Integrated support for multiple user accounts without using At Ease.Mac, then MobileMe, which was replaced by iCloud) and included improved TCP/IP functionality with Open Transport 2.5. Mac OS 9 also featured integrated support for Apple's suite of Internet services known as iTools (later re-branded as. Apple billed Mac OS 9 as including '50 new features' and heavily marketed its Sherlock 2 software, which introduced a 'channels' feature for searching different online resources and introduced a QuickTime-like metallic appearance.
