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I'm sure you remember the keynote in which they clearly stated that it was just so it would be "in tune" with the other OSes naming scheme. They even had a chart for that and start referring to older versions of OS X as macOS. It's not "my argument", it's Apple's.
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Why not? It has more in common with "mobile" OSes than it has with regular x86-64 desktop OSes.
EDIT: This is totally off-topic, not gonna follow this discussion.
Yes, that's great. But your original question was: "Then why the big deal from OSX to macOS? it occupied a keynote segment." First of all, it wasn't "a big deal". And second, it was to unify the naming. This has been answered. The technicality that tvOS isn't "mobile" in the sense that we don't carry an Apple TV around much is immaterial.
Mac OS X
OS X
macOS
.. whatever.
IMHO, major versions were:
10.0 - the original
10.3 - first real stable and 100% usable version
10.4 - first Intel version (shipped only with Intel based Macs)
10.5 - universal binary, 64 bits
10.6 - intel only
10.7 - no more DVD
10.8 - "iOS-ification" (i.e. cross-features with iOS)
10.13 - APFS
For me 10.8 - 10.12 have been incremental updates. Luckily not paid upgrades.
OS X
macOS
.. whatever.
IMHO, major versions were:
10.0 - the original
10.3 - first real stable and 100% usable version
10.4 - first Intel version (shipped only with Intel based Macs)
10.5 - universal binary, 64 bits
10.6 - intel only
10.7 - no more DVD
10.8 - "iOS-ification" (i.e. cross-features with iOS)
10.13 - APFS
For me 10.8 - 10.12 have been incremental updates. Luckily not paid upgrades.
There was a setting in iMessages/preferences
Can't remember, but basically it just said "Sync over iCloud"
Just a naming problem. OS X ("ten") point 11 dot 13 dot five... MacOS 10.13 is easier. And it blends better with watchOS, tvOS, iOS... It's just marketing decisions. The kernel of OS X is still there. The structure is still there. The difficulty here, I suspect, is that despite not changing much on the surface, the changes underneath the surface were ambitious and very tricky, especially the new apfs file system, which is still having difficulty. When will it come to my Fusion Drive? "A later version."
Is your name Chandler? Could you BE any more pedantic?
I'm really hoping they sought out switching between users. It sometimes takes ages to log in or to switch from one to the other.
And I've had to turn 'Auto-unlock' with Apple Watch off. Barely works for me anymore.
And I've had to turn 'Auto-unlock' with Apple Watch off. Barely works for me anymore.
10.9 openGL 4.1 & openCL 1.2
10.12 - Metal 1.1
10.13 - Metal 2
So, OS X 10.10 and 10.11 were kind of lost generation. Metal 1.0 was useless beta in macOS 10.11, and in total El Crapitan was a bad relese to the end. Not going to miss it.
is this what you are talking about? https://9to5mac.com/2017/10/18/imessage-icloud-sync/
And I agree with the other poster, there is nothing in settings, in either my up to date iPhone or Mac, about iMessage settings. So my guess is that hasn't released it yet.
No, there is a bug here... If I start safari or VLC, I can not longer control iTunes with the media keys, even if I quite all other apps, until I reboot.
I do not think that something as stable as El Capitan belongs to a "kind of lost generation". For me and many others it is as stable and fast as Snow Leopard was.
