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Mac OS X 10.1

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Mac OS X 10.1
Version of the macOS operating system
Screenshot of Mac OS X 10.1 Puma Finder and System Preferences
DeveloperApple Computer, Inc.
OS family
Source modelClosed, with open source components
General
availability		September 29, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-09-29)[1]
Latest release10.1.5 / June 6, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-06-06)[2]
PlatformsPowerPC
Kernel typeHybrid (XNU)
LicenseApple Public Source License (APSL) and Apple end-user license agreement (EULA)
Preceded byMac OS X 10.0
Succeeded byMac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
Official websiteApple - Mac OS X at the Wayback Machine (archived November 17, 2001)
TaglineThe biggest breakthrough since point and click.
Support status
Historical, unsupported as of November 13, 2006
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Mac OS X 10.1 (code named Puma) is the second major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system. It superseded Mac OS X 10.0 and preceded Mac OS X Jaguar. Mac OS X 10.1 was released on September 25, 2001, as a free update for Mac OS X 10.0 users. The operating system was handed out for free by Apple employees after Steve Jobs' keynote speech at the Seybold publishing conference in San Francisco. It was subsequently distributed to Mac users on October 25, 2001, at Apple Stores and other retail stores that carried Apple products.

Mac OS X 10.1 was codenamed "Puma" because the internal team thought it was "one fast cat."[3]

System requirements

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Supported computers:

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Features

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Apple introduced many features that were missing from the previous version, as well as improving overall system performance.

This system release brought some major new features to the Mac OS X platform:

  • Mac OS X 10.1 introduced large performance increases throughout the system.
  • The dock UI is updated to remove the stripes.
  • Better support is added for CD and DVD burning in Finder.
  • The Apple logo on the toolbar was changed.
  • iTunes is made a system default for the first time.
  • A new file sortinog option and option to allow users to hide the toolbar in System Preferences have been added.[5]
  • The log in screen had its Apple logo redesigned and gained the ability to set icons.
  • DVDs can be played in the newly introduced Apple DVD Player.
  • More printer support is added, being more than 200 out of the box.
  • The AppleScript interface now allows scripting access to many more system components, such as the Printer Center, and Terminal, thus improving the customizability of the interface. As well, Apple introduced AppleScript Studio, which allows a user to create full AppleScript applications in a simple graphical interface.
  • The Finder was enhanced to optionally hide file extensions on a per-file basis. The Cocoa API was enhanced to allow developers to set traditional Mac type and creator information directly without relying on Carbon to do it.[6]
  • ColorSync 4.0, a color management system and API, was introduced.
  • Image Capture was inotroduced for acquiring images from digital cameras and scanners.
  • Internet Explorer is updated to be based on Internet Explorer 5.1.2 with a few bug fixes.
  • Menu Extras, a set of items the user can add to the system menu, were introduced, replacing the supplied Dock Extras.[7]

Apple switched to using Mac OS X as the default on all then-new Macs with the 10.1.2 release.[8]

Applications found on Mac OS X 10.1 Puma

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Release history

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Version Build Date Darwin version Notes
10.1 5G64 September 25, 2001 1.4.1 Original retail CD-ROM release; 5L14 and 5L17b available after certain security updates
10.1.1 5M28 November 12, 2001 5.1 Mac OS X Update 10.1.1: Information and Download
10.1.2 5P48 December 21, 2001 5.2 Mac OS X Update 10.1.2: Information and Download
10.1.3 5Q45 February 19, 2002 5.3 Mac OS X Update 10.1.3: Information and Download
10.1.4 5Q125 April 17, 2002 5.4 Mac OS X Update 10.1.4: Information and Download
10.1.5 5S60 June 5, 2002 5.5 Mac OS X Update 10.1.5: Information and Download; 5S66 after networking update

Timeline

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Timeline of Mac operating systems
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References

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  1. ^ "First Major Upgrade to Mac OS X Hits Stores This Weekend" (Press release). Apple Inc. September 25, 2001. Archived from the original on September 19, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  2. ^ "Mac OS X Update 10.1.5: Information and Download". January 12, 2002. Archived from the original on June 17, 2002.
  3. ^ "Seybold San Francisco Keynote 2001". September 25, 2001.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Mac OS X v10.1". Apple Inc. 2001. Archived from the original on November 18, 2001. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  5. ^ https://appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/24/road_to_mac_os_x_leopard_system_preferences
  6. ^ "Mac OS X 10.1 File Name Extension Guidelines - Cocoabuilder". www.cocoabuilder.com. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  7. ^ "Mac OS X 10.1 - Page 9 - (10/2001)". archive.arstechnica.com. Archived from the original on May 7, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  8. ^ "Apple Makes Mac OS X the Default Operating System on All Macs" (Press release). Apple. Archived from the original on September 19, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
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Preceded by Mac OS X 10.1 (Puma)
2001 		Succeeded by
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