Remembering Brett Halle: The Apple Engineer Who Helped Build Mac OS X
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Remembering Brett Halle: The Apple Engineer Who Helped Build Mac OS X

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 10, 202627 min
  • Interview
  • Technology

Brett Halle sold the Apple II as a student, joined Apple in 1991, and was the first engineer through the door after Apple bought NeXT. He led the Core OS team behind Mac OS X, ran Final Cut, and quietly moved the Mac from PowerPC to Intel. This is part one of a two part tribute, in his own words. Brett died on 1 October 2026. He was a friend of this show and a daily listener, and the best way we know to remember him is to let you hear him tell his own story. This conversation with Steven...

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Don't miss the U.S.L. Championship Final on CBS, November 21st at noon eastern. Will the Pittsburgh Riverhounds retain their crown or will new title winners emerge? Don't miss the conclusion to the 2026 season, Saturday, November 21st, noon eastern on CBS. This weekend on Double Tap we are doing something a little different.

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We are remembering a friend of the show. Brett Halle died on the 1st of October. We wanted to pay tribute to him the best way we know how, by letting you hear him tell his own story.

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Brett was a software engineer from Long Beach, California, and he was there at the very beginning of Apple. As a student, he sold the Apple II at the bite shop. He joined Apple in 1991, and when the company was weeks from bankruptcy, he helped choose

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