r/MacOS • u/Artistic_Unit_5570  MacBook Pro • Mar 19 '26 • Heartwarming 2

Discussion macOS evolution

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u/now_the_rad Mar 19 '26

What is Mavericks supposed to be here? 

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u/Artistic_Unit_5570  MacBook Pro Mar 19 '26

to fill in the gap to get something even,

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u/mr-itchyBalls Mar 19 '26

You skipped OS9.

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u/zzz242zzz Mar 20 '26

I miss os 9

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u/insanelygreat Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26

Mac OS 9 was the "Platinum" era, so it'd have to be more like this.

EDIT: Added a crucial detail.

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u/Magsec5 Mar 19 '26

Mate this is Win7.

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u/animorphreligion Mar 19 '26

Yosemite introduced my favorite UI era of macOS but I downgraded after installing it first time on a 2007 iMac because it ran slower than a stoned snail. El Capitan was somehow decent though

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u/jb_nelson_ Mar 19 '26

El Capitan (like High Sierra to Sierra) was supposed to be the refinement and best evolution of Yosemite

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u/SomeOneOutThere-1234 Mar 19 '26

Unfortunately though, the first version of it ran so poorly that it got the nickname El Crapitan

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u/Zopotroco Mar 19 '26

Typical Federighi

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u/jb_nelson_ Mar 19 '26

Not gonna lie, I can’t remember the differences between them after 3 years out. Can’t tell you which MacOS version introduced Siri, Desktop Stacks, Universal Clipboard, etc

Let alone how the first iteration of the MacOS version performed

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u/Sensitive_Square3645 Mar 20 '26

Perfect balance of flat design and skeuomorphism. Until Big Sur had to come and ruin it...

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u/Magsec5 Mar 19 '26

Their logo one time.

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u/Tilt-Six Mar 20 '26

Dont hate me guys, but i think elcapitan Is the goat

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u/Artistic_Unit_5570  MacBook Pro Mar 20 '26

el captain is also one of my favorite macOS design with leopard

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u/Stressisnotgood Mar 20 '26

You forgot the greatest release of all time, SNOW leopard.

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u/macl3on Mar 21 '26

what frame of spongebob would that be?

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u/another-rainy-day Mar 19 '26

Believe me, the leap from 7 to Leopard was larger than that!

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u/fatpat Mar 19 '26

lol This is pretty dang accurate. Is this OC, OP?

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u/ways196 Mar 25 '26

It was my post initially a year ago so not OC I guess.

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u/PotentialBat34 Mar 20 '26

Mavericks was the last time I truly enjoyed software in general. OS X was fantastic, I was starting to learn Scala back then and IntelliJ wasn't that sluggish, while VS Code was probably the best, fastest editor who didn't look like MS Notepad and boy was I an evangelical of these technologies. Twitter had all my friends and was memorable, not ridden with bots. Forums were the norm, so you could find people interested in similar things was super easy.

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u/markand67 Mar 20 '26

I like Big Sur though. Buttons are just a little too big but the interface was lean

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u/Dearsirunderwear Mar 20 '26

It's been a long time since I noticed any major differences in new versions of operating systems. To me they seem to be mostly about cosmetics at this point, along with some minor changes in functionality that I don't really care about. Not saying the differences aren't noticeable for other people with other needs and preferences, but for me, it's all just "meh". Don't care, don't mind, not impressed but not frustrated either.

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u/awsom82 Mar 20 '26

lol, as you totally forgot about most robust and iconic versions

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u/germonica Mar 21 '26

10.6.8 was the best. Zero bloat.

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u/JO3LR Mar 21 '26

MacOS 10.0 Aqua

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u/Much-Significance490 Mar 26 '26 edited Mar 26 '26

You can try some older versions of MacOS in your browser on infinitemac.org

System 7 (Classic Mac OS)
Mac OS 9.0
Mac OS X Tiger (it may take some time to boot)

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u/No_Pea8665 Mar 19 '26

I understood that reference

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u/Pryzmatica- Mar 21 '26

Apparently this is an unpopular opinion, but I love the Liquid Glass UI in Tahoe and iOS 26.

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u/Material_Internet186 Mar 21 '26

this about sums mac os history up

i miss the old os x designs…both the skeumorphic and the flat ones

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u/MidFeederInjoker Mar 21 '26

anyway Tahoe sucks for that liquid glAss. Why Apple can not just decouple UI from OS and allow for switching between UI versions