Core Services

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Core Services are a set of Mac OS X and iOS application programming interfaces that architecturally are underneath Carbon, Cocoa and Cocoa Touch. In addition to Core Foundation,^[1] it also encompasses other APIs including Grand Central Dispatch, Blocks, CFNetwork, CarbonCore, OSServices, and WebServicesCore.^[2]

References[edit]

^ "Core Foundation Overview". Retrieved 16 January 2011.
^ "iOS Technology Overview: Core Services Layer". Retrieved 16 January 2011.

Founders

Board of directors

Current	Tim Cook (CEO) Mickey Drexler Al Gore Bob Iger Andrea Jung Arthur D. Levinson (Chairman) Ronald Sugar Susan Wagner

Former	Steve Jobs Fred D. Anderson Gil Amelio Bill Campbell Larry Ellison Delano Lewis Mike Markkula Arthur Rock Eric Schmidt John Sculley Edgar S. Woolard, Jr. Jerry York

Executives

Current	Tim Cook Angela Ahrendts Eddy Cue Craig Federighi Jonathan Ive Luca Maestri Dan Riccio Phil Schiller Bruce Sewell Jeff Williams

Former	Steve Jobs Fred D. Anderson John Browett Tony Fadell Scott Forstall Nancy R. Heinen Ron Johnson Peter Oppenheimer Mark Papermaster Jon Rubinstein Bertrand Serlet Sina Tamaddon Avie Tevanian

Stores

Services

Products

Hardware	Macintosh Intel transition iPod Touch iPhone iPad Apple Watch Apple SIM Peripherals Discontinued hardware

Software	Mac OS History OS X History OS X Server General iOS History Core Foundation Developer Tools Final Cut Studio Logic Studio QuickTime Discontinued software

Companies

Subsidiaries	Beats Electronics Beats Music Braeburn Capital FileMaker Inc.

Acquisitions	Anobit AuthenTec Beats Electronics Beats Music Cue Emagic FingerWorks Intrinsity Lala NeXT Nothing Real P.A. Semi PrimeSense Siri Spotsetter Topsy

Related

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Design
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History
People
- Key Staff
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iTunes Festival

v t e OS X Core Foundation

Core Animation Core Audio Core Data Core Graphics Core Image Core Location Core OpenGL Core Services Core Text Core Video

Versions

Applications

Automator Calculator Calendar Chess Contacts Dashboard Dictionary DVD Player FaceTime Finder Game Center Grapher iTunes (version history) Mac App Store Mail Messages Notes Notification Center Photo Booth Preview QuickTime Reminders Safari (version history) Stickies TextEdit

Discontinued	Front Row iChat iSync Sherlock

Utilities

Activity Monitor AirPort Utility AppleScript Editor Archive Utility Audio MIDI Setup Bluetooth File Exchange ColorSync Configurator Console Crash Reporter DigitalColor Meter Directory Utility DiskImageMounter Disk Utility Font Book Grab Help Viewer Image Capture Installer Keychain Access Migration Assistant Network Utility ODBC Administrator Screen Sharing System Preferences System Information Terminal Universal Access VoiceOver

Discontinued	Software Update Remote Install Mac OS X

Technology and
user interface

AirDrop Command key Option key Apple menu Apple Push Notification Service AppleScript Aqua Audio Units Bonjour Boot Camp Cocoa ColorSync Core Animation Core Audio Core Data Core Foundation Core Image Core OpenGL Core Text Core Video CUPS Cover Flow Darwin Dock FileVault Gatekeeper Grand Central Dispatch icns Inkwell I/O Kit Kernel panic Keychain launchd Launchpad Mach-O MacRuby Menu extra Mission Control OpenCL Preference Pane Property list Quartz QuickTime Quick Look Smart Folders Speakable items Spotlight Stacks Time Machine Uniform Type Identifier Universal binary WebKit XNU XQuartz

Deprecated	Carbon

Discontinued	BootX Brushed metal Classic Environment Rosetta Spaces Xgrid

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