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2007

What changed across Apple in 2007: ecosystem turning points, hardware launches, software releases and the support boundaries that moved with them.

Historical context

The changes that connected the ecosystem.

Curated, source-backed moments that explain how products, software and technologies changed direction together. These records add context without duplicating the canonical product or OS facts below.

Platform transitionDefining shift

iPhone turns the phone into a software platform

Apple introduced iPhone as a phone, widescreen iPod, and internet device built around Multi-Touch and software-driven interaction, establishing the archive's starting point for Apple's modern mobile platform.

Related products

Related software

Technology threads

Software history

Operating systems moved too.

Verified public releases in 2007, including major-version milestones, maintenance updates and products that lost major-version support.

Major releases
3
Point updates
7
Products dropped
0

Apple TV Software / tvOS

Apple TV Software 1

2 public releases in this major line · 1 point updates

  • Living-room iTunes interface

    The original Apple TV software provided a remote-friendly interface for browsing movies, TV shows, music, photos, and podcasts on a widescreen television.

  • Wireless computer media playback

    Apple TV synchronized and played iTunes content from Macs and PCs over the home network.

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iPhone OS / iOS

iPhone Software 1

9 public releases in this major line · 8 point updates

  • Multi-Touch interface

    A finger-driven Multi-Touch interface replaced the hardware-keyboard and stylus conventions of contemporary smartphones.

  • Visual Voicemail

    Visual Voicemail let users choose and play voicemail messages directly instead of listening through a sequential mailbox.

  • Desktop-class web and mail

    Safari, rich HTML email, Google Maps, and built-in internet services made the original iPhone software a pocket internet platform.

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Mac OS X / OS X / macOS

Mac OS X Leopard

9 public releases in this major line · 8 point updates

  • Time Machine

    Time Machine introduced automatic, visually navigable backup and restore.

  • Spaces

    Spaces added multiple virtual desktops for organizing windows and workflows.

  • Finder, Stacks, and Quick Look

    A redesigned Finder introduced Cover Flow while Stacks organized Dock items and Quick Look previewed files without opening apps.

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Public release history

Updates shipped during the year.

7 public point updates are recorded for this year. Expand a platform to inspect the version-by-version release dates.

iPhone OS / iOS5 updatesLatest this year: 1.1.2
  1. 1.0.1
  2. 1.0.2
  3. 1.1
  4. 1.1.1
  5. 1.1.2
Mac OS X / OS X / macOS1 updatesLatest this year: 10.5.1
  1. 10.5.1
Apple TV Software / tvOS1 updatesLatest this year: 1.1
  1. 1.1

Hardware releases

Products announced this year.

Filters below affect the hardware list only. Product relationships and generation deltas still come from the canonical lineage catalog.

5 catalogued products

  1. Apple TV · Standard

    Apple TV (1st generation)

    Apple's inaugural living-room appliance bridging Mac and PC iTunes libraries to widescreen televisions using an Intel x86 Pentium M architecture, local hard drive storage, and Front Row interface.

    • IntroducedFirst-generation Apple TV form factor

      wide 7.7 x 7.7 inch (200 x 200 mm) silver aluminum enclosure with white acrylic top.

    • IntroducedIntel Pentium M x86 processor architecture paired with Nvidia GeForce Go 7300 graphics…

      Intel Pentium M x86 processor architecture paired with Nvidia GeForce Go 7300 graphics and 256 MB DDR2 RAM.

    • IntroducedInternal 2.5-inch 40 GB (and later 160 GB) PATA hard drive dedicated to local caching a…

      Internal 2.5-inch 40 GB (and later 160 GB) PATA hard drive dedicated to local caching and media synchronization.

    • IntroducedDual video output architecture

      digital HDMI port alongside analog Component Video (YPbPr) RCA jacks.

    • IntroducedDedicated analog stereo audio (RCA) and optical digital audio (TOSLINK) ports

      Dedicated analog stereo audio (RCA) and optical digital audio (TOSLINK) ports.

    • IntroducedBuilt-in 802.11b/g/draft-n AirPort Extreme wireless networking and 10/100BASE-T Fast Et…

      Built-in 802.11b/g/draft-n AirPort Extreme wireless networking and 10/100BASE-T Fast Ethernet.

    • IntroducedWhite plastic infrared Apple Remote with 6-button navigation for the modified Front Row…

      White plastic infrared Apple Remote with 6-button navigation for the modified Front Row interface.

    • RetainedEstablished the core premise of bringing iTunes video, music, and podcasts into televis…

      Established the core premise of bringing iTunes video, music, and podcasts into television displays.

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  2. iPhone · Standard

    iPhone

    Multi-Touch turns a phone into a direct-manipulation pocket computer.

    Multi-Touch
    • IntroducedMulti-Touch interface

      A finger-driven interface replaced the hardware-keyboard-first smartphone model.

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  3. Mac · iMac

    iMac (20-inch and 24-inch, Mid 2007)

    The Mid-2007 iMac paired 20- and 24-inch widescreen all-in-one configurations with Intel Core 2 Duo processors, ATI Radeon HD graphics, and built-in 802.11n wireless networking.

    • Changed20-inch and 24-inch glossy widescreen displays run at 1680-by-1050 and 1920-by-1200 res…

      20-inch and 24-inch glossy widescreen displays run at 1680-by-1050 and 1920-by-1200 resolution respectively.

    • ChangedIntel Core 2 Duo processors run at 2.0GHz or 2.4GHz, with a 2.8GHz Core 2 Extreme optio…

      Intel Core 2 Duo processors run at 2.0GHz or 2.4GHz, with a 2.8GHz Core 2 Extreme option on the 24-inch model.

    • ChangedATI Radeon HD 2400 XT or Radeon HD 2600 PRO graphics replace the generation's graphics…

      ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT or Radeon HD 2600 PRO graphics replace the generation's graphics platform.

    • ChangedBuilt-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n, Gigabit Ethernet, FireWire 400/800, and USB 2.0 provi…

      Built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n, Gigabit Ethernet, FireWire 400/800, and USB 2.0 provide the primary wired and wireless connectivity.

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  4. iPod · nano

    iPod nano (3rd generation)

    The third nano adopts a wider 2-inch display, Cover Flow and video playback, turning the tiny flash iPod into a video player.

    • IntroducedVideo playback on iPod nano

      Video playback on iPod nano.

    • Introduced2-inch wider display and Cover Flow interface

      2-inch wider display and Cover Flow interface.

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  5. iPod · touch

    iPod touch (1st generation)

    iPod gains the iPhone-derived Multi-Touch interface, Wi-Fi, Safari and the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, creating the app-capable iPod branch.

    Multi-Touch
    • Introduced3.5-inch Multi-Touch widescreen interface

      3.5-inch Multi-Touch widescreen interface.

    • IntroducedWi-Fi networking, Safari, YouTube and iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store

      Wi-Fi networking, Safari, YouTube and iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store.

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