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The name is meaningless. It’s just marketing; every version is named for another location across California. Before that they were named for big cats. Each ver
by beowulfey 3y ago
The name is meaningless. It’s just marketing; every version is named for another location across California. Before that they were named for big cats.
Each version has a number that is sequential though. I think it’s just an effect of sheer quantity. They release a new version every year. It’s hard to keep track.
- bombcar 3y agoI wish they’d just get iOS, the iPhone, and macOS or whatever it is called now all the same. Today I should be running iOS 15 on an iPhone 15 talking to macOS 15.
- TheHappyOddish 3y agoWhy? They're different operating systems with different backgrounds.
- bombcar 3y agoBecause numerical consistency is nice. (It's already happened before where Windows jumps versions for various reasons, but one is to not sound too far behind other OSes.)