Apple's operating system has cultivated a reputation for being more user-friendly and bestowing a functional charm upon Apple ...

Apple is developing an all-new operating system codenamed "Charismatic," according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Apple smart ...

Apple’s Lisa project might be the most loaded chapter in the company’s lore, and thanks to the Computer History Museum, you’ll soon be able to play around ...

During Apple’s late-90s struggles with profitability, it made a few overtures toward licensing its software to other computer manufacturers, while at the same time trying to modernize its ...

Why do coders and developers prefer Mac OS X? Travel back in time 15 years and the idea that Apple would make the best operating system for developers would have sounded faintly ridiculous. Before ...

SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS, Calif. -- In the common retelling of Apple's history, it was Steve Jobs' and Steve Wozniak's second computer, the Apple II, that launched their fledgling company toward ...

Apple acquired NeXt in 1996, bringing Jobs back to the company. It was soon announced that the NeXt operating system would become the basis for the new Mac.

How OS X evolved From the outset Apple had one goal in mind when OS X was designed, and that was to make the next great personal computer operating system.

By giving away OS X Mavericks for free, Apple confirms a sea change in the tech industry: The operating system, once at the vanguard of profitability, is now worthless, except as a loss leader.