The first Mac software was called System 1 and it was released on January 24, 1984, and there have been 30 major updates since. Apple rebranded to Mac OS with the release of mac OS 8 on July 26, 1997.

Microsoft doesn't sit still for many years between major OS versions, and Windows 11 is already approaching its fifth year of ...

Apple’s macOS operating system has changed a lot over the last 25 years, with new features and designs coming and going as the decades have passed. Even the name has been adjusted, starting out as Mac ...

In the annals of PC history, IBM’s OS/2 represents a road not taken. Developed in the waning days of IBM’s partnership with Microsoft—the same partnership that had given us a decade or so of MS-DOS ...

Apple created the operating system iOS for its iPhone. Since its debut, Apple has unveiled new versions of the software regularly, often adding and enhancing features. iOS was unveiled with the ...

So your OS names are going to seem to leap forward to 26 soon. Photo: Rajesh Pandey/Cult of Mac Apple might make a major change to the naming convention for all its operating systems this year, ...

In context: The early 1990s were tumultuous years for the home computer operating system market. Major corporations were vying for dominance in the emerging GUI-based paradigm, with Microsoft poised ...