Copland was Apple’s failed attempt to modernize the classic Mac OS in the mid 1990s. While parts of it would end up in Mac OS 8, the dream of a modern Mac operating system wouldn’t be realized until after Apple bought NeXT.1
Copland is a really interesting (and sad) chapter in the Mac’s history. Here are some documents I’ve collected over the years about it:
“Mac OS 8 Build D11E4” was a preview build of Copland. It ran on very select hardware, and had to be connected via a serial cable to a Power Mac running a special Debugger program:
Good times.
- Something you can read all about in my book. ↩