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 operating ...

Bill Atkinson, a pioneering computer engineer and programmer at Apple, instrumental in the creation of the Macintosh computer in January 1984, died June 5. Atkinson, 74, passed away at his home in ...

CUPERTINO, Calif. — After stumbling out of the starting gate in Big Tech’s pivotal race to capitalize on artificial intelligence, Apple tried to regain its footing Monday during an annual developers ...

Previous reports have talked about Apple's rumored name revamp for all operating systems, but the latest leak is now talking about what the new name that would be given for the next macOS. According ...

Apple will release macOS Sequoia on September 16, its earliest major desktop operating system launch ever, as the company leans heavily on AI features to drive a new wave of hardware upgrades. The new ...

A NeXTcube computer running the NeXTSTEP operating system. Simon Claessen / Flickr Today marks the 35th anniversary of the launch of NeXTSTEP, a computer operating system launched by Steve Jobs during ...

Tyler is a writer for CNET covering laptops and video games. He's previously covered mobile devices, home energy products and broadband. He came to CNET straight out of college, where he graduated ...

MacOS Tahoe is… an acquired taste. And while I was able to find a solution to the most significant issue I had with Apple's latest computer operating system, I still found several things about it that ...

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Apple unveiled its new iPhone operating system, iOS 14, on Monday at its completely-online Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) Keynote Address. Here are Apple's most significant announcements from ...

Steve Jobs left Apple in 1985 and started a new computer company called NeXT. The operating system became the foundation for Mac OS X.