Rather than introducing many new features, this version addressed the criticisms and flaws found in the public beta. The public beta included a suite of native apps that can still be found in the operating system today:Ĭheetah is the internal code name Apple gave to the first official release of Mac OS X version 10.0. As is the case with many public beta versions of software, it was meant to find various bugs and flaws before the operating system’s final release. The public beta also introduced the Dock and menu bar, which created a unique navigation experience.
It was the first instance of Apple’s Aqua, a GUI and visual theme that offered a new font set, app icons, and other features.
Kodiak is the internal code name Apple gave to its Mac OS X public beta.
