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Mac

family of personal computers designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Inc.
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Mac

Summary

Mac is a computer family[1]. Mac draws 5,561 Wikipedia views per month (computer_family category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mac's instance of is recorded as computer family[3].
  • McIntosh is named after Mac[4].
  • Mac's manufacturer is recorded as Apple Inc.[5].
  • Mac's developer is recorded as Apple Inc.[6].
  • Mac is a type of personal computer[7].
  • Mac is a type of Apple hardware[8].
  • Mac's operating system is recorded as macOS[9].
  • Mac's Commons category is recorded as Macintosh[10].
  • Mac was published on January 24, 1984[11].
  • Mac's official website is recorded as https://www.apple.com/mac/[12].
  • Mac's official website is recorded as https://www.apple.com/it/mac/[13].
  • Mac's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Macintosh computers[14].
  • Mac's Commons gallery is recorded as Apple Macintosh[15].
  • Mac's different from is recorded as Mac OS operating systems[16].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Mac include Hackintosh[17], a community project[18]; MacBook[19], a model series[20]; and Mac OS operating systems[21].

Why It Matters

Mac draws 5,561 Wikipedia views per month (computer_family category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] Mac has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Mac is known by 103 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Entities named for Mac include Hackintosh[17], a community project[18]; MacBook[19], a model series[20]; and Mac OS operating systems[21].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . canadashistory.ca. canadashistory.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0270915-Macintosh-pocitace
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0270915-Macintosh-pocitace, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  2. 24d ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Foldoc id → Apple+Macintosh
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12946]]: Mac, import FOLDOC ID ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/wikibase-cli/f6585e22ab8ad/|details]])"
  3. 26d ago · Tom Morris · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Platforms/Mac
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Platforms/Mac, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/293229751|Mac (#293229751)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7986|‎Giant Bomb Wiki plat"
  4. 4w ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → computer family
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q431289]]"
  5. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex id → Macintosh
    Different from → —
    Image → —
    Commons category → —
    + 83 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007541035405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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