| Version of the macOS operating system | |
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| Developer | Apple Computer |
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| OS family | |
| Working state | Historic, not supported |
| Released to manufacturing | September 13, 2000 |
| Platforms | PowerPC |
| Kernel type | Hybrid (XNU) |
| Default user interface | Aqua |
| Preceded by | Mac OS 9 Mac OS X Server 1.0 |
| Succeeded by | Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah |
| Official website | Apple - Mac OS X at the Wayback Machine (archived November 9, 2000) |
| Support status | |
| Historic, unsupported as of March 24, 2001. Expired on May 14, 2001. | |
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Mac OS X Public Beta (internally code named "Kodiak") was the first publicly available version of Apple Computer's Mac OS X (now named macOS) operating system to feature the Aqua user interface. It was released to the public on September 13, 2000 for US$ 29.95. Its release was significant as the first publicly available evidence of Apple's ability to ship the "next-generation Mac operating system" after the Copland failure. It allowed software developers and early adopters to test a preview of the upcoming operating system and develop software for it before its final release. It is the only public version of Mac OS X to have a code name not based on a big cat until the release of 10.9 Mavericks in 2013. The US version had a build number of 1H39 and the international version had build number 2E14.[1]
- ^ Marcin Wichary. "GUIdebook > Screenshots > Mac OS X Public Beta". Guidebookgallery.org. Archived from the original on December 19, 2016. Retrieved June 21, 2011.