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Apple made a pretty big deal about all the rebrands. From "System" (verions 1-7), to "Mac OS" (8 and 9), to "Mac OS X" (10.0-10.7), to "OS X" (10.8-10.12), to "
by chungy 4y ago
Apple made a pretty big deal about all the rebrands. From "System" (verions 1-7), to "Mac OS" (8 and 9), to "Mac OS X" (10.0-10.7), to "OS X" (10.8-10.12), to "macOS" (10.13+).
It was clear that the OS wasn't thought of as a separate thing in the early days. The latest one looks like a typo.
- amatecha 4y agoIndeed, you can see between 2011 and 2012 (for example) that Apple's PR site changed from calling it "Mac OS X" to simply calling it "OS X". 2011: https://web.archive.org/web/20111130104524/http://www.apple.com/pr/products/ https://web.archive.org/web/20111130104524/http://www.apple.... 2012: https://web.archive.org/web/20120222083925/http://www.apple.com/pr/products/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120222083925/http://www.apple.... Interestingly Lion was called "Mac OS X Lion" upon release[0], but then their website[1] called it "OS X Lion" predominantly. [0] https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2011/07/20Mac-OS-X-Lion-Available-Today-From-the-Mac-App-Store/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2011/07/20Mac-OS-X-Lion-Avail... [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20110705041542/http://www.apple.com/macosx/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110705041542/http://www.apple....
- WatchDog 4y ago2012 link is the same as the 2011 link. Actual 2012 link: https://web.archive.org/web/20121207053101/http://www.apple.com/pr/products/ https://web.archive.org/web/20121207053101/http://www.apple....
- amatecha 4y agoWoops, copy/paste struggles! Thanks, updated my 2012 link while I was still able to edit.