOS is Apple's proprietary graphical operating system used on Mac computers. It has evolved from the original "Classic" Mac OS through Mac OS X to the current macOS. macOS is based on Unix and uses a hybrid kernel. It supports preemptive multitasking and uses scheduling algorithms to manage system resources. Popular features include multi-language support, file browsing apps, Dark Mode, and integration with Apple devices and services. The latest version, macOS Catalina, requires 64-bit applications and improves security and accessibility features.

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macOS Insights for Tech Enthusiasts

macOS is Apple's proprietary graphical operating system used on Mac computers. It has evolved from the original "Classic" Mac OS through Mac OS X to the current macOS. macOS is based on Unix and uses a hybrid kernel. It supports preemptive multitasking and uses scheduling algorithms to manage system resources. Popular features include multi-language support, file browsing apps, Dark Mode, and integration with Apple devices and services. The latest version, macOS Catalina, requires 64-bit applications and improves security and accessibility features.

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MAC OS

Aden bin Farrukh


Ramiz Siddiqui
Syed Muhammad Sohaib Abbass
Contents • Introduction

• History of macOS

• Architecture

• Versions

• Features

• Benefits

• Drawbacks
Mac OS • macOS is a series of proprietary graphical
operating systems developed and marketed
by Apple, Inc. since 2001. It is the primary
operating system for Apple’s Mac computers.

• macOS is the second major series of Macintosh


operating systems.
– Classis Mac OS – Last version : Mac OS 9(1999)
– Mac OS X – Latest version : Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina
(2019)

• macOS is based on the Unix operating system.


History • ”Classic” Mac OS, up to and including its final release Mac OS 9,
was used by Apple in its Macintosh computers since their
introduction in 1984.

• The current macOS (Mac OS X) is a Unix operating system built


on technology that had been developed at NeXT.

• Mac OS X was originally marketed as simply "version 10" of the


Mac OS, but it has a completely different codebase from Mac OS
9.

• It was first released in 1999 as Mac OS X Server 1.0, with a widely


released desktop version, Mac OS X 10.0 following in March
2001.
Architecture
• Mac OS X from 1999 to 2005 ran on the PowerPC-
based Macs. From 2006 onwards, versions were
released for 32-bit and 64-bit Intel-based Macs.
Versions from macOS X 10.7 (2011) run exclusively
on 64-bit Intel CPUs.

• Initially HFS+ File System was used in MacOS. It was


replaced by Apple File System, which is used for file
systems on SSDs in macOS High Sierra(V10.13).

• macOS's core is a POSIX-compliant operating system


built on top of the XNU kernel, with standard Unix
facilities available from the command line interface.
Hardware Compatibilities
Scheduling • Mac OS X supports preemptive multitasking and uses both the
multilevel feedback queue scheduling and round-robin (RR)
and Memory scheduling algorithm.

Management Normal (0-51)


Priority Band Characteristics
Normal application thread priorities
Threads whose priority has been raised above
System high priority (52-79)
normal threads
Reserved for threads created inside the kernel
Kernel mode only (80-95) that need to run at a higher priority than all user
space threads (I/O Kit workloops, for example)
Threads whose priority is based on getting a
well-defined fraction of total clock cycles,
Real-time threads (96-127)
regardless of other activity (in an audio player
application, for example).

• Mac OS X adopts a second-chance first in, first out (FIFO)


algorithm which approximates the least-recently used (LRU)
algorithm.
Features • Multilingual Support

• Updating Methods

• File Browsing Apps – Finder, QuickLook, Spotlight

• Dark Mode.

• Dynamic Desktops.

• Apple Apps – iTunes, AppleTV etc.


Default • Safari

Apps • AppleMail

• QuickTime

• iChat

• iWork

• iCloud
Aqua
macOS X 10.15 • macOS Catalina (version 10.15) is the sixteenth and
current major release of macOS, Apple's desktop operating
Catalina system for Macintosh computers.

• Catalina is the first version of macOS to support only 64-


bit applications.

• Increased Security by Activation Lock, which prevents the


unauthorized use and drive erasure of devices with
an Apple T2 security chip

• Enhanced voice and touch control. Users can speak more


commands to their devices than Siri allows.
Benefits • User-friendly GUI

• Security

• Creative Professional Market

• Mobile Device Integration

• Foreign Devices

• Design
Drawbacks • Interoperability

• Application

• Cost

• Range
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