What a STUPID naming convention. Just give it the name of the year the software comes out, not the year after the year it comes out. I mean really !
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It does make sense though. It comes out near the end of the year. Most of the year it’s the current OS will be the will be the year it’s named after. Not only that, but naming it for the previous will potentially give the perception it’s older than it is.
I mean - I don’t care one iota, but it does make sense.
I know, right? I can't wait to see the confusion when we hit the year 2100 and everyone's confused about their software version. Is mine new? Is it a century old? Who knows?
Not a fan of transparency so I hope this glass interface can br switched to solid
Totally agree with this. It makes things feel even more guarded and allows for stuff like contextually aware Siri to be presented as working demos more easily (if they had on-stage demos and then just a video of another feature, it makes that feature feel less like a working prototype in comparison). With everything being so easy to fake or doctor nowadays, a live demo (even when buggy) at least lends some authenticity to the thing.
I’ve been a member here for over 20 years.
Like most here, complaining is fine, complaining where you’re dogma is being forced on others, with comments that are way off the mark, very offensive, and untrue, yeah, I and others will remark.
Do you really believe our civilisation will still exist in 75 years? They way we’re going, the planet will be a nuclear wasteland.
Can't help but think that Apple probably wouldn't be in this 'Apple AI' mess if they were still doing live keynotes as it would be more difficult to rig a live demonstration on actual Apple hardware if the code/app/features weren't close to completion. At worst, they'd just be 'way behind' the AI bandwagon and could've just continued saying that they were perfecting it before releasing prematurely as being first to market has never been their MO.
In a way, their switch to produced/filmed keynotes is what ultimately allowed them to create those Apple AI trickery demos based on what they confidently felt that they could develop, versus what was actually completed at the time of their Apple AI announcement. So yeah, for more than one reason, bring back live keynotes, or a hybrid format with live demos.
I’d say all they need to do if they’re looking to refine naming conventions is have all their software use the same name ie. iOS Tahoe, WatchOS Tahoe, MacOS Tahoe. 1.5 | 2 | 2.5 etc. seeing as the software changes but not the device, and call the devices iPhone 26 MacBook Pro 26 etc based on the year. Or am I missing something. They’ll miss the 20th iPhone anniversary, but then again they could just give it a name instead of a numerical name.
the only thing I'm expecting is that Apple will explain what changes they are making to the new operating system, I think IOS 19 won't be that much different for IOS 18. This is Mac Rumors so anything said here is just that rumors. There have been a lot of smoke and mirrors as to what the non creditable Mark Gurman keeps putting out. I do not understand why Mac Rumors report on anything he says. I expect more from Mac Rumors.
I second that! That's when the Finder got fixed, speed-wise.
I also loved Rhapsody.
I had hoped they stopped prioritizing form over function once and for all when that hack, I mean Jony, left the building, guess not.
They might as well rename all of them to the same thing.
OS Cockroach Community
The amount of bugs across Mac, iPhone & iPad are unacceptable although Apple will do its normal thing & say that everything is great & its the best OS in the world because lying makes money.
OS Cockroach Community
The amount of bugs across Mac, iPhone & iPad are unacceptable although Apple will do its normal thing & say that everything is great & its the best OS in the world because lying makes money.
Considering Apple has not meaningfully updated iPhone, Apple Watch and most other products in years if they stop calling it with a different number every year people will not even realise it’s a newer model.
“If an English speaker with AirPods is conversing with someone who is speaking Spanish, the iPhone will detect the audio, translate the speech, and relay it back in English to the AirPods wearer.“
I gotta admit that’s some cool stuff right there. My SO works in an industry where they interact with EASL or total Spanish speakers on a regular basis and this will be a very useful tool.
I gotta admit that’s some cool stuff right there. My SO works in an industry where they interact with EASL or total Spanish speakers on a regular basis and this will be a very useful tool.
Ha I hope there’s zero translucency. For some of us it’s a completely unnecessary gimmick that acrually just gets in the way. My eyes constantly try to “strengthen” or “put into better focus” items that are blurred out or made to look as if it’s in the background. There’s a reason we don’t use translucent paper on our desks. I need accessibility options to undo Apple’s gimmick.
no it makes sense to use the name which people will use 9 months of the year not 3