Apple Refers to OS X as 'MacOS' in Environmental Webpage Update

[GhostRaider]

Booo. As if the Mac is some sort of alien machine. OS X runs on non-mac hardware too and Macs uses standard PC parts from manufacturers. Doesn't need a name change.

Though the irony is that the iMac should run iOS since it has an "i" on it.

 

[doelcm82]

macOS makes more sense to me. So that means it will probably be MacOS since Apple makes insane decisions these days.

Remember how upset some people got when Apple announced the name of the iPhone 4s? It was the 5th iPhone, and people thought Apple was insane not to name it the iPhone 5. A year later, some of those same people got riled up again when the iPhone 5 was released. That one should have been the iPhone 6.

The truth is, Apple's naming has ALWAYS been insane. Always.

 

[jclardy]

I think they will have a slide with "Mac OS X El Capitan", that morphs into "macOS 11"

And my pie in the sky, never going to happen prediction - macOS 11 will run on iPad Pro models, and have the ability to run iOS apps natively along with recompiled OS X apps (Now with universal binaries, for x86 and arm64.) macOS 11 will support UIKit directly and developers will finally be able to share UI code across platforms.

 

[invisiblecube]

Call it whatever you like, but please give it a better filesystem.

 

[akfgpuppet]

Update: It's gone

 

[lombax54]

For the love of Pete. OS X or macOS. Don't rebrand it as MacOS. It follows zero capitalization standards for the brand.

WatchOS.

 

[jonnysods]

It seems to make sense, keep it more uniform with the other OS's they make and have named.

Just don't gimp the Mac operating system and you have a friend in me.

 

[PBRsg]

For the love of Pete. OS X or macOS. Don't rebrand it as MacOS. It follows zero capitalization standards for the brand.

Maybe they should unify the device names as well.

 

[Bubba Satori]

The environmental page has since been upgraded and now mentions OS X. Also, who's ready for carOS?

There's a big unsolvable bug in carOS.
Apple cars shutdown when they arrive at a 1970 street number.

 

[maxsix]

I believe OS 11 will come when a big change to the kernel happens.

Perhaps in keeping with current naming conventions it'll be OS 11.0.0.1 PRO.

 

[Jess13]

Is this a concern for anyone?

Name it after different types of fungi and I'm still using it...

Gary

Well I seem to recall that Steve said once that everyone should try LSD, that being one reason why he learned to think different[ly]. If memory serves me correctly and that is true, Apple could rename OS X after one abbreviation of the magical fungal counterpart to LSD: Mush[rooms].

MushOS

 

[Pbrutto]

No MBP rumors but two story's about a name change that matters not

 

[G4DPII]

It makes sense for them to unify the names.

Since they were meant to go to 11.0 last year, and didn't, they should rebrand and remove the X - so a yes from me.

No they weren't, Jobs stated years ago the Mac OS X will be around for 20 - 25 years, so there are another 5 years of it at least.

 

[MH01]

If they do that they'll need to rethink the rest of the iOS line.
iPad: tabletOS / padOS
iPod: musicOS / podOS

iPad is the odd one out. iPods are all but dead.

 

[\-V-/]

There's a big unsolvable bug in carOS.
Apple cars shutdown when they arrive at a 1970 street number.

That is a glorious gif.

 

[Zedcars]

I assume it would be called macOS X (ten, not 'ecks' you animals).

I know - it irritates me so much when people say X as 'ecks'. Even on a podcast called the Cult Cast there's a guy on there that says it wrong and it drives me up the wall. Uuurgh!

 

[e93to]

Meh. It could have been worse:

MacSys
Mac X
X Pro
Pro-sys X
Sys X Pro
X-Mac
Pro Mac PRO
OS X PRO

 

[Michael Goff]

It makes sense for them to unify the names.

Since they were meant to go to 11.0 last year, and didn't, they should rebrand and remove the X - so a yes from me.

Meant to go to 11? They were never going to 11.

 

[JamesPDX]

thinRfanboy.iOS ??
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macOS for Macs
watchOS for watches
tvOS for tv settop boxes
iOS for ... eyes?

Yes, I know its for "iDevices", but that is still quite unclear. iOS isn't for iMacs, for example. It's also not for iPod Nanos/Shuffles.

There will be no new iPod. Ever.

 

[Erasmus]

Damn. I was looking forward to Mac OS Ξ

...or Xi, for those who don't know their greek letters

 

[Phoenixx]

it irritates me so much when people say X as 'ecks'. Even on a podcast called the Cult Cast there's a guy on there that says it wrong and it drives me up the wall. Uuurgh!

It wouldn't be so bad if they actually did say OS "ecks," but most of the time it sounds more like OS "Sex".

 

[MyRumors]

Im guessing its because iOS 10 and OS X (10) sounds too similar.

 

[dannyyankou]

Since they were meant to go to 11.0 last year, and didn't, they should rebrand and remove the X - so a yes from me.

Versions don't work like decimals...

 

[recoil80]

OS X has been there for a while, it is time for a new name and MacOS is the obvious choice.
I wonder if they'll continue to provide a name for the OS like Yosemite or if they'll just use the number as they do with iOS and watchOS
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Im guessing its because iOS 10 and OS X (10) sounds too similar.

Yeah that could be the main reason.
They need to move to OS X version 11 and OS XI is weird. It is time for a new name

 

[mark-vdw]

Im guessing its because iOS 10 and OS X (10) sounds too similar.

This.

In the long run, calling it "macOS 12" instead of "OS X 10.12" just makes life so much simpler anyway, but the risk of confusion between "iOS 10" and "OS X" is just too big from a marketing point of view and forces their hand to make the change this year. I wonder if they'll even bother continuing to give OS X a version name - they never bothered to use names for iOS. "Jaguar", "Puma", ... made sense from a marketing point of view back when upgrades were still paid for - but now? The 10.x numbering scheme made sense when "MacOS 9" were still fresh in memory - but now? Simplifying "OS X 10.12" to "macOS 12" seems clean and simple. I like it.

I wonder if this is purely a marketing thing or if they are doing anything fundamental to OS X to coincide with the namechange, e.g. replacing the old-style Objective C AppKit API's with fully revamped Swift-style UIKit-inspired API's.