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| {{Infobox Character
| | == Summary == |
| |type = [[:Category:Software Personifications|Software Personification]]
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| |image = Mac-tan.jpg
| | |description = Illustration of [[Ōjiji]], from the Nijiura @Wiki. A search for a drawing deemed to be representative should be done, and regardless of whether a new upload is made, this form be filled properly at this time. |
| |alias = Mac OS-tan<br>Cyan<br>Siam
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| |name = Mac-tan
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| |universe = [[OS-tan]] | | |author = |
| |debut = ~2003 | | |licensing = |
| |representation = Classic Mac OS<br>Mac OS X<ref name="ShimuroArt"/> | | |other versions = |
| |available = 1995-07-14 | |
| |developer = 🇺🇸 Apple | |
| |haircolor = Blonde | |
| |eyecolor = Green, blue, or rainbow
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| '''Mac-tan''' (Japanese: ＭＡＣたん) is an OS-tan that personifies the generic Mac OS line, and sometimes Mac OS X.
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| ==History==
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| An illustration of Mac-tan was already present as early as in 2003, shown in the earliest archive of OS-tan Vault homepage.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20031004121942/http://nijiura-os.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ OS-tan Vault Homepage (archived)] 2003-10-04</ref> However, a gallery for Mac-tan was not present until 2004.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040412063501/http://nijiura-os.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ OS-tan Vault gallery (archived)] 2004-04-12</ref>
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| ==Design==
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| In early drawings, Mac-tan appears in her standard platinum-white body suit (alluding to the iMac/OSX design motif). Sometimes she is also depicted with a rainbow-colored apple on her head, as throwback to the classic Macintosh.
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| Her eye color tend to vary from green, blue, or rainbow-colored.
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| ==Character==
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| {{Challenged|Mac-tan is often depicted as the archnemesis of the Windows Family, and fought against them during the OS Wars. She is sometimes shown with bombs as her weapon.
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| Some manga strips featured her battling against [[95-tan]] during the OS Wars, during which time only the Classic Macs were available, suggesting that she mainly represented the pre-OS 9 Mac OSes. Even when she represents OSX, 95-tan is still portrayed as her arch-nemesis.|Needs verifiable information}}
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| In some depictions, such as the Nijikaku fighting game <ref>[https://nijikaku2.web.fc2.com/ Nijikaku command table]</ref>, and this artwork by Shimuro, she is referred to as Cyan (シアン) or Siam (シャム). <ref name="ShimuroArt">[https://x.com/simuro/status/1392151010861219843?s=61 Mac-tan art by Shimuro]</ref>
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| ==Trivia==
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| *Mac-tan's nicknames ''Cyan'' and ''Siam'' may reference the codenames of Mac OS X.<ref>[https://applemuseum.bott.org/sections/codenames.html Apple Code Names]</ref>
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| *The bombs shown as her weapon may reference the Classic Mac OS system error alert<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_(icon)#Mac_OS Bomb (icon) - Wikipedia]</ref>
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| ==Notes and References==
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