This link may help also :) http://www.danielmiessler.com/blog/how-to-pronounce-os-x-proof-from-apple
Steve Jobs himself announcing it..... http://youtu.be/Ko4V3G4NqII Hope that helps :) Kind regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone 5 --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <danielATmacwizardryDOTcomDOTau> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Apple** > On 6 Nov 2013, at 11:09 am, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry Folks, > > Everyone knows I make really bad typing errors :( > >> On 6 Nov 2013, at 11:01 am, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The speech will say "Mac OS X dot one zero 0 dot 9 > > The speech will say "Mac OS X dot one zero dot 9" > >> On 6 Nov 2013, at 11:01 am, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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. >>>> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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