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Apple macOS
Basic Information
Release Year
Product Type Operating System
In Production Yes
Official Website


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Apple macOS (previously OS X and originally Mac OS X) is a proprietary operating system developed by Apple and shipped by default on Apple Macintosh computers. It succeeded Mac OS 9.

Consumer-impact summary

Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):

  • User Freedom
  • User Privacy
  • Business Model
  • Market Control

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By its nature of being a proprietary operating system, macOS has full access to a user's personal data and activities that are related to the device it is running on. It is also practically impossible to audit what the OS is actually doing with that access.

Incidents

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This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the Apple macOS category.

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References

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