Meet macOS
What macOS is
Understand the operating system, its UNIX foundation, and the boundary between the graphical desktop and command-line tools.
8 minute lesson
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macOS is the operating system that runs on a Mac. It manages the hardware, files, applications, accounts, networking, and the graphical desktop you use every day.
Under the desktop, macOS is a UNIX operating system. This is why many commands and development tools feel familiar when you later work on Linux.
The graphical interface and the command line are two views of the same system. Use the one that makes the current task clearer.
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