Talk:MacOS

Hello, Suggest making Liquid Glass the Default User Interface, thank you. 59.152.203.38 (talk) 00:03, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Liquid Glass is a design language for user interfaces; it is not a full user interface. Guy Harris (talk) 03:30, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

And Aqua (user interface) refers both to the full user interface and the design language, which is unfortunate, but I haven't heard any name that applies to the parts of the user interface that are independent of the design language.

Microsoft Windows says the user interface is the Windows shell, rather than saying Windows Aero or Metro or some other design language that Microsoft have used. Guy Harris (talk) 03:40, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

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In the Security section, please change, “Only the latest major version of MacOS receives patches for all known security vulnerabilities…” from MacOS Sequoia to MacOS Tahoe. Thank you, ~2025-36813-80 (talk) 04:17, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

 Done - Umby 🌕🐶 (talk) 05:00, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. ~2025-36813-80 (talk) 12:42, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

Mac OS X has been Unix 03 certified since 2007 yet this article claims it is "Unix-like" using uninformed sources. Please correct with this source: https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/ DHammarberg2 (talk) 03:06, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

While GOLDIEM J (talk · contribs) focuses on irrelevant semantics by claiming that macOS is not “Unix-based” because it builds on FreeBSD (a Unix-like, non–UNIX-certified derivative of BSD Unix), this argument is misplaced. macOS itself is UNIX 03 certified, which means it is based on the Single UNIX Specification, also known as UNIX. Therefore, the accurate description is “Unix-based” or, if you like, “UNIX-certified,” not “Unix-like.” The term “Unix-like” refers to systems that behave like Unix but are not officially licensed or certified under the UNIX trademark. So in this case, calling macOS “Unix-like” is the only wording that is clearly factually incorrect. DHammarberg2 (talk) 23:35, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

@DHammarberg2: Done, thank you. GOLDIEM J (talk) 23:56, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

Therefore, the accurate description is “Unix-based” or, if you like, “UNIX-certified,” Or just "Unix". macOS is a "Unix" in the sense of "it passed the SUS test suite, so the Keepers of the Unix Trademark deemed it conformant to the SUS, and allowed it to be referred to with the trademark "Unix".

"Unix-based" is a vague term, as it doesn't indicate in what fashion something is "based" on Unix. "Its API is based on the Unix API"? That's true of some non-trademarked Unix-like systems as well. "Its code is based some Unix code from AT&T or the subsequent holders of the copyright on that code"? There are trademark Unixes whose code is minimally, if at all, based on any AT&T code. Guy Harris (talk) 07:20, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

While I do not see a problem with the term “Unix-based,” since a system can reasonably be described that way if it builds on UNIX/POSIX principles and is also formally certified, I understand the concern about precision. The term “Unix-based” can be interpreted in different ways, and, as Guy Harris points out, it does not necessarily specify whether one is referring to code heritage, API design, standards conformance, or trademark status.

That said, because macOS is UNIX 03 certified and has passed the Single UNIX Specification test suite, it is fully entitled to be described as a UNIX system under the trademark rules. For the sake of clarity and precision, describing it as “a proprietary UNIX operating system” is both accurate and unambiguous. I therefore fully support the current wording in the article. DHammarberg2 (talk) 20:48, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

At the time of writing, it is currently 6:40 AM UTC, therefore this edit should take place. I would've done it myself but I don't meet the requirements to edit this page. Keyboard1000n17 (talk) 06:41, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Updated. Thanks for pointing this out.  novov talk edits 07:02, 1 January 2026 (UTC)