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Ploki

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I always thought Macintosh HD stands for "Macintosh Hard Drive"... So what does it stand for?

edit: sorry this should really be in OS X.
 

robo456

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I always thought Macintosh HD stands for "Macintosh Hard Drive"... So what does it stand for?

edit: sorry this should really be in OS X.

That's what I thought as well... for as long as I remembered (System 7ish?) your hard drive was called Macintosh HD.

** EDIT **
ah, beat me to it :)
 

Ploki

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It does. What makes you think it doesn't?

well...
Hard Drive.
It sounds stupid but since most of mac portables are now flash-memory based, it could be Macintosh FD.

Something I that hit me when I was formatting my old laptop last weekend, I just find it amusing.

Like the diskette on the "Save" buttons I guess.
 

GGJstudios

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well...
Hard Drive.
It sounds stupid but since most of mac portables are now flash-memory based, it could be Macintosh FD.

Something I that hit me when I was formatting my old laptop last weekend, I just find it amusing.

Like the diskette on the "Save" buttons I guess.

As many Macs still come with HDDs vs Flash memory, that wouldn't be accurate. It may change in the future, but it's not important enough to worry about. It's just a drive name.
 

JoeFkling

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most people equate the internal drive as the hard drive no matter what its form factor. Flash drives have become the common nomenclature for external USB thumb drives.

But really, since you can rename it, does it matter?
 

Ploki

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As many Macs still come with HDDs vs Flash memory, that wouldn't be accurate. It may change in the future, but it's not important enough to worry about. It's just a drive name.

most people equate the internal drive as the hard drive no matter what its form factor. Flash drives have become the common nomenclature for external USB thumb drives.

But really, since you can rename it, does it matter?

I know I know... Just curious. Apple usually is anal around such details.
 

pdjudd

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So did I.

And isn't it 'Mac HD' because they don't use the word 'Macintosh' anymore?
Says who? I can still find references to it on their site and they still use it in various spots on the Mac itself. It's just a label and Mac is just an abbreviation.
 

dma550

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Yeah, I want an SSD icon too. Too bad SSD's aren't as good looking as HD's - they're just a smooth black box or a little board of chips.
 

robvas

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Says who? I can still find references to it on their site and they still use it in various spots on the Mac itself. It's just a label and Mac is just an abbreviation.

Take some screen captures and post them.

Yeah, I want an SSD icon too. Too bad SSD's aren't as good looking as HD's - they're just a smooth black box or a little board of chips.

OWC has some icons, I'm sure there are others out there for Samsung, Intel, etcc

http://eshop.macsales.com/Reviews/Framework.cfm?page=/icons/icons.html
 

GGJstudios

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Take some screen captures and post them.
They're not common, but there are references to "Macintosh" on Apple's site:

iTunes Store: About authorization and deauthorization
ScreenCap 2013-02-07 at Thu, Feb 7,9.46.24 AM .PNG
Apple - QuickTime - QuickTime Components
ScreenCap 2013-02-07 at Thu, Feb 7,9.47.39 AM .PNG
Apple - Certification Programs
ScreenCap 2013-02-07 at Thu, Feb 7,9.48.16 AM .PNG
 
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