What to Expect From macOS 15

[lfaa]

Likely MacOS Mammoth if it's the biggest update ever.

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Big or not, I seriously hope all AI features can be disabled in the Settings at least. Nothing is annoying more than AI popping up with suggestions or actions you don’t want.
I don’t use siri at all on my mac and just used it for fun with my iPhone to start a timer for 10min during a couple Covid tests…

 

[SebCohen]

I’m more concerned about how much storage the iPhone AI will take….

 

[Japan Ricardo]

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A small thing but I'd love a calculator that could convert currency

I use the Stocks widget for this - it can show live rates for combinations, e.g. JPY v USD in the same way as stock prices.

 

[HackMacDaddy]

Man, Sonoma isn't properly fixed yet and already we're getting a new pile of steaming sh.... Yearly OS cycles make no sense, at least for the desktop sector in my opinion. I wish Apple would take another whole week to crush some bugs

Apple Briefly Paused Work on New Features for iOS 18 and macOS 15 to Clean Up Bugs

Apple briefly paused work on upcoming iOS 18, macOS 15, watchOS 11, and tvOS 18 updates last week in order to make a serious effort to address bugs in the future iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV and Mac releases, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Employees were told about a development...

www.macrumors.com

 

[iHorseHead]

I wish they’d go to space names…. macOS Andromeda just has a ring to it.

I bought my first MacBook because of Leopard's default wallpaper…

 

[Japan Ricardo]

I don't anticipate that they are going to force us to let AI paraphrase our writing

I do….

 

[zombierunner]

I have a 2015 iMac, I was trying to buy FCP. It won't let me install it since I have MacOS 12.7 and you need 13.5 minimum but my iMac doesn't support MacOS13 and they won't let me install a previous version. 🫠

 

[gigapocket1]

macOS 15 will most likely drop Intel support

No way. They got at least 2-3 more years. Just will miss some features

 

[HackMacDaddy]

I'm so old to remember how good Snow Leopard was. It really just worked for me. Too bad there is no real separation between a consumer bubblegum OS that MacOS has become (probably since not calling it OSX anymore) and a real Pro OS with a three year cycle for example.

 

[HackMacDaddy]

I have a 2015 iMac, I was trying to buy FCP. It won't let me install it since I have MacOS 12.7 and you need 13.5 minimum but my iMac doesn't support MacOS13 and they won't let me install a previous version. 🫠

This would only work if you bought an earlier version back then. I have a machine in my studio that runs a super stable Mojave and I can download Logic from my purchase history.

 

[jackietreeh0rn]

MacOS Alcatraz

 

[ApplesAreSweet&Sour]

How likely to get an M3 Mac Studio or Mac Mini for WWDC ?

It would seem highly likely as M2 Mac Studios and Mac Pros launched at WWDC23 last year.

None of them will be much more than the kind of spec bumps we saw for M3 MBPs and MBAs.

But dropping M3 Studio, mini and Mac Pros weeks or months before or after WWDC 24 would certainly waste a perfect opportunity for substantial exposure.

Additionally, the two remaining quarters of 2024 post WWDC are most likely reserved for making iPhone 16 launch as huge as possible, and any new Macs launch in Q3-Q4 would not get the kind of press coverage that Apple could get by putting them out before iPhones 16 drop.

 

[baryon]

If you have an Intel Mac, and even if this OS will be compatible with it, do yourself a favour and stick with Ventura!

 

[ApplesAreSweet&Sour]

For sure. Anyone know what keyboard that is?

Has to be a Logitech MX mini?

 

[mjs916]

Mammoth and Sequoia have my vote for next names.

If not those, then it’s definitely MacOS Californi’way. Book it.

 

[ApplesAreSweet&Sour]

I expect that it can be installed on an iPad Pro

Answer me this query

-Is the mainstream, average-income consumer more likely to buy two-three devices that each cost around $1000-$2000 each but can be bought individually so that the buyer doesn't have to spend $2000-$6000 in one go, thus allowing them to spread the 2-3 $1000 purchases over several months or years?

Or is the mainstream, average-income consumer more likely to buy a single, two- or three-in-one device that costs between $2000-$6000 and has to be paid for in one single purchase?

Additionally, do you realize that Apple doing the former, separating devices into several many single-use-case products and offering fairly low-cost, $1000-ish entry-level models of these products is an incredibly successful product strategy that has yet to fail Apple?

Just to reiterate my point

-What earns Apple the most by far out of these two strategies while also making Apple products more accessible (read:affordable) to more consumers than the other strategy?

And which of these two strategies would lead more consumers to upgrade and buy new devices more often?

After answering these questions, do you still think Apple would ever put macOS on iPad?

 

[SidricTheViking]

A small thing but I'd love a calculator that could convert currency

The inbuilt Calculator does this. Simply enter your amount, then select Convert from the menu bar. Next select Currency and choose the two relevant currencies from the dropdown lists and voilà!

 

[Sausage.Biscuit]

I have a 2015 iMac, I was trying to buy FCP. It won't let me install it since I have MacOS 12.7 and you need 13.5 minimum but my iMac doesn't support MacOS13 and they won't let me install a previous version. 🫠

I have the same model year. You might be able to update the OS with OCLP. I haven't done it yet because 12.7 is still supported.

 

[.wojtek]

yawn. two big groups of improvements that I don't care : AI and apple apps... it has vitually nothing to do with the os itself.. 🙄

 

[Tomboman]

TimeMachine with iCloud - please 🙌

 

[MrGimper]

yawn. two big groups of improvements that I don't care : AI and apple apps... it has vitually nothing to do with the os itself.. 🙄

This is it really. Half the OS updates they push could just be app updates pushed from the App Store.

 

[halledise]

macOS Copeland
(was all the buzz back in the days)
doubt it'll be Redwood as it sounds too much like Redmond, where the dark side emanates from.

 

[MrGimper]

If you have an Intel Mac, and even if this OS will be compatible with it, do yourself a favour and stick with Ventura!

Sonoma works very well on my i9 2019 16”. In fact it also runs very well on my 2014 iMac via OCLP

 

[Ifti]

Very happy with Sonoma on my systems so far. Will wait to see how this AI stuff plays out on OSX15 but will most likely give it a miss unless there's something I find that's really useful. I don't want to have to pay to upgrade some other software every year, so tend to miss OSX updates if I can!

 

[bradman83]

I like the code names Nvidia use for their GPU architectures based on scientists. I think macOS Lovelace / Ampere / Volta would sound cool. If Apple done this, which they won't, it'd fit in based on their focus of AI (I assume lol)

Carl Sagan sued Apple for using his name as a non-public code name for a first-generation Power Mac back in the mid-90s.

In response Apple changed the codename to "BHA" - "butt-head astronomer."