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24 alternatives to Illustrated History of OS X
An illustrated history of Mac OS X
Illustrated History of OS X is a web-based visual guide documenting the evolution of macOS from its first public beta, Kodiak, in 2000 through macOS Ventura. It presents the progression of Apple's operating system… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Illustrated History of OS X launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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A visual gallery of how user interfaces have evolved
2022 · history.vpon.me · its alternatives →
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A visual journey through 10 years of iOS
2017 · git-tower.com · its alternatives →
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https://lisagui.com/info.html This is a web OS I wrote in vanilla JS that looks like the Apple Lisa Office System (1983-85), with other contemporaneous influences and additional improvements and features. It's currently in alpha and isn't remotely bug free. I had been holding off on posting this here until it was somewhat presentable and useful. Please note; the Lisa conforms more literally to the desktop metaphor than most modern GUIs - some of the important differences are mentioned in the readme. This is a complete recreation of the UI in JS; it all renders to a single…
2025 · alpha.lisagui.com · its alternatives →
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History of Icons▲195A visual brief on icon history through different UI and OS
2017 · futuramo.com · its alternatives →
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An archive of ads, videos and historical Apple material
2020 · apple.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · primitive.lol · its alternatives →
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2021 · portfolio.zxh.io · its alternatives →
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Hargun's MacOS▲132A fully interactive, Mac-like experience directly in browser
Nov 2025 · hargunpreet.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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An Interactive History of the Git Distributed Version Control System
2021 · git-history.jpalmer.dev · its alternatives →
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Fix the things that make 🍎 OS X annoying
2018 · makeosxgreatagain.com · its alternatives →
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Not sure if I would post this for the last day of #marchintosh OR wait for tomorrow the 1st of April. Both apply equally. Anyway, here's a pet project of mine, I made it as a glued on for another pet project of mine, but it developed a life of it's own now and can soar skyward toward success, fame, and glory.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2025 · mavericksforever.com · its alternatives →
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ClipBook▲341A keyboard-centric clipboard history app for your Mac
2024 · clipbook.app · its alternatives →
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Build OS X desktop apps using React Native
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A while ago I was looking for information on a obscure and short lived British computer. I found an article[1] in the archives of BYTE magazine[2] - and was captivated immediately by the tech adverts of bygone eras. This led to a long side project to be able to see all 100k pages of BYTE in a single searchable place. [1]: https://byte.tsundoku.io/#198502-381 [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17683184
2025 · byte.tsundoku.io · its alternatives →
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The guide that should be in the box with every new Mac
2020 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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I've wanted to make my own OS since I started programming. Now, 5 years later, I did it (kind of). Sure, it is really basic, has very little functionality, but I made it and I'm proud of that. Oh, and I'm just 16 btw.
2025 · jotalea.com.ar · its alternatives →
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macintosh.js▲198A 1991 Macintosh in an app - for Windows, Linux, and macOS
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Computers that have made milestones in the tech industry
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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2025 · andrewshaw.nl · its alternatives →
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