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It was developed and is owned by Apple Incorporation. |
It was developed and is owned by The FreeBSD Project. |
2. |
It was launched in 2001. |
It was launched in 1993. |
3. |
It is specifically designed for Apple mac computers. |
It is not designed for personal computers. |
4. |
Its target system types are workstation, personal computers and embedded systems. |
Its target system types are server, workstation, NAS and embedded systems. |
5. |
Computer architectures supported by macOS are x86-64(10.4.7-present), IA-32(10.4.4-10.6.8) and PowerPC(10.0-10.5.8). |
Computer architectures supported by FreeBSD are IA-32, x86-64, ARM, MIPS and PowerPC. |
6. |
Its kernel type is Hybrid with modules. |
Its kernel type is Monolithic with modules. |
7. |
Its package management is macOS installer. |
Its package management is Port collections/packages. |
8. |
Its update management is Software Update. |
Its update management is by source or network binary update. |
9. |
Its native APIs are Carbon, Cocoa, Java and BSD-POSIX. |
Its native APIs are BSD/POSIX. |
10. |
It has preferred license of Proprietary, APSL and GNU GPL. |
It has preferred license of BSD. |
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File systems supported by macOS are HFS+, APFS, HFS, UFS, AFP, ISO 9660, FAT, UDF, NFS, SMBFS, NTFS, FTP, WebDAV and ZFS. |
File systems supported by FreeBSD are UFS2, ZFS, ext2, ext3, FAT, ISO 9660, UDF and NFS. |
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The non-native APIs supported by its subsystems are Toolbox, Win16 and Win32. |
The non-native APIs supported by subsystems are Mono, Java, Win16, Win32 and Linux. |