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Mirachan_007

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macOS’s name is based on the U.S. states, California’s city, and tourist attractions.
Current macOS is Monterey. What will the next version be named?

My prediction: macOS Sacramento
macOS Pasadena
macOS San Diego
macOS Long Beach
macOS Fresno
 
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macOS 13 You Are Going To Love It

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I'm hoping for "macOS 12.x Monterey", i.e., no new OS, just bug fixes this year.
 
I could see something related to Lake Tahoe if they would like to continue with the nature-based themes. Not sure if they would venture into man-made constructs or not.
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Currently it's kind of messy with macOS 13, iOS 16, watchOS 9, plus iPhone and processor numbering. On the software side I'd love it if they would unify the version and just refer to each release either by year or by celestial object (such as start clusters). That way it's macOS and iOS Orion for example. More universal than CA-based names and more consistent.
 
I read somewhere the other day that Mammoth is the last CA landmark left in Apple's registered trademark names that hasn't been used up, and that it's likely going to be used on macOS 13. Not sure if that's accurate or not, but it doesn't sound too far fetched.
 
MacOS 13 been discussed as Mammoth for quite awhile. If just the changes of iOS 16 means this year will be about change, just as Big Sur which introduced AS Macs, then MacOS 13 will represent even more change.
 
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Another vote for 'Mammoth' here... It fits from a naming convention and trademark point of view, and also implies a big and powerful upgrade.

Completely on a whim and not at all likely but I quite like the sound of 'macOS Golden Gate' - implying a big, bold but transitional release from one architecture to the other. (Yes, I know, I'm totally over-thinking that!)

I also wonder how many more Intel Macs will be cut loose at this point - we're already seeing a lack of feature parity on Intel in favour of the ASi Macs so Apple are really pushing ahead with this. They do have precedent with this stuff; PPC Macs got the Leopard update after the Intel announcement and, er, that was it! End of the road. Heck, even the first-gen Core Duo Intel Macs, one of which I stupidly bought, were frozen out after only one update (10.6)

FWIW, I don't think they'll be *quite* so harsh this time, given the huge base of Intel Macs that are out there as compared to the number of PPC Macs in use at the time of the Intel switch. Also, the upgrade cycle for the OS was a lot slower back then. Still, we're around two years into this process now, so it's going to be interesting to see how they play it over the next few releases.

I expect Intel will still be supported for another few years but new features will increasingly be reserved for Apple Silicon, to the point where new OS releases on Intel essentially become security updates, before the plug is finally pulled.
 
Another vote for 'Mammoth' here... It fits from a naming convention and trademark point of view, and also implies a big and powerful upgrade.

Completely on a whim and not at all likely but I quite like the sound of 'macOS Golden Gate' - implying a big, bold but transitional release from one architecture to the other. (Yes, I know, I'm totally over-thinking that!)

I also wonder how many more Intel Macs will be cut loose at this point - we're already seeing a lack of feature parity on Intel in favour of the ASi Macs so Apple are really pushing ahead with this. They do have precedent with this stuff; PPC Macs got the Leopard update after the Intel announcement and, er, that was it! End of the road. Heck, even the first-gen Core Duo Intel Macs, one of which I stupidly bought, were frozen out after only one update (10.6)

FWIW, I don't think they'll be *quite* so harsh this time, given the huge base of Intel Macs that are out there as compared to the number of PPC Macs in use at the time of the Intel switch. Also, the upgrade cycle for the OS was a lot slower back then. Still, we're around two years into this process now, so it's going to be interesting to see how they play it over the next few releases.

I expect Intel will still be supported for another few years but new features will increasingly be reserved for Apple Silicon, to the point where new OS releases on Intel essentially become security updates, before the plug is finally pulled.
I keep wondering how long they’ll let Rosetta 2 stick around. The original was killed with Lion but could be a different timeline this time around.
 
I could see something related to Lake Tahoe if they would like to continue with the nature-based themes. Not sure if they would venture into man-made constructs or not.
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Currently it's kind of messy with macOS 13, iOS 16, watchOS 9, plus iPhone and processor numbering. On the software side I'd love it if they would unify the version and just refer to each release either by year or by celestial object (such as start clusters). That way it's macOS and iOS Orion for example. More universal than CA-based names and more consistent.
well they did venture but not in the direction you thought they would
 
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