Can't help wondering... Will the next major version be macOS 1.0?
macOS Ten, surely?
“OS X” renamed to “macOS”
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#13Looks like it was just a typo. The text has been amended. It now reads,
The ability to earn 85% takes effect in June 2016 for
subscription renewals occurring after that date. iOS, OS X,
tvOS and watchOS apps are eligible.
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#14I think it's an overdue change -- the 'X' hasn't made much sense for a long time. That said, I hate the leading lowercase. I realise that 'MacOS' wouldn't be in keeping with the pattern of 'iOS' and 'tvOS', but it's much less awkward and ugly.
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#15Looks like it was just a typo. The text has been amended. It now reads, The ability to earn 85% takes effect in June 2016 for subscription renewals occurring after that date. iOS, OS X, tvOS and watchOS apps are eligible. http://itunespartner.apple.com/en/apps/faq/In-App%20Purchase...
A typo that was a pure mistake, or a typo that was accidentally leaking the new name before it was time?
Accidentally writing "macOS" instead of "OS X" seems a bit extreme to me, but maybe it's possible.
Re: “OS X” renamed to “macOS”
#16I think it's an overdue change -- the 'X' hasn't made much sense for a long time. That said, I hate the leading lowercase. I realise that 'MacOS' wouldn't be in keeping with the pattern of 'iOS' and 'tvOS', but it's much less awkward and ugly.
MacBook and MacBook Pro were stupider sounding names than iBook and PowerBook, and iPod was a silly thing to call an MP3 player. A lot of branding decisions feel wrong until you get used to it, but if they called it MacOS the capitalization inconsistency would feel wrong forever.
Re: “OS X” renamed to “macOS”
#17Looks like it was just a typo. The text has been amended. It now reads, The ability to earn 85% takes effect in June 2016 for subscription renewals occurring after that date. iOS, OS X, tvOS and watchOS apps are eligible. http://itunespartner.apple.com/en/apps/faq/In-App%20Purchase...
A typo that was a pure mistake, or a typo that was accidentally leaking the new name before it was time? Accidentally writing "macOS" instead of "OS X" seems a bit extreme to me, but maybe it's possible.
a Freudian slip of sorts?
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Perhaps macOS 11.0 is coming this fall.
I wonder if they will converge on version numbers with iOS.
That's my bet, the upcoming version will be the last release following 10.x numbering, and after that we'll get iOS 11 and macOS 11.
It's strange to have such different versioning conventions, especially since OS X has been tied on to iOS's annual release schedule for years now. And Apple won't get another chance like this to seamlessly bring the version numbers into alignment.