November 17, 1995: Apple releases the first beta version of its new Mac OS Copland operating system to around 50 developers. Not so much a Mac OS update as a totally new operating system, it offers next-gen features designed to help Apple take on the then-mighty Windows 95.
Sadly, it will never reach the public.
Mac OS Copland and Apple’s existential crisis
Copland was basically an existential nightmare at Apple. In his great book Apple Confidential, author Owen Linzmayer titles his chapter on the project “The Copland Crisis” with good reason.
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