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Why is "Mac OS X" crossed out with "macOS" written in place of it? Is the former wrong somehow?

by mehrdadn 7y ago

devbat8712 7y ago
Officially it's macOS now.
- mehrdadn 7y ago
  Oh interesting, I didn't realize. Thanks!
  - sdegutis 7y ago
    Mac OS, then Mac OS X, then OS X, and now macOS. Probably Mac OS again some time soon to go full circle.
    - verify_sirrah 7y ago
      macOS matches watchOS, tvOS, iOS, and iPadOS. Unless Apple decides to rename all their products, I don't see macOS changing.
    - waterhouse 7y ago
      I personally just say Mac OS. If there were some device called the Blarg, with an operating system built to run just on the Blarg, then that operating system would be most naturally called Blarg OS; I suspect the vast majority of people would call it that if no name were supplied.
      - Wowfunhappy 7y ago
        Also, since OS X's full name was always still "Mac OS X", "Mac OS" correctly refers to every iteration of the operating system.
    - IggleSniggle 7y ago
      Yeah, jeez, what's NeXT?
    - Traster 7y ago
      Well then say that MacOS is 3 pixels slimmer than Mac OS but it just doesn't have the same feel and I'm constanly get crumbs stuck between the c and the O.
    - Someone 7y ago
      It started nameless, colloquially called “System”, became “Macintosh System Software” in 1987, and only became Mac OS in 1996 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Mac_OS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Mac_OS)
    - sneak 7y ago
      If this makes people stop pronouncing it “ecks” (it’s “ten”, a roman numeral), I’m all for it.
whalesalad 7y ago
Sorta. The old name still works, when referring to a proper old release. Going forward the OS family is referred to as macOS.
- mehrdadn 7y ago
  I see, thanks!
apearson 7y ago
How would you write out a rebranding like Mac OS X to macOS
- joombaga 7y ago
  I'd go with one of these: * macOS (née Mac OS X) * macos (formerly Mac OS X)
  - IggleSniggle 7y ago
    Ah yes, the classic game: - "macos!" - "polos!"
    - joombaga 7y ago
      Didn't mean to lower case that one.
  - gbear605 7y ago
    The operating system formerly known as Mac OS X
    - toyg 7y ago
      TOSFKAMOSX. Rolls off the tongue almost as well as TAFKAP.

Why is "Mac OS X" crossed out with "macOS" written in place of it? Is the former wrong somehow?

devbat8712 7y ago

Officially it's macOS now.

mehrdadn 7y ago
Oh interesting, I didn't realize. Thanks!
- sdegutis 7y ago
  Mac OS, then Mac OS X, then OS X, and now macOS. Probably Mac OS again some time soon to go full circle.
  - verify_sirrah 7y ago
    macOS matches watchOS, tvOS, iOS, and iPadOS. Unless Apple decides to rename all their products, I don't see macOS changing.
  - waterhouse 7y ago
    I personally just say Mac OS. If there were some device called the Blarg, with an operating system built to run just on the Blarg, then that operating system would be most naturally called Blarg OS; I suspect the vast majority of people would call it that if no name were supplied.
    - Wowfunhappy 7y ago
      Also, since OS X's full name was always still "Mac OS X", "Mac OS" correctly refers to every iteration of the operating system.
  - IggleSniggle 7y ago
    Yeah, jeez, what's NeXT?
  - Traster 7y ago
    Well then say that MacOS is 3 pixels slimmer than Mac OS but it just doesn't have the same feel and I'm constanly get crumbs stuck between the c and the O.
  - Someone 7y ago
    It started nameless, colloquially called “System”, became “Macintosh System Software” in 1987, and only became Mac OS in 1996 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Mac_OS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Mac_OS)
  - sneak 7y ago
    If this makes people stop pronouncing it “ecks” (it’s “ten”, a roman numeral), I’m all for it.

whalesalad 7y ago

Sorta. The old name still works, when referring to a proper old release. Going forward the OS family is referred to as macOS.

mehrdadn 7y ago
I see, thanks!

apearson 7y ago

How would you write out a rebranding like Mac OS X to macOS

joombaga 7y ago
I'd go with one of these: * macOS (née Mac OS X) * macos (formerly Mac OS X)
- IggleSniggle 7y ago
  Ah yes, the classic game: - "macos!" - "polos!"
  - joombaga 7y ago
    Didn't mean to lower case that one.
- gbear605 7y ago
  The operating system formerly known as Mac OS X
  - toyg 7y ago
    TOSFKAMOSX. Rolls off the tongue almost as well as TAFKAP.