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Mac OS X 10.0
Version of the macOS operating system
DeveloperApple Computer
OS family
Source modelClosed, with open source components
Released to
manufacturing
March 24, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-03-24)[1]
Latest release10.0.4 / June 22, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-06-22)[2]
PlatformsPowerPC
Kernel typeHybrid (XNU)
LicenseApple Public Source License (APSL) and Apple end-user license agreement (EULA)
Preceded byMac OS X Public Beta
Mac OS 9
Succeeded byMac OS X 10.1
Official websiteApple - Mac OS X at the Wayback Machine (archived June 29, 2001)
TaglineThe future is here. The power of UNIX with the simplicity and elegance of Macintosh.
Support status
Historical, unsupported as of November 13, 2006

Mac OS X 10.0 (code named Cheetah) is the first major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system. Mac OS X 10.0 was released on March 24, 2001, for a price of $129. It was the successor of the Mac OS X Public Beta and the predecessor of Mac OS X 10.1 (code named Puma).

Mac OS X was a radical departure from the classic Mac OS and was Apple's long-awaited answer for a next generation Macintosh operating system. It introduced a brand new code base completely separate from Mac OS 9's as well as all previous Apple operating systems, and had a new Unix-like core, Darwin, which features a new memory management system. Unlike subsequent releases starting with Mac OS X 10.2, Mac OS X was not externally marketed with its codename.

System requirements

Features

Limitations

Multilingual snags

Mac OS X 10.0 began a short era (that ended with Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar's release) where Apple offered two types of installation CDs: 1Z and 2Z CDs. The difference in the two lay in the extent of multilingual support.

Input method editors of Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Korean were only included with the 2Z CDs. They also came with more languages (the full set of 15 languages), whereas the 1Z CDs came only with about eight languages and could not actually display simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese and/or Korean (except for the Chinese characters present in Japanese Kanji). A variant of 2Z CDs were introduced when Mac OS X v10.0.3 was released to the Asian market (this variant could not be upgraded to version 10.0.4). The brief period of multilingual confusion ended with the release of v10.2.[citation needed] Currently, all Mac OS X installer CDs and preinstallations include the full set of 15 languages and full multilingual compatibility.

Release history

Version Build Date Darwin version Notes
10.0 4K78 March 24, 2001 1.3 Original retail CD-ROM release
10.0.1 4L13 April 14, 2001 1.3.1 Apple: Mac OS X 10.0: Software Update 1.3.1, 10.0.1 Update, and Epson Printer Driver Update Provide Feature Enhancement, Address Issues
10.0.2 4P12 May 1, 2001
10.0.3 4P13 May 9, 2001 Update and Before You Install Information
10.0.4 4Q12 June 21, 2001 Apple: 10.0.4 Update and Before You Install Information
4R14[7] July 18, 2001 For Quicksilver Power Mac G4
4S10 August 20, 2001[8] For Quicksilver Power Mac G4 (Dual 800 MHz)

Timeline

Timeline of Mac operating systems
ARM architecture familyx86PowerPC68kMacBook Air (Apple silicon)iMac ProRetina MacBook ProMacBook AirApple–Intel architecturePower Mac G5Power Mac G4iMac G3Power MacintoshMacintosh QuadraMacintosh PortableMacintosh SE/30Macintosh IIMacintosh PlusMacintosh 128KmacOS SonomamacOS VenturamacOS MontereymacOS Big SurmacOS CatalinamacOS MojavemacOS High SierramacOS SierraOS X El CapitanOS X YosemiteOS X MavericksOS X Mountain LionMac OS X LionMac OS X Snow LeopardMac OS X LeopardMac OS X TigerMac OS X PantherMac OS X 10.2Mac OS X 10.1Mac OS X 10.0Mac OS X Server 1.0Mac OS X Public BetaA/UXA/UXA/UXMacWorks XLMacWorks XLSun RemarketingMacWorks XLMac OS 9Mac OS 9Mac OS 9Mac OS 8Mac OS 8Mac OS 8Mac OS 8System 7System 7System 7System 7System 6Classic Mac OSClassic Mac OSClassic Mac OSClassic Mac OSSystem 1Finder (software)Finder (software)Finder (software)Finder (software)Finder (software)Finder (software)Finder (software)

References

  1. ^ "Mac OS X Hits Stores This Weekend" (Press release). Apple Computer. March 21, 2001. Archived from the original on December 2, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  2. ^ "Mac OS X Update 10.0.4". Archived from the original on April 11, 2004.
  3. ^ Magee, Jim. WWDC 2000 Session 106 - Mac OS X: Kernel. 14 minutes in. Archived from the original on December 26, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  4. ^ "Mac OS X 10.0: Connecting to AppleShare or File Sharing Requires TCP/IP". September 18, 2003. Archived from the original on September 3, 2009. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
  5. ^ Turner, Daniel (March 1, 2001). "Mac OS X: Promise without the polish". ZDNet. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  6. ^ Jary, Simon (April 12, 2001). "Apple Mac OS X review". Macworld UK. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  7. ^ Kim, Arnold (July 23, 2001). "Minor Mac OS X Update Available". MacRumors.
  8. ^ "Apple Ships Dual 800 MHZ Power Mac G4" (Press release). Apple. August 20, 2001.
Preceded by Mac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah)
2001
Succeeded by