Every default macOS wallpaper, in glorious 5k resolution

Re:Every default macOS wallpaper, in glorious 5k resolution by mehrdadn on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @03:24PM (#22678001)

Why is "Mac OS X" crossed out with "macOS" written in place of it? Is the former wrong somehow?

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Re:Every default macOS wallpaper, in glorious 5k resolution by whalesalad on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @03:25PM (#22678013)

Sorta. The old name still works, when referring to a proper old release. Going forward the OS family is referred to as macOS.

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Re:Every default macOS wallpaper, in glorious 5k resolution by mehrdadn on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @03:28PM (#22678041)

I see, thanks!

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Re:Every default macOS wallpaper, in glorious 5k resolution by devbat8712 on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @03:25PM (#22678009)

Officially it's macOS now.

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Re:Every default macOS wallpaper, in glorious 5k resolution by mehrdadn on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @03:27PM (#22678040)

Oh interesting, I didn't realize. Thanks!

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Re:Every default macOS wallpaper, in glorious 5k resolution by sdegutis on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @03:30PM (#22678058)

Mac OS, then Mac OS X, then OS X, and now macOS. Probably Mac OS again some time soon to go full circle.

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Re:Every default macOS wallpaper, in glorious 5k resolution by Traster on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @05:56PM (#22679487)

Well then say that MacOS is 3 pixels slimmer than Mac OS but it just doesn't have the same feel and I'm constanly get crumbs stuck between the c and the O.

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Re:Every default macOS wallpaper, in glorious 5k resolution by Someone on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @05:40AM (#22683151)

It started nameless, colloquially called “System”, became “Macintosh System Software” in 1987, and only became Mac OS in 1996 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Mac_OS)

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Re:Every default macOS wallpaper, in glorious 5k resolution by waterhouse on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @04:08PM (#22678436)

I personally just say Mac OS. If there were some device called the Blarg, with an operating system built to run just on the Blarg, then that operating system would be most naturally called Blarg OS; I suspect the vast majority of people would call it that if no name were supplied.

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Re:Every default macOS wallpaper, in glorious 5k resolution by Wowfunhappy on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @08:19PM (#22680565)

Also, since OS X's full name was always still "Mac OS X", "Mac OS" correctly refers to every iteration of the operating system.

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Re:Every default macOS wallpaper, in glorious 5k resolution by IggleSniggle on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @05:14PM (#22679073)

Yeah, jeez, what's NeXT?

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Re:Every default macOS wallpaper, in glorious 5k resolution by verify_sirrah on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @04:22PM (#22678570)

macOS matches watchOS, tvOS, iOS, and iPadOS. Unless Apple decides to rename all their products, I don't see macOS changing.

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Re:Every default macOS wallpaper, in glorious 5k resolution by sneak on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @07:39AM (#22683644)

If this makes people stop pronouncing it “ecks” (it’s “ten”, a roman numeral), I’m all for it.

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Re:Every default macOS wallpaper, in glorious 5k resolution by apearson on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @03:26PM (#22678018)

How would you write out a rebranding like Mac OS X to macOS

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Re:Every default macOS wallpaper, in glorious 5k resolution by joombaga on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @03:31PM (#22678081)

I'd go with one of these:

* macOS (née Mac OS X)

* macos (formerly Mac OS X)

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Re:Every default macOS wallpaper, in glorious 5k resolution by IggleSniggle on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @05:12PM (#22679056)

Ah yes, the classic game:

- "macos!"

- "polos!"

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Re:Every default macOS wallpaper, in glorious 5k resolution by joombaga on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @07:11PM (#22680058)

Didn't mean to lower case that one.

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Re:Every default macOS wallpaper, in glorious 5k resolution by gbear605 on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @07:20PM (#22680123)

The operating system formerly known as Mac OS X

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Re:Every default macOS wallpaper, in glorious 5k resolution by toyg on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @08:24PM (#22680613)

TOSFKAMOSX. Rolls off the tongue almost as well as TAFKAP.

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