System 2 introduced multiple folders and taking screenshots using. In 1987, System 1 through 4 brought a few enhancements. Copy/paste functionality via keyboard shortcuts, menu options, and contextual menus (think “select”), as well as visual appearance customization by changing themes – like choosing from sky blue gradient backgrounds instead of bluish-white ones.An intuitive cursor system with single left click navigation or scrolling capabilities when combined with a mouse wheel button.Easy-to-navigate icons and draggable items that can be moved around on multiple desktops at will.The first Mac's System 1 set a precedent for what would become commonplace in all of Apple's later devices: System 1 revolutionized the computing industry, allowing users to navigate through a graphical interface easily. In the short two years that the Lisa was on the market, it sold hardly 10,000 units. We'll also talk about how they've changed through the years and what you can expect from each system going forward!Īpple released the Lisa with a GUI in 1983, but it was costly, slow, and used floppy disks coupled with a tiny 5 MB hard disk drive. This blog post will all the Mac operating systems in order, from their first release to today's latest version. They were the original alternative to Windows, and now they are one of the most popular operating systems in the world. The Mac operating systems have had a pretty interesting history.