Apple’s latest App Store guidelines again hint at the impending rebranding of OS X to “macOS.” The change is expected to become official at WWDC next week, but Apple has already updated its FAQ to remove all traces of the name.
The potential rebranding of OS X has been in the rumor mill for many months, but it became more than just a rumor back in March, when it was discovered that source code for the OS X 10.11.4 update contained references to “macOS.”
Since then, the macOS name has also been spotted on Apple’s website — and now in its latest App Store guidelines, which were published earlier this week. Apple quickly fixed the mishap, but not before it made its way around social media.
"macOS". Seen on Apple's app subscription FAQ.https://t.co/890TR0LGz6 pic.twitter.com/JPOwp7NlDB
— Rob Hunt (@helloiamrob) June 8, 2016
It makes sense to use the macOS name now, which works better alongside iOS, tvOS, and watchOS. Although these slip-ups don’t really confirm anything, then, it looks incredibly likely that Apple will announce this change at WWDC.
Apple’s keynote kicks off at 10 a.m. PT on Monday, June 13, and you’ll be able to watch the whole thing live.
Via: 9to5Mac
Killian Bell is a freelance writer based in the U.K. He has an interest in all things tech and also covers Android over at CultofAndroid.com. You can follow him on Twitter via @killianbell.
5 responses to “App Store guidelines reveal ‘macOS’ rebranding”
I clicked the link and it says OS X…they must’ve changed it back after this tweet.
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I agree but maybe Apple felt, ‘TVOS’ looked somewhat bulky and decided to lowercase the prefixes on everything for a more uniform nomenclature.
They retired the mac from the OSX when gossips are all talking about sell the OS to install on PC’s. On the Hackintosh wave. The Airport became WiFi and the internals of the OSX supports more video hardware the Apple use in your own products. But this talks was left in the pass, the new windows are much better and I think they abandoned the idea, if it was true.
I heartily welcome the change. Although loving the OS, I have disliked the ‘X’ in the name with a vengeance.
It’s always been ‘mac’ and it should remain that way.