Apple's operating system has cultivated a reputation for being more user-friendly and bestowing a functional charm upon Apple ...

During Apple’s late-90s struggles with profitability, it made a few overtures toward licensing its software to other computer manufacturers, while at the same time trying to modernize its ...

Apple’s Lisa project might be the most loaded chapter in the company’s lore, and thanks to the Computer History Museum, you’ll soon be able to play around ...

Apple acquired NeXt in 1996, bringing Jobs back to the company. It was soon announced that the NeXt operating system would become the basis for the new Mac.

SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS, Calif. -- In the common retelling of Apple's history, it was Steve Jobs' and Steve Wozniak's second computer, the Apple II, that launched their fledgling company toward ...

How OS X evolved From the outset Apple had one goal in mind when OS X was designed, and that was to make the next great personal computer operating system.

The Computer History Museum has now made available to the public the original DOS source code for the iconic Apple II computer.

Apple seems headed toward unifying its multiple operating systems via a design makeover, and the iPad will start looking more like a personal computer.

Simon Claessen / Flickr Today marks the 35th anniversary of the launch of NeXTSTEP, a computer operating system launched by Steve Jobs during his years away from Apple.

By giving away OS X Mavericks for free, Apple confirms a sea change in the tech industry: The operating system, once at the vanguard of profitability, is now worthless, except as a loss leader.