Hi Alan and others interested in how to say "Mac OS X 10.9", Finding Mac OS X version from command line
To display Mac OS X operating system version information use sw_vars command. Open the Terminal and type the following command: sw_vers Say hello to 'say' command line tool say is command line tool. It uses the Speech Synthesis manager to convert input text to audible speech and either play it through the sound output device chosen in System Preferences or save it to an AIFF file. Open the Terminal and type (or copy & paste) the following command: say "Mac OS X" The speech will say "Mac OS Ten" After hearing what the above command says - Then try this command: say “Mac OS X.10.9” The speech will say "Mac OS X dot one zero 0 dot 9 there you go, interesting isn't it ;-)) Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.9 Mavericks Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 6 Nov 2013, at 10:05 am, Alan Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting historical point (not a decimal one!) Ronni. I hadn't come > across the Steve Jobs comment before. Or is it like the way "i" in iMac or > iPhone has changed meaning as time (and newer models) has gone by? (Or > before Marketing and Sales gets involved in creating an image.) > > Most publications insist that OS X is pronounced OS TEN. I have David > Pogue's 'Missing Manuals' Mac OS X Snow Leopard book at hand to confirm this. > OS EX is a lot easier to roll off the tongue. "Operating System Ten, ten > point eight point five" and so on I thought has always been rather silly. > > Cheers > Alan > > > On 06/11/2013, at 8:52 AM, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On 6 Nov 2013, at 7:59 am, Peter Hinchliffe <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> On 05/11/2013, at 10:54 AM, Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Mmmmmm ! >>>> So the decimal will be misused somewhat to achieve the new name ! >>>> Being OSX 10.10 >>>> Interesting. >>>> >>> >>> I think Apple have explained before (and I don't have the reference!) that >>> the the dot is no more a decimal point than it is in a date such as >>> 6.11.2013. It's simply a separator, which kind of makes since since 10.7.5 >>> is not really a decimal number either. In this context then, 10.10.x makes >>> perfect sense. >> >> Peter is correct; the (.) is not a decimal point, it is just a separator. >> The X also stands for Unix, Steve Jobs mentioned (before the public arrival >> of iOS), that Mac OS X (it was still Mac OS X back then) is a >> brand/architecture to be used for the next two decades. >> So there is still some life left with OS X. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >> >>> Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services >>> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer >>> Perth, Western Australia >>> Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. >>
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