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=== Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard === [[Mac OS X Leopard]] was released on October 26, 2007. Apple called it "the largest update of Mac OS X". Leopard supports both [[PowerPC]]- and [[X86|Intel x86]]-based Macintosh computers; support for Macs with the G3 processor was dropped, and Macs with the G4 processor required a minimum clock rate of 867 MHz and at least 512 MB of [[Random-access memory|RAM]] to be installed. The single DVD works for all supported Macs (including 64-bit machines). New features include a new look, an updated Finder, [[Time Machine (macOS)|Time Machine]], [[Spaces (software)|Spaces]], [[Boot Camp (software)|Boot Camp]] pre-installed,<ref name="bootcamp"> {{cite web | url=https://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/ | title=Apple β BootCamp | year=2006 | access-date=June 5, 2006 | publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060602044022/http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/ |archive-date = June 2, 2006}}</ref> full support for [[64-bit]] applications (including graphical applications), new features in [[Mail (OS X)|Mail]] and [[iChat]], and a number of new security features. Leopard, on the Intel platform, is the first [[Single UNIX Specification|Open Brand UNIX 03]] registered version of macOS. It was also the first [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD-based]] OS to receive UNIX 03 certification.<ref name="Leopard UNIX certification"/><ref> {{cite web | publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] | title=Mac OS X Leopard β Technology β UNIX | url=https://www.apple.com/server/macosx/technology/unix.html | work=Leopard Technology Overview | access-date=October 26, 2007 | quote=Leopard is now an Open Brand UNIX 03 Registered Product, conforming to the SUSv3 and POSIX 1003.1 specifications for the C API, Shell Utilities, and Threads. | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609032125/http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/technology/unix.html | archive-date=June 9, 2011 }}</ref> Leopard dropped support for the [[Classic Environment]] and all Classic applications,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303137 | title=Do Classic applications work with Mac OS X 10.5 or Intel-based Macs? | publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] | work=Knowledge Base | date=January 13, 2006 | access-date=October 25, 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025084826/http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303137 | archive-date=October 25, 2007 }}</ref> and was the final version of Mac OS X to support the PowerPC architecture.
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