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</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary">Script Editor</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><div class="infobox-caption">Script Editor running on <a href="MacOS_Monterey" title="MacOS Monterey">macOS Monterey</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Programmer" title="Programmer">Developer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple Inc.</a></td></tr><tr style="display: none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">2.11
/ August 18, 2018<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2018-08-18</span>)</span></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Classic_Mac_OS" title="Classic Mac OS">Classic Mac OS</a>, <a href="MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Source_code_editor" class="mw-redirect" title="Source code editor">Source code editor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/MacAutomationScriptingGuide/GettoKnowScriptEditor.html">developer<wbr>.apple<wbr>.com<wbr>/library<wbr>/archive<wbr>/documentation<wbr>/LanguagesUtilities<wbr>/Conceptual<wbr>/MacAutomationScriptingGuide<wbr>/GettoKnowScriptEditor<wbr>.html</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Script Editor</b> (called <b>AppleScript Editor</b> from 2009 to 2014) is a <a href="Source_code_editor" class="mw-redirect" title="Source code editor">code editor</a> for the <a href="AppleScript" title="AppleScript">AppleScript</a> and <a href="JavaScript_for_Automation" class="mw-redirect" title="JavaScript for Automation">Javascript for Automation</a> scripting languages, included in <a href="Classic_Mac_OS" title="Classic Mac OS">classic Mac OS</a> and <a href="MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>AppleScript Editor provides basic <a href="Debugging" title="Debugging">debugging</a> capabilities<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and can save AppleScripts as <i>plain text</i> (.applescript), as a <i>compiled script</i> (.scpt), as a <i>script bundle</i> (.scptd), or as an <i>application</i> (.app).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AppleScript Editor also handles script dictionary files, allowing the user to see what scripting classes and commands are available for each scriptable application installed on the computer.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Prior to <a href="Mac_OS_X_10.3" class="mw-redirect" title="Mac OS X 10.3">Mac OS X 10.3</a>, Script Editor was developed using <a href="Carbon_(API)" title="Carbon (API)">Carbon</a>. 10.3 introduced a new Script Editor written using <a href="Cocoa_(API)" title="Cocoa (API)">Cocoa</a>. It was called AppleScript Editor from <a href="Mac_OS_X_10.6" class="mw-redirect" title="Mac OS X 10.6">Mac OS X 10.6</a> to <a href="OS_X_10.10" class="mw-redirect" title="OS X 10.10">10.10</a>, when the application added support for JavaScript for Automation.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="AppleScript#Development_tools" title="AppleScript">AppleScript § Development tools</a></li></ul>
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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Versions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mac OS X</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Mac_OS_X_Server_1.0" title="Mac OS X Server 1.0">Server 1.0</a></li>
<li><a href="Mac_OS_X_Public_Beta" title="Mac OS X Public Beta">Public Beta</a></li>
<li><a href="Mac_OS_X_10.0" title="Mac OS X 10.0">10.0 Cheetah</a></li>
<li><a href="Mac_OS_X_10.1" title="Mac OS X 10.1">10.1 Puma</a></li>
<li><a href="Mac_OS_X_Jaguar" title="Mac OS X Jaguar">10.2 Jaguar</a></li>
<li><a href="Mac_OS_X_Panther" title="Mac OS X Panther">10.3 Panther</a></li>
<li><a href="Mac_OS_X_Tiger" title="Mac OS X Tiger">10.4 Tiger</a></li>
<li><a href="Mac_OS_X_Leopard" title="Mac OS X Leopard">10.5 Leopard</a></li>
<li><a href="Mac_OS_X_Snow_Leopard" title="Mac OS X Snow Leopard">10.6 Snow Leopard</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">OS X</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="OS_X_Lion" title="OS X Lion">10.7 Lion</a></li>
<li><a href="OS_X_Mountain_Lion" title="OS X Mountain Lion">10.8 Mountain Lion</a></li>
<li><a href="OS_X_Mavericks" title="OS X Mavericks">10.9 Mavericks</a></li>
<li><a href="OS_X_Yosemite" title="OS X Yosemite">10.10 Yosemite</a></li>
<li><a href="OS_X_El_Capitan" title="OS X El Capitan">10.11 El Capitan</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">macOS</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="MacOS_Sierra" title="MacOS Sierra">10.12 Sierra</a></li>
<li><a href="MacOS_High_Sierra" title="MacOS High Sierra">10.13 High Sierra</a></li>
<li><a href="MacOS_Mojave" title="MacOS Mojave">10.14 Mojave</a></li>
<li><a href="MacOS_Catalina" title="MacOS Catalina">10.15 Catalina</a></li>
<li><a href="MacOS_Big_Sur" title="MacOS Big Sur">11 Big Sur</a></li>
<li><a href="MacOS_Monterey" title="MacOS Monterey">12 Monterey</a></li>
<li><a href="MacOS_Ventura" title="MacOS Ventura">13 Ventura</a></li>
<li><a href="MacOS_Sonoma" title="MacOS Sonoma">14 Sonoma</a></li>
<li><a href="MacOS_Sequoia" title="MacOS Sequoia">15 Sequoia</a></li>
<li><a href="MacOS_Tahoe" title="MacOS Tahoe">26 Tahoe</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Predecessors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Classic_Mac_OS" title="Classic Mac OS">Classic Mac OS</a></li>
<li><a href="NeXTSTEP" title="NeXTSTEP">NeXTSTEP</a></li>
<li><a href="Rhapsody_(operating_system)" title="Rhapsody (operating system)">Rhapsody</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Applications</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Core<br>applications</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Mac_App_Store" title="Mac App Store">App Store</a></li>
<li><a href="Automator_(macOS)" title="Automator (macOS)">Automator</a></li>
<li><a href="Calculator_(Apple)" title="Calculator (Apple)">Calculator</a></li>
<li><a href="Calendar_(Apple)" title="Calendar (Apple)">Calendar</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_built-in_macOS_apps#Chess" title="List of built-in macOS apps">Chess</a></li>
<li><a href="Contacts_(Apple)" title="Contacts (Apple)">Contacts</a></li>
<li><a href="Control_Center_(Apple)" title="Control Center (Apple)">Control Center</a></li>
<li><a href="Dictionary_(software)" title="Dictionary (software)">Dictionary</a></li>
<li><a href="DVD_Player_(macOS)" class="mw-redirect" title="DVD Player (macOS)">DVD Player</a></li>
<li><a href="FaceTime" title="FaceTime">FaceTime</a></li>
<li><a href="Finder_(software)" title="Finder (software)">Finder</a></li>
<li><a href="Game_Center" title="Game Center">Game Center</a></li>
<li><a href="Grapher" title="Grapher">Grapher</a></li>
<li><a href="HomeKit" class="mw-redirect" title="HomeKit">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="Launchpad_(macOS)" class="mw-redirect" title="Launchpad (macOS)">Launchpad</a></li>
<li><a href="Apple_Mail" title="Apple Mail">Mail</a></li>
<li><a href="Messages_(Apple)" title="Messages (Apple)">Messages</a></li>
<li><a href="Apple_News" title="Apple News">News</a></li>
<li><a href="Music_(software)" class="mw-redirect" title="Music (software)">Music</a></li>
<li><a href="Notes_(Apple)" title="Notes (Apple)">Notes</a></li>
<li><a href="Notification_Center" title="Notification Center">Notification Center</a></li>
<li><a href="Apple_Podcasts" title="Apple Podcasts">Podcasts</a></li>
<li><a href="Photo_Booth" title="Photo Booth">Photo Booth</a></li>
<li><a href="Photos_(Apple)" title="Photos (Apple)">Photos</a></li>
<li><a href="Preview_(macOS)" title="Preview (macOS)">Preview</a></li>
<li><a href="QuickTime" title="QuickTime">QuickTime Player</a></li>
<li><a href="Reminders_(Apple)" title="Reminders (Apple)">Reminders</a></li>
<li><a href="Safari_(web_browser)" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari</a>
<ul><li><a href="Safari_version_history" class="mw-redirect" title="Safari version history">version history</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Shortcuts_(app)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shortcuts (app)">Shortcuts</a></li>
<li><a href="Siri" title="Siri">Siri</a></li>
<li><a href="Stickies_(Apple)" title="Stickies (Apple)">Stickies</a></li>
<li><a href="TextEdit" title="TextEdit">TextEdit</a></li>
<li><a href="Time_Machine_(macOS)" title="Time Machine (macOS)">Time Machine</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Apple_Developer_Tools" title="Apple Developer Tools">Developer<br>Tools</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Xcode" title="Xcode">Xcode</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Instruments_(software)" title="Instruments (software)">Instruments</a></li>
<li><a href="Apple_Developer_Tools#FileMerge" title="Apple Developer Tools">FileMerge</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Interface_Builder" title="Interface Builder">Interface Builder</a></li>
<li><a href="Dashcode" title="Dashcode">Dashcode</a></li>
<li><a href="Quartz_Composer" title="Quartz Composer">Quartz Composer</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Dashboard_(macOS)" title="Dashboard (macOS)">Dashboard</a></li>
<li><a href="Front_Row_(software)" title="Front Row (software)">Front Row</a></li>
<li><a href="IChat" title="IChat">iChat</a></li>
<li><a href="IPhoto" title="IPhoto">iPhoto</a></li>
<li><a href="ISync" title="ISync">iSync</a></li>
<li><a href="ITunes" title="ITunes">iTunes</a>
<ul><li><a href="History_of_iTunes" title="History of iTunes">history</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Sherlock_(software)" title="Sherlock (software)">Sherlock</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Utilities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Activity_Monitor_(macOS)" class="mw-redirect" title="Activity Monitor (macOS)">Activity Monitor</a></li>
<li><a href="AirPort_Utility" class="mw-redirect" title="AirPort Utility">AirPort Utility</a></li>
<li><a href="Archive_Utility" class="mw-redirect" title="Archive Utility">Archive Utility</a></li>
<li><a href="Audio_MIDI_Setup" class="mw-redirect" title="Audio MIDI Setup">Audio MIDI Setup</a></li>
<li><a href="Bluetooth_File_Exchange" class="mw-redirect" title="Bluetooth File Exchange">Bluetooth File Exchange</a></li>
<li><a href="Boot_Camp_(software)" title="Boot Camp (software)">Boot Camp</a></li>
<li><a href="ColorSync" title="ColorSync">ColorSync</a></li>
<li><a href="Apple_Configurator" title="Apple Configurator">Configurator</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_built-in_macOS_apps#Console" title="List of built-in macOS apps">Console</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_built-in_macOS_apps#Crash_Reporter" title="List of built-in macOS apps">Crash Reporter</a></li>
<li><a href="Digital_Color_Meter" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital Color Meter">Digital Color Meter</a></li>
<li><a href="Directory_Utility" class="mw-redirect" title="Directory Utility">Directory Utility</a></li>
<li><a href="DiskImageMounter" class="mw-redirect" title="DiskImageMounter">DiskImageMounter</a></li>
<li><a href="Disk_Utility" title="Disk Utility">Disk Utility</a></li>
<li><a href="Font_Book" title="Font Book">Font Book</a></li>
<li><a href="Apple_Help_Viewer" class="mw-redirect" title="Apple Help Viewer">Help Viewer</a></li>
<li><a href="Image_Capture" class="mw-redirect" title="Image Capture">Image Capture</a></li>
<li><a href="Installer_(macOS)" class="mw-redirect" title="Installer (macOS)">Installer</a></li>
<li><a href="Keychain_(software)" title="Keychain (software)">Keychain Access</a></li>
<li><a href="Migration_Assistant_(Apple)" class="mw-redirect" title="Migration Assistant (Apple)">Migration Assistant</a></li>
<li><a href="Script_Editor" class="mw-redirect" title="Script Editor">Script Editor</a></li>
<li><a href="System_Settings" title="System Settings">System Settings</a></li>
<li><a href="System_Information_(Mac)" class="mw-redirect" title="System Information (Mac)">System Information</a></li>
<li><a href="Terminal_(macOS)" title="Terminal (macOS)">Terminal</a></li>
<li><a href="Universal_Access" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Access">Universal Access</a></li>
<li><a href="VoiceOver" title="VoiceOver">VoiceOver</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Discontinued</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Grab_(macOS)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grab (macOS)">Grab</a></li>
<li><a href="Network_Utility" class="mw-redirect" title="Network Utility">Network Utility</a></li>
<li><a href="ODBC_Administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="ODBC Administrator">ODBC Administrator</a></li>
<li><a href="Remote_Install_Mac_OS_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Remote Install Mac OS X">Remote Install Mac OS X</a></li>
<li><a href="Apple_Software_Update" class="mw-redirect" title="Apple Software Update">Software Update</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Technologies,<br><a href="User_interface" title="User interface">user interface</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="AirDrop" title="AirDrop">AirDrop</a></li>
<li><a href="AppKit" title="AppKit">AppKit</a></li>
<li><a href="Apple_File_System" title="Apple File System">Apple File System</a></li>
<li><a href="Apple_menu" title="Apple menu">Apple menu</a></li>
<li><a href="Apple_Push_Notification_service" title="Apple Push Notification service">Apple Push Notification service</a></li>
<li><a href="AppleScript" title="AppleScript">AppleScript</a></li>
<li><a href="Aqua_(user_interface)" title="Aqua (user interface)">Aqua</a></li>
<li><a href="Audio_Units" title="Audio Units">Audio Units</a></li>
<li><a href="AVFoundation" title="AVFoundation">AVFoundation</a></li>
<li><a href="Bonjour_(software)" title="Bonjour (software)">Bonjour</a></li>
<li><a href="Bundle_(macOS)" title="Bundle (macOS)">Bundle</a></li>
<li><a href="CloudKit" title="CloudKit">CloudKit</a></li>
<li><a href="Cocoa_(API)" title="Cocoa (API)">Cocoa</a></li>
<li><a href="ColorSync" title="ColorSync">ColorSync</a></li>
<li><a href="Command_key" title="Command key">Command key</a></li>
<li><a href="Core_Animation" title="Core Animation">Core Animation</a></li>
<li><a href="Core_Audio" title="Core Audio">Core Audio</a></li>
<li><a href="Core_Data" title="Core Data">Core Data</a></li>
<li><a href="Core_Foundation" title="Core Foundation">Core Foundation</a></li>
<li><a href="Core_Image" title="Core Image">Core Image</a></li>
<li><a href="Core_OpenGL" title="Core OpenGL">Core OpenGL</a></li>
<li><a href="Core_Text" title="Core Text">Core Text</a></li>
<li><a href="Core_Video" title="Core Video">Core Video</a></li>
<li><a href="Common_Unix_Printing_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Common Unix Printing System">CUPS</a></li>
<li><a href="Cover_Flow" title="Cover Flow">Cover Flow</a></li>
<li><a href="Darwin_(operating_system)" title="Darwin (operating system)">Darwin</a></li>
<li><a href="Dock_(macOS)" title="Dock (macOS)">Dock</a></li>
<li><a href="FileVault" title="FileVault">FileVault</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_typefaces_included_with_macOS" title="List of typefaces included with macOS">Fonts</a></li>
<li><a href="Foundation_Kit" title="Foundation Kit">Foundation</a></li>
<li><a href="Gatekeeper_(macOS)" title="Gatekeeper (macOS)">Gatekeeper</a></li>
<li><a href="Grand_Central_Dispatch" title="Grand Central Dispatch">Grand Central Dispatch</a></li>
<li><a href="Apple_Icon_Image_format" title="Apple Icon Image format">icns</a></li>
<li><a href="ICloud" title="ICloud">iCloud</a></li>
<li><a href="Kernel_panic#macOS" title="Kernel panic">Kernel panic</a></li>
<li><a href="Keychain_(software)" title="Keychain (software)">Keychain</a></li>
<li><a href="Launchd" title="Launchd">launchd</a></li>
<li><a href="Liquid_Glass" title="Liquid Glass">Liquid Glass</a></li>
<li><a href="Mach-O" title="Mach-O">Mach-O</a></li>
<li><a href="Menu_extra" title="Menu extra">Menu extra</a></li>
<li><a href="Metal_(API)" title="Metal (API)">Metal</a></li>
<li><a href="Mission_Control_(macOS)" title="Mission Control (macOS)">Mission Control</a></li>
<li><a href="Night_Shift_(software)" title="Night Shift (software)">Night Shift</a></li>
<li><a href="OpenCL" title="OpenCL">OpenCL</a></li>
<li><a href="Option_key" title="Option key">Option key</a></li>
<li><a href="Preference_Pane" class="mw-redirect" title="Preference Pane">Preference Pane</a></li>
<li><a href="Property_list" title="Property list">Property list</a></li>
<li><a href="Quartz_(graphics_layer)" title="Quartz (graphics layer)">Quartz</a></li>
<li><a href="Quick_Look" title="Quick Look">Quick Look</a></li>
<li><a href="Rosetta_(software)" title="Rosetta (software)">Rosetta</a></li>
<li><a href="Virtual_folder#macOS" title="Virtual folder">Smart Folders</a></li>
<li><a href="Speakable_items" title="Speakable items">Speakable items</a></li>
<li><a href="Spotlight_(Apple)" title="Spotlight (Apple)">Spotlight</a></li>
<li><a href="Stacks_(Mac_OS)" title="Stacks (Mac OS)">Stacks</a></li>
<li><a href="System_Integrity_Protection" title="System Integrity Protection">System Integrity Protection</a></li>
<li><a href="Uniform_Type_Identifier" title="Uniform Type Identifier">Uniform Type Identifier</a></li>
<li><a href="Universal_binary" title="Universal binary">Universal binary</a></li>
<li><a href="WebKit" title="WebKit">WebKit</a></li>
<li><a href="XNU" title="XNU">XNU</a></li>
<li><a href="XQuartz" title="XQuartz">XQuartz</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Deprecated</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="HFS%2B" class="mw-redirect" title="HFS+">HFS+</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Discontinued</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Apple_Type_Services_for_Unicode_Imaging" title="Apple Type Services for Unicode Imaging">ATSUI</a></li>
<li><a href="BootX_(Apple)" title="BootX (Apple)">BootX</a></li>
<li><a href="Brushed_metal_(interface)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brushed metal (interface)">Brushed metal</a></li>
<li><a href="Carbon_(API)" title="Carbon (API)">Carbon</a></li>
<li><a href="Classic_Environment" class="mw-redirect" title="Classic Environment">Classic Environment</a></li>
<li><a href="Inkwell_(Macintosh)" title="Inkwell (Macintosh)">Inkwell</a></li>
<li><a href="QuickTime" title="QuickTime">QuickTime</a></li>
<li><a href="Spaces_(software)" title="Spaces (software)">Spaces</a></li>
<li><a href="Xgrid" title="Xgrid">Xgrid</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>
<ul><li><i>Italics</i> denote upcoming products.</li>
<li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"></span></span> Category</li></ul>
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