MacOS Mojave, the Glossary
macOS Mojave (version 10.14) is the fifteenth major release of macOS, Apple Inc.'s desktop operating system for Macintosh computers.[1]
Table of Contents
88 relations: API, App Store (Apple), Apple File System, Apple Inc., Apple Mail, Apple Music, Apple News, Apple Podcasts, Apple Public Source License, Apple TV app, Application software, Ars Technica, California, CNET, Cocoa Touch, Darwin (operating system), Dashboard (macOS), Digital Trends, Dock (macOS), End-user license agreement, Facebook, FaceTime, Finder (software), Flickr, Fusion Drive, Graphics processing unit, Hard disk drive, HFS Plus, HomeKit, Hybrid kernel, IMac Pro, IOS, IPhoto, ITunes, Jason Snell (writer), Light-on-dark color scheme, LinkedIn, List of built-in macOS apps, Mac (computer), Mac App Store, Mac Mini, Mac operating systems, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac Pro, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, MacOS, MacOS Catalina, MacOS High Sierra, MacOS Sierra, ... Expand index (38 more) »
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API
An is a way for two or more computer programs or components to communicate with each other.
App Store (Apple)
The App Store is an app marketplace developed and maintained by Apple, for mobile apps on its iOS and iPadOS operating systems.
See MacOS Mojave and App Store (Apple)
Apple File System
Apple File System (APFS) is a proprietary file system developed and deployed by Apple Inc. for macOS Sierra (10.12.4) and later, iOS 10.3, tvOS 10.2, watchOS 3.2, and all versions of iPadOS.
See MacOS Mojave and Apple File System
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley.
See MacOS Mojave and Apple Inc.
Apple Mail
Mail is an email client included by Apple Inc. with its operating systems macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and visionOS.
See MacOS Mojave and Apple Mail
Apple Music
Apple Music is an audio and video streaming service developed by Apple Inc. Users select music to stream to their device on-demand, or they can listen to existing playlists.
See MacOS Mojave and Apple Music
Apple News
Apple News is a news aggregator app developed by Apple Inc., for its iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and macOS operating systems.
See MacOS Mojave and Apple News
Apple Podcasts
Apple Podcasts (known as simply Podcasts in Apple operating systems) is an audio streaming service and media player application developed by Apple Inc. for playing podcasts.
See MacOS Mojave and Apple Podcasts
Apple Public Source License
The Apple Public Source License (APSL) is the open-source and free software license under which Apple's Darwin operating system was released in 2000.
See MacOS Mojave and Apple Public Source License
Apple TV app
The Apple TV app (also known as Apple TV, TV, and the TV app) is a line of media player software programs developed by Apple Inc. for viewing television shows and films delivered by Apple to consumer electronic devices.
See MacOS Mojave and Apple TV app
Application software
An application program (software application, or application, or app for short) is a computer program designed to carry out a specific task other than one relating to the operation of the computer itself, typically to be used by end-users.
See MacOS Mojave and Application software
Ars Technica
Ars Technica is a website covering news and opinions in technology, science, politics, and society, created by Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes in 1998.
See MacOS Mojave and Ars Technica
California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
See MacOS Mojave and California
CNET
CNET (short for "Computer Network") is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally.
Cocoa Touch
Cocoa Touch is the application development environment for building software programs to run on iOS for the iPhone and iPod Touch, iPadOS for the iPad, watchOS for the Apple Watch, and tvOS for the Apple TV, from Apple Inc. Cocoa Touch provides an abstraction layer of iOS, the operating system for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.
See MacOS Mojave and Cocoa Touch
Darwin (operating system)
Darwin is the core Unix-like operating system of macOS (previously OS X and Mac OS X), iOS, watchOS, tvOS, iPadOS, audioOS, visionOS, and bridgeOS.
See MacOS Mojave and Darwin (operating system)
Dashboard (macOS)
Dashboard is a discontinued feature of Apple Inc.'s macOS operating systems, used as a secondary desktop for hosting mini-applications known as widgets.
See MacOS Mojave and Dashboard (macOS)
Digital Trends
Digital Trends is a Portland, Oregon-based tech news, lifestyle, and information website that publishes news, reviews, guides, how-to articles, descriptive videos and podcasts about technology and consumer electronics products.
See MacOS Mojave and Digital Trends
Dock (macOS)
The Dock is a prominent feature of the graphical user interface of macOS.
See MacOS Mojave and Dock (macOS)
End-user license agreement
An end-user license agreement or EULA is a legal contract between a software supplier and a customer or end-user.
See MacOS Mojave and End-user license agreement
Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by American technology conglomerate Meta.
FaceTime
FaceTime is a proprietary videotelephony product developed by Apple Inc. FaceTime is available on supported iOS mobile devices running iOS 4 and later and Mac computers that run and later.
Finder (software)
The Finder is the default file manager and graphical user interface shell used on all Macintosh operating systems.
See MacOS Mojave and Finder (software)
Flickr
Flickr is an image hosting and video hosting service, as well as an online community, founded in Canada and headquartered in the United States.
Fusion Drive
Fusion Drive is a type of hybrid drive technology created by Apple Inc. It combines a hard disk drive with a NAND flash storage (solid-state drive of 24 GB or more) and presents it as a single Core Storage managed logical volume with the space of both drives combined.
See MacOS Mojave and Fusion Drive
Graphics processing unit
A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit initially designed for digital image processing and to accelerate computer graphics, being present either as a discrete video card or embedded on motherboards, mobile phones, personal computers, workstations, and game consoles.
See MacOS Mojave and Graphics processing unit
Hard disk drive
A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk is an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material.
See MacOS Mojave and Hard disk drive
HFS Plus
HFS Plus or HFS+ (also known as Mac OS Extended or HFS Extended) is a journaling file system developed by Apple Inc. It replaced the Hierarchical File System (HFS) as the primary file system of Apple computers with the 1998 release of Mac OS 8.1.
HomeKit
HomeKit, also known as Apple Home, is a software framework and communication protocol developed by Apple Inc. that lets users configure, communicate with and control smart-home appliances using Apple devices.
Hybrid kernel
A hybrid kernel is an operating system kernel architecture that attempts to combine aspects and benefits of microkernel and monolithic kernel architectures used in operating systems.
See MacOS Mojave and Hybrid kernel
IMac Pro
The iMac Pro is an all-in-one personal computer and workstation sold by Apple Inc. from 2017 to 2022.
IOS
iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system developed by Apple exclusively for its smartphones.
IPhoto
iPhoto is a discontinued digital photograph manipulation software application developed by Apple Inc. It was included with every Mac computer from 2002 to 2015, when it was replaced with Apple's Photos application.
ITunes
iTunes was a media player, media library, mobile device management utility developed by Apple.
Jason Snell (writer)
Jason Snell (born October 6, 1970 in Oakland, California) is an American writer, editor, and podcaster whose professional career has been split between covering technology—heavily focused on Apple Inc.'s Macintosh computers, iPhones, and services—and pop culture.
See MacOS Mojave and Jason Snell (writer)
Light-on-dark color scheme
A light-on-dark color scheme, better known as dark mode, dark theme or night mode is a color scheme that uses light-colored text, icons, and graphical user interface elements on a dark background.
See MacOS Mojave and Light-on-dark color scheme
LinkedIn is a business and employment-focused social media platform that works through websites and mobile apps.
List of built-in macOS apps
This is a list of built-in apps and system components developed by Apple Inc. for macOS that come bundled by default or are installed through a system update.
See MacOS Mojave and List of built-in macOS apps
Mac (computer)
Mac, short for Macintosh (its official name until 1999), is a family of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple.
See MacOS Mojave and Mac (computer)
Mac App Store
The Mac App Store (also known as the App Store) is a digital distribution platform for macOS apps, often referred to as Mac apps, created and maintained by Apple Inc. The platform was announced on October 20, 2010, at Apple's "Back to the Mac" event.
See MacOS Mojave and Mac App Store
Mac Mini
Mac Mini (stylized as Mac mini) is a small form factor desktop computer developed and marketed by Apple Inc.
Mac operating systems
Mac operating systems were developed by Apple Inc. in a succession of two major series.
See MacOS Mojave and Mac operating systems
Mac OS X Leopard
Mac OS X Leopard (version 10.5) is the sixth major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers. MacOS Mojave and mac OS X Leopard are macOS versions and x86-64 operating systems.
See MacOS Mojave and Mac OS X Leopard
Mac Pro
Mac Pro is a series of workstations and servers for professionals made by Apple Inc. since 2006.
MacBook Air
The MacBook Air is a line of laptop computers developed and manufactured by Apple since 2008.
See MacOS Mojave and MacBook Air
MacBook Pro
The MacBook Pro is a line of Mac laptop computers developed and manufactured by Apple.
See MacOS Mojave and MacBook Pro
MacOS
macOS, originally Mac OS X, previously shortened as OS X, is an operating system developed and marketed by Apple since 2001. MacOS Mojave and MacOS are x86-64 operating systems.
MacOS Catalina
macOS Catalina (version 10.15) is the sixteenth major release of macOS, Apple Inc.'s desktop operating system for Macintosh computers. MacOS Mojave and macOS Catalina are macOS versions and x86-64 operating systems.
See MacOS Mojave and MacOS Catalina
MacOS High Sierra
macOS High Sierra (version 10.13) is the fourteenth major release of macOS, Apple Inc.'s desktop operating system for Macintosh computers. MacOS Mojave and macOS High Sierra are macOS versions and x86-64 operating systems.
See MacOS Mojave and MacOS High Sierra
MacOS Sierra
macOS Sierra (version 10.12) is the thirteenth major release of macOS (formerly known as and), Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers. MacOS Mojave and macOS Sierra are macOS versions and x86-64 operating systems.
See MacOS Mojave and MacOS Sierra
MacRumors
MacRumors is an American website that reports and aggregates Apple Inc.- and Mac-related news, rumors, and information.
See MacOS Mojave and MacRumors
Macworld
Macworld is a digital magazine and website dedicated to products and software of Apple Inc., published by Foundry, a subsidiary of IDG.
Messages (Apple)
Messages (formerly Text) is a text messaging software application developed by Apple Inc. for its macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and visionOS operating systems.
See MacOS Mojave and Messages (Apple)
Metadata (or metainformation) is "data that provides information about other data", but not the content of the data itself, such as the text of a message or the image itself.
Metal is a low-level, low-overhead hardware-accelerated 3D graphic and compute shader API created by Apple, debuting in iOS 8.
See MacOS Mojave and Metal (API)
Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert (Hayikwiir Mat'aar; Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains and Transverse Ranges in the Southwestern United States.
See MacOS Mojave and Mojave Desert
MoltenVK
MoltenVK is a software library which allows Vulkan applications to run on top of Metal on Apple's macOS, iOS, and tvOS operating systems.
Open-source software
Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose.
See MacOS Mojave and Open-source software
OpenCL
OpenCL (Open Computing Language) is a framework for writing programs that execute across heterogeneous platforms consisting of central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units (GPUs), digital signal processors (DSPs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and other processors or hardware accelerators.
OpenGL
OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a cross-language, cross-platform application programming interface (API) for rendering 2D and 3D vector graphics.
OS X El Capitan
OS X El Capitan is the twelfth major release of macOS (named OS X at the time of El Capitan's release), Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating system for Macintosh. MacOS Mojave and oS X El Capitan are macOS versions and x86-64 operating systems.
See MacOS Mojave and OS X El Capitan
OS X Mavericks
OS X Mavericks (version 10.9) is the 10th major release of macOS, Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers. MacOS Mojave and oS X Mavericks are macOS versions and x86-64 operating systems.
See MacOS Mojave and OS X Mavericks
OS X Mountain Lion
OS X Mountain Lion (version 10.8) is the ninth major release of macOS, Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers. MacOS Mojave and oS X Mountain Lion are macOS versions and x86-64 operating systems.
See MacOS Mojave and OS X Mountain Lion
OS X Yosemite
OS X Yosemite (version 10.10) is the eleventh major release of macOS, Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers. MacOS Mojave and oS X Yosemite are macOS versions and x86-64 operating systems.
See MacOS Mojave and OS X Yosemite
Patch (computing)
A patch is data that is intended to be used to modify an existing software resource such as a program or a file, often to fix bugs and security vulnerabilities.
See MacOS Mojave and Patch (computing)
PCMag
PC Magazine (shortened as PCMag) is an American computer magazine published by Ziff Davis.
Photos (Apple)
Photos is a photo management and editing application developed by Apple.
See MacOS Mojave and Photos (Apple)
Proprietary software
Proprietary software is software that grants its creator, publisher, or other rightsholder or rightsholder partner a legal monopoly by modern copyright and intellectual property law to exclude the recipient from freely sharing the software or modifying it, and—in some cases, as is the case with some patent-encumbered and EULA-bound software—from making use of the software on their own, thereby restricting their freedoms.
See MacOS Mojave and Proprietary software
Safari (web browser)
Safari is a web browser developed by Apple.
See MacOS Mojave and Safari (web browser)
San Jose, California
San Jose, officially the paren), is the largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2022 population of 971,233, it is the most populous city in both the Bay Area and the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland Combined Statistical Area—which in 2022 had a population of 7.5 million and 9.0 million respectively—the third-most populous city in California after Los Angeles and San Diego, and the 13th-most populous in the United States.
See MacOS Mojave and San Jose, California
Screenshot
A screenshot (also known as screen capture or screen grab) is a digital image that shows the contents of a computer display.
See MacOS Mojave and Screenshot
Software versioning
Software versioning is the process of assigning either unique version names or unique version numbers to unique states of computer software.
See MacOS Mojave and Software versioning
Solid-state drive
A solid-state drive (SSD) is a solid-state storage device.
See MacOS Mojave and Solid-state drive
Stacks (Mac OS)
Stacks are a feature found in Apple's macOS, starting in Mac OS X Leopard.
See MacOS Mojave and Stacks (Mac OS)
System Settings
System Settings (known as System Preferences prior to macOS Ventura) is an application included with macOS.
See MacOS Mojave and System Settings
TechCrunch
TechCrunch is an American global online newspaper focusing on topics regarding high-tech and startup companies.
See MacOS Mojave and TechCrunch
TechRadar
TechRadar is an online publication owned by Future plc and focused on technology.
See MacOS Mojave and TechRadar
The Verge
The Verge is an American technology news website headquartered in Lower Manhattan, New York City and operated by Vox Media.
See MacOS Mojave and The Verge
TNW (website)
TNW (The Next Web) is a website and annual series of conferences focused on new technology and start-up companies in Europe.
See MacOS Mojave and TNW (website)
X, commonly referred to by its former name Twitter, is a social networking service.
Unix
Unix (trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, whose development started in 1969 at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others.
Vimeo
Vimeo, Inc. is an American video hosting, sharing, services provider, and broadcaster headquartered in New York City.
Vulkan
Vulkan is a low-level, low-overhead cross-platform API and open standard for 3D graphics and computing.
Worldwide Developers Conference
The Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is an information technology conference held annually by Apple Inc. The conference is usually held at Apple Park in California.
See MacOS Mojave and Worldwide Developers Conference
X86-64
x86-64 (also known as x64, x86_64, AMD64, and Intel 64) is a 64-bit version of the x86 instruction set, first announced in 1999.
XNU
XNU ("X is Not Unix") is the computer operating system (OS) kernel developed at Apple Inc. since December 1996 for use in the Mac OS X (now macOS) operating system and released as free and open-source software as part of the Darwin OS, which, in addition to being the basis for macOS, is also the basis for Apple TV Software, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, visionOS, and tvOS.
ZDNET
ZDNET is a business technology news website owned and operated by Red Ventures.
12-inch MacBook
The 12-inch MacBook (also called the Retina MacBook, officially marketed as the new MacBook) is a discontinued Mac laptop made by Apple Inc., which sat between the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro in Apple's laptop lineup.
See MacOS Mojave and 12-inch MacBook
See also
MacOS versions
- Mac OS X 10.0
- Mac OS X 10.1
- Mac OS X Jaguar
- Mac OS X Leopard
- Mac OS X Panther
- Mac OS X Snow Leopard
- Mac OS X Tiger
- MacOS Big Sur
- MacOS Catalina
- MacOS High Sierra
- MacOS Mojave
- MacOS Monterey
- MacOS Sequoia
- MacOS Sierra
- MacOS Sonoma
- MacOS Ventura
- OS X El Capitan
- OS X Lion
- OS X Mavericks
- OS X Mountain Lion
- OS X Yosemite
X86-64 operating systems
- DragonFly BSD
- FreeBSD
- Fuchsia (operating system)
- Genode
- Haiku (operating system)
- Mac OS X Leopard
- Mac OS X Snow Leopard
- Mac OS X Tiger
- MacOS
- MacOS Big Sur
- MacOS Catalina
- MacOS High Sierra
- MacOS Mojave
- MacOS Monterey
- MacOS Sequoia
- MacOS Sierra
- MacOS Sonoma
- MacOS Ventura
- MenuetOS
- NetBSD
- NonStop (server computers)
- OS X El Capitan
- OS X Lion
- OS X Mavericks
- OS X Mountain Lion
- OS X Yosemite
- OpenBSD
- OpenIndiana
- OpenVMS
- Oracle Solaris
- Plan 9 from Bell Labs
- ReactOS
- Sailfish OS
- Stratus VOS
- TempleOS
- Windows 10
- Windows 11
- Windows 7
- Windows 8
- Windows 8.1
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows Vista
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_Mojave
Also known as Mac OS Mojave, Mac OS X 10.14, Mac OS X Mojave, Mac mojave, Mac os 10.14, Mac osx 10.14, MacOS 10.14, MacOS 10.14 Mojave, MacOS 10.14.6, Macosx 10.14, Mojave (macOS), Mojave (operating system), OS X Mojave, Os x 10.14, Osx 10.14.
, MacRumors, Macworld, Messages (Apple), Metadata, Metal (API), Mojave Desert, MoltenVK, Open-source software, OpenCL, OpenGL, OS X El Capitan, OS X Mavericks, OS X Mountain Lion, OS X Yosemite, Patch (computing), PCMag, Photos (Apple), Proprietary software, Safari (web browser), San Jose, California, Screenshot, Software versioning, Solid-state drive, Stacks (Mac OS), System Settings, TechCrunch, TechRadar, The Verge, TNW (website), Twitter, Unix, Vimeo, Vulkan, Worldwide Developers Conference, X86-64, XNU, ZDNET, 12-inch MacBook.