List of macOS technologies

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Versions Hera (1.0) Kodiak (Public Beta) Cheetah (10.0) Puma (10.1) Jaguar (10.2) Panther (10.3) Tiger (10.4) Leopard (10.5) Snow Leopard (10.6) Lion (10.7) Mountain Lion (10.8) Mavericks (10.9) Yosemite (10.10) El Capitan (10.11) Sierra (10.12)
Applications Automator Calculator Calendar Chess Contacts Dashboard Dictionary DVD Player FaceTime Finder Grapher iTunes (version history) Mac App Store Mail Messages Photo Booth Preview QuickTime Safari (version history) Stickies TextEdit
Utilities Activity Monitor AirPort Utility Archive Utility Audio MIDI Setup Bluetooth File Exchange ColorSync Console Crash Reporter DigitalColor Meter Directory Utility DiskImageMounter Disk Utility Font Book Grab Help Viewer Image Capture Installer Keychain Access Migration Assistant Network Utility ODBC Administrator Remote Install Mac OS X Screen Sharing System Preferences System Information Terminal Universal Access VoiceOver
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This is an incomplete list of the various technologies (and core applications) in macOS.

A

• Activity Monitor
• Apple Address Book
• Apple Filing Protocol (AFP)
• Apple File System
• Aqua
• Automator
• AppleScript
• Application Kit

B

• BootX
• BOMArchiveHelper
• Bonjour (formerly Rendezvous)
• Bundle

C

• Carbon
• Classic
• Cocoa
• Conflict Resolver
• Core Animation
• Core Audio
• Core Data
• Core Foundation
• Core Image
• Core Storage
• Core Video
• CoreServices
• Crash Reporter
• CUPS

D

• Darwin
• Dashboard
• Disk Utility
• Dock

E

• Exposé

F

• File label
• FileVault
• Finder
• Fink
• FireWire
• Foundation Kit

G

• GarageBand

H

• HFS+

I

• iChat
• iCloud
• Image Capture
• Image Kit
• Inkwell
• Installer
• Interface Builder
• iMovie
• iTunes

J

• Jar Launcher
• Java
• JavaScriptCore

K

• Keychain
• KWQ
• Kotoeri

L

• Launchd

M

• Mach
• MobileMe (formerly .Mac)
• Mac OS X
• Mac OS X Server
• MacPorts
• MacRuby
• Mail
• Menu extra

N

• NetInfo
• New World ROM

O

• Open Directory
• Open GL
• Open Firmware
• OpenStep

P

• plist
• Portable Distributed Objects

Q

• Quartz
• Quartz 2D
• Quartz Compositor
• QuickTime
• QuickTime VR

R

• Repair permissions
• Rosetta

S

• Safari
• Smart folder
• Apple Software Update
• Spinning pinwheel
• Spotlight
• Stickies
• System Preferences
• SystemStarter

T

• Time Machine
• Terminal

U

• Uniform Type Identifiers
• Universal Binaries

W

• WebCore
• WebKit

X

• Xgrid
• XNU
• Xcode