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This will finally alleviate the awkward pronunciation ambiguity. To this day, I'm not sure whether to say "OS ex" or "OS ten".

by unit91 10y ago

27182818284 10y ago
If you use the say command in the Terminal you get the definitive answer.
- 542458 10y ago
  Spoiler alert for anybody without access to a mac right now: $ say "OS X" pronounces it as "OS Ten".
  - geophile 10y ago
    Mine says "os ex". (10.11.5)
    - heartbreak 10y ago
      All caps.
    - slinkyavenger 10y ago
      There has to be a space between the OS and X for it to work for me.
- malz 10y ago
  Its rules for pronouncing "X" are also distinct in these cases: say "Malcolm X" say "Louis X"
  - switch007 10y ago
    Hah, it does roman numerals up to 49 say Louis XLIX = Louis the 49th say Louis L = Louis L
hexasquid 10y ago
Is it Mac Oh Ess or does it rhyme with GladOS?
- ihuman 10y ago
  Mac Oh Ess, like iOS, tvOS, and watchOS.
cpeterso 10y ago
That's true for macOS Sierra, but will Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan and earlier be retroactively rebranded as macOS? Now we will have to listen to people say things like "I upgraded my Mac from Mac OS X 10.10 to macOS Siera". :)
- dchest 10y ago
  It was called "OS X", not "Mac OS X" since 10.8.
  - cpeterso 10y ago
    Thanks! I forgot about that name change. We've come full circle: Mac OS 9 -> Mac OS X 10.0 -> OS X 10.8 -> macOS 10.12
  - newscracker 10y ago
    Minor correction. The switch from "Mac OS X" to "OS X" happened with OS X 10.7 Lion, not with OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. The last release with the "Mac OS X" name was "Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard".
    - dchest 10y ago
      I think Lion was released as "Mac OS X", and they changed it to "OS X" later. http://www.macrumors.com/2012/02/16/apple-officially-drops-mac-name-from-os-x-mountain-lion/ http://www.macrumors.com/2012/02/16/apple-officially-drops-m... http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/16/with_mountain_lion_apple_officially_drops_mac_from_os_x_name http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/16/with_mountain_lion...
lostlogin 10y ago
You need to listen to Gruber shred Roman numerals - it's pretty funny. Episode 155 of The Talk Show.

This will finally alleviate the awkward pronunciation ambiguity. To this day, I'm not sure whether to say "OS ex" or "OS ten".

by unit91 10y ago

This will finally alleviate the awkward pronunciation ambiguity. To this day, I'm not sure whether to say "OS ex" or "OS ten".

27182818284 10y ago

If you use the say command in the Terminal you get the definitive answer.

542458 10y ago
Spoiler alert for anybody without access to a mac right now: $ say "OS X" pronounces it as "OS Ten".
- geophile 10y ago
  Mine says "os ex". (10.11.5)
  - heartbreak 10y ago
    All caps.
  - slinkyavenger 10y ago
    There has to be a space between the OS and X for it to work for me.
malz 10y ago
Its rules for pronouncing "X" are also distinct in these cases: say "Malcolm X" say "Louis X"
- switch007 10y ago
  Hah, it does roman numerals up to 49 say Louis XLIX = Louis the 49th say Louis L = Louis L

hexasquid 10y ago

Is it Mac Oh Ess or does it rhyme with GladOS?

ihuman 10y ago
Mac Oh Ess, like iOS, tvOS, and watchOS.

cpeterso 10y ago

That's true for macOS Sierra, but will Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan and earlier be retroactively rebranded as macOS? Now we will have to listen to people say things like "I upgraded my Mac from Mac OS X 10.10 to macOS Siera". :)

dchest 10y ago
It was called "OS X", not "Mac OS X" since 10.8.
- cpeterso 10y ago
  Thanks! I forgot about that name change. We've come full circle: Mac OS 9 -> Mac OS X 10.0 -> OS X 10.8 -> macOS 10.12
- newscracker 10y ago
  Minor correction. The switch from "Mac OS X" to "OS X" happened with OS X 10.7 Lion, not with OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. The last release with the "Mac OS X" name was "Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard".
  - dchest 10y ago
    I think Lion was released as "Mac OS X", and they changed it to "OS X" later. http://www.macrumors.com/2012/02/16/apple-officially-drops-mac-name-from-os-x-mountain-lion/ http://www.macrumors.com/2012/02/16/apple-officially-drops-m... http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/16/with_mountain_lion_apple_officially_drops_mac_from_os_x_name http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/16/with_mountain_lion...

lostlogin 10y ago

You need to listen to Gruber shred Roman numerals - it's pretty funny. Episode 155 of The Talk Show.