Identify For Mac Os X



How to Find Help for Mac OS X Snow Leopard By Mark L. Chambers Although the Help Viewer can take care of just about any question that you might have about the basic controls and features of Mac OS X Snow Leopard, you might also want to turn to other forms of help when the going gets a little tougher. Identify Your Mac Using EveryMac.com's 'Quick Specs' EveryMac.com's flip down 'Quick Specs' on all 'By Series' and 1998 and later 'By Year' pages provide the Introduction Date, Discontinued Date, Order Number, Model Number, EMC Number, Subfamily, and Model Identifier as well as the Standard RAM, Standard VRAM, Standard Storage, and Standard Optical Drive.

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Mac OS X is Apple's operatingsystem for its line of Macintosh computers. Its interface, known asAqua, is built on a Unix foundation. Although ithas much of the look and feel of the former Mac OS,features such as preemptive multitasking, symmetric multiprocessing,multithreading, and protected memory give Mac OS X improved stabilityand performance. For the current version's system requirements, seeApple's Mac OS XTechnical Specifications.

Currently, four Mac OS X-related products are available:

Apple

Mac OS X: This is the version most Macintoshowners should use. It is a consumer operating system designed for useon your personal computer. For more information, see Apple's Mac OS X page and Developer page forMac OS X.

Mac OS X Server: This is Apple's server operatingsystem. It is similar to the consumer release of Mac OS X, but alsoincludes a suite of network services, such as a print server, filesharing, QuickTime streaming, NetBoot, and advanced webhosting. For more information, see Apple's Mac OS X Server page.

iOS: Based on Mac OS X, versions of iOS run on theiPhone, the iPod touch, and the iPad. The iOS was designed forhandheld devices, and is much more tightly controlled than otherversions of Mac OS X. Despite their shared origins, applications(apps) developed for iOS are not compatible with Mac OS X, and viceversa.

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Darwin:Darwin is the Unix-likefoundation upon which Mac OS X is based. Its code is opensource, and it is available as a stand-alone operatingsystem. Although Darwin will run many Unix applications, including theX Window System, it does not have the Mac OS X interfaceand thus will not run Mac OS X applications. For more information, seeApple's Developer Open Sourcepage.