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Rename "OS X" to "macOS"#516

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@gohai gohai commented Jan 29, 2017

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REAS commented Jan 29, 2017

@benfry Do you have thoughts on this? I'm wondering if it switches one too-specific name for "Mac" with another. @gohai This is a great catch. Is "macOS" the right change?

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benfry commented Jan 29, 2017

Yeah, starting with Sierra (10.2), it's called macOS. I think we can change it in the docs, but at the moment, we're a little broken on Sierra anyway. And technically, 10.11 and earlier are still Mac OS X. (And System 8.x and earlier is MacOS! I could go on for days…)

I've been just updating it as I go, in particular, when I see a reference that's referring to the whole platform, rather than a specific OS version.

Bottom line, I don't think it's a high priority. It's just Apple marketing crap.

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gohai commented Jan 29, 2017

Agree. Perhaps the more generic "Mac" is better then. No big deal in any way.

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benfry commented Jan 30, 2017

Yeah, though “Mac” is the machine, “macOS” is the software, so…

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