2026Mac OS
Estab. December 28, 1995
The daily Mac news site that ran from 1995 to 2009 is publishing again.
13,749 archived items by two writers, every one of them here, and 60 new this month, each with its sources.
One message when something new is published. Nothing else, ever.
New this week
All news- Sep 9, 2026Apple Q3 Financials--$109.4 Billion Revenue, Up 16%, on Record iPhone, Mac and ServicesApple business
From the archive
Browse by monthOne item from each era, chosen fresh each day.
On this day in 2007: Study demonstrates Value of Maine iBook/MacBook Program · Everything from November 5
Then and now
All pairingsA new item and the archive item it descends from, side by side.
1997–98
Mac OS 8.1
2026
macOS 27.3 Beta 1 is Out--Build 26C5035r Puts Vertical Tabs and Adaptive Dark Mode in Safari, Renders Markdown in Quick Look, Opens Siri AI to Any Developer's App, and Warns When a Printer Driver or Audio Plug-In Still Needs Rosetta
In 1997 we asked whether Mac OS 8.1 would slip to January with QuickTime 3.0; in 2026 the first beta of macOS 27.3 arrived November 3, a week after 27.2, with its features in Apple's notes on day one.
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About this site
Macs Only! was Bill Fox’s daily Mac news site, established December 28, 1995 and published through 2013, with Dana Baggett as Ace Reporter from 1999. The archive here, 13,749 items across 128 monthly pages, was recovered from the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, parsed into a database and sorted into eighteen categories. In 2026 the site is publishing again, in the same voice, with every new item citing its sources.