docs: rebrand OS X references to macOS #8371
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## Situation Several website pages on https://docs.npmjs.com, such as https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm refer to the operating system "OS X" and "OSX". The last version of OS X was OS X 10.11 (El Capitan), released on Sep 30, 2015. Apple rebranded to macOS with the macOS 10.12 (Sierra) release on Sep 30, 2016. ## Change Rename "OS X" and "OSX" to "macOS". ## References https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_version_history https://www.apple.com/macos/ Related to #1459 Follows on from npm/cli#8371 which only changed the branding in the CLI v11 documentation content, such as https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v11/configuring-npm/install, not in non-CLI website content.
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Situation
https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm
refers to the operating system "OS X" in the section
OS X or Windows Node installers
and
https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v11/using-npm/config#browser
similarly.
The last version of OS X was OS X 10.11 (El Capitan), released on Sep 30, 2015.
Apple rebranded to macOS with the macOS 10.12 (Sierra) release on Sep 30, 2016.
Change
Rename "OS X" to "macOS" in user-visible content.
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_version_history
https://www.apple.com/macos/
Related to npm/documentation#1459