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Back around 2000 or 2001 McAfee or Symantec (I can’t remember) released some virus definitions that caused Macs to kernel panic repeatedly. I worked at a colleg
by al_borland 2y ago
Back around 2000 or 2001 McAfee or Symantec (I can’t remember) released some virus definitions that caused Macs to kernel panic repeatedly. I worked at a college at the time which required students run it, and had to deal with the fallout.
OS X was using Unix back then as well, and the foundational design didn’t save it. But like you mention, Apple does more to protect the underlying system today than they did back then. I can’t even remember the last kernel panic I had. They used to be a semi-regular occurrence.
- fouc 2y agoGiven the dates 2000/2001 you mentioned it sounds more like Classic Mac OS than Mac OS X (which wasn't released until March 24, 2001)
- al_borland 2y agoSorry, my timeline was messed up. It was around 2004/5. If was OS X for sure, Tiger to be specific.
- tylerflick 2y ago> OS X was using Unix back then IIRC OS X, and MacOS, are and have been certified UNIX for 20ish years.
- PlutoIsAPlanet 2y agoThere are Linux distributions that have been certified UNIX, it really doesn't mean anything anymore.