Editing Aqua (user interface) (section)

== Background ==
For years, Apple had been trying and failing to produce a next-generation [[Classic Mac OS|Mac OS operating system]], including projects code-named [[Taligent|Pink, Taligent]], and [[Copland (operating system)|Copland]]. [[Mac OS X]] was ultimately built on [[NeXTSTEP]], after Apple purchased [[NeXT]] and its CEO, [[Steve Jobs]], returned to Apple, the company he had cofounded.<ref name="hackett_2016">{{cite book|last=Hackett|first=Steven|year=2016|title=Aqua and Bondi: The Road to OS X & The Computer That Saved Apple|publisher=Hackett Technical Media|isbn=978-0-9979937-0-7}}</ref>{{rp|8–20}}

Early versions of Mac OS X, called [[Rhapsody (operating system)|Rhapsody]], was a developer release that had an interim user interface, blending [[MacOS 8]]'s "Platinum" and [[OpenStep]] looks.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Amit |url= |title=Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach |date=2006-06-19 |publisher=Addison-Wesley Professional |isbn=978-0-13-270226-3 |language=en}}</ref>{{rp|27–28}} The Rhapsody approach was ultimately abandoned, and the new operating system was dubbed Mac OS X in 1998.<ref name="hackett_2016"/>{{rp|71}} Early developer previews of Mac OS X shipped with an interface similar to Rhapsody, combining classic Mac OS and NextStep.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/1999/12/macos-x-dp2/ | title=Mac OS X DP2 | date=December 14, 1999 }}</ref> The final operating system interface, Aqua, would be unveiled at Macworld Expo in January 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2000-01-17|title=A Quick Dip into Aqua, the Mac OS X Interface|url=https://tidbits.com/2000/01/17/a-quick-dip-into-aqua-the-mac-os-x-interface/|access-date=2021-05-09|website=TidBITS|language=en}}</ref>