I think macOS codenames will start to use names of movie villains.
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Why on Earth did they name it Ventura?
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Think it would help if they used a photo for the background or wallpaper like they had in Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur ect.... I'm not a fan of cartoonish looking wallpaper that seems to be the recent trend form Apple. I thought macOS was series of California places with geographical significance. Perhaps is would help if they used actual photo's of the beaches or landscape so those not familiar could see the connection?
Might as well name it MacOS Barstow. Ventura brings about non-positive connotation. At least name it MacOS Despacito since it relates to music and makes you feel like dancing.
If people are still arguing about this just stop its just a NAME that will be used for 1 year.
Ventura is a cool name whether or not the town is iconic.
More like why on earth are they bringing out yet another OS, I think they have lost the plot.
I like the name, plus it makes me think of Ace Ventura - love them two films!
I also like how Apple keep giving macOS new names, something they have never done for anything else.
I also like how Apple keep giving macOS new names, something they have never done for anything else.
Big Sur had one, Monterey didn't, but some users addressed that: https://www.macrumors.com/2021/11/02/missing-macos-monterey-wallpaper-created/
Fixed broken link: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2021/11/03/macos-monterey-landscape-wallpaper/
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They are the biggest and most profitable car company in the world. For quite some time too. They are not a failure by any stretch of the imagination.
Imagine people (not you) thinking that they know better than one of the most profitable companies in the world.
Some names seem to resonate with customers and some not. Over 20 years ago Hewlett Packard released a new range of large servers with the codename "Half Dome" in reference to the famous mountain. The problem was that customers kept asking when "Full Dome" was going to be released. In the end the name was changed to "Superdome".
I wonder how many folks were unaware that 'El Capitan' happened to be the big mountain on their desktop wallpaper..
(which coincidentally is right next to Half Dome heh)
Mac OS San Ysidro. I wonder how come the woke folks at Apple haven't thunk about it yet.
Running out of names? Or maybe they're not so concerned about how famous/popular it is since they don't want to recycle names. It's just a name...doesn't sound like they're attached to the idea of naming codebase as extremely famous/popular places. They just need names at this point.
yeah, but that name is officially (forever) on the map now.. heck, we're still talking about stupid snow leopards for christ sake and none of us knew of its existence before apple decided to be cute with their codenames!
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Well, just to set the record straight. I lived in Santa Barbara for 27 years starting in 1973. Shouldn't have left, but that's another story. In my time there I went to Ventura many many times. It's located on the coast and has many lovely beaches, many upscale hotels and fine restaurants, a large mall and is a popular destination. Ventura as well as being a city is located in Ventura county. Ventura county is located north of Los Angles county and south of Santa Barbara county.
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