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.

Compact Safari tabs are back, battery limits are finally native, and Rosetta 2 is living on borrowed time. macOS 26.4 is a small update that hits where it counts.

Windows 2.0 borrowed several elements from the Mac user interface. Photo illustration: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac March 17, 1988: Apple sues Microsoft for allegedly stealing 189 different elements of its ...

The hardware support is still lacking, though.

CrossOver for Mac is a popular tool that lets you run Windows apps and PC games directly on macOS without needing to install Windows or use a virtual machine. Built on the open-source Wine project, ...