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Why? Macintosh is a kind of apple. Apples are fruits. Quarantine is a public health protocol. Surely we need to make it "Operating system for Cupertino (California)-based 'Apple Computer Inc.' computers version 13 changes app privilege management scheme with new xattr". Way better.

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Wait, which California are you referring to? There's three, California in the US, and then Baja California, and Baja California Sur in Mexico. There are also quite a few in the UK, not to mention California, Ohio, California, Pennyslvania, and California, Missouri. Don't forget California, Trinidad and Tobago, or California, Ubay, Bohol, Philippines; California, Ontario, Canada, California, Paraná, Brazil; California, Santandet, Colombia.

Hang on, I just realized that I'm assuming you're referring to a place. There's also the movie California, a movie from 1927, 1947, 1963, and 1977. There's also the rock band by that name, a Blink 182 album, a Diplo EP, and a Joni Mitchell song. The California is also a US Navy ship, maybe you meant that one?

Please help, I'm very confused. Which California are you referring to? I'm sorry but this conversation simply cannot continue until you clear that up. If it's the California Nebula, I must admit though that I've yet to visit, though the pictures look lovely this time of year.

There’s also Ferrari California.

These version names are around for one year, if you're not a Mac user, it's pretty easy to be out of the loop. It's a safe place to draw the line.

Even as a Mac user it can get a bit much.

This thread is hilarious. I'm very familiar with xattr, but as somehow who chooses not to use an proprietary OS, whose proponents whine about constantly here, I had absolutely no idea what this would be about until I read comments.

I thought maybe Ventura was a sandboxing platform or tool or something.

But no apparently I'm an asshole or idiot for not keeping up with annual releases of a niche os. Jokes on jokes.

Surely you also need to specify that these are said operating system's extended attribute feature and not the generic and platonic ideal for extended attributes? A reader might get confused and think this applies to Linus's Unix Which Is Not Actually An Unix.

It seems you’ve tumbled down a slippery slope.

I don't think people read "macOS" and immediately think of the Macintosh apple.

No, McIntosh is a kind of apple. Macintosh is a computer.

I thought it was some kind of rain coat

This is such a lazy take. It only takes one word to impose context on the rest of a sentence. MacOS is all you need. Not everyone pays attention to Apple's computers. I only this year realised their OS is no longer called OS X, for crying out loud.

There is very little reason to pay any attention to MacOS unless you actually use it.

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