With Apple having pushed out a new update to the Mac OS X Lion developer preview program, those with access to the new build have been looking for changes in an attempt to see what Apple has been ...

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Apple's chief executive Steve Jobs specifically highlighted a few new user interface changes coming in the next release of Mac OS X, but his presentation also revealed additional subtle but ...

Beyond the desktop and main applications in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, its most obvious advancements are related to graphics and the underlying performance improvements that speed up everything being ...

Is there a method behind the madness of the Windows experience and the elegance of the Macintosh? One reason can be seen with just one look at the human interface principles found on Apple's and ...

Mavericks was a really odd release in retrospect. First, it was the first release that changed the naming scheme to places in California, but “Mavericks” was a weird name to start with: I don’t think ...

This morning at Apple’s 2014 Worldwide Developer’s Conference, Apple SVP Craig Federighi gave us our first official look at the upcoming version of the Macintosh desktop operating system. This is the ...

Longtime MacStories readers may be familiar with UI Browser, an incredible scripting tool for macOS created by Bill Cheeseman. UI Browser lets you discover the AppleScript structure of an app’s menu ...

Min Ming Lo has published a good initial comparison of the OS X Yosemite beta UI compared to Mavericks: Apple revealed a sneak peek into Mac OS X Yosemite earlier this week. Not surprisingly, Apple ...

Windows 7 has taken some heat for aping a few Mac OS UI features, but it’s certainly not a copycat OS—something Microsoft Partner Group Manager Simon Aldous might not know, given his recent quote.

Apple TV’s user interface has been through more changes over the past 8 years than any other Apple OS — the rare Apple UI that has seen more major changes than the devices it runs on. As improbable as ...

We've shown you how to bring the OS X GUI to Windows, but if you're more of a Linux fan, Macbuntu will add an OS X theme to your Ubuntu desktop instead. Click on the screenshot to get a closer look.