Thanks Ronni and Daniel Yes, interesting!
Cheers Alan On 06/11/2013, at 11:18 AM, Daniel Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > 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> > -- 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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