
Changes to the guide
This version of the Apple Style Guide includes the changes listed below.
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place card (was information card)
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AirMac; buddy list; built-in graphics card; central memory; clip art; CLUT; cold start (n., v.), cold-start (adj.); color lookup table; component video; composite video; creator types; dial in, dial in to (v.), dial-in (adj.); dial-up (adj.); digital video recorder; dock connector; DVR; electromagnetic interference; EMI; enhanced definition (n.), enhanced-definition (adj.); ExpressCard; family pack; Fast Ethernet (100Base-T); fax (n., v., adj.); FB-DIMM; flat-blade screwdriver; flat-panel (adj.); Grab; grow box; HDV; heat sink; hexagonal-head screw; high bit (n.), high-bit (adj.); high-order bit (n.); IM; instant message; Integrated Services Digital Network; interface card; IrDA; ISDN; Kbyte; live link; lo-bit; lo-res; micro-DVI; million instructions per second; MiniDV; mini-DVI; MIPS; M-JPEG; multiple scan (adj.); narrowband; newsgroup; nickel-metal-hydride; nonstartup disk; NVIDIA; on-the-go playlist; outline font; PAL; P-code; peripheral card; read-only memory; ROM; SATA; script system; secondary cache, second-level cache; Serial ATA; SIMM; single inline memory module; slot-loading (adj.); soft copy; S/PDIF; spin down (v.); stationery; S-video; telecommunication; television monitor; Torx screwdriver; TOSLINK; touch-tone (adj.); trackball; track list; tray-loading (adj.); TV monitor; twisted-pair cable; Type 1 font; type-ahead (n., adj.); UFS; UNIX File System; utility program; video card; video jack; warm start (n.), warm-start (adj.); whir; word wrap; World Wide Web; wraparound (n.); WWW; Y-adapter |
Changes to the June 2025 version
Changes to the September 2024 version
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Apple ID; Apple services; iCloud; Managed Apple ID; sign-in (n., adj.), sign in (v.); two-factor authentication |
Changes to the March 2024 version
Changes to the October 2022 version
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Dynamic Island; Focus filters; settings, Settings; System Settings |
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Input menu; Login Items; Low Power Mode; passkey; Power Reserve mode; preferences; Startup Disk; System Preferences |
Changes to the July 2022 version
Changes to the June 2021 version
Changes to the July 2020 version
Changes to the December 2019 version
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Activity rings; Animoji; APFS; Apple Books; Apple File System; Apple Pencil; Auto Exposure; Auto Focus; Books; Book Store; Countries (addition to “International Style”); Dark Mode; Emergency SOS; Face ID; Fall Detection; Haptic Touch; iBooks; iCloud Photos; kilogram-force centimeter (addition to Names and unit symbols for units of measure); like, love; Memoji; Raise to Speak; Raise to Wake; Shared Albums; SIM; Siri Shortcuts; Siri Suggestions; Tap to Wake; TrueDepth; True Tone; Voice Memos; Walkie-Talkie; watchlist |
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Apple menu; App Store; dialog; Do Not Disturb; earlier, later; highlight (v.); iCloud; iCloud Photo Library; iCloud Photo Sharing; iMovie; iPhone; latest; most recent; movie; single sign-on (n., adj.); social media (pl. n., adj.); Stacks; Touch ID; update; upgrade; version number |