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Apple Refers to OS X as 'MacOS' in Environmental Webpage Update
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..have you tried uninstalling Flash? http://imgur.com/QB0xDXT
Sadly the case. Which is funny, only time it tends to matter is when getting tech support. About the only time I even bother to give the whole say 12.3.45567 some can have.
Most times I make life easy and say I run the latest version. How do you know its latest? menu item, update software says so. Case of my Linux stuff....get-apt update then upgrade finds nothing new.
As always there are exceptions. Mine are programming code submissions and such where it can be needed to say this is python 2.x. But that's to offset code doesn't work in 3.x comments. the 2.x a subtle hint to run 2.x or something close to that .x. 2 code not dying in 3 should be more of a surprise than it dying tbh lol.
Since they're already using a Roman numeral and a decimal number, they should add a fraction as well:
OS X 10.12 9-3/4s.
It would give it a nice Harry Potter feeling, and they could blame bugs on a poorly cast spell or incompetent wizarding.
Camel case is only used iPod, iPhone, iPad & iMac (anything with an i). The term 'Mac' terminology always has a capital M.
Oh Yeah! Now we're getting somewhere. That "Pro" has me sold.
Can we make that a "Limited Special Edition"?
What a point release (10.X) entails has changed a lot since I first got a mac. It used to be exciting when a new version was coming out, I have a macbook on El Capitan and an iMac on Yosemite. I honestly don't notice a difference...
I don't care about the name but I wish they would go back to bi-anual updates.
I don't care about the name but I wish they would go back to bi-anual updates.
The last Apple OS I actually loved to use was Mac OS9. Yes I know, it was "primitive" compared to OS X, but it had a fluidity and grace that was lost in the transition.
Maybe they can recapture some of what was lost and get back to a Mac OS that puts users first.
Maybe they can recapture some of what was lost and get back to a Mac OS that puts users first.
Mac is an actual term for Apple computers. It warrants the capitalization.
I've been waiting for this for some time. I would put money on the fact that the OS' are finally ready to merge. iOS apps will run natively within OS X/MacOS. They are all tied together - tvOS, watchOS, iOS. Mac is finally joining that group whether you like it or not.
For the love of god, make a padOS then. Seriously. My iPad Pro does not need to be hampered by iOS.
I've been waiting for this for some time. I would put money on the fact that the OS' are finally ready to merge. iOS apps will run natively within OS X/MacOS. They are all tied together - tvOS, watchOS, iOS. Mac is finally joining that group whether you like it or not.
For the love of god, make a padOS then. Seriously. My iPad Pro does not need to be hampered by iOS.
Mac OS9 was the best. everything feels "disconnected" from the user in X.
We got warmed over UNIX shoved down our throats as far as I'm concerned.
iOS still works for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch....mobileOS would be confusing..so would phoneOS
At least Apple can count higher than Valve!Maybe they're afraid we can't count any higher....
At this juncture in Apple history most everything has been repositioned or renamed to reflect the disposable, superficial nature of Apple's sealed appliance style products. Assembled in hot, frenetic, rather desperate conditions, it's Apple's brand of Commerce personified.
They don't care about standard capitalization. They went from iPhone 4S to iPhone 5s and 6s, which looks worse by far. It looks like the plural form for the last generation product. Then they come out with iPhone SE. Not iPhone se or iPhone Se, probably because common sense kicked in.
So now it's SE and 6s. Both have "S" or "SE" on their back sides but the product names don't address them the same way.
They should just call it MacOS, and while they're at it, they should call watchOS "WatchOS". We don't call it "Apple watch". Proper nouns are capitalized. Then they should make it iPhone 6S.
EDIT: I saw this after having my phone replaced:
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The environmental page has since been upgraded and now mentions OS X. Also, who's ready for carOS?
I think it will be called macOS 12. Apple might be phasing out the version numbers as the part of the branding. These operating system updates are so regular now, they basically like maintenance updates.
LOL. Last 3 OSs as in Mavbricks, YoureSh**tingme and El Crapitan...
but please no Mac Bugs. We don't need no [more] stinking bugs.
What's the big deal with this? MacOS is and have always been the original name of the OS, it was just changed in the transition from MacOS 9 to Mac OS X, then people just started calling it OSX but that's it. I think it's time to let the X era behind and go back to MacOS 11 or whatever is next.
Haha how'd I know someone in these parts would be anal enough to bring up capitalization. There's only 5 letters in MacOS and macOS. Apple's attention to detail hasn't slipped up by that much