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OS X (the name) is gone for a while, it was replaced by macOS. The numbering change now is inconsequential.

• thedjinn 6y ago
  Most people probably don't even refer to the macOS versions by number but by codename.
  • gregoriol 6y ago
    Sure, but version names are hard to order: was Catalina before or after X? who will remember? (maybe if it at least was like Ubuntu with names following alphabetic order)
  • saagarjha 6y ago
    Nit: Big Sur is a marketing name, not a codename. Apple has their own names for this things ;)
• chrisseaton 6y ago
  macOS, not MacOS.
  • amatecha 6y ago
    At least they didn't call it "MAC", haha
    • saagarjha 6y ago
      Interestingly in iOS 14 the feature that lets you change your MAC address labels it as your "Wi-Fi Address".
  • coliveira 6y ago
    Thanks, I always forget that Apple uses reverse capitalization.
    • fnordsensei 6y ago
      In my country, the old school papers use initial capital letter, then lowercase, regardless of name. I.e., IBM becomes Ibm, IKEA would be Ikea, and macOS would become Macos. The reasoning is that companies shouldn’t be able to dictate flow and attention in an article by manipulating capitalization in brand names. (Just an anecdote, obviously not applicable to comments here)
• totaldude87 6y ago
  yeah , like look at iPad OS.. its now iPadOS 14 :|
  • Tagbert 6y ago
    Yes, they have spread the theme across all of their OSs but they are still distinct members of a family. It looks like they brought some of the best new features from iPad to the Mac and I see they are bringing sidebars from the Mac to iPad. Makes sense.