OS X is now macOS

Kevin Lancaster · Jun 13, 2016

OS X is now macOS

Apple has confirmed that OS X will be renamed to macOS, and announced the name of the new release of the operating system.

Diesal · Jun 13, 2016

Pretty impressive from Apple

Watching the WWDC conference live

ponder · Jun 13, 2016

Xzib1t said:
Pretty impressive from Apple

Huh, it was called Mac OS before (1984–2001)?

bwana · Jun 13, 2016

ponder said:
Huh, it was called Mac OS before (1984–2001)?

Now it's macOS… I shouldn't have to point out how revolutionary that is.

Diesal · Jun 13, 2016

ponder said:
Huh, it was called Mac OS before (1984–2001)?

Sorry, I meant the feature Apple introduced in their new update.

Love how they had Siri take a swing at Windows in the presentation .

Diesal · Jun 13, 2016

ponder said:
Huh, it was called Mac OS before (1984–2001)?

Sorry, I meant the features Apple introduced in their new update.

Love how they had Siri take a swing at Windows in the presentation .

sox63 · Jun 13, 2016

bwana said:
Now it's macOS… I shouldn't have to point out how revolutionary that is.

Hahahahahaha

Azg · Jun 13, 2016

bwana said:
Now it's macOS… I shouldn't have to point out how revolutionary that is.

Seems like a line from Silicon Valley!

garyc · Jun 14, 2016

Is this because most people could not pronounce OS X.

BTW: how do you pronounce macOS?

konfab · Jun 14, 2016

garyc said:
Is this because most people could not pronounce OS X.

BTW: how do you pronounce macOS?

macos, spaces are too mainstream.

kianm · Jun 14, 2016

bwana said:
Now it's macOS… I shouldn't have to point out how revolutionary that is.