Kwi-WWDC 2002, USteve Jobs waqala inkomfa ngomngcwabo weMac OS 9 kwaye akayingcwabanga kuphela inkqubo yokusebenza eyanika u-X egameni lakhe, wangcwaba inxenye yosapho lakwaMac OS olwafika eMac ngo-1999. Kule meko, ikwayinto nje eyenzeka ngengozi ukuba lo mngcwabo wenziwa ibibanjelwe kwisixeko saseSan Jose, kwiZiko leNgqungquthela, eCarlifonia. NgoMvulo, nge-6 kaMeyi ngo-2002 ngentsimbi ye-10: 00 kusasa, umphathi we-Apple u-Steve Jobs uvele eqongeni ukungcwaba iMac OS 9 kwaye wanikezela kwi-Mac OS X ngala magama: «Lixesha elihle lokuba ngumphuhlisi weMac.Ukwenza ukuba abaphuhlisi bethu bonwabe nangakumbi namhlanje sijonga kwangaphambili ukukhutshwa kwethu kwe-Mac OS, iMac OS X«.
Kwakhona sishiya ividiyo kwabo bafuna ukubona lo mzuzu kwigama eliphambili:
Inkqubo entsha yokusebenza yayizinzile ngakumbi kwaye inikezela abasebenzisi ngeempawu ezintsha ezinomdla ezazilungele ixesha. Imisebenzi, ibonise ukutsiba okusemgangathweni ngokubhekisele kuzinzo kunye neempawu ezintsha kwaye kwaqhutywa nokuhlamba ubuso obunzulu kwisicwangciso sakhe sokuthengisa kwizizukulwana ezizayo zeMac OS X. Ixesha elingaphezulu i-OS X ibe ligama lale nguqulelo zilandelayo zeMac kunye nokufika kweMacOS Sierra kunyaka ophelileyo kuthumele abasebenzisi abaninzi ukuba babuyele kwixesha elidlulileyo. Ngoku lixesha langoku kwaye kule WWDC ka-2017 asilindelanga utshintsho olukhulu kwinto ebhekisa kwisoftware kwaye nokuba ligama elifanayo eliya kuba yi-macOS…. kodwa inokuba lilizwi eliphambili elinamanqwanqwa amaninzi kuloo ntsomi iphambili apho imisebenzi yakhe yangcwaba khona iMac OS 9.