580: Twenty Years of OS X

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Tech, Technology, David, User, Stephen Hackett, Sparks, How To, Help, Power, Workflow, Ios, Mac, Set Up

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🗓️ 21 March 2021

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

After several years of development, Apple launched Mac OS X to the world in March 2001. The new operating system was vastly different from what it replaced, and ushered in a new era for Apple. This week, Stephen and David reflect on two decades of their beloved platform.

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0:00.0	Mac Power users episode 580, 20 years of Mac OS 10.
0:06.2	Hello, and welcome back to Mac Power users.
0:16.4	My name is Stephen Hackett, and I am joined as always by my friend and yours, Mr. David
0:20.6	Sparks.
0:21.6	Hey, Stephen.
0:22.6	How are you today?
0:23.6	I'm good.
0:24.6	We're going to talk about the Mac and its history.
0:28.0	We should probably tell people in advance how long this Google doc is going to be our
0:32.9	fun ride today.
0:33.9	I feel like this is like the episode for Stephen.
0:37.8	This is your episode 100%.
0:41.8	But it's actually a lot of fun talking about this stuff.
0:43.9	I guess we should start by explaining why we're talking about Mac OS 10 today.
0:50.6	So on March 24, 2001, Apple released Mac OS 10.0 to the public.
0:58.9	There were some betas, including a public beta before that.
1:02.4	And you know, we wanted to mark the 20th anniversary of that.
1:07.3	And it's an amazing run, and we both think Mac OS, as it's now called, has a long life
1:13.9	ahead of it.
1:14.9	But it seemed like a nice time to stop and look back and how far the Mac has come in
1:19.9	two decades.
1:20.9	Yeah.
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