Outline of Apple Inc.

Mac

Mac, a family of personal computers made by Apple:

• MacBook – notebook lineup
  • MacBook Neo – entry-level notebook
  • MacBook Air – thin, lightweight notebook
  • MacBook Pro – pro notebook
• iMac – all-in-one consumer desktop
• Mac Mini – small form factor desktop
• Mac Studio – small form factor desktop workstation

iPhone

Apple's smartphone:

• iPhone 17e – Apple's entry-level iPhone
• iPhone 16 – 2024's iPhone
• iPhone 17 – 2025's iPhone
• iPhone Air – a lightweight iPhone
• iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max – high-end iPhones
• iPhone Duo – a foldable iPhone

iPad

Apple's tablet lineup:

• iPad – the name for Apple's entry-level iPads
• iPad Air – a more powerful, higher-end iPad
• iPad Mini – smaller iPad
• iPad Pro – pro iPad

Apple Watch

Apple's smartwatch lineup:

• Apple Watch SE – entry-level model
• Apple Watch Series – higher-end model
  • Apple Watch Nike – sports smartwatch
  • Apple Watch Hermès – fashion smartwatch
• Apple Watch Ultra – rugged model with longer battery

Apple Vision Pro

The Apple Vision Pro is a mixed-reality headset and spatial computer.

Accessories

• AirPods – wireless audio accessory lineup
  • AirPods – entry-level earbuds
  • AirPods Pro – noise-cancelling earbuds
  • AirPods Max – over-ear headphones
• Apple TV – digital media player
• Apple Pencil – digital stylus and input device for iPads
• HomePod – home speaker with Siri built-in
• HomePod Mini – smaller and less expensive HomePod
• HomeView – home speaker with screen and camera
• Siri Remote – Apple TV remote
• AirTag – tracking device
• Computer displays
  • Studio Display – consumer display
  • Studio Display XDR – pro display
• Computer peripherals
  • Magic Keyboard – Keyboard with optional fingerprint sensor for Macintosh computers
    • Magic Keyboard for iPad – Magic Keyboard version for the iPad Pro and iPad Air
  • Magic Mouse – Multi-touch mouse
  • Magic Trackpad – multi-touch external trackpad

Operating systems

• macOS – for Macs
  • List of built-in macOS apps – apps built-in to macOS
  • List of Mac software – a list of applications for macOS
  • List of Mac games – a list of games for macOS
  • Architecture of macOS – macOS's architecture
  • macOS version history – macOS's version history
• iOS – for iPhones
• iPadOS – for iPads
• watchOS – for Apple Watch
• tvOS – for Apple TV
• audioOS – for HomePods
• visionOS – for Apple Vision Pro

macOS

macOS Server

iOS

Software

Pro apps

Consumer-facing

• Apple Arcade – on-demand game service
• Apple Card – credit card
• Apple Fitness+ – guided workouts
• Apple Music – music streaming service
• Apple News+ – premium news service
• Apple Podcasts – podcast service
• Apple TV – video streaming service
• iCloud – consumer cloud service
• iTunes Store – digital media store

Back-end

• iTunes Connect – service to upload content to the iTunes Store and Apple Books

Apps

• Instruments – app performance analyzer
• Xcode – integrated development environment (IDE)

APIs

• CloudKit – allows developers to build iCloud sync into their apps
• Cocoa – Apple's application frameworks for macOS
  • Foundation Kit – Apple's core framework API for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS
  • AppKit – Apple's user interface API for macOS
• Cocoa Touch – Apple's application frameworks for iOS and iPadOS
  • Foundation Kit
  • UIKit – Apple's user interface API for iOS and iPadOS
• GymKit – protocol for communication between Apple Watch and gym equipment
• HealthKit – APIs to integrate with Apple's Health app
• HomeKit – home automation framework
• Metal – Apple's graphics API on all platforms
• WebKit – open-source browser engine

Mac history

• Mac transition to Intel processors – the transition from PowerPC to Intel x86 processors
• Mac transition to Apple silicon – the transition from Intel to Apple silicon processors
• List of Mac models – list of all Macs throughout history
• Timeline of the Apple II series – a timeline of Apple II computers

iPhone history

• History of the iPhone – history of Apple's iPhone
• List of iPhone models - list of all iPhone devices

Defunct products

• iPod – defunct portable music player lineup
  • iPod Classic – high-end iPod (2001–2014)
  • iPod Mini – smaller iPod (2004–2005)
  • iPod Nano – smallest iPod (2005–2017)
  • iPod Touch – iOS-based iPod (2007–2022)
• Newton – defunct personal digital assistant (PDA) lineup, the first ones with handwriting recognition
• Xserve – defunct rack-mounted server lineup
• Mac Pro – customizable desktop workstation

Defunct software

• Aperture – professional photo editing app (2005–2015)
• Mac OS – the Macintosh operating system preceding macOS (1984–2001)
  • Mac OS memory management – Mac OS memory management details
  • System 6 – released in 1988
  • System 7 – released in 1991
  • Copland – System 7's scrapped successor (1994–1996)
  • Mac OS 8 – released in 1997
  • Mac OS 9 – released in 1999
• Xsan – a storage area network for macOS

Defunct protocols

• AFP – defunct disk sharing network protocol
• AppleTalk – defunct local networking protocol (1985–2009)

Ancillary operating systems

• A/UX – short-lived commercial OS merging System 7's GUI and application layer atop UNIX on select 68k Macintoshes
• MkLinux – a libre experiment in microkernel engineering (1996–2002)

Hardware before 1998

Hardware since 1998

Apple silicon

Founders

• Steve Jobs – 1976–1985, 1997–2011 – Co-founder, chairman, CEO
• Steve Wozniak – 1976–1985 – Co-founder, Engineer (ceremonial role; 1985–current)
• Ronald Wayne – 1976 – Co-founder (briefly; 2 weeks).

CEOs

• John Ternus – 2026–current
  • Former CEOs:
    • Michael Scott – 1977–1981
    • Mike Markkula – 1981–1983
    • John Sculley – 1983–1993
    • Michael Spindler – 1993–1996
    • Gil Amelio – 1996–1997
    • Steve Jobs – 1997–2011
    • Tim Cook – 2011–2026

Board of directors

• Tim Cook – 2011–current – executive chair
• Arthur D. Levinson – 2000–current – lead independent director
• Andrea Jung – 2008–current – president and CEO of Grameen America
• Ronald Sugar – 2010–current – former CEO of Northrop Grumman
• John Ternus – 2026–current – CEO
• Susan Wagner – 2014–current – BlackRock founding partner and director
• Alex Gorsky – 2021–current – former chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson
• Monica C. Lozano – 2021–current – former president and CEO of College Futures Foundation
• Wanda Austin – 2024–current – former president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation

Executives

• John Ternus – 2001–current – CEO (previously SVP of Hardware Engineering)
• Sabih Khan – 1995–current – COO (previously SVP of Operations)
• Kevan Parekh – 2013–current – CFO
• Jennifer Newstead – 2025–current – SVP and General Counsel
• Greg "Joz" Joswiak – 1986–current – SVP Worldwide Marketing
• Craig Federighi – 1996–1999, 2009–current – SVP Software Engineering.
• Eddy Cue – 1989–current – SVP Services and Health.
• Johny Srouji – 2008–current – Chief Hardware Officer
• Deirdre O'Brien – 1991–current – SVP Retail + People

Other contributors

• Mark Davis, software engineer and language programmer who started his career at Apple

Mergers and acquisitions

• Apple Inc. mergers and acquisitions – a list of company mergers and acquisitions by Apple (in alphabetical order):
  • AlgoTrim – (bought August 2013), a Swedish data compression company, especially focused on still/video image compression, founded by Anders Berglund, Anders Holtsberg, and Martin Lindberg in 2005.
  • Anobit – (bought December 2011), an Israeli fabless flash memory company, founded by Ehud Weinstein, Ariel Maislos, and Ofir Shalvi in 2006.
  • AuthenTec – (bought July 2012), security hardware and software for PCs and mobile device company, founded in 1998.
  • Beats Electronics – (bought August 2014), music headphones and streaming service
  • Chomp – (bought February 2012), an app search engine company, founded by Ben Keighran and Cathy Edwards in 2009.
  • Cue – (bought October 2013), a personal assistant app company, founded by Daniel Gross and Robby Walker in 2010.
  • Emagic – (bought July 2002), music software and hardware company, best known for its music sequencer, Logic.
  • Embark – (bought August 2013), a startup company focused on developing transit information apps for user public transportation navigation in major US cities, founded by John Hering, David Hodge, Taylor Malloy, and Ian Leighton in 2011.
  • FingerWorks – (bought early 2005), a gesture recognition company, founded by John Elias and Wayne Westerman in 1998.
  • HopStop – (bought July 2013), an online transit guide with subway, bus directions, and maps, founded by Chinedu Echeruo in 2005.
  • Intrinsity – (bought April 2010), fabless semiconductor company, founded as EVSX in 1997 on the remnants of Exponential Technology, then renamed Intrinsity in 2000.
  • Lala – (bought December 2009), online music store company, founded by Bill Nguyen.
  • Locationary – (bought July 2013), a Canadian crowdsourced location data management company, founded by Grant Ritchie in 2009.
  • Matcha – (bought August 2013), a second screen TV/video startup, previously available as a media discovery iOS app (closed in May 2013), founded by Guy Piekarz, Ilan Ben Zeev, and Paul Petrick in September 2010.
  • NeXT – (bought December 1996), computer company, founded in 1985 by Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs after he was fired from Apple the same year. Current macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS operating systems are largely built on its programming environment standard, OpenStep. Early versions of Mac OS X Server (codename Rhapsody) were OPENSTEP with a Mac-look and feel.
  • Nothing Real – (bought February 2002), a high-end digital effects software development company for the feature film, broadcast and interactive gaming industries, founded by Allen Edwards and Arnaud Hervas in October 1996.
  • P.A. Semi – (bought April 2008), a fabless semiconductor company founded by Daniel W. Dobberpuhl in 2003.
  • Particle – (bought September 2012), a HTML5 web app company, founded by Ericson de Jesus, Cole Rise, and Aubrey Anderson in 2008.
  • Passif Semiconductor – (bought August 2013), an Oakland, California based semiconductor company specializing in low energy wireless chips, founded by Ben Cook and Axel Berny in 2007.
  • PrimeSense – (bought November 2013), an Israeli fabless semiconductor company specializing in 3D sensing, founded by Aviad Maizels, Alexander Shpunt, Ophir Sharon, Tamir Berliner and Dima Rais in 2005.
  • Redmatica – (bought June 2012), an Italian music editing software company, known for Keymap Pro sampler software, founded by Andrea Gozzi in 2004.
  • Silicon Color – (bought October 2006), "FinalTouch" color correction software and non-linear video editing software development company, now known as Apple's Final Cut Pro software.
  • Siri – (bought April 2010), an intelligent personal assistant and knowledge navigator software company, founded by Dag Kittlaus, Adam Cheyer, Tom Gruber, together with Norman Winarsky in 2007. Apple initially integrated the software into iOS, the later to the watchOS and tvOS platforms.
  • Spruce Technologies – (bought July 2001), a DVD authoring company, founded by Dr. Hiromu Soga in 1996.
  • Topsy – (bought December 2013), a US data analytics company, founded by Vipul Ved Prakash, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, Gary Iwatani, and Justin Foutts in 2007.
  • WiFiSlam – (bought March 2013), an indoor location services company, founded by former Stanford students Darin Tay, Joseph Huang, Jessica Tsoong and Dave Millman in 2011.