UTM is an emulator for virtualizing other operating systems. Here's how to use it to run Apple's Mac OS 9 on a Mac running on Apple Silicon. UTM is an OS emulator that lets you virtualize and run a ...

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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 ...

Warning: If you own a Mac with an M3 Ultra chip, don't be like me. Hold off on upgrading to Tahoe. Here's why.

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I’m still in the very early stages of poking at macOS 15 Sequoia ahead of our customary review later this fall, and there are quite a few things that aren’t working in this first developer beta. Some ...

It's easy to make boot disks on old Macs for older hardware, but as the years have gone on, it's gotten a little more difficult. Here's how to make classic Mac OS 9 and early Mac OS X boot media on ...

We’re only days away from WWDC and Apple’s unveiling of its next major software versions. iOS and iPadOS 18, visionOS 2, macOS 15, and more will be debuted next Monday, June 10 during the WWDC keynote ...

If you’re interested in converting to the shiny bitten Apple, or have recently taken a bite yourself, you should know that Macs natively run on macOS, short for (surprise) Mac operating system. Folks ...

Developer James Thomson, who is behind the popular scientific calculator app PCalc, worked at Apple at the time when the company was developing the first version of Mac OS X, which would later replace ...

In February 1982, Apple employee #8 Chris Espinosa faced a problem that would feel familiar to anyone who has ever had a micromanaging boss: Steve Jobs wouldn’t stop critiquing his calculator design ...

The Unix underpinnings of Mac OS make it feel familiar and accessible to programmers used to working in Unix-like environments. Apple’s Xcode IDE and other development tools are thoughtfully crafted ...