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Slideshows about Mac OS X

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  Snow Leopard versus Windows 7

  Snow Leopard’s Finder and Windows 7’s Explorer have strikingly similar interfaces, with quick-search fields in the upper-right corner, path bars (OS X’s is optional and can be switched on in the View menu), and sidebars that provide easy access to various common locations on your computer.

  Snow Leopard versus Windows 7

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News about Mac OS X

• Will Apple ever release a Mac hybrid?

  Apple may need to bring some iPad Pro features like a touchscreen to MacBooks as users evolve

• Apple picks up OS X El Capitan's development pace

  Apple's OS X El Capitan has been on a faster tempo of preview releases than its 2014 predecessor, signaling that the upgrade for the Mac ...

• As Apple desktop use grows, IT adapts

  The popularity of iPhones and iPads has yielded more enterprise use of Mac desktops and laptops, particularly among Milennials.

• Apple sticks to schedule, releases second El Capitan beta

  Apple today released the second developer preview of OS X 10.11, El Capitan, matching the pace of last year's Yosemite to the day.

• Apple to live-stream next week's WWDC keynote

  Apple announced that it will live-stream the opening keynote at its Worldwide Developers Conference next week.

• Apple to wind back the clock to '09 with focus on quality, not features, in next OS X

  Apple looks poised to turn back the clock to 2009, when it released OS X Snow Leopard, and focus less on shiny new features in ...

Features about Mac OS X

• Support clock ticks on Office for Mac 2011, but heir nowhere in sight

  18 months left before Microsoft retires current suite on OS X

• Review: Microsoft Office Online vs. Apple iWork for iCloud vs. Google Drive

  Online word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation apps can be surprisingly useful, or surprisingly lame, and not even Microsoft aces Office document compatibility

• Apple counters Microsoft's convergence strategy with Continuity

  More devices, working together, not multiple devices mashed into one, gives Apple that many more chances to sell hardware

• Beats me: Everyone posits a theory on Apple's $3bn deal

  Beats acquisition is a Rorschach inkblot test for anyone who follows Apple, asserts analyst

• A clear-eyed guide to Mac OS X's actual security risks

  Apple has improved its security in recent years, but is it enough?

• OS upgrades: Cheap is better than pricey, free is better than cheap

  Apple's shown the way with free OS X upgrades, but will Microsoft follow? The numbers say that would be smart if Redmond is after service ...