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[Kevin Godby <godbyk@xxxxxxxxx>]

Per the name ("Mac OS X" versus "Mac OS" versus "OS X", etc.):  Apple
consistently uses "Mac OS X".  The name of the operating system is "Mac
OS" and it's version 10 (X in roman numerals).  [It should, in fact, be
pronounced "Mac Oh-Ess Ten".  Apple uses to be quite insistent on this
when it was first released.]

Per the case: "OS X" is actually set in small-caps, not lowercase.
Similarly, GNOME, KDE, XFCE, DAAP, IP, and other acronyms are set in
small caps.  There is an argument to be made that "OS X" is two short
words and shouldn't be set in small-caps.  I debated whether to use
uppercase or small caps for quite a while. In the end, I decided to set
them in small-caps for the sake of consistency.

If you would like to argue about the case of text "OS X", feel free to
leave your argument here and I'll consider them -- I'm still a bit on
the fence about this one.

** Changed in: ubuntu-manual
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Kevin Godby (godbyk)

** Changed in: ubuntu-manual
    Milestone: None => edition-2

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Mac OS X in lower case
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/568652
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Status in Ubuntu Manual: Confirmed

Bug description:
"Many applications designed for Microsoft Windows or Mac os x will
not run on Ubuntu"

"Since Ubuntu’s market share is not as substantial as Microsoft’s Windows or
Apple’s Mac os x"

First, I think it should read: "Mac OS X"
Second I would consider calling it "Mac OS"..