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===Mac OS X Public Beta=== {{Main|Mac OS X Public Beta}} On September 13, 2000, Apple released a $29.95<ref> {{cite web | author=John Siracusa | url=https://arstechnica.com/reviews/4q00/macosx-pb1/macos-x-beta-1.html | title=Mac OS X Beta – Page 1 – (10/2000) | publisher=[[Condé Nast Publishing|Condé Nast Digital]] | work=[[Ars Technica]] | access-date=March 11, 2010 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030014232/http://arstechnica.com/reviews/4q00/macosx-pb1/macos-x-beta-1.html | archive-date=October 30, 2009 }}</ref> "preview" version of [[Mac OS X Public Beta|Mac OS X]] (internally codenamed [[Kodiak bear|Kodiak]]) in order to gain feedback from users.<ref> {{cite web | url=https://opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/DevToolsJun2005/gas-590/Makefile | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114075402/http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/DevToolsJun2005/gas-590/Makefile | archive-date=2009-01-14 | title=Makefile | quote=RC Release is Kodiak (Public Beta) | access-date=December 15, 2008 |date=June 2005 | publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] }}</ref> It marked the first public availability of the [[Aqua (user interface)|Aqua interface]], and Apple made many changes to the UI based on customer feedback. Mac OS X Public Beta expired and ceased to function in spring 2001.<ref> {{cite web | url=http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/Mac_OS_X_Public_Beta_Expires_Today/ | title=Mac OS X Public Beta Expires Today | News | publisher=The Mac Observer | access-date=March 11, 2010 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608083239/http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/Mac_OS_X_Public_Beta_Expires_Today/ | archive-date=June 8, 2011 }}</ref>
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