if you remember at previous iterations of mac OS and mac OS X, a transparent pattern emerges. With the exception of the primary OS X beta, all versions of the mac OS from 2001 to 2012 were all named once massive cats, from chetah to Panther to wildcat.
But whereas the public-facing builds were named once massive cats, internally, they were named once wines (with the exception of OS X ten.6 and macOS ten.13, each of that had no code-name).
Even once Apple switched public-facing code-names to places in California back in 2013, it carried on naming them once wines internally till 2014. In 2015, Apple set to alter the theme of internal code-names from wines to kinds of apple. Original.
Then, in 2016, Apple took the plunge to unify the disapproval of its’ operational systems by rebranding mack OS X to macOS, that sits nicely aboard iOS, tvOS and watchOS.
Below, you'll be able to notice a whole list of OS X version code names, in conjunction with internal code names (if available).
The code names MAC OS:
Mac OS X & macOS version code names
OS X 10 beta: Kodiak
OS X 10.0: Cheetah
OS X 10.1: Puma
OS X 10.2: Jaguar
OS X 10.3 Panther (Pinot)
OS X 10.4 Tiger (Merlot)
OS X 10.4.4 Tiger (Chardonnay)
OS X 10.5 Leopard (Chablis)
OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
OS X 10.7 Lion (Barolo)
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion (Zinfandel)
OS X 10.9 Mavericks (Cabernet)
OS X 10.10: Yosemite (Syrah)
OS X 10.11: El Capitan (Gala)
Mac OS 10.12: Sierra (Fuji)
Mac OS 10.13: High Sierra
But whereas the public-facing builds were named once massive cats, internally, they were named once wines (with the exception of OS X ten.6 and macOS ten.13, each of that had no code-name).
Even once Apple switched public-facing code-names to places in California back in 2013, it carried on naming them once wines internally till 2014. In 2015, Apple set to alter the theme of internal code-names from wines to kinds of apple. Original.
Then, in 2016, Apple took the plunge to unify the disapproval of its’ operational systems by rebranding mack OS X to macOS, that sits nicely aboard iOS, tvOS and watchOS.
Below, you'll be able to notice a whole list of OS X version code names, in conjunction with internal code names (if available).
The code names MAC OS:
Mac OS X & macOS version code names
OS X 10 beta: Kodiak
OS X 10.0: Cheetah
OS X 10.1: Puma
OS X 10.2: Jaguar
OS X 10.3 Panther (Pinot)
OS X 10.4 Tiger (Merlot)
OS X 10.4.4 Tiger (Chardonnay)
OS X 10.5 Leopard (Chablis)
OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
OS X 10.7 Lion (Barolo)
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion (Zinfandel)
OS X 10.9 Mavericks (Cabernet)
OS X 10.10: Yosemite (Syrah)
OS X 10.11: El Capitan (Gala)
Mac OS 10.12: Sierra (Fuji)
Mac OS 10.13: High Sierra