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{{short description|Graphing calculator software bundled with macOS}}
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'''Grapher''' is a [[computer program]] bundled with [[macOS]] since version 10.4 that is able to create [[2D computer graphics|2D]] and [[3D computer graphics|3D]] [[Graph of a function|graphs]] from simple and complex [[equations]]. It includes a variety of samples ranging from [[differential equations]] to 3D-rendered [[Toroid]]s and [[Lorenz attractor]]s. It is also capable of dealing with [[function (mathematics)|functions]] and compositions of them. One can edit the appearance of graphs by changing line colors, adding patterns to rendered surfaces, adding comments, and changing the fonts and styles used to display them. Grapher is able to create animations of graphs by changing constants or rotating them in space.
== History ==
Before Grapher and [[Mac OS X]], [[Mac OS 9]] was bundled with Pacific Tech's [[NuCalc|Graphing Calculator]], a similar program to Grapher that had been included with over 20 million Macintoshes since 1994 with [[System 7 (Macintosh)|System 7]]. No versions of Mac OS X prior to [[Mac OS X v10.4]] included a bundled graphing calculator application. On July 22, 2004, Apple bought Arizona Software's "Curvus Pro X," and renamed it “Graphing Calculator”, before deciding on “Grapher”. The news was publicly announced on September 15, 2004 at AppleInsider.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://appleinsider.com/articles/04/09/15/apple_acquires_curvus_pro_x_to_power_new_mac_os_x_tiger_application|title=Apple acquires Curvus Pro X to power new Mac OS X Tiger application|last=Jade|first=Kasper|date=September 15, 2004|website=AppleInsider|language=en|access-date=April 25, 2019|archive-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425211255/https://appleinsider.com/articles/04/09/15/apple_acquires_curvus_pro_x_to_power_new_mac_os_x_tiger_application|url-status=live}}</ref>
Version 2.0 of Grapher was bundled with [[Mac OS X v10.5]], and version 2.1 with [[Mac OS X v10.6]]. It was notable for being one of the few applications bundled with 10.6 to ship without [[64-bit]] support.<ref>{{cite web |last=Siracusa |first=John |url=https://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2009/08/mac-os-x-10-6.ars/5 |title=Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: the Ars Technica review |publisher=Ars Technica |date=August 5, 2009 |
== Features ==
Grapher is a
It is also possible to use the operating system's copy-and-paste feature to copy equations from the application's visual equation editor. By doing so, Grapher functions as something of an equation editor; the user may copy images, EPS, PDF or LaTeX versions of entered equations into other applications. Any equation can be entered and copied; it is not limited to plottable equations.
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== External links ==
* [https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/grapher/gcalb3dec608/mac Official user guide]
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