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Side topic: I wish macOS would stick to just numbers in their os updates to make it drop dead easy to recall which update and how old one is. I don’t have an en

Side topic: I wish macOS would stick to just numbers in their os updates to make it drop dead easy to recall which update and how old one is. I don’t have an encyclopedic knowledge of Californian geography and even if I did, that doesn’t help me remember what Big Sur was vs. Catalina

ClassyJacket 3y ago
Same. From that headline I have no way of telling which is the oldest and which is the newest. Just put a damn number.
- alsetmusic 3y ago
  Even big cats I could keep track because I had a mental image of what they represented. Panther was an awesome release. And snow Leopard? Woooo!
  - therein 3y ago
    Even worse, internally they use California wines as codenames for the OS.
    - saagarjha 3y ago
      Not anymore.
      - therein 3y ago
        It's been a while since I left, good to hear, it was getting old. :)
    - manxman 3y ago
      Noooo… you mean there’s a Mac OS Bonnydoon floating around the Apple O-ring?
  - skhr0680 3y ago
    It helped that they did major releases only every 2-4 years. I think a new major release every year is too much, especially when the changes are things like "we rearranged the system preferences menu" or "new emoji"
    - basisword 3y ago
      I wish they went back to this. A two year release cycle, alternating iOS and macOS could result in much more polished software, and more meaningful updates. If they took their environmental stuff really seriously they could do a two year cycle with devices too, alternating iPhone's and iPad's. I guess everything is so tightly coupled on the software side that this probably isn't possible (at least the alternating part).
labster 3y ago
Even living in one of the cities doesn’t help me. They used to go west to east, but now the OS codenames have no pattern.
paulryanrogers 3y ago
Even better they could use the year, like Ubuntu
- Shawnj2 3y ago
  Both MacOS and Ubuntu have a funny name and a number, the question is really just which people actually use. You could call Sonoma MacOS 13 or Sonoma, and you can call Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 22.04 or Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish.
  - paulryanrogers 3y ago
    At least the Ubuntu names increment alphabetically
    - skyyler 3y ago
      This makes Ubuntu's naming scheme way better, IMO.
- arcanemachiner 3y ago
  And Samsung. I can actually tell when the Galaxy S22 was made. What a revolutionary idea. I can't even keep track of which iPhone or macOS we're on now.
baggy_trough 3y ago
Yes and the number should match the iOS release of the same vintage.
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Klonoar 3y ago
...except every OS update does have a number? In tech circles I try to use the actual OS release number whenever I can for this reason.
- moribvndvs 3y ago
  Clearly I meant only use the number.
  - arvinsim 3y ago
    One of Apple's core strength is marketing. Just using numbers will never happen.
    - Sporktacular 3y ago
      Works for iOS.

ClassyJacket 3y ago

Same. From that headline I have no way of telling which is the oldest and which is the newest. Just put a damn number.

alsetmusic 3y ago
Even big cats I could keep track because I had a mental image of what they represented. Panther was an awesome release. And snow Leopard? Woooo!
- therein 3y ago
  Even worse, internally they use California wines as codenames for the OS.
  - saagarjha 3y ago
    Not anymore.
    - therein 3y ago
      It's been a while since I left, good to hear, it was getting old. :)
  - manxman 3y ago
    Noooo… you mean there’s a Mac OS Bonnydoon floating around the Apple O-ring?
- skhr0680 3y ago
  It helped that they did major releases only every 2-4 years. I think a new major release every year is too much, especially when the changes are things like "we rearranged the system preferences menu" or "new emoji"
  - basisword 3y ago
    I wish they went back to this. A two year release cycle, alternating iOS and macOS could result in much more polished software, and more meaningful updates. If they took their environmental stuff really seriously they could do a two year cycle with devices too, alternating iPhone's and iPad's. I guess everything is so tightly coupled on the software side that this probably isn't possible (at least the alternating part).

labster 3y ago

Even living in one of the cities doesn’t help me. They used to go west to east, but now the OS codenames have no pattern.

paulryanrogers 3y ago

Even better they could use the year, like Ubuntu

Shawnj2 3y ago
Both MacOS and Ubuntu have a funny name and a number, the question is really just which people actually use. You could call Sonoma MacOS 13 or Sonoma, and you can call Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 22.04 or Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish.
- paulryanrogers 3y ago
  At least the Ubuntu names increment alphabetically
  - skyyler 3y ago
    This makes Ubuntu's naming scheme way better, IMO.
arcanemachiner 3y ago
And Samsung. I can actually tell when the Galaxy S22 was made. What a revolutionary idea. I can't even keep track of which iPhone or macOS we're on now.

baggy_trough 3y ago

Yes and the number should match the iOS release of the same vintage.

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Klonoar 3y ago

...except every OS update does have a number? In tech circles I try to use the actual OS release number whenever I can for this reason.

moribvndvs 3y ago
Clearly I meant only use the number.
- arvinsim 3y ago
  One of Apple's core strength is marketing. Just using numbers will never happen.
  - Sporktacular 3y ago
    Works for iOS.