Editing MacOS (section)

=== macOS ===
[[File:MacOS logo.svg|thumb|200px|Current logo]]
In 2016, with the release of [[macOS Sierra|macOS 10.12 Sierra]], the name was changed from OS X to macOS with the purpose of aligning it with the branding of Apple's other primary operating systems: [[iOS]], [[watchOS]], and [[tvOS]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 13, 2016 |title=Apple just renamed one of its oldest and most important products |work=Business Insider |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/wwdc-2016-os-x-becomes-macos-2016-6 |url-status=live |access-date=November 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111191151/https://www.businessinsider.com/wwdc-2016-os-x-becomes-macos-2016-6 |archive-date=November 11, 2016 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5jXg_NNiCA |title=Apple – WWDC 2016 Keynote |date=June 15, 2016 |time=2:02:50 |access-date=August 21, 2019 |archive-date=August 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831174723/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5jXg_NNiCA |url-status=live }}</ref> macOS Sierra added [[Siri]], [[iCloud Drive]], picture-in-picture support, a Night Shift mode that switches the display to warmer colors at night, and two Continuity features: Universal Clipboard, which syncs a user's clipboard across their Apple devices, and Auto Unlock, which can unlock a user's Mac with their Apple Watch. macOS Sierra also adds support for the [[Apple File System]] (APFS), Apple's successor to the dated [[HFS+]] file system.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Siracusa |first=John |date=2011-07-20 |title=Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: the Ars Technica review |url=https://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2011/07/mac-os-x-10-7.ars |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us |archive-date=May 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504111431/http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2011/07/mac-os-x-10-7.ars |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhartiya |first=Swapnil |date=January 13, 2015 |title=Linus Torvalds: Apple's HFS+ is probably the worst file system ever |url=https://www.cio.com/article/251059/linus-torvalds-apples-hfs-is-probably-the-worst-file-system-ever.html |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=CIO |language=en-US |archive-date=October 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003072913/https://www.cio.com/article/251059/linus-torvalds-apples-hfs-is-probably-the-worst-file-system-ever.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Oakley |first=Howard |date=May 16, 2022 |title=Should you continue using HFS+? |url=https://eclecticlight.co/2022/05/16/should-you-continue-using-hfs/ |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=The Eclectic Light Company |language=en |archive-date=June 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619063617/https://eclecticlight.co/2022/05/16/should-you-continue-using-hfs/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[macOS High Sierra|macOS 10.13 High Sierra]], released in 2017, included performance improvements, [[Metal (API)|Metal 2]] and [[High Efficiency Video Coding|HEVC]] support, and made APFS the default file system for [[Solid-state drive|SSD]] boot drives.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Swain |first=Chris |title=APFS in macOS High Sierra |url=https://www.macinchem.org/blog/files/960e8891940dfc087f89f0b0aa42af9b-2167.php |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=Macs in Chemistry |language=en |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026093900/https://www.macinchem.org/blog/files/960e8891940dfc087f89f0b0aa42af9b-2167.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

Its successor, [[macOS Mojave|macOS 10.14 Mojave]], was released in 2018, adding a dark mode option and a [[Wallpaper (computing)#macOS|dynamic wallpaper setting]].<ref name="macrumors-mojave">{{Cite web |last=Juli Clover |date=September 24, 2018 |title=Apple Releases macOS Mojave With Dark Mode, Stacks, Dynamic Desktop and More |url=https://www.macrumors.com/2018/09/24/apple-releases-macos-mojave |access-date=September 24, 2018 |website=[[MacRumors]] |archive-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921235211/https://www.macrumors.com/2018/09/24/apple-releases-macos-mojave/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was succeeded by [[macOS Catalina|macOS 10.15 Catalina]] in 2019, which replaces [[iTunes]] with separate apps for different types of media, and introduces the Catalyst system for porting iOS apps.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cunningham |first=Andrew |date=2019-10-07 |title=macOS 10.15 Catalina: The Ars Technica review |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/10/macos-10-15-catalina-the-ars-technica-review |access-date=2019-10-07 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us |archive-date=September 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922032420/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/10/macos-10-15-catalina-the-ars-technica-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2020, Apple announced [[macOS Big Sur|macOS 11 Big Sur]] at that year's WWDC. This was the first increment in the primary version number of macOS since the release of [[Mac OS X Public Beta]] in 2000; updates to macOS 11 were given 11.x numbers, matching the version numbering scheme used by Apple's other operating systems. Big Sur brought major changes to the user interface and was the first version to run on [[Apple Silicon]], based on the [[ARM architecture family|ARM]] architecture.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tung |first=Liam |date=2020-06-23 |title=Apple Big Sur: Here's what makes new macOS 'biggest update to design in over a decade' |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-big-sur-heres-what-makes-new-macos-biggest-update-to-design-in-over-a-decade/ |access-date=2020-06-23 |website=ZDNet |language=en-us |archive-date=April 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405090919/https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-big-sur-heres-what-makes-new-macos-biggest-update-to-design-in-over-a-decade/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The numbering system started with Big Sur continued in 2021 with [[macOS Monterey|macOS 12 Monterey]], 2022 with [[macOS Ventura|macOS 13 Ventura]], 2023 with [[macOS Sonoma|macOS 14 Sonoma]], and 2024 with [[MacOS Sequoia|macOS 15 Sequoia]].