macOS
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What is macOS?
Apple's proprietary, Unix-based operating system that powers Mac computers, highly favored by web and software developers for its stability and native command-line tools.
macOS combines a polished commercial user interface with a robust, POSIX-compliant Unix foundation. This makes it incredibly popular for developers, as the underlying terminal environment behaves very similarly to the Linux servers where code is eventually deployed, removing the friction of cross-environment incompatibilities.
How it relates to Orbit
Orbit can send an iOS build to an online Mac with the required toolchain through the Mobile Builds tab. See Project Window for details.
When you would use it
You use macOS when you want the reliability of a commercial operating system paired with the developer-friendly architecture of a Unix environment, or when iOS development is required.
Common operations
- Developing and compiling native iOS applications using Xcode.
- Running Unix-based build tools natively without a virtualization layer.