1989

The following Apple-related events occurred in 1989:
===January 1989===
*January 19: Apple Computer releases the Macintosh SE/30, the first compact Mac to use the Motorola 68030 processor.
*January 20: 41st U.S. president George H. W. Bush is inaugurated.
===February 1989===
===March 1989===
*March 7: The small-footprint Macintosh IIcx is introduced along with the Macintosh Portrait Display.
===April 1989===
===May 1989===
*May 9-12: The 1989 Worldwide Apple Developers Conference (DevCon '89) is held at the newly-built San Jose Convention Center. The main topics include the upcoming System 7 and its technologies.
===June 1989===
===July 1989===
===August 1989===
*August 1: An updated version of the Macintosh SE with FDHD drives is released.
===September 1989===
*September 20: The Macintosh IIci and the Macintosh Portable (Apple's first portable computer) are released. Also released to support them is System 6.0.4. Public Folder is released by Claris as an early Macintosh file sharing utility for System 6. Apple Computer and Microsoft announce a joint effort to develop an alternative to PostScript, which would lead to TrueType.
*September 27-30: Apple Expo 1989 is held in Puteaux, France.
===October 1989===
===November 1989===
===December 1989===