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Centralized backup for multiple systems on the network, including very intuitive, native support for Apple Time Machine on Mac OS computers.
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All three machines will boot natively to Apple's new operating Mac OS X, but not to the older Mac OS 9.
Primetime is being showcased to broadcasters and media companies starting today and is expected to be available in 2012 with support for Windows, Mac OS, Apple iOS, Google Android, Samsung SmartTVs and other platforms.
However, it is unclear whether he will have had enough time in his new post to make such changes to Apple's next iOS and Mac OS X system revisions which are expected later this year.
Jobs apparently reconsidered after he returned to Apple's helm, but Mac OS X brought forward most of the core UI conventions of the original Mac OS, partly in order to allow longtime Mac and cross-platform developers a way to bring their wares to it.
And Apple's stylish operating system, Mac OS, no longer enjoys much of an advantage over Microsoft's products.
The Apple chief also detailed new features in the Mac OS 9, the next version of the Macintosh operating system.
Nowadays, with Apple investing heavily in the high-flying Mac OS, it's strange to think that the company's flagship computer would be vulnerable.
The real value of Apple Computer is in its software, specifically the Mac OS, which even now is ahead of the competition.
First, it requires a Mac running the Jaguar version of Apple's OS X operating system (version 10.2 or later), which is how it gets its razor-sharp graphics.
In the 90s Gateway introduced a line of Destination PCs that were designed for living room use, Microsoft later built some of the best TV and PC integration with their Media Center efforts, and even Apple has added a ten foot user experience to Mac OS with its Front Row UI.
He cited three reasons for what will be a nearly year-long effort to convert 25 million lines of code to play on the new Mac OS. His customers demanded it, he wants Apple users as his customers and he likes OS X.
Jonathan Broskey, a former Apple employee who now heads the Army's Apple program, argues that the Unix core at the center of the Mac OS operating system makes it easier to lock down a Mac than a Windows platform.
While Apple has specific (if not strict) manufacturing and testing procedures that prevent the Mac OS from appearing on machines from Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), HP (NYSE: HPQ), or any other third party, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) lets anyone and everyone have access to the Windows operating system.
The only way Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) could ever top that number is if it licensed Mac OS to third-party PC manufacturers.
Last month Apple announced it was releasing to developers source code for a few key components of its Mac OS X Server operating system.
We initially installed the router using an Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) PowerMac G4 running Mac OS X, but we also connected a Windows-based notebook and another Mac, this one a Powerbook also running OS X, to the router via Ethernet cables.
They were asking that Apple be enjoined from using the "Tiger" moniker to promote its new operating system (Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, natch) anywhere on its web site or in any new advertising, packaging or signage.
We definitely cannot attest to the reliability of Mac OS Rumors as a, um, rumor site, but they're reporting that Apple is working on some sort of high-definition satellite TV network.
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Apparently, when Apple introduced the App Store for OS X, their intention was always to replace the Software Update function on Mac desktops with the new store.
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The move comes on top of rumors that Apple will include VMWare-style virtualization capabilities in the next version of OS X, which could enable the Mac OS to run Windows apps without requiring a third-party emulator or a reboot.
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