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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.