Jacob Carlborg wrote:
They call it "Mac OS", then they add a version like this: "Mac OS 9". Then when the tenth versions came it happened to be built on a nix base/core (known as darwin) and they also added the X (probably to reflect the new nix base, "X" is also ten using roman numerals) making it: "Mac OS X". They still call it "mac os ten" (though some people, including me, like to call it "mac os x" and pronounce the "x" as in the letter "x"). After the "x" they add a name to reflect the version i.e. "Leopard" for version 10.5. Sometimes they refer to the os version with the name and sometimes with the version number.

Apple calls it "Mac OS X version 10.5".

There is little consistency in how Apple names their OSs, so there is no way to come up with a version identifier for it that is completely consistent.

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