What Will macOS 10.16 Be Called: Mammoth, Monterey, Skyline, or Something New?

[ksgant]

MacOS Barstow

 

[lolkthxbai]

It’s not Skyline. Apple already uses that name for an internal app.

 

[ksgant]

Really, I just want to see it die.. MacOS, MAC OS, Mac OS X, OS X - I have a feeling it won't be the same once ARM comes out which is a victory over Intel. Just waiting to upgrade my 2015 Macbook Pro to an ARM macbook pro.

Um...why do you want it to die? Couldn't you, you know, just stop using it and let other people use what they want?

 

[theorist9]

MacOS Ned Stark.
[Foreshadowing the putative future break with Intel.]

 

[TheDailyApple]

macOS Glacier

Hopefully with arm they’ll release hardware that makes that name fit.

 

[sracer]

macOS La Brea (you heard it here first)

 

[Jett0516]

macOS Steve Jobs Edition

 

[Lozza013]

I'm surprised they haven't gone for MacOS Cupertino

 

[simonmet]

macOS Catalina. End these annual version updates which they obviously can’t handle.

 

[Treq]

The most obvious name to me while reading the article was Avalon. After reading some of the comments here, others agree. This is because of the tic-toc cycle they are on. This seems like a year for them to work on stability and behind the scenes improvements. Making another Catalina name likely. I'm pretty sure it'll be Avalon. Though, I guess it could be MacOS Two Harbors...

 

[gmanist1000]

I predicted Avalon in April and am sticking to it.

I'm gonna go with this

 

[FarmerBob]

East LA
or
El Cajoñ (The Drawer or Box)

 

[BaltimoreMediaBlog]

And how would bean counter Tim Cook parlay Catalina into something related to Catalina that would not be mocked by the media? Don't put your bet on anything related to Catalina. At LEAST Leopard was a big hit with Snow Leopard being even better on Intel chips. There wouldn't have been any negative press at all about Snow Leopard if not for disgruntled PowePC PowerMac G5 owners that Steve Jobs promised would eat Pentiums for breakfast until they were discontinued and abandoned.

 

[dwaltwhit]

They should adopt a ‘legendary professional wrestler’ naming scheme.

macOS Andre The Giant.

Then people outside of California might be familiar! MacOs Ric Flair! WHOOOO

 

[pallymore]

macOS Something New

 

[Lone Deranger]

Still like the big cats better.

 

[Jodeo]

MacOS Alcatraz

MacOS Rio Linda

MacOS San Andreas

MacOS Vista

MacOS Dog-alina

 

[Rckyrr]

macOS Sunken City

 

[edvj]

macOS Bifrost

”Bifrost is the rainbow bridge that connects Asgard, the world of the Aesir tribe of gods, with Midgard, the world of humanity. Bifrost is guarded by the ever-vigilant god Heimdall. During Ragnarok, the giants will breach Heimdall’s defenses and cross the bridge to storm Asgard and slay the gods.”
https://norse-mythology.org/cosmology/bifrost/

 

[cjducasse]

Stop the yearly releases

 

[Darth Tulhu]

Why iOS versions don't also have such names lol

I would be completely OK with them dropping the silly names and use the iOS convention.

I mean, they already changed it from OS X to macOS, so as to make it consistent with the other Apple OSes.

Just make it macOS 11 and call it good.

 

[Fowl]

macOS Big Cat Alina

 

[Sp1281]

MacOS Chaz

You got it in before me lol

 

[magicschoolbus]

Mac OS this app is not compatible with__

 

[schlitzz]

Some other potential macOS name ideas:

macOS Cabrillo

macOS Napa

macOS Laguna

macOS La Brea

macOS Venice

macOS Malibu

macOS Ventura

macOS Salinas

macOS Pacifica

macOS Sonoma

macOS Vallejo

macOS Sequoia

macOS Rodeo

macOS Sausalito

macOS Hidden Valley Ranch, along with iOS Bleu Cheese, watchOS Broccoli, iPadOS Doritos, tvOS Potato.

Any questions?