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====Apple MacOS Components====
{{see also|MacOS#Components|List of macOS
The [[Finder (software)|Finder]] is a file browser allowing quick access to all areas of the computer, which has been modified throughout subsequent releases of macOS.<ref>{{cite web | first=Thom | last=Holwerda | url=http://www.osnews.com/story/18992/Review_Mac_OS_X_10_5_Leopard/page2/ | access-date=15 April 2009 | date=6 December 2007 | title=Review: Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard | publisher=OS News | quote=The next area where Apple claims to have made major improvements is the Finder. | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515190607/http://www.osnews.com/story/18992/Review_Mac_OS_X_10_5_Leopard/page2 | archive-date=15 May 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | first=John | last=Siracusa | access-date=15 April 2009 | date=26 January 2006 | title=Finding Leopard | url=https://arstechnica.com/staff/fatbits/2006/01/2673.ars | publisher=[[Condé Nast Publishing|Condé Nast Digital]] | work=[[Ars Technica]] | quote=Unsurprisingly, each new Mac OS X release has been the vehicle for a parade of Finder fantasies. | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204195034/http://arstechnica.com/staff/fatbits/2006/01/2673.ars | archive-date=4 February 2009 }}</ref> [[Quick Look]] has been part of the Finder since [[Mac OS X Leopard|version 10.5]]. It allows for dynamic previews of files, including videos and multi-page documents without opening any other applications. [[Spotlight (
Apple added Exposé in [[Mac OS X Panther|version 10.3]] (called [[Mission Control (macOS)|Mission Control]] since [[Mac OS X Lion|version 10.7]]), a feature which includes three functions to help accessibility between windows and desktop. Its functions are to instantly display all open windows as thumbnails for easy navigation to different tasks, display all open windows as thumbnails from the current application, and hide all windows to access the desktop.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2503 | publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] | access-date=16 December 2008 | date=31 October 2008 | title=Mac 101: Exposé | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216053853/http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2503 | archive-date=16 December 2008 }}</ref> [[FileVault]] is optional encryption of the user's files with the 128-bit [[Advanced Encryption Standard]] (AES-128).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/8727.html | publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] | access-date=16 December 2008 | title=About FileVault | work=Mac OS X 10.5 Help | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113170834/http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac%2F10.5%2Fen%2F8727.html | archive-date=13 January 2009 }}</ref>
Features introduced in [[Mac OS X Tiger|version 10.4]] include [[Automator (
All system icons are scalable up to 512×512 pixels as of [[Mac OS X Leopard|version 10.5]] to accommodate various places where they appear in larger size, including for example the [[Cover Flow]] view, a [[3D computer graphics|three-dimensional]] graphical user interface included with [[iTunes]], the Finder, and other Apple products for visually skimming through files and digital media libraries via cover artwork. That version also introduced [[Spaces (software)|Spaces]], a [[virtual desktop]] implementation which enables the user to have more than one desktop and display them in an Exposé-like interface;<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.apple.com/macosx/features/spaces.html | access-date=16 December 2008 | title=Spaces. Room for everything. | publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215205127/http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/spaces.html | archive-date=15 December 2008}}</ref> an automatic backup technology called [[Time Machine (macOS)|Time Machine]], which allows users to view and restore previous versions of files and application data;<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.apple.com/macosx/features/timemachine.html | access-date=16 December 2008 | title=Time Machine. A giant leap backward. | publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215222504/https://www.apple.com/macosx/features/timemachine.html | archive-date=15 December 2008 }}</ref> and Screen Sharing was built in for the first time.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html#finder | access-date=16 December 2008 | title=Finder | publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215210759/http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html | archive-date=15 December 2008}}</ref>
In more recent releases, Apple has developed support for [[emoji]] characters by including the proprietary [[Apple Color Emoji]] font.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/3/4/3966140/how-emoji-conquered-the-world|access-date=28 July 2014|title=How emoji conquered the world|author=Jeff Blagdon|website=The Verge|date=4 March 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306003148/http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/4/3966140/how-emoji-conquered-the-world|archive-date=6 March 2013}}</ref><ref name="Smile, You’re Speaking EMOJI: the rapid evolution of a wordless tongue">{{cite web|last1=Sternbergh|first1=Adam|title=Smile, You're Speaking EMOJI: the rapid evolution of a wordless tongue|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/11/emojis-rapid-evolution.html|website=New York magazine|date=17 November 2014|access-date=15 August 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326144817/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/11/emojis-rapid-evolution.html|archive-date=26 March 2017}}</ref> Apple has also connected macOS with social networks such as Twitter and Facebook through the addition of share buttons for content such as pictures and text.<ref>{{cite web|title=OS X Mountain Lion: Share with iCloud, Facebook, Twitter, and other services|url=https://support.apple.com/kb/PH11435?locale=en_US|publisher=Apple|access-date=14 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419023942/https://support.apple.com/kb/PH11435?locale=en_US|archive-date=19 April 2016}}</ref> Apple has brought several applications and features that originally debuted in [[iOS]], its mobile operating system, to macOS in recent releases, notably the [[Virtual assistant|intelligent personal assistant]] [[Siri]], which was introduced in [[macOS Sierra|version 10.12]] of macOS.<ref name="siri1">{{cite web | url=http://fieldguide.gizmodo.com/13-things-you-can-do-with-macos-sierra-you-couldnt-befo-1787059614 | access-date=28 September 2016 | title=13 Things You Can Do with MacOS Sierra You Couldn't Before | website=[[Gizmodo]] | date=27 September 2016 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927150746/http://fieldguide.gizmodo.com/13-things-you-can-do-with-macos-sierra-you-couldnt-befo-1787059614 | archive-date=27 September 2016 }}</ref><ref name="siri2">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.macworld.com/article/3088224/macs/how-to-use-siri-on-macos-sierra.html | access-date=28 September 2016 | title=How to use Siri in macOS Sierra: A look at using the Apple's virtual assistant on the Mac | magazine=[[Macworld]] | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204005925/http://www.macworld.com/article/3088224/macs/how-to-use-siri-on-macos-sierra.html | archive-date=4 February 2017 }}</ref>
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