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  • kergonath 12 hours

    It’s "Mac OS", not "macOS", or even "MacOS" (which is the title on the actual page).

    That said, this is some serious wizardry. I wish I had one of these to play with.

    cmg 11 hours

    This is correct, and interestingly enough in one of the screenshots, the OpenFirmware prompt says "To continue booting the MacOS" too.

    https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh...

    11 hours

    zdw 11 hours

    The HN story autoformatter changes titlecase on well known terms, which I'm betting is what happened here.

    pjmlp 4 hours

    Yeah, but then you have about 5 minutes time to change it to whatever what you want.

    kergonath 11 hours

    Yeah, I assumed as well.

    tolerance 12 hours

    https://www.apple.com/os/macos/

    gsnedders 5 hours

    Apple’s own style guide says to use the name of the appropriate release: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/applestyleguide/apsg72...

    kergonath 11 hours

    https://web.archive.org/web/19991002045556/http://apple.com/...

    Pre-OS X (what actually runs in the blog post) it was Mac OS. Then, it was Mac OS X. The first version styled macOS was 10.12 Sierra in 2016.

    tolerance 10 hours

    > in the blog post

    sigh

    Of course.

    kccqzy 11 hours

    That’s anachronistic. For example you’d say macOS Tahoe but Mac OS X Leopard and Mac OS 9.1.

    QuantumNomad_ 8 hours

    While we are on the subject it is also worth pointing out additionally:

    When saying Mac OS X, it’s pronounced Mac OS ten, not Mac OS ex.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHrVGk0WwYM

    bombcar 8 hours

    "Mac? Oh, Sex!" is how everyone pronounces it. Very few people "properly" say Mac Oh Ess Ten.

    TazeTSchnitzel 4 hours

    No, that's what perverts do with the Darwin native executable format.

    geerlingguy 8 hours

    And going back a little further, I believe it was "System 7.5.5" etc. until Mac OS 8.5 or so?

    fzzzy 8 hours

    I think Mac OS 7.6 was the first to have the branding

    gnerd00 7 hours

    the "two face" logo.. the reference was, the logo could be a single face, or a face in the distance with a second as profile in front. IIR

    flomo 5 hours

    Reflection of the happy user's face on the monitor, engaging in pleasing human-computer interaction.