Apple just unveiled the next version of its Mac operating system: MacOS Sierra.
That’s right: Confirming earlier rumors, Apple announced today during its WWDC developer conference that it is renaming its desktop operating system from OS X to MacOS.
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- Siri is coming to MacOS
- Unlock your Mac with an Apple Watch
- Shared desktops let you view files on your Mac’s desktop via an iPhone or iPad
- Universal copy and paste lets you draw something on an iPad and paste it onto a Mac
- Apple Pay is coming to the web
- Sierra will work on the following devices
- Launching in public beta in July
Apple first debuted the Mac operating system in 1984, and at the time it was simply called Mac OS. Mac OS X came out in 2001, and in 2012 the Mac part was dropped from the name with the release of OS X Mountain Lion. The OS X name reached the grand old age of 15 earlier this year, but with the pending release of iOS 10, a parallel OS X operating system could be confusing. Hence the rebrand.
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