The BootX booting screen used on Macintoshes with Mac OS X 10.2 or later | |
Developer(s) | Apple Inc. |
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Initial release | August 24, 2002 (with Mac OS X 10.2)[1][2] |
Operating system | Darwin & Mac OS X[3] |
Platform | PowerPC[4] |
Type | Boot loader |
License | Apple Public Source License[5] |
boot.efi
and an Extensible Firmware InterfaceROM on the release of the Intel-based Mac.[4]Mac OS ROM
in the Mac OS System Folder, stored on the hard drive.[9] This ROM used a full implementation of the OpenFirmware standard (contained in BootROM) and was named the New World ROM.[11]Mac OS ROM
file was replaced with the BootX
bootloader file.[9] In 2002, with the release of Mac OS X 10.2, the historical 'Happy Mac' start-up picture was replaced with a grey apple logo.[12] By introducing the Intel Mac in 2006, BootROM was replaced by the near identical Extensible Firmware Interface ROM (although Apple still calls it BootROM) and the boot.efi
file.[4][13]