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=== Background === [[Netscape Navigator]] rapidly became the dominant [[Mac (computer)|Mac]] browser after its 1994 release, and eventually came bundled with Mac OS.<ref name="Engadget-2007">{{Cite web |title=RIP Netscape Navigator (1994β2008) |url=https://www.engadget.com/2007-12-28-rip-netscape-navigator-1994-2008.html |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=Engadget |date=December 29, 2007 |language=en-US |archive-date=December 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223040007/https://www.engadget.com/2007-12-28-rip-netscape-navigator-1994-2008.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1996, [[Microsoft]] released [[Internet Explorer for Mac]] (IE), and Apple released the [[Cyberdog]] internet suite, which included a web browser. In 1997, Apple shelved Cyberdog, and reached a five-year agreement with Microsoft to make IE the default browser on the Mac, starting with [[Mac OS 8.1]]. Netscape continued to be preinstalled on all [[Macintosh]] systems.<ref name="Engadget-2007" /> Microsoft continued to update IE for Mac, which was ported to [[MacOS version history#Releases|Mac OS X DP4]] in May 2000.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2000/05/15Apple-Releases-Mac-OS-X-Developer-Preview-4-with-Final-API-Specs/ |title=Apple Releases Mac OS X Developer Preview 4 with Final API Specs |date=May 15, 2000 |website=[[Apple Inc.]] |access-date=March 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308112030/https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2000/05/15Apple-Releases-Mac-OS-X-Developer-Preview-4-with-Final-API-Specs/ |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Explain why Apple wanted to make its own browser. Use the Creative Selection book by Ken Kocienda for that. -->
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