It’s a small branding change, but it would make a lot of sense. Many different signs point to Apple abandoning the name “OS X” in favor of “MacOS”, or maybe “macOS” without a capital letter.
Apple SVP of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller first hinted at this change last year at WWDC in an interview with John Gruber. Then a configuration file mentioned macOS instead of OS X. And finally, a page on Apple’s own website said MacOS instead of OS X to describe Apple’s environmental initiatives.
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I think the shorter MacOS name is easier to remember than OS X, and sounds more user friendly.
I bet, in the future, Apple may just use Mac as its operating system name since most Apple users already know Mac is an operating system like how most non-Mac users say they use Windows, and Linux instead of saying they use Windows OS and Linux OS when they talk about operating systems they have use on their PC.
Apple SVP of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller first hinted at this change last year at WWDC in an interview with John Gruber. Then a configuration file mentioned macOS instead of OS X. And finally, a page on Apple’s own website said MacOS instead of OS X to describe Apple’s environmental initiatives.
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I think the shorter MacOS name is easier to remember than OS X, and sounds more user friendly.
I bet, in the future, Apple may just use Mac as its operating system name since most Apple users already know Mac is an operating system like how most non-Mac users say they use Windows, and Linux instead of saying they use Windows OS and Linux OS when they talk about operating systems they have use on their PC.
