iOS 27 Will Reportedly Be Like Mac OS X Snow Leopard

[MacRumors]

In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reiterated that iOS 27 will be similar to 2009's Mac OS X Snow Leopard, in the sense that one of Apple's biggest priorities is bug fixes for improved performance and stability.

During WWDC 2008's State of the Union, Apple showed a slide that said Mac OS X Snow Leopard had "0 new features," as it opted to focus on performance and stability improvements. Technically, the update did include some smaller new features, but Apple was overwhelmingly focused on bug fixes and under-the-hood changes on the Mac.

"We've built on the success of Leopard and created an even better experience for our users from installation to shutdown," said Apple's former software engineering chief Bertrand Serlet. "Apple engineers have made hundreds of improvements so with Snow Leopard your system is going to feel faster, more responsive and even more reliable than before."

iOS 27 will still get some new features too, including a more personalized version of Siri. The update should be announced in June and released in September.

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[dupsk00]

I hope for the same focus on macOS 27

 

[Mewix]

Well, I don't want to be *that* conspiracy guy, but since I have downloaded the Tahoe on my 2021 macbook pro, it has significantly deteriorated in the terms of battery life, smoothness and the fans are on all the time.

Edit: Yes, it's iOS, but still, please, fix my mac 😩

 

[Kylo83]

so a boring release and with 3 months beta testing it means when it drops to the public it should have zero bugs and be perfect, thats a lie, no software if bug free thats why theres so many updates during the year, so at that point just give us new ways to use the phone like better multitasking.

 

[xnsys]

Wouldn’t it be nice if we had an option to make it look as good as snow leopard did…

 

[KPOM]

Snow Tahoe.

 

[Rychiar]

How? Isn’t the AI a huge new feature? Lol I feel like there’s gonna be a ton of new stuff here

 

[JosephAW]

Probably will be written all using AI. It’ll be slop. 😵

 

[turbineseaplane]

Will it be like Snow Leopard or like Snow Leopard?

iOS 27: like Snow Leopard

 

[spritle]

9% bugs instead of 10%.

 

[Slix]

Here's hoping. All I want every year is just stability and better battery life.

 

[Rockin' Kat]

Wouldn’t it be nice if we had an option to make it look as good as snow leopard did…

Seriously, every release since has been just a little more disappointing to use than the previous.

 

[JosephAW]

Remembering that when Apple rolled out snow leopard it was the fix for kludgy leopard. Problem was, systems that could run leopard were excluded instead of going those systems a proper conclusion macOS. 😵

 

[bluecoast]

Yes please but I’ll believe it when I see it.

And as others have said, macOS too please.

macOS desolation wilderness maybe?

Well that’s what we have now.

 

[now i see it]

Yeah - one year of relief (with Snow Leopard) then they wrecked it again and thereafter with Lion and all the rest.

 

[DENZIE]

lol I emailed Craig about making the next release a snow leopard release in September 2024.. 🤞🏻

 

[kenta_]

lol I emailed Craig about making the next release a snow leopard release in September 2024.. 🤞🏻

Craig Ferguson?

 

[joiwomcow]

While we're at it, can we fix the utterly broken interface on the Apple Watch Fitness App?

 

[Kmac2025]

god it’s about time. I don’t need any new features. I want my trackpad to work again. I want the battery to last as long as it did a year ago when it was new out of box.

 

[chrono1081]

Well, I don't want to be *that* conspiracy guy, but since I have downloaded the Tahoe on my 2021 macbook pro, it has significantly deteriorated in the terms of battery life, smoothness and the fans are on all the time.

Edit: Yes, it's iOS, but still, please, fix my mac 😩

Something is definitely wrong with your install or machine, that’s not normal. We have 2021 MacBook Pros at work and they all work perfectly fine. I don’t even know the last time I heard my fans.

 

[jarman92]

How? Isn’t the AI a huge new feature? Lol I feel like there’s gonna be a ton of new stuff here

Bold of you to assume Apple will have any of their promised (in 2024) AI features ready by June 2026 😑

 

[delsoul]

Like I keep saying on MR, horrible software team at Apple and they need to be fully replaced with actual TALENT. That includes canning the supervisors and managers. They’re all complicit in how bad Apple software has become.

 

[GrumpyOldGuy52]

I hope for the same focus on macOS 27

Same. Really, I’d love to see a “new features in even years, bug fixes and stability in odd years” sort of cadence. Two years between major feature releases would be welcome, IMO.

 

[Adora]

27.8?

 

[turbineseaplane]

While we're at it, can we fix the utterly broken interface on the Apple Watch Fitness App?

One wonders if anyone at Apple uses it, given the reports of how atrocious it is now.