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UPDATE: December 4, 2007

Note that this tutorial covers outdated versions of the Mac operating system. MacOS versions older than MacOS X (Mac OS ten) are "end of life" and are no longer commercially available for sale.

Birth of Mac OS

Mac OS versions

Mac OS GUI Features

• Pre-OS X
  • Desktop Components
    • Menu Bar
      • Apple Menu
      • File Menu
      • Edit
      • View
      • Special
    • Finder
    • Clock
    • Macintosh Hard Drive
    • Trash
  • Window Components
    • Title Bar
      • Close box
      • Zoom box
      • Windowshade
    • Status Bar
    • Scroll bars
    • Resize thumb
• OS X

MAC OS System Configuration

• Pre-OS X
  • Control Strip
  • Launcher
  • System Folder (Drag and drop)
    • Extensions
    • Extensions Folder
    • Disabled Extensions Folder
    • Extensions Manager
    • Control Panels
    • Control Panels Folder
    • Disabled Control Panels Folder
• Filesystem
  • Mac FS
  • The Desktop file
  • Resource Forks
  • Aliases
• OS X
  • Design: BSD / NextStep hybrid
  • Intel-based, but checks for Apple hardware and halts if Apple hardware is not found.
  • System folder
  • Filesystem
    • UFS
    • I-Nodes
    • Superblocks

Troubleshooting Mac OS 9