{"id":514,"date":"2007-01-15T01:02:50","date_gmt":"2007-01-15T08:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macnightowl.com\/2007\/01\/15\/newsletter-372-preview-the-leopard-report-apples-forgotten-operating-system\/"},"modified":"2008-03-25T17:18:01","modified_gmt":"2008-03-26T00:18:01","slug":"newsletter-372-preview-the-leopard-report-apples-forgotten-operating-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2007\/01\/newsletter-372-preview-the-leopard-report-apples-forgotten-operating-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #372 Preview: The Leopard Report: Apple&#8217;s Forgotten Operating System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It wasn&#8217;t too long ago when Apple lauded the Mac operating system as its flagship product. 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