Remove things specific to the old Macintosh, and spell "Mac OS X" consistently.

diff --git a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
index f5b49b89101d6d0c1428e556dbd4173186e8bd44..a8f74616ab50a6f9753fa0badbee99cef96faa00 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ This module provides the following functions.
    ``'posix'``, ``'nt'``), and *compiler*  defaults to the default compiler for
    that platform. Currently only ``'posix'`` and ``'nt'`` are supported, and the
    default compilers are "traditional Unix interface" (:class:`UnixCCompiler`
-   class) and Visual C++(:class:`MSVCCompiler` class).  Note that it's perfectly
+   class) and Visual C++ (:class:`MSVCCompiler` class).  Note that it's perfectly
    possible to ask for a Unix compiler object under Windows, and a Microsoft
    compiler object under Unix---if you supply a value for *compiler*, *plat* is
    ignored.

diff --git a/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst b/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst
index c4b8dbf3f46f1d276c84c650f9060b571e6a2935..58b62f834e14d9e9ddc01f521d8d37b30262afff 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ or the :command:`bdist` command with the :option:`--formats` option::
 
 If you have a pure module distribution (only containing pure Python modules and
 packages), the resulting installer will be version independent and have a name
-like :file:`foo-1.0.win32.exe`.  These installers can even be created on Unix or
-Mac OS platforms.
+like :file:`foo-1.0.win32.exe`.  These installers can even be created on Unix
+platforms or Mac OS X.
 
 If you have a non-pure distribution, the extensions can only be created on a
 Windows platform, and will be Python version dependent. The installer filename

diff --git a/Doc/distutils/commandref.rst b/Doc/distutils/commandref.rst
index f5f02204c54020c1791acb1bab310ba3d1cdfa90..fbe40de6c22b01c3b8b2b3af9fed0fb301d80a53 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/distutils/commandref.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/commandref.rst
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ regular filename characters, ``?`` matches any single regular filename
 character, and ``[range]`` matches any of the characters in *range* (e.g.,
 ``a-z``, ``a-zA-Z``, ``a-f0-9_.``).  The definition of "regular filename
 character" is platform-specific: on Unix it is anything except slash; on Windows
-anything except backslash or colon; on Mac OS 9 anything except colon.
+anything except backslash or colon.
 
 **\*\*** Windows support not there yet **\*\***
 

diff --git a/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst b/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst
index d2be083a6635ef526d13c1d7108f1cab2c19aa66..1e540edb251c3f980a13c306f4dfc7beb62080fb 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst
@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@ Distutils will take care of converting this platform-neutral representation into
 whatever is appropriate on your current platform before actually using the
 pathname.  This makes your setup script portable across operating systems, which
 of course is one of the major goals of the Distutils.  In this spirit, all
-pathnames in this document are slash-separated.  (Mac OS 9 programmers should
-keep in mind that the *absence* of a leading slash indicates a relative path,
-the opposite of the Mac OS convention with colons.)
+pathnames in this document are slash-separated.
 
 This, of course, only applies to pathnames given to Distutils functions.  If
 you, for example, use standard Python functions such as :func:`glob.glob` or

diff --git a/Doc/extending/embedding.rst b/Doc/extending/embedding.rst
index 95a30fef9f8970b02255d572852feef357eadc7e..b89e224ff153970d58be26a3266dfedd3c035f22 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/extending/embedding.rst
+++ b/Doc/extending/embedding.rst
@@ -25,10 +25,9 @@ the Python interpreter to run some Python code.
 
 So if you are embedding Python, you are providing your own main program.  One of
 the things this main program has to do is initialize the Python interpreter.  At
-the very least, you have to call the function :cfunc:`Py_Initialize` (on Mac OS,
-call :cfunc:`PyMac_Initialize` instead).  There are optional calls to pass
-command line arguments to Python.  Then later you can call the interpreter from
-any part of the application.
+the very least, you have to call the function :cfunc:`Py_Initialize`.  There are
+optional calls to pass command line arguments to Python.  Then later you can
+call the interpreter from any part of the application.
 
 There are several different ways to call the interpreter: you can pass a string
 containing Python statements to :cfunc:`PyRun_SimpleString`, or you can pass a

diff --git a/Doc/howto/sockets.rst b/Doc/howto/sockets.rst
index 0b8db59b0837ca6f3a3057431167dc31d5ceb470..2747f812cc612038ee53733dd4aba02d1f9aedbe 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/howto/sockets.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/sockets.rst
@@ -390,8 +390,7 @@ files. Don't try this on Windows. On Windows, ``select`` works with sockets
 only. Also note that in C, many of the more advanced socket options are done
 differently on Windows. In fact, on Windows I usually use threads (which work
 very, very well) with my sockets. Face it, if you want any kind of performance,
-your code will look very different on Windows than on Unix. (I haven't the
-foggiest how you do this stuff on a Mac.)
+your code will look very different on Windows than on Unix.
 
 
 Performance

diff --git a/Doc/howto/unicode.rst b/Doc/howto/unicode.rst
index 64881444ffe1dd47de9bbc0e37ba24e8109cf0dc..21ae11108828f8b6402d1cd4af223fe9c83a1e87 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/howto/unicode.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/unicode.rst
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ Unicode filenames
 Most of the operating systems in common use today support filenames that contain
 arbitrary Unicode characters.  Usually this is implemented by converting the
 Unicode string into some encoding that varies depending on the system.  For
-example, MacOS X uses UTF-8 while Windows uses a configurable encoding; on
+example, Mac OS X uses UTF-8 while Windows uses a configurable encoding; on
 Windows, Python uses the name "mbcs" to refer to whatever the currently
 configured encoding is.  On Unix systems, there will only be a filesystem
 encoding if you've set the ``LANG`` or ``LC_CTYPE`` environment variables; if

diff --git a/Doc/library/binhex.rst b/Doc/library/binhex.rst
index 0049c70953470eef9647d0e2a91d0af87aa3edd2..b24e00a5d619a26eda64fa81d08f22b1e1dc9f4e 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/binhex.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/binhex.rst
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ There is an alternative, more powerful interface to the coder and decoder, see
 the source for details.
 
 If you code or decode textfiles on non-Macintosh platforms they will still use
-the Macintosh newline convention (carriage-return as end of line).
+the old Macintosh newline convention (carriage-return as end of line).
 
 As of this writing, :func:`hexbin` appears to not work in all cases.
 

diff --git a/Doc/library/carbon.rst b/Doc/library/carbon.rst
index 94e0c9a61609d08e39df6f124fe59c32284c063b..e1c7fa52dcd1c8bbc79a10a3a1b6e66e94cfd333 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/carbon.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/carbon.rst
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 
 .. _toolbox:
 
-*********************
-MacOS Toolbox Modules
-*********************
+**********************
+Mac OS Toolbox Modules
+**********************
 
-There are a set of modules that provide interfaces to various MacOS toolboxes.
+There are a set of modules that provide interfaces to various Mac OS toolboxes.
 If applicable the module will define a number of Python objects for the various
 structures declared by the toolbox, and operations will be implemented as
 methods of the object.  Other operations will be implemented as functions in the
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ The ``CFBase``, ``CFArray``, ``CFData``, ``CFDictionary``, ``CFString`` and
    :deprecated:
 
 
-This module is only fully available on MacOS9 and earlier under classic PPC
+This module is only fully available on Mac OS 9 and earlier under classic PPC
 MacPython.  Very limited functionality is available under Carbon MacPython.
 
 .. index:: single: Scrap Manager

diff --git a/Doc/library/cgihttpserver.rst b/Doc/library/cgihttpserver.rst
index 6abfde5d31d6a817bd1212047ddc4808505934ce..390b2a693ac92b6948d7ee03bc0a1857e149604f 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/cgihttpserver.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/cgihttpserver.rst
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ run CGI scripts.
 
 .. note::
 
-   This module can run CGI scripts on Unix and Windows systems; on Mac OS it will
-   only be able to run Python scripts within the same process as itself.
+   This module can run CGI scripts on Unix and Windows systems.
 
 .. note::
 

diff --git a/Doc/library/framework.rst b/Doc/library/framework.rst
index 71a07c15bb97871f3ace5e41dbbec2fa32f56f4e..ea58c050e4dc959e34641e800500f5f1633f73e1 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/framework.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/framework.rst
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ Window objects have the following methods, among others:
 
 .. method:: Window.open()
 
-   Override this method to open a window. Store the MacOS window-id in
+   Override this method to open a window. Store the Mac OS window-id in
    :attr:`self.wid` and call the :meth:`do_postopen` method to register the window
    with the parent application.
 

diff --git a/Doc/library/idle.rst b/Doc/library/idle.rst
index 7a5bebd69f8f2d209ffe277730a1d9122ca16c8d..65101fce26c33efbf0d5df8df05ded7b8f90f1d7 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/idle.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/idle.rst
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ IDLE has the following features:
 
 * coded in 100% pure Python, using the :mod:`tkinter` GUI toolkit
 
-* cross-platform: works on Windows and Unix (on Mac OS, there are currently
-  problems with Tcl/Tk)
+* cross-platform: works on Windows and Unix
 
 * multi-window text editor with multiple undo, Python colorizing and many other
   features, e.g. smart indent and call tips

diff --git a/Doc/library/imp.rst b/Doc/library/imp.rst
index a40c5e558d13a4f35e9301bcbff2812293245973..1d3c2f670976e1d1b9d46b9afa5eaf8f788429ca 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/imp.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/imp.rst
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ This module provides an interface to the mechanisms used to implement the
    searched, but first it searches a few special places: it tries to find a
    built-in module with the given name (:const:`C_BUILTIN`), then a frozen
    module (:const:`PY_FROZEN`), and on some systems some other places are looked
-   in as well (on the Mac, it looks for a resource (:const:`PY_RESOURCE`); on
-   Windows, it looks in the registry which may point to a specific file).
+   in as well (on Windows, it looks in the registry which may point to a
+   specific file).
 
    If search is successful, the return value is a 3-element tuple ``(file,
    pathname, description)``:
@@ -153,12 +153,6 @@ indicate the search result of :func:`find_module`.
    The module was found as dynamically loadable shared library.
 
 
-.. data:: PY_RESOURCE
-
-   The module was found as a Mac OS 9 resource.  This value can only be returned on
-   a Mac OS 9 or earlier Macintosh.
-
-
 .. data:: PKG_DIRECTORY
 
    The module was found as a package directory.

diff --git a/Doc/library/index.rst b/Doc/library/index.rst
index 657011a0c1c391fba70ac212d04cab3279636fbc..717bfb8c43be9d1ed84cae82f5965962a2f6c4e8 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/index.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/index.rst
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ everyday programming. Some of these modules are explicitly designed to
 encourage and enhance the portability of Python programs by abstracting
 away platform-specifics into platform-neutral APIs.
 
-The Python installers for the Windows and Mac platforms usually include
+The Python installers for the Windows platform usually includes
 the entire standard library and often also include many additional
 components. For Unix-like operating systems Python is normally provided
 as a collection of packages, so it may be necessary to use the packaging

diff --git a/Doc/library/mac.rst b/Doc/library/mac.rst
index 6d81d74f3660689ac4c99f7d80ae3b3231be1473..f5fa969e4629bfeb873b56053fe58ff6f8ef021e 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/mac.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/mac.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 .. _mac-specific-services:
 
-*************************
-MacOS X specific services
-*************************
+**************************
+Mac OS X specific services
+**************************
 
 This chapter describes modules that are only available on the Mac OS X platform.
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Mac-specific Python programming.
 
 .. warning::
 
-   These modules are deprecated and are removed in 3.0
+   These modules are deprecated and are removed in 3.0.
 
 
 .. toctree::

diff --git a/Doc/library/macos.rst b/Doc/library/macos.rst
index 12ed58196b13268d26fdcf06a2b0e0d97f3ea818..7376de14043ba95c4207f28da2172310863def43 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/macos.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/macos.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 :mod:`MacOS` --- Access to Mac OS interpreter features
 ======================================================
 

diff --git a/Doc/library/macpath.rst b/Doc/library/macpath.rst
index 66c54e5069b918bfffd0f34eec3455ab57bcdf3d..a7d82d05424f91a325d82d8011ab5239190ce389 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/macpath.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/macpath.rst
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 
-:mod:`macpath` --- MacOS 9 path manipulation functions
-======================================================
+:mod:`macpath` --- Mac OS 9 path manipulation functions
+=======================================================
 
 .. module:: macpath
-   :synopsis: MacOS 9 path manipulation functions.
+   :synopsis: Mac OS 9 path manipulation functions.
 
 
 This module is the Mac OS 9 (and earlier) implementation of the :mod:`os.path`

diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
index bb6e846e9dd33f9eabe37030a613568195470c13..42d76a3ed83a6b4be28830d190c0a44421e361ed 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ For an example of the usage of queues for interprocess communication see
       multithreading/multiprocessing semantics, this number is not reliable.
 
       Note that this may raise :exc:`NotImplementedError` on Unix platforms like
-      MacOS X where ``sem_getvalue()`` is not implemented.
+      Mac OS X where ``sem_getvalue()`` is not implemented.
 
    .. method:: empty()
 
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ object -- see :ref:`multiprocessing-managers`.
 
    A bounded semaphore object: a clone of :class:`threading.BoundedSemaphore`.
 
-   (On Mac OSX this is indistinguishable from :class:`Semaphore` because
+   (On Mac OS X this is indistinguishable from :class:`Semaphore` because
    ``sem_getvalue()`` is not implemented on that platform).
 
 .. class:: Condition([lock])

diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
index 6d3464b89bbd33dc3fa4a17fcd87bfe49b21c0bb..dd67a7c7684778a10c863f1d34f85977f3d3e6bd 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
@@ -226,13 +226,13 @@ write files see :func:`open`, and for accessing the filesystem see the
 
    Return ``True`` if both pathname arguments refer to the same file or directory
    (as indicated by device number and i-node number). Raise an exception if a
-   :func:`os.stat` call on either pathname fails. Availability:  Macintosh, Unix.
+   :func:`os.stat` call on either pathname fails. Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: sameopenfile(fp1, fp2)
 
    Return ``True`` if the file descriptors *fp1* and *fp2* refer to the same file.
-   Availability:  Macintosh, Unix.
+   Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: samestat(stat1, stat2)
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ write files see :func:`open`, and for accessing the filesystem see the
    Return ``True`` if the stat tuples *stat1* and *stat2* refer to the same file.
    These structures may have been returned by :func:`fstat`, :func:`lstat`, or
    :func:`stat`.  This function implements the underlying comparison used by
-   :func:`samefile` and :func:`sameopenfile`. Availability:  Macintosh, Unix.
+   :func:`samefile` and :func:`sameopenfile`. Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: split(path)

diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 22b9a79e2dd3bc9b5933da59c088786a35923da3..0aa115dff729387123b4aa8520bfeb3edfe4f42e 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ interface).
 Extensions peculiar to a particular operating system are also available through
 the :mod:`os` module, but using them is of course a threat to portability!
 
+.. note::
+
+   If not separately noted, all functions that claim "Availability: Unix" are
+   supported on Mac OS X, which builds on a Unix core.
+
 .. note::
 
    All functions in this module raise :exc:`OSError` in the case of invalid or
@@ -44,7 +49,7 @@ the :mod:`os` module, but using them is of course a threat to portability!
 .. data:: path
 
    The corresponding operating system dependent standard module for pathname
-   operations, such as :mod:`posixpath` or :mod:`macpath`.  Thus, given the proper
+   operations, such as :mod:`posixpath` or :mod:`ntpath`.  Thus, given the proper
    imports, ``os.path.split(file)`` is equivalent to but more portable than
    ``posixpath.split(file)``.  Note that this is also an importable module: it may
    be imported directly as :mod:`os.path`.
@@ -81,8 +86,9 @@ process and user.
 
    .. note::
 
-      On some platforms, including FreeBSD and Mac OS X, setting ``environ`` may cause
-      memory leaks.  Refer to the system documentation for :cfunc:`putenv`.
+      On some platforms, including FreeBSD and Mac OS X, setting ``environ`` may
+      cause memory leaks.  Refer to the system documentation for
+      :cfunc:`putenv`.
 
    If :func:`putenv` is not provided, a modified copy of this mapping  may be
    passed to the appropriate process-creation functions to cause  child processes
@@ -202,8 +208,8 @@ process and user.
 
    .. note::
 
-      On some platforms, including FreeBSD and Mac OS X, setting ``environ`` may cause
-      memory leaks. Refer to the system documentation for putenv.
+      On some platforms, including FreeBSD and Mac OS X, setting ``environ`` may
+      cause memory leaks. Refer to the system documentation for putenv.
 
    When :func:`putenv` is supported, assignments to items in ``os.environ`` are
    automatically translated into corresponding calls to :func:`putenv`; however,
@@ -338,7 +344,7 @@ These functions create new file objects. (See also :func:`open`.)
 
    Return an open file object connected to the file descriptor *fd*.  The *mode*
    and *bufsize* arguments have the same meaning as the corresponding arguments to
-   the built-in :func:`open` function. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   the built-in :func:`open` function. Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 2.3
       When specified, the *mode* argument must now start with one of the letters
@@ -359,7 +365,7 @@ These functions create new file objects. (See also :func:`open`.)
    status of the command (encoded in the format specified for :func:`wait`) is
    available as the return value of the :meth:`close` method of the file object,
    except that when the exit status is zero (termination without errors), ``None``
-   is returned. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   is returned. Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
    .. deprecated:: 2.6
       This function is obsolete.  Use the :mod:`subprocess` module.  Check 
@@ -376,7 +382,7 @@ These functions create new file objects. (See also :func:`open`.)
 
    Return a new file object opened in update mode (``w+b``).  The file has no
    directory entries associated with it and will be automatically deleted once
-   there are no file descriptors for the file. Availability: Macintosh, Unix,
+   there are no file descriptors for the file. Availability: Unix,
    Windows.
 
 There are a number of different :func:`popen\*` functions that provide slightly
@@ -415,7 +421,7 @@ functions, see :ref:`popen2-flow-control`.
       This function is obsolete.  Use the :mod:`subprocess` module.  Check 
       especially the :ref:`subprocess-replacements` section.
 
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.0
 
@@ -429,7 +435,7 @@ functions, see :ref:`popen2-flow-control`.
       This function is obsolete.  Use the :mod:`subprocess` module.  Check 
       especially the :ref:`subprocess-replacements` section.
 
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.0
 
@@ -443,7 +449,7 @@ functions, see :ref:`popen2-flow-control`.
       This function is obsolete.  Use the :mod:`subprocess` module.  Check 
       especially the :ref:`subprocess-replacements` section.
 
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.0
 
@@ -473,7 +479,7 @@ by file descriptors.
 
 .. function:: close(fd)
 
-   Close file descriptor *fd*. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   Close file descriptor *fd*. Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
    .. note::
 
@@ -486,7 +492,7 @@ by file descriptors.
 .. function:: closerange(fd_low, fd_high)
 
    Close all file descriptors from *fd_low* (inclusive) to *fd_high* (exclusive),
-   ignoring errors. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows. Equivalent to::
+   ignoring errors. Availability: Unix, Windows. Equivalent to::
 
       for fd in xrange(fd_low, fd_high):
           try:
@@ -499,14 +505,14 @@ by file descriptors.
 
 .. function:: dup(fd)
 
-   Return a duplicate of file descriptor *fd*. Availability: Macintosh, Unix,
+   Return a duplicate of file descriptor *fd*. Availability: Unix,
    Windows.
 
 
 .. function:: dup2(fd, fd2)
 
    Duplicate file descriptor *fd* to *fd2*, closing the latter first if necessary.
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
 
 .. function:: fchmod(fd, mode)
@@ -541,7 +547,7 @@ by file descriptors.
    additional names as well.  The names known to the host operating system are
    given in the ``pathconf_names`` dictionary.  For configuration variables not
    included in that mapping, passing an integer for *name* is also accepted.
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   Availability: Unix.
 
    If *name* is a string and is not known, :exc:`ValueError` is raised.  If a
    specific value for *name* is not supported by the host system, even if it is
@@ -552,7 +558,7 @@ by file descriptors.
 .. function:: fstat(fd)
 
    Return status for file descriptor *fd*, like :func:`stat`. Availability:
-   Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   Unix, Windows.
 
 
 .. function:: fstatvfs(fd)
@@ -568,20 +574,20 @@ by file descriptors.
 
    If you're starting with a Python file object *f*, first do ``f.flush()``, and
    then do ``os.fsync(f.fileno())``, to ensure that all internal buffers associated
-   with *f* are written to disk. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, and Windows
+   with *f* are written to disk. Availability: Unix, and Windows
    starting in 2.2.3.
 
 
 .. function:: ftruncate(fd, length)
 
    Truncate the file corresponding to file descriptor *fd*, so that it is at most
-   *length* bytes in size. Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   *length* bytes in size. Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: isatty(fd)
 
    Return ``True`` if the file descriptor *fd* is open and connected to a
-   tty(-like) device, else ``False``. Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   tty(-like) device, else ``False``. Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: lseek(fd, pos, how)
@@ -590,7 +596,7 @@ by file descriptors.
    by *how*: :const:`SEEK_SET` or ``0`` to set the position relative to the
    beginning of the file; :const:`SEEK_CUR` or ``1`` to set it relative to the
    current position; :const:`os.SEEK_END` or ``2`` to set it relative to the end of
-   the file. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   the file. Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
 
 .. function:: open(file, flags[, mode])
@@ -598,7 +604,7 @@ by file descriptors.
    Open the file *file* and set various flags according to *flags* and possibly its
    mode according to *mode*. The default *mode* is ``0777`` (octal), and the
    current umask value is first masked out.  Return the file descriptor for the
-   newly opened file. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   newly opened file. Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
    For a description of the flag and mode values, see the C run-time documentation;
    flag constants (like :const:`O_RDONLY` and :const:`O_WRONLY`) are defined in
@@ -618,21 +624,21 @@ by file descriptors.
 
    Open a new pseudo-terminal pair. Return a pair of file descriptors ``(master,
    slave)`` for the pty and the tty, respectively. For a (slightly) more portable
-   approach, use the :mod:`pty` module. Availability: Macintosh, some flavors of
+   approach, use the :mod:`pty` module. Availability: some flavors of
    Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: pipe()
 
    Create a pipe.  Return a pair of file descriptors ``(r, w)`` usable for reading
-   and writing, respectively. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   and writing, respectively. Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
 
 .. function:: read(fd, n)
 
    Read at most *n* bytes from file descriptor *fd*. Return a string containing the
    bytes read.  If the end of the file referred to by *fd* has been reached, an
-   empty string is returned. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   empty string is returned. Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
    .. note::
 
@@ -646,26 +652,26 @@ by file descriptors.
 .. function:: tcgetpgrp(fd)
 
    Return the process group associated with the terminal given by *fd* (an open
-   file descriptor as returned by :func:`open`). Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   file descriptor as returned by :func:`open`). Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: tcsetpgrp(fd, pg)
 
    Set the process group associated with the terminal given by *fd* (an open file
-   descriptor as returned by :func:`open`) to *pg*. Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   descriptor as returned by :func:`open`) to *pg*. Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: ttyname(fd)
 
    Return a string which specifies the terminal device associated with
    file descriptor *fd*.  If *fd* is not associated with a terminal device, an
-   exception is raised. Availability:Macintosh, Unix.
+   exception is raised. Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: write(fd, str)
 
    Write the string *str* to file descriptor *fd*. Return the number of bytes
-   actually written. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   actually written. Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
    .. note::
 
@@ -690,7 +696,7 @@ platforms.  For descriptions of their availability and use, consult
           O_TRUNC
 
    Options for the *flag* argument to the :func:`open` function. These can be
-   combined using the bitwise OR operator ``|``. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   combined using the bitwise OR operator ``|``. Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
 
 .. data:: O_DSYNC
@@ -703,7 +709,7 @@ platforms.  For descriptions of their availability and use, consult
           O_EXLOCK
 
    More options for the *flag* argument to the :func:`open` function. Availability:
-   Macintosh, Unix.
+   Unix.
 
 
 .. data:: O_BINARY
@@ -733,7 +739,7 @@ platforms.  For descriptions of their availability and use, consult
           SEEK_END
 
    Parameters to the :func:`lseek` function. Their values are 0, 1, and 2,
-   respectively. Availability: Windows, Macintosh, Unix.
+   respectively. Availability: Windows, Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.5
 
@@ -752,7 +758,7 @@ Files and Directories
    can be the inclusive OR of one or more of :const:`R_OK`, :const:`W_OK`, and
    :const:`X_OK` to test permissions.  Return :const:`True` if access is allowed,
    :const:`False` if not. See the Unix man page :manpage:`access(2)` for more
-   information. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   information. Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
    .. note::
 
@@ -796,7 +802,7 @@ Files and Directories
 
    .. index:: single: directory; changing
 
-   Change the current working directory to *path*. Availability: Macintosh, Unix,
+   Change the current working directory to *path*. Availability: Unix,
    Windows.
 
 
@@ -812,13 +818,13 @@ Files and Directories
 .. function:: getcwd()
 
    Return a string representing the current working directory. Availability:
-   Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   Unix, Windows.
 
 
 .. function:: getcwdu()
 
    Return a Unicode object representing the current working directory.
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
@@ -839,7 +845,7 @@ Files and Directories
    * ``SF_NOUNLINK``
    * ``SF_SNAPSHOT``
 
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   Availability: Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.6
 
@@ -847,7 +853,7 @@ Files and Directories
 .. function:: chroot(path)
 
    Change the root directory of the current process to *path*. Availability:
-   Macintosh, Unix.
+   Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.2
 
@@ -879,7 +885,7 @@ Files and Directories
    * ``stat.S_IWOTH``
    * ``stat.S_IXOTH``
 
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
    .. note::
 
@@ -892,7 +898,7 @@ Files and Directories
 .. function:: chown(path, uid, gid)
 
    Change the owner and group id of *path* to the numeric *uid* and *gid*. To leave
-   one of the ids unchanged, set it to -1. Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   one of the ids unchanged, set it to -1. Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: lchflags(path, flags)
@@ -915,21 +921,21 @@ Files and Directories
 .. function:: lchown(path, uid, gid)
 
    Change the owner and group id of *path* to the numeric *uid* and *gid*. This
-   function will not follow symbolic links. Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   function will not follow symbolic links. Availability: Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
 
 .. function:: link(src, dst)
 
-   Create a hard link pointing to *src* named *dst*. Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   Create a hard link pointing to *src* named *dst*. Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: listdir(path)
 
    Return a list containing the names of the entries in the directory. The list is
    in arbitrary order.  It does not include the special entries ``'.'`` and
-   ``'..'`` even if they are present in the directory. Availability: Macintosh,
+   ``'..'`` even if they are present in the directory. Availability:
    Unix, Windows.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 2.3
@@ -948,7 +954,7 @@ Files and Directories
 
    Create a FIFO (a named pipe) named *path* with numeric mode *mode*.  The default
    *mode* is ``0666`` (octal).  The current umask value is first masked out from
-   the mode. Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   the mode. Availability: Unix.
 
    FIFOs are pipes that can be accessed like regular files.  FIFOs exist until they
    are deleted (for example with :func:`os.unlink`). Generally, FIFOs are used as
@@ -998,7 +1004,7 @@ Files and Directories
 
    Create a directory named *path* with numeric mode *mode*. The default *mode* is
    ``0777`` (octal).  On some systems, *mode* is ignored.  Where it is used, the
-   current umask value is first masked out. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   current umask value is first masked out. Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
    It is also possible to create temporary directories; see the
    :mod:`tempfile` module's :func:`tempfile.mkdtemp` function.
@@ -1036,7 +1042,7 @@ Files and Directories
    additional names as well.  The names known to the host operating system are
    given in the ``pathconf_names`` dictionary.  For configuration variables not
    included in that mapping, passing an integer for *name* is also accepted.
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   Availability: Unix.
 
    If *name* is a string and is not known, :exc:`ValueError` is raised.  If a
    specific value for *name* is not supported by the host system, even if it is
@@ -1049,7 +1055,7 @@ Files and Directories
    Dictionary mapping names accepted by :func:`pathconf` and :func:`fpathconf` to
    the integer values defined for those names by the host operating system.  This
    can be used to determine the set of names known to the system. Availability:
-   Macintosh, Unix.
+   Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: readlink(path)
@@ -1062,7 +1068,7 @@ Files and Directories
    .. versionchanged:: 2.6
       If the *path* is a Unicode object the result will also be a Unicode object.
 
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: remove(path)
@@ -1072,7 +1078,7 @@ Files and Directories
    :func:`unlink` function documented below.  On Windows, attempting to remove a
    file that is in use causes an exception to be raised; on Unix, the directory
    entry is removed but the storage allocated to the file is not made available
-   until the original file is no longer in use. Availability: Macintosh, Unix,
+   until the original file is no longer in use. Availability: Unix,
    Windows.
 
 
@@ -1101,7 +1107,7 @@ Files and Directories
    the renaming will be an atomic operation (this is a POSIX requirement).  On
    Windows, if *dst* already exists, :exc:`OSError` will be raised even if it is a
    file; there may be no way to implement an atomic rename when *dst* names an
-   existing file. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   existing file. Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
 
 .. function:: renames(old, new)
@@ -1121,7 +1127,7 @@ Files and Directories
 
 .. function:: rmdir(path)
 
-   Remove the directory *path*. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   Remove the directory *path*. Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
 
 .. function:: stat(path)
@@ -1185,7 +1191,7 @@ Files and Directories
       :attr:`st_mtime` has 2-second resolution, and :attr:`st_atime` has only 1-day
       resolution.  See your operating system documentation for details.
 
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 2.2
       Added access to values as attributes of the returned object.
@@ -1265,7 +1271,7 @@ Files and Directories
       Use of :func:`tempnam` is vulnerable to symlink attacks; consider using
       :func:`tmpfile` (section :ref:`os-newstreams`) instead.
 
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
 
 .. function:: tmpnam()
@@ -1297,7 +1303,7 @@ Files and Directories
 .. function:: unlink(path)
 
    Remove the file *path*.  This is the same function as :func:`remove`; the
-   :func:`unlink` name is its traditional Unix name. Availability: Macintosh, Unix,
+   :func:`unlink` name is its traditional Unix name. Availability: Unix,
    Windows.
 
 
@@ -1317,7 +1323,7 @@ Files and Directories
    .. versionchanged:: 2.0
       Added support for ``None`` for *times*.
 
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
 
 .. function:: walk(top[, topdown=True [, onerror=None[, followlinks=False]]])
@@ -1430,7 +1436,7 @@ to be ignored.
    behavior is to produce a core dump; on Windows, the process immediately returns
    an exit code of ``3``.  Be aware that programs which use :func:`signal.signal`
    to register a handler for :const:`SIGABRT` will behave differently.
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
 
 .. function:: execl(path, arg0, arg1, ...)
@@ -1471,14 +1477,14 @@ to be ignored.
    used to define the environment variables for the new process (these are used
    instead of the current process' environment); the functions :func:`execl`,
    :func:`execlp`, :func:`execv`, and :func:`execvp` all cause the new process to
-   inherit the environment of the current process. Availability: Macintosh, Unix,
+   inherit the environment of the current process. Availability: Unix,
    Windows.
 
 
 .. function:: _exit(n)
 
    Exit to the system with status *n*, without calling cleanup handlers, flushing
-   stdio buffers, etc. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   stdio buffers, etc. Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
    .. note::
 
@@ -1498,7 +1504,7 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
 
 .. data:: EX_OK
 
-   Exit code that means no error occurred. Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   Exit code that means no error occurred. Availability: Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
@@ -1506,15 +1512,14 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
 .. data:: EX_USAGE
 
    Exit code that means the command was used incorrectly, such as when the wrong
-   number of arguments are given. Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   number of arguments are given. Availability: Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
 
 .. data:: EX_DATAERR
 
-   Exit code that means the input data was incorrect. Availability: Macintosh,
-   Unix.
+   Exit code that means the input data was incorrect. Availability: Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
@@ -1522,23 +1527,21 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
 .. data:: EX_NOINPUT
 
    Exit code that means an input file did not exist or was not readable.
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   Availability: Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
 
 .. data:: EX_NOUSER
 
-   Exit code that means a specified user did not exist. Availability: Macintosh,
-   Unix.
+   Exit code that means a specified user did not exist. Availability: Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
 
 .. data:: EX_NOHOST
 
-   Exit code that means a specified host did not exist. Availability: Macintosh,
-   Unix.
+   Exit code that means a specified host did not exist. Availability: Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
@@ -1546,7 +1549,7 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
 .. data:: EX_UNAVAILABLE
 
    Exit code that means that a required service is unavailable. Availability:
-   Macintosh, Unix.
+   Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
@@ -1554,7 +1557,7 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
 .. data:: EX_SOFTWARE
 
    Exit code that means an internal software error was detected. Availability:
-   Macintosh, Unix.
+   Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
@@ -1562,7 +1565,7 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
 .. data:: EX_OSERR
 
    Exit code that means an operating system error was detected, such as the
-   inability to fork or create a pipe. Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   inability to fork or create a pipe. Availability: Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
@@ -1570,7 +1573,7 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
 .. data:: EX_OSFILE
 
    Exit code that means some system file did not exist, could not be opened, or had
-   some other kind of error. Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   some other kind of error. Availability: Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
@@ -1578,7 +1581,7 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
 .. data:: EX_CANTCREAT
 
    Exit code that means a user specified output file could not be created.
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   Availability: Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
@@ -1586,7 +1589,7 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
 .. data:: EX_IOERR
 
    Exit code that means that an error occurred while doing I/O on some file.
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   Availability: Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
@@ -1595,7 +1598,7 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
 
    Exit code that means a temporary failure occurred.  This indicates something
    that may not really be an error, such as a network connection that couldn't be
-   made during a retryable operation. Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   made during a retryable operation. Availability: Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
@@ -1603,7 +1606,7 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
 .. data:: EX_PROTOCOL
 
    Exit code that means that a protocol exchange was illegal, invalid, or not
-   understood. Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   understood. Availability: Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
@@ -1611,8 +1614,7 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
 .. data:: EX_NOPERM
 
    Exit code that means that there were insufficient permissions to perform the
-   operation (but not intended for file system problems). Availability: Macintosh,
-   Unix.
+   operation (but not intended for file system problems). Availability: Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
@@ -1620,7 +1622,7 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
 .. data:: EX_CONFIG
 
    Exit code that means that some kind of configuration error occurred.
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   Availability: Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
@@ -1628,7 +1630,7 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
 .. data:: EX_NOTFOUND
 
    Exit code that means something like "an entry was not found". Availability:
-   Macintosh, Unix.
+   Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
@@ -1637,7 +1639,7 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
 
    Fork a child process.  Return ``0`` in the child and the child's process id in the
    parent.  If an error occurs :exc:`OSError` is raised.
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: forkpty()
@@ -1647,7 +1649,7 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
    new child's process id in the parent, and *fd* is the file descriptor of the
    master end of the pseudo-terminal.  For a more portable approach, use the
    :mod:`pty` module.  If an error occurs :exc:`OSError` is raised.
-   Availability: Macintosh, some flavors of Unix.
+   Availability: some flavors of Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: kill(pid, sig)
@@ -1658,7 +1660,7 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
 
    Send signal *sig* to the process *pid*.  Constants for the specific signals
    available on the host platform are defined in the :mod:`signal` module.
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: killpg(pgid, sig)
@@ -1667,8 +1669,7 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
       single: process; killing
       single: process; signalling
 
-   Send the signal *sig* to the process group *pgid*. Availability: Macintosh,
-   Unix.
+   Send the signal *sig* to the process group *pgid*. Availability: Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
@@ -1676,14 +1677,13 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
 .. function:: nice(increment)
 
    Add *increment* to the process's "niceness".  Return the new niceness.
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: plock(op)
 
    Lock program segments into memory.  The value of *op* (defined in
-   ``<sys/lock.h>``) determines which segments are locked. Availability: Macintosh,
-   Unix.
+   ``<sys/lock.h>``) determines which segments are locked. Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: popen(...)
@@ -1765,7 +1765,7 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
    Possible values for the *mode* parameter to the :func:`spawn\*` family of
    functions.  If either of these values is given, the :func:`spawn\*` functions
    will return as soon as the new process has been created, with the process id as
-   the return value. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   the return value. Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
    .. versionadded:: 1.6
 
@@ -1776,7 +1776,7 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
    functions.  If this is given as *mode*, the :func:`spawn\*` functions will not
    return until the new process has run to completion and will return the exit code
    of the process the run is successful, or ``-signal`` if a signal kills the
-   process. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   process. Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
    .. versionadded:: 1.6
 
@@ -1841,7 +1841,7 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
    the command run; on systems using a non-native shell, consult your shell
    documentation.
 
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+   Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
    The :mod:`subprocess` module provides more powerful facilities for spawning new
    processes and retrieving their results; using that module is preferable to using
@@ -1855,7 +1855,7 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
    other) times, in seconds.  The items are: user time, system time, children's
    user time, children's system time, and elapsed real time since a fixed point in
    the past, in that order.  See the Unix manual page :manpage:`times(2)` or the
-   corresponding Windows Platform API documentation. Availability: Macintosh, Unix,
+   corresponding Windows Platform API documentation. Availability: Unix,
    Windows.  On Windows, only the first two items are filled, the others are zero.
 
 
@@ -1865,7 +1865,7 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
    and exit status indication: a 16-bit number, whose low byte is the signal number
    that killed the process, and whose high byte is the exit status (if the signal
    number is zero); the high bit of the low byte is set if a core file was
-   produced. Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   produced. Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: waitpid(pid, options)
@@ -1923,7 +1923,7 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
 
    The option for :func:`waitpid` to return immediately if no child process status
    is available immediately. The function returns ``(0, 0)`` in this case.
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. data:: WCONTINUED
@@ -1939,7 +1939,7 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
 
    This option causes child processes to be reported if they have been stopped but
    their current state has not been reported since they were stopped. Availability:
-   Macintosh, Unix.
+   Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
@@ -1951,7 +1951,7 @@ used to determine the disposition of a process.
 .. function:: WCOREDUMP(status)
 
    Return ``True`` if a core dump was generated for the process, otherwise
-   return ``False``. Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   return ``False``. Availability: Unix.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
@@ -1973,32 +1973,30 @@ used to determine the disposition of a process.
 .. function:: WIFSIGNALED(status)
 
    Return ``True`` if the process exited due to a signal, otherwise return
-   ``False``. Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   ``False``. Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: WIFEXITED(status)
 
    Return ``True`` if the process exited using the :manpage:`exit(2)` system call,
-   otherwise return ``False``. Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   otherwise return ``False``. Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: WEXITSTATUS(status)
 
    If ``WIFEXITED(status)`` is true, return the integer parameter to the
    :manpage:`exit(2)` system call.  Otherwise, the return value is meaningless.
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: WSTOPSIG(status)
 
-   Return the signal which caused the process to stop. Availability: Macintosh,
-   Unix.
+   Return the signal which caused the process to stop. Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: WTERMSIG(status)
 
-   Return the signal which caused the process to exit. Availability: Macintosh,
-   Unix.
+   Return the signal which caused the process to exit. Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. _os-path:
@@ -2016,7 +2014,7 @@ Miscellaneous System Information
    The names known to the host operating system are given as the keys of the
    ``confstr_names`` dictionary.  For configuration variables not included in that
    mapping, passing an integer for *name* is also accepted. Availability:
-   Macintosh, Unix.
+   Unix.
 
    If the configuration value specified by *name* isn't defined, ``None`` is
    returned.
@@ -2031,7 +2029,7 @@ Miscellaneous System Information
 
    Dictionary mapping names accepted by :func:`confstr` to the integer values
    defined for those names by the host operating system. This can be used to
-   determine the set of names known to the system. Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   determine the set of names known to the system. Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: getloadavg()
@@ -2049,14 +2047,14 @@ Miscellaneous System Information
    specified by *name* isn't defined, ``-1`` is returned.  The comments regarding
    the *name* parameter for :func:`confstr` apply here as well; the dictionary that
    provides information on the known names is given by ``sysconf_names``.
-   Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. data:: sysconf_names
 
    Dictionary mapping names accepted by :func:`sysconf` to the integer values
    defined for those names by the host operating system. This can be used to
-   determine the set of names known to the system. Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+   determine the set of names known to the system. Availability: Unix.
 
 The following data values are used to support path manipulation operations.  These
 are defined for all platforms.
@@ -2067,22 +2065,22 @@ Higher-level operations on pathnames are defined in the :mod:`os.path` module.
 .. data:: curdir
 
    The constant string used by the operating system to refer to the current
-   directory. For example: ``'.'`` for POSIX or ``':'`` for Mac OS 9. Also
-   available via :mod:`os.path`.
+   directory. This is ``'.'`` for Windows and POSIX. Also available via
+   :mod:`os.path`.
 
 
 .. data:: pardir
 
    The constant string used by the operating system to refer to the parent
-   directory. For example: ``'..'`` for POSIX or ``'::'`` for Mac OS 9. Also
-   available via :mod:`os.path`.
+   directory. This is ``'..'`` for Windows and POSIX. Also available via
+   :mod:`os.path`.
 
 
 .. data:: sep
 
-   The character used by the operating system to separate pathname components, for
-   example, ``'/'`` for POSIX or ``':'`` for Mac OS 9.  Note that knowing this is
-   not sufficient to be able to parse or concatenate pathnames --- use
+   The character used by the operating system to separate pathname components.
+   This is ``'/'`` for POSIX and ``'\\'`` for Windows.  Note that knowing this
+   is not sufficient to be able to parse or concatenate pathnames --- use
    :func:`os.path.split` and :func:`os.path.join` --- but it is occasionally
    useful. Also available via :mod:`os.path`.
 
@@ -2119,16 +2117,16 @@ Higher-level operations on pathnames are defined in the :mod:`os.path` module.
 .. data:: linesep
 
    The string used to separate (or, rather, terminate) lines on the current
-   platform.  This may be a single character, such as  ``'\n'`` for POSIX or
-   ``'\r'`` for Mac OS, or multiple  characters, for example, ``'\r\n'`` for
-   Windows. Do not use *os.linesep* as a line terminator when writing files  opened
-   in text mode (the default); use a single ``'\n'`` instead,  on all platforms.
+   platform.  This may be a single character, such as ``'\n'`` for POSIX, or
+   multiple characters, for example, ``'\r\n'`` for Windows. Do not use
+   *os.linesep* as a line terminator when writing files opened in text mode (the
+   default); use a single ``'\n'`` instead, on all platforms.
 
 
 .. data:: devnull
 
-   The file path of the null device. For example: ``'/dev/null'`` for POSIX or
-   ``'Dev:Nul'`` for Mac OS 9. Also available via :mod:`os.path`.
+   The file path of the null device. For example: ``'/dev/null'`` for POSIX.
+   Also available via :mod:`os.path`.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.4
 

diff --git a/Doc/library/plistlib.rst b/Doc/library/plistlib.rst
index b987a5fa6a182e0cdba9826d23d2faeff2187ce5..d8694e8c56da270f9e32d12ab9faa904c8ffeae2 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/plistlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/plistlib.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-:mod:`plistlib` --- Generate and parse MacOS X ``.plist`` files
-===============================================================
+:mod:`plistlib` --- Generate and parse Mac OS X ``.plist`` files
+================================================================
 
 .. module:: plistlib
-   :synopsis: Generate and parse MacOS X plist files.
+   :synopsis: Generate and parse Mac OS X plist files.
 .. moduleauthor:: Jack Jansen
 .. sectionauthor:: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
 .. (harvested from docstrings in the original file)
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
    single: property list
 
 This module provides an interface for reading and writing the "property list"
-XML files used mainly by MacOS X.
+XML files used mainly by Mac OS X.
 
 The property list (``.plist``) file format is a simple XML pickle supporting
 basic object types, like dictionaries, lists, numbers and strings.  Usually the
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ This module defines the following functions:
 .. function:: readPlistFromResource(path[, restype='plst'[, resid=0]])
 
     Read a plist from the resource with type *restype* from the resource fork of
-    *path*.  Availability: MacOS X.
+    *path*.  Availability: Mac OS X.
 
     .. warning::
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ This module defines the following functions:
 .. function:: writePlistToResource(rootObject, path[, restype='plst'[, resid=0]])
 
     Write *rootObject* as a resource with type *restype* to the resource fork of
-    *path*.  Availability: MacOS X.
+    *path*.  Availability: Mac OS X.
 
     .. warning::
 

diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
index b1a392e667af706de0424101d78f8f5464253933..944b9f16107892d4b3ed055d382f85533026c099 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ copying and removal. For operations on individual files, see also the
    can't copy all file metadata.
    
    On POSIX platforms, this means that file owner and group are lost as well
-   as ACLs.  On MacOS, the resource fork and other metadata are not used.
+   as ACLs.  On Mac OS, the resource fork and other metadata are not used.
    This means that resources will be lost and file type and creator codes will
    not be correct. On Windows, file owners, ACLs and alternate data streams
    are not copied.

diff --git a/Doc/library/signal.rst b/Doc/library/signal.rst
index 9843ff65cfd0a8c86dbac95e131e7fadad263fe4..74d5ee7e88449694c4b98f80cc6ad34b6fe174ad 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/signal.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/signal.rst
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ The :mod:`signal` module defines the following functions:
 
    Change system call restart behaviour: if *flag* is :const:`False`, system calls
    will be restarted when interrupted by signal *signalnum*, otherwise system calls will
-   be interrupted. Returns nothing. Availability: Unix, Mac (see the man page
+   be interrupted. Returns nothing. Availability: Unix (see the man page
    :manpage:`siginterrupt(3)` for further information).
    
    Note that installing a signal handler with :func:`signal` will reset the restart

diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
index 67ebd8e3df17c84539babf06b5200de77b71e85a..b147734c54b25fb63f6872561155fef2a1ab52d0 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ This module defines one class called :class:`Popen`:
 
    If *universal_newlines* is :const:`True`, the file objects stdout and stderr are
    opened as text files, but lines may be terminated by any of ``'\n'``, the Unix
-   end-of-line convention, ``'\r'``, the Macintosh convention or ``'\r\n'``, the
+   end-of-line convention, ``'\r'``, the old Macintosh convention or ``'\r\n'``, the
    Windows convention. All of these external representations are seen as ``'\n'``
    by the Python program.
 

diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst
index 871cec7ea3e16ec9d0c2f3e951d4e5dfc4f8dffa..111755068c1b763dbbc087e74e2d5a964cf187ae 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst
@@ -582,8 +582,8 @@ always available.
    ================ ===========================
    Windows          ``'win32'``
    Windows/Cygwin   ``'cygwin'``
-   MacOS X          ``'darwin'``
-   MacOS 9          ``'mac'``
+   Mac OS X         ``'darwin'``
+   Mac OS 9         ``'mac'``
    OS/2             ``'os2'``
    OS/2 EMX         ``'os2emx'``
    RiscOS           ``'riscos'``

diff --git a/Doc/library/time.rst b/Doc/library/time.rst
index 4d9d4831e15bd0c47d7a0a20ff537d11818aadde..c9b7355316026a9dca00a9383df66a9dea9878be 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/time.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/time.rst
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ An explanation of some terminology and conventions is in order.
 
 * The precision of the various real-time functions may be less than suggested by
   the units in which their value or argument is expressed. E.g. on most Unix
-  systems, the clock "ticks" only 50 or 100 times a second, and on the Mac, times
-  are only accurate to whole seconds.
+  systems, the clock "ticks" only 50 or 100 times a second.
 
 * On the other hand, the precision of :func:`time` and :func:`sleep` is better
   than their Unix equivalents: times are expressed as floating point numbers,

diff --git a/Doc/library/tkinter.rst b/Doc/library/tkinter.rst
index 2b1ab8495f4de2305a707e0c3bebcea2150381d3..7695403d175777fced9cdc164a8e53235cba0158 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/tkinter.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tkinter.rst
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 The :mod:`Tkinter` module ("Tk interface") is the standard Python interface to
 the Tk GUI toolkit.  Both Tk and :mod:`Tkinter` are available on most Unix
-platforms, as well as on Windows and Macintosh systems.  (Tk itself is not part
-of Python; it is maintained at ActiveState.)
+platforms, as well as on Windows systems.  (Tk itself is not part of Python; it
+is maintained at ActiveState.)
 
 .. note::
 

diff --git a/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst b/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst
index c243f7c366a02bdd4a546d94599027d79bc1685e..13cd8c7c2f7b83b0624c68ed4e71cb842f091561 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst
@@ -151,10 +151,10 @@ Notes:
    Only on Windows platforms.
 
 (3)
-   Only on MacOS platforms; requires the standard MacPython :mod:`ic` module.
+   Only on Mac OS platforms; requires the standard MacPython :mod:`ic` module.
 
 (4)
-   Only on MacOS X platform.
+   Only on Mac OS X platform.
 
 Here are some simple examples::
 

diff --git a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
index 9da27b593d219aee8f473bdb9b557df777c111aa..b54872289bb5a34e1d855d45e0a953e0a99db05b 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Physical lines
 A physical line is a sequence of characters terminated by an end-of-line
 sequence.  In source files, any of the standard platform line termination
 sequences can be used - the Unix form using ASCII LF (linefeed), the Windows
-form using the ASCII sequence CR LF (return followed by linefeed), or the
+form using the ASCII sequence CR LF (return followed by linefeed), or the old
 Macintosh form using the ASCII CR (return) character.  All of these forms can be
 used equally, regardless of platform.
 

diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/appetite.rst b/Doc/tutorial/appetite.rst
index b5e1a1606c19c45789b078f788561dd615a5c2d0..26e5168ab51a7ab5ed6ba17174746f69e468cbe0 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/tutorial/appetite.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/appetite.rst
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ You could write a Unix shell script or Windows batch files for some of these
 tasks, but shell scripts are best at moving around files and changing text data,
 not well-suited for GUI applications or games. You could write a C/C++/Java
 program, but it can take a lot of development time to get even a first-draft
-program.  Python is simpler to use, available on Windows, MacOS X, and Unix
+program.  Python is simpler to use, available on Windows, Mac OS X, and Unix
 operating systems, and will help you get the job done more quickly.
 
 Python is simple to use, but it is a real programming language, offering much

diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
index 559ce31738c1d364c1760450ebfb40335e8f7a31..7287e3e7846e3bc1eb86f6d1b6284ff3a981bcb4 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
@@ -237,15 +237,15 @@ automatically added to the end.  ``'r+'`` opens the file for both reading and
 writing. The *mode* argument is optional; ``'r'`` will be assumed if it's
 omitted.
 
-On Windows and the Macintosh, ``'b'`` appended to the mode opens the file in
-binary mode, so there are also modes like ``'rb'``, ``'wb'``, and ``'r+b'``.
-Windows makes a distinction between text and binary files; the end-of-line
-characters in text files are automatically altered slightly when data is read or
-written.  This behind-the-scenes modification to file data is fine for ASCII
-text files, but it'll corrupt binary data like that in :file:`JPEG` or
-:file:`EXE` files.  Be very careful to use binary mode when reading and writing
-such files.  On Unix, it doesn't hurt to append a ``'b'`` to the mode, so
-you can use it platform-independently for all binary files.
+On Windows, ``'b'`` appended to the mode opens the file in binary mode, so there
+are also modes like ``'rb'``, ``'wb'``, and ``'r+b'``.  Windows makes a
+distinction between text and binary files; the end-of-line characters in text
+files are automatically altered slightly when data is read or written.  This
+behind-the-scenes modification to file data is fine for ASCII text files, but
+it'll corrupt binary data like that in :file:`JPEG` or :file:`EXE` files.  Be
+very careful to use binary mode when reading and writing such files.  On Unix,
+it doesn't hurt to append a ``'b'`` to the mode, so you can use it
+platform-independently for all binary files.
 
 
 .. _tut-filemethods:

diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst b/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
index c9ceaf69907c864923d75578cfc7d907652e0395..0ac7ee11f6b0213730aa657bc939e4d39b57e3ef 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ shell scripts, by putting the line ::
 (assuming that the interpreter is on the user's :envvar:`PATH`) at the beginning
 of the script and giving the file an executable mode.  The ``#!`` must be the
 first two characters of the file.  On some platforms, this first line must end
-with a Unix-style line ending (``'\n'``), not a Mac OS (``'\r'``) or Windows
-(``'\r\n'``) line ending.  Note that the hash, or pound, character, ``'#'``, is
-used to start a comment in Python.
+with a Unix-style line ending (``'\n'``), not a Windows (``'\r\n'``) line
+ending.  Note that the hash, or pound, character, ``'#'``, is used to start a
+comment in Python.
 
 The script can be given an executable mode, or permission, using the
 :program:`chmod` command::

diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
index 94fbed72a6e777a3426b1ed5734027a09387e80d..4ceee84f1be0d479260b35286bf028124ae55a98 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ These environment variables influence Python's behavior.
 
    If this environment variable is set, ``sys.argv[0]`` will be set to its
    value instead of the value got through the C runtime.  Only works on
-   MacOS X.
+   Mac OS X.
 
 
 Debug-mode variables

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
index af7991d77c007c9b874a715d9d8b70ad24757f7b..023c7579533615e81c2a52d57a74d460824f569a 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
@@ -528,11 +528,11 @@ all users using a machine or a particular site installation.
 Python 2.6 introduces a convention for user-specific site directories.
 The directory varies depending on the platform:
 
-* Unix and MacOS: :file:`~/.local/`
+* Unix and Mac OS X: :file:`~/.local/`
 * Windows: :file:`%APPDATA%/Python`
 
 Within this directory, there will be version-specific subdirectories,
-such as :file:`lib/python2.6/site-packages` on Unix/MacOS and
+such as :file:`lib/python2.6/site-packages` on Unix/Mac OS and
 :file:`Python26/site-packages` on Windows.
 
 If you don't like the default directory, it can be overridden by an
@@ -2784,12 +2784,12 @@ Ippolito.
 The :mod:`plistlib` module: A Property-List Parser
 --------------------------------------------------
 
-The ``.plist`` format is commonly used on MacOS X to
+The ``.plist`` format is commonly used on Mac OS X to
 store basic data types (numbers, strings, lists,
 and dictionaries) by serializing them into an XML-based format.
 It resembles the XML-RPC serialization of data types.
 
-Despite being primarily used on MacOS X, the format
+Despite being primarily used on Mac OS X, the format
 has nothing Mac-specific about it and the Python implementation works
 on any platform that Python supports, so the :mod:`plistlib` module
 has been promoted to the standard library.
@@ -2905,7 +2905,7 @@ Changes to Python's build process and to the C API include:
   :file:`PCbuild` directory for the build files.  (Implemented by
   Christian Heimes.)
 
-* On MacOS X, Python 2.6 can be compiled as a 4-way universal build.
+* On Mac OS X, Python 2.6 can be compiled as a 4-way universal build.
   The :program:`configure` script
   can take a :option:`--with-universal-archs=[32-bit|64-bit|all]`
   switch, controlling whether the binaries are built for 32-bit
@@ -3057,7 +3057,7 @@ Port-Specific Changes: Windows
 
 .. ======================================================================
 
-Port-Specific Changes: MacOS X
+Port-Specific Changes: Mac OS X
 -----------------------------------
 
 * When compiling a framework build of Python, you can now specify the
@@ -3069,7 +3069,7 @@ Port-Specific Changes: MacOS X
   :func:`macostools.touched` function to be removed because it depended on the
   :mod:`macfs` module.  (:issue:`1490190`)
 
-* Many other MacOS modules have been deprecated and will removed in
+* Many other Mac OS modules have been deprecated and will removed in
   Python 3.0:
   :mod:`_builtinSuites`,
   :mod:`aepack`,