Among the many versions of macOS and OS X released over the years, some stand out as exceptional -- or exceptionally bad. These are our picks from Mac history.

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The Snow Leopard era Mac OS X Snow Leopard (aka version 10.6) was the seventh major release of OS X – the operating system for Apple’s desktops and laptops.

Mac OS X Leopard pre-installed disk images for the 1st generation Apple TV. Images for 10.5.5 and 10.5.8 are included. Restore this disk image to a GPT HFS+ formatted USB drive using Disk Utility. To ...

If you're looking to download Mac OS X Mountain Lion, you'll need at least OS X Snow Leopard, Lion 10.7, or Mountain Lion 10.8. You'll also need 2GB memory, and 8GB data storage.

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is available for older systems that are not compatible with the latest version of macOS and requires the following: Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core ...

Apple has kept OS X 10.7 Lion and OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion available for customers who have machines limited to the older software, but until recently, Apple was charging $19.99 to get download ...

Apple's desktop operating system, macOS, has been the staple crop for its iMacs and MacBooks. Here we go back to where it all began in 2001 (when it was known as Mac OS X).

For example, Mac OS X 10.0 was the first macOS version, followed by Mac OS X 10.1. It wasn't until 2020 when Apple moved to a new number, indicating just how big a chance this new macOS version was.

The January 2011 OS X 10.6.6 update to 2009’s Snow Leopard release was one of the first big ideas to move from the iPhone’s iOS to Mac OS X: The App Store. The Mac App Store, in this case.