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the user from taking screen captures of visual dvd content the software does not contain a dts decoder so dts tracks cannot be played through the mac s built in speakers or analog output however dts tracks can be output to devices that have their own decoder so playback is supported through outputs such as s pdif displayport and hdmi it has never supported the ability to play blu ray discs 91 feedback assistant edit the feedback assistant is made available to customers in the apple software customer seeding appleseed for it or apple beta software programs and allows a user to manually send feedback reports or requests to apple 92 helpviewer edit help viewer is a webkit based html viewer for macos aimed at displaying help files and other documentation it is found in system library coreservices help viewer app the default file extension is help help index files are generated with help indexer macos applications typically use help viewer to display their help content rather than a custom system help viewer s implementation in mac os x 10 5 leopard found its way to rob griffiths list of leopard criticisms because apple changed the software from a standalone application with a standard window interface to one with a floating window that always appears in front of all other application windows obscuring the interface for which one is seeking help see image below although one can close or minimize the help viewer window it is difficult to consult the help viewer while simultaneously working with the application short of changing the size of windows so both fit on the screen 93 the help viewer window also does not work with the exposé window management feature mission control in os x 10 7 or later there is a workaround using the defaults command accessible in the terminal 94 95 installer edit installer extracts and installs files out of pkg packages allowing developers to create uniform software installers installer launches when a package or metapackage file is opened the installation process itself can vary substantially as installer allows developers to customize the information the user is presented with for example it can be made to display a custom welcome message software license and readme installer also handles authentication checks that packages are valid before installing them and allows developers to run custom scripts at several points during the installation process 96 installer packages have the file extension pkg prior to mac os x leopard installer packages were implemented as mac os x packages 97 these packages were a collection of files that resided in folders with a pkg file extension 98 99 in mac os x leopard the software packaging method was changed to use the xar extensible archiver file format the directory tree containing the files is packaged as an xar archive file with a pkg extension 100 instead of distributing multiple files for a package this allowed all of the software files to be contained in a single file for easier distribution with the benefit of package signing loginwindow edit the loginwindow process displays the macos login window at system startup if auto login is not set verifies login attempts and launches login applications it also implements the force quit window restarts macos user interface components the dock and finder if they crash and handles the logout restart and shutdown routines 101 102 users are assigned their own loginwindow when they log in if a loginwindow process belonging to a specific user is force quit they will be logged out 103 software update edit software update is a section in system settings for mac software updates as well as updates to core mac apps starting in macos mojave 10 14 it also has an item in the apple menu from os x mountain lion 10 8 104 to macos high sierra 10 13 the mac app store was used for software updates prior to that software update was a separate utility which could be launched from the apple menu or from the software update pane in system settings other edit other system components include about this mac which shows information about the mac it is running on such as the hardware serial number and macos version 105 captive network assistant a daemon used to access captive portals when connected to public wi fi networks certificate assistant a utility for creating and verifying digital certificates controlstrip a daemon that controls the touch bar corelocationagent a daemon responsible for displaying authorization prompts to allow apps and widgets to access location services 106 expansion slot utility a program that allows manual allocation of pcie card bandwidth it is only available on certain mac pro models folderactionsdispatcher a daemon responsible for monitoring changes to the filesystem to run folder action scripts install command line developer tools a utility that allows developers to easily install xcode s command line developer tools if xcode is not installed it can be executed by running xcode select install in the terminal 107 ios app installer an app that downloads ipa files for ipados applications so that they can be run on apple silicon based macs keychain circle notification a daemon involved in icloud keychain syncing managedclient manages various functions pertaining to managed preferences and configuration profiles 108 setup assistant is the application that starts on first boot of a fresh copy of macos or a new mac it configures computer accounts apple id icloud and accessibility settings it is also run after major macos system upgrades obexagent a server that handles bluetooth access odsagent a server that handles remote disk access 109 osduihelper a daemon that displays on screen graphics when certain settings such as volume or display brightness are adjusted pipagent which manages the picture in picture feature available in macos sierra and later photo library migration utility which can migrate iphoto and aperture libraries to photos powerchime present on some macbook models plays a chime when the notebook is plugged in to power 110 reportpanic an app that displays a window when the system reboots from a kernel panic it allows the user to send a report to apple 111 screencaptureui a daemon responsible for drawing the user interface shown when taking a screenshot screensaverengine the process that handles screen saver access when invoked it will display the screensaver systemuiserver a daemon that manages status items in the menu bar thermaltrap a daemon which notifies users when the system temperature exceeds a usable limit ticket viewer an app that displays kerberos tickets unmountassistantagent which displays a dialog if there is a process preventing ejection of a disk and offers to forcibly eject the disk if the process cannot be quit wireless diagnostics an app that launches when wi fi connectivity problems are detected discontinued edit classic edit macos classic redirects here for the pre mac os x operating system for macs see classic mac os this section does not cite any sources please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed september 2025 learn how and when to remove this message jpegview running in the classic environment the classic environment usually referred to as classic is a hardware and software abstraction layer in powerpc versions of mac os x that allows most legacy applications compatible with mac os 9 to run on mac os x the name classic is also sometimes used by software vendors to refer to the application programming interface available to classic applications to differentiate between programming for mac os x and the classic version of the mac os the classic environment is supported on powerpc based macintosh computers running versions of mac os x up to 10 4 tiger but not with 10 5 leopard or macintoshes utilizing any other architecture than powerpc the classic environment is a descendant of rhapsody s blue box virtualization layer which served as a proof of concept previously apple a ux also offered a virtualized mac os environment on top of a unix operating system it uses a mac os 9 system folder and a new world rom file to bridge the differences between the older powerpc macintosh platforms and the xnu kernel environment the classic environment was created as a key element of apple s strategy to replace the classic mac os versions 9 and below with mac os x as the standard operating system os used by macintosh computers by eliminating the need to use the older os directly the classic environment can be loaded at login for faster activation when needed later on command or whenever a mac os application that requires it is launched to reduce the use of system resources when not needed it requires a full version of mac os 9 to be installed on the system and loads an instance of that os in a sandbox environment replacing some low level system calls with equivalent calls to mac os x via updated system files and the classic support system enabler this sandbox is used to launch all classic mac os applications there is only one instance of the classic process running for a given user and only one user per machine may be running classic at a time the classic environment can also be configured to show a window upon startup of the classic environment to simulate a computer booting into mac os 9 if the user chooses to launch the classic environment only when needed launching a classic application first launches the classic environment and then the application launches when a classic application is in the foreground the menu bar at the top of the screen changes to the older style mac os menu bar dialog boxes and other user interface elements retain their traditional appearance the classic environment also provides a way to run classic applications on apple s g5 systems as well as on most g4 based computers sold after january 2003 these machines cannot boot mac os 9 or earlier without the bridging capabilities of the classic environment or other software see sheepshaver in the former case g5 macs cannot run mac os 9 natively due to the lack of g5 processor support on mac os 9 while in the latter case g4 macs released from that point onwards cannot boot into mac os 9 natively because the mac os rom boot files were not updated to support booting into mac os 9 directly from those macs the classic environment s compatibility is usually sufficient for many applications provided the application using it does not require direct access to hardware or engage in full screen drawing however it is not a complete clone of mac os 9 the finder included with mac os x v10 2 and later does not support the reveal object apple events used by some mac os 9 applications causing the reveal in finder functionality for those applications to be lost early releases of mac os x would often fail to draw window frames of classic applications correctly and after the classic environment s windowing was made double buffered in mac os x panther some older applications and games sometimes failed to update the screen properly such as the original macintosh port of doom on the other hand the classic environment also resurrected some older applications that were previously made unusable on the macintosh quadra and power macintosh series this is because mac os x replaced mac os 9 s original virtual memory system with a more standard and less fragile implementation the classic environment s performance is also generally acceptable with a few exceptions most of an application is run directly as powerpc code which would not be possible on intel based macs motorola 68k code is handled by the same motorola 68lc040 emulator that mac os 9 uses some application functions are actually faster in the classic environment than under mac os 9 on equivalent hardware due to performance improvements in the newer operating system s device drivers these applications are largely those that use heavy disk processing and were often quickly ported to mac os x by their developers on the other hand applications that rely on heavy processing and which did not share resources under mac os 9 s co operative multitasking model will be interrupted by other non classic processes under mac os x s preemptive multitasking the greater processing power of most systems that run mac os x compared to systems intended to run mac os 8 or 9 helps to mitigate the performance degradation of the classic environment s virtualization dashboard edit main article dashboard macos dashboard was an application for apple s macos operating systems used as a secondary desktop for hosting mini applications known as widgets these were intended to be simple applications that launched quickly dashboard applications supplied with macos included a stock ticker weather report calculator and notepad users can create or download their own before mac os x 10 7 lion when dashboard is activated the user s desktop is dimmed and widgets appear in the foreground like application windows they could be moved around rearranged deleted and duplicated so that more than one of the same widget is open at the same time possibly with different settings new widgets could be opened via an icon bar on the bottom layer loading a list of available apps similar to the ios homescreen or the macos launchpad dashboard was introduced in mac os x 10 4 tiger 112 113 114 it could be activated as an application from the dock launchpad or spotlight it could also be accessed by a dashboard key 115 alternatively the user can choose to make dashboard open on moving the cursor into a preassigned hot corner or keyboard shortcut starting with mac os x 10 7 lion the dashboard can be configured as a space accessed by swiping four fingers to the right from the desktops either side of it in os x 10 10 yosemite the dashboard is disabled by default as the notification center is now the primary method of displaying widgets dashboard was removed in macos catalina 116 grab edit grab was a built in utility for taking screenshots it supported capturing a marquee selection a whole window or the whole screen as well as timed screenshots the program originated from nextstep and was replaced by the screenshot utility in macos mojave grab saved screenshots in the tiff format it was also possible to save screenshots in pdf format earlier versions of macos or png format later versions idvd edit main article idvd idvd is a discontinued application that could be used to create dvds internet connect edit the internet connect program in mac os x allows the user to activate dial up connections to the internet via an isp or vpn it also provides a simple way to connect to an airport network up to the latest version of mac os x 10 4 the internet connect application provides more general tools than the more detailed network pane in system settings which allows the user to configure and control systemwide network settings however as of mac os x 10 5 internet connect s 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