How to refer to macOS in news and wiki?

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Vedyimyn
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How to refer to macOS in news and wiki?

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Hello!

I've been translating the newest post into Polish today and found one thing that disturbs me a bit. There are two entries concerning OS X system. The problem is that it's called macOS now. I think we should be more precise when refering to this system, so as to avoid the impression, that there are problems on OS X (older system), which do not occur on macOS (newer system).

I suggest that we use the name Mac OS, which includes (as far as I know) Mac OS Classic, OS X and macOS.
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Jyby
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We do not support Mac OS Classic. We actually don't support anything less than Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and in actuality the game probably only runs on 10.7 and above.
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Jyby wrote:We do not support Mac OS Classic. We actually don't support anything less than Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and in actuality the game probably only runs on 10.7 and above.
I think you misunderstand. He's not talking about Mac OS Classic. OS X has changed name to macOS since the release of Sierra. See here:
wikipedia wrote:macOS (previously Mac OS X, then simply OS X) is the current series of Unix-based graphical operating systems...
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corristo
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I suggest to always use macOS from now on.
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corristo wrote:I suggest to always use macOS from now on.
Oh, I thought we'd already agreed to use the term "macOS" from now on. Somehow. Silently.
Anyway, seconded.
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lysol wrote: I think you misunderstand. He's not talking about Mac OS Classic. OS X has changed name to macOS since the release of Sierra. See here:
wikipedia wrote:macOS (previously Mac OS X, then simply OS X) is the current series of Unix-based graphical operating systems...
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Apparently "Big Mac" was already taken...???

ST :lol:
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Jyby
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lysol wrote:
Jyby wrote:We do not support Mac OS Classic. We actually don't support anything less than Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and in actuality the game probably only runs on 10.7 and above.
I think you misunderstand. He's not talking about Mac OS Classic. OS X has changed name to macOS since the release of Sierra. See here:
wikipedia wrote:macOS (previously Mac OS X, then simply OS X) is the current series of Unix-based graphical operating systems...
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No I think I meant what I wrote. Being specific about what supporting "Mac OS" actually means, referring to OPs last sentence.
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