- Jan 24, 2011
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Apple seems to be getting ready for an important product renaming, as the company could pick a different moniker for its desktop operating system.
Documents related to Apple’s plans for Earth Day 2016 contain references for a product called MacOS, which is believed to be none other than Mac OS X with a new name that could bring the desktop OS in line with other products currently in the company’s portfolio.
“Years of use, which are based on first owners, are assumed to be four years for MacOS and tvOS devices and three years for iOS and watchOS devices,” an excerpt from these documents reads.
As you can see, calling Mac OS X just “MacOS” makes more sense because the same naming scheme would be used for all operating systems in Apple’s lineup, as OS X is currently the only one not using the OS tag in its name. WatchOS, iOS, and tvOS are all based on this strategy already, so expect OS X to follow the same path very soon.
Read more: Apple Could Rename Mac OS X to MacOS
Documents related to Apple’s plans for Earth Day 2016 contain references for a product called MacOS, which is believed to be none other than Mac OS X with a new name that could bring the desktop OS in line with other products currently in the company’s portfolio.
“Years of use, which are based on first owners, are assumed to be four years for MacOS and tvOS devices and three years for iOS and watchOS devices,” an excerpt from these documents reads.
As you can see, calling Mac OS X just “MacOS” makes more sense because the same naming scheme would be used for all operating systems in Apple’s lineup, as OS X is currently the only one not using the OS tag in its name. WatchOS, iOS, and tvOS are all based on this strategy already, so expect OS X to follow the same path very soon.
Read more: Apple Could Rename Mac OS X to MacOS
