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Rumors of Coming 'macOS' Rebrand for OS X Refuse to Die
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Sounds good to me to start with "macOS" coming WWDC
Especially as the upcoming iOS version will be iOS 10:
How will you differentiatie OS X (OS X "ten") with iOS 10 (iOS "ten") for the general public..?
IMHO, it's a case of Apple's "knickers in the twist" regarding the prolonged naming scheme of both iOS and OS X.
Naming OS X after the Classic Mac OS 9 was fine:
X for "10" (i.e. after 9)
X for "UNIX"
But that was more than a decade ago (almost 16 years).
I would like this lineup:
macOS
tvOS
watchOS
touchOS (someone else brought this one in, tnx)
carOS
...OS
Especially as the upcoming iOS version will be iOS 10:
How will you differentiatie OS X (OS X "ten") with iOS 10 (iOS "ten") for the general public..?
IMHO, it's a case of Apple's "knickers in the twist" regarding the prolonged naming scheme of both iOS and OS X.
Naming OS X after the Classic Mac OS 9 was fine:
X for "10" (i.e. after 9)
X for "UNIX"
But that was more than a decade ago (almost 16 years).
I would like this lineup:
macOS
tvOS
watchOS
touchOS (someone else brought this one in, tnx)
carOS
...OS
This. Exactly. Devs use naming conventions like this to distinguish. Don't turn this into more than it is. Though, this is MacRumors after all...
Actually, it gained the "Mac OS" moniker already with version 7.6.
IIRC the "Mac OS" naming started when Apple licensed Mac OS to other computer makers who made Apple-clones. (UMAX, Motorola, etc.).Actually, it gained the "Mac OS" moniker already with version 7.6.
X is a little redundant and out od place this days, with iOS, tvOS and watchOS. I think it would be a good idea to call the next version macOS 10, which would be the next logical step after the last Mac OS 9. And it would be aligned with iOS 10.
Or... they could simply drop the numbers from all of their operating systems and simply refer to specific versions by release date. E.g. macOS late 2016.
Or... they could simply drop the numbers from all of their operating systems and simply refer to specific versions by release date. E.g. macOS late 2016.
I think macOS 2016 (or more likely 2017 if it premieres end of the year) would be wicked indeed. Or just macOS. The numbers get ridiculous after a while – but I said that before. Give me a revamp of OS X and call it macOS. 1.0 if you must.
Aside from being a little too close to (the now perpetual) Windows 10 for comfort, the "X" as roman numeral for 10 is already the next logical step after Mac OS 9. The next really logical step would be 11, although one might argue that this number would also already be taken by the 11th version of OS X (i.e. the current El Capitan).
So, I would go with macOS 12, even if – or better because – it's not in step with the iOS version.
You have the point about Windows 10, although the same problem will be with the next iOS, if they use number 10. Anyway, I think it would be best to just drop the version number altogether and simply call it macOS. Version numbers works, if a major version is released every few years (think Linux), otherwise it sort of loses it's "magic" (think Chrome & Firefox) and just gets messy.
I have always continued calling it Mac OS, even after "X" came out. So I've never switched to any of the new names in my pronunciation and now finally their naming will return to the way I have been calling it all along
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macOS could easily be the start of when iOS was transplanted into the Mac. It doesn't have to run ARM yet, but it could be the start of that move.
Just call it Susan really as long as it doesn't lose the file management, disk utility (crippled as it is) or terminal and doesn't force me to use iCloud for everything...
Ya I feel like something like this is WAY more likely. Maybe iOS 10 (iOS X) and OS X 10.12 will be the same operating system. Obviously we've been talking about this possibility for a long time, but if it's going to happen anytime soon, it might as well happen with the most convenient version number.
Not if you're loading ammunition. You'd be surprised how little powder a .380ACP, 9MM, .40S&W or .45ACP round takes. 3 to 7 grains, in most cases, depending on the bullet weight and powder.
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Has anyone in this thread bothered to ask their Mac what its preference is?
Turn up the volume, open up Terminal and type in "say OS X" and press enter. What does the Mac say?
Turn up the volume, open up Terminal and type in "say OS X" and press enter. What does the Mac say?
At least its not called Ice Cream Sandwich or some ***** like that, OS X, MAC O, Mac OS whatever is better than that.
Using the imperial system is stupid too. It's only third-world countries like Burma, Liberia and the United States who use it.
Like they changed the name when the switch from PPC to Intel occurred? No that never happened.
You missed it. It was called System 7 to OS 8 and changed from 68000 to Power PC.
OS 9 to OS X and went from PowerPC to Intel. You could never run OS 9 on Intel boxes and OS X 1.0 was running on Intel internally at apple. They didn't release OS X Intel until 10.4. Apple never released red box to run Intel on PowerPC but released blue box to run 68000 code.
I'm sure OS X 10.8.x has been running on the A series since then and probably be released with 10.12.x and A10 64 10 nm desktop class.