“Apple is playing an interesting game when it comes to naming OS X versions. They’re all cats of one type or another, starting with Cheetah and OS X 10.0,” Jesse Mincey writes for Bohemian Boomer. “The latest is 10.8, Mountain Lion.”
“The next version, OS X 10.9, has yet to be revealed and the clock is ticking. Apple has promised more frequent updates to the Mac’s OS and the summer of 2013 is fast approaching,” Mincey writes. “Two questions float around in my subconscious. First, what will Apple name OS X 10.9? Second, what will Apple do for OS X 11. I sense a huge quake of change in OS X after the next cat name is released.”
Mincey writes, “High on the list of expectations from among the Apple punditry for the next cat is OS X Lynx, but others could show up, including Bobcat, Cougar, or Ocelot.”
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Mac OS X versions, names/codenames, and release dates:
• Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: July 25, 2012
• Mac OS X 10.7 Lion : July 20, 2011
• Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: August 28, 2009
• Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: October 26, 2007
• Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: April 29, 2005
• Mac OS X 10.3 Panther: October 24, 2003
• Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar: August 24, 2002
• Mac OS X 10.1 Puma: September 25, 2001
• Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah: March 24, 2001
• Mac OS X Public Beta: September 13, 2000
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So, where’s Apple’s next OS X and what will it be named? – March 11, 2013
Felix
Garfield
Bill The Cat (Bloom County)
Tigger!
There is only one “big cat” remaining and they have already duplicated one–Puma and Mountain Lion. All that remains is the “Clouded Leopard”, all per the Nat Geographic issue photographed, except for, the Snow Leopard, at the great Houston Zoo.
So, will it be medium cats, dogs or monkeys at OS 11?
I say KEYBOARD CAT.
Seriously…OCELOT would be a good one.
Waiting for Pussycat!
LIGER !!!
Enough with cats!
Mountain Lion has shepherded X to the pinnacle of this earthly place, to be swept away by a bird of prey; species raptor,
Peregrine, Lanner, Merlin, and kestrel are all falcons.
Cats have 9 lives, there are currently 9 versions of OS X too (10.0, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8). maybe they will name it after something else.
Like “ken1w” said:
~”Tuesday, March 12, 2013 – 12:02 pm
“Sea Lion.” It’s time to change to sea creatures with cool names, with “Sea Lion” as the transition release 10.9. Mac OS “eleven” (the “huge quake of change”) the can continue with Orca or Baracuda or Stingray, etc.”~
This could possibly be the case too, as a sea lion is not a cat, but refers to one!
Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: July 25, 2012
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion : July 20, 2011
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: August 28, 2009
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: October 26, 2007
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: April 29, 2005
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther: October 24, 2003
Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar: August 24, 2002
Mac OS X 10.1 Puma: September 25, 2001
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah: March 24, 2001
Mac OS X Public Beta: September 13, 2000
They say a cat has 9 lives. OS X 10.0 Cheetah was the first. As 10.8 Mountain Lion was the 9th, maybe it’s time for something different?
Whatever they call it, I look forward to it.