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Mac OS X From Start to Today

Since Mac OS, the primary operating system on all Apple computers dating back to the first launch in 1984, Mac OS X has taken the quality of human and machine interaction to entirely new heights with each installment of the Unix-based operating system and graphical user interfaces. Here is a timeline of Apple’s progression through each version of Mac OS X, culminating in the Mac OS C 10.6.4 Snow Leopard, found on up-to-date Macs today.Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah Released March 24, 2001; Most Recent Update – June 22, 2001 (10.0.4)Mac OS X 10.1 Puma Released September 25, 2001; Most Recent Update – June 6, 2003 (10.1.5)Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar Released August 24, 2002; Most Recent Update – October 3, 2002 (10.2.8)Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Released October, 24, 2003; Most Recent Update – April 15, 2005 (10.3.9)Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Released April, 29, 2005; Most Recent Update – November 14, 2007 (10.4.11)Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Released October 26, 2007; Most Recent Update August 5, 2009 (10.5.8)Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Released August 28, 2009; Most Recent Update June 15, 2010 (10.6.4)